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Postmastery vs Palisade in 2026

Postmastery combines DMARC reporting with broader email-deliverability analytics and consulting. Palisade is agentic: its AI agent investigates senders, drafts authentication fixes, and proposes each policy step for your approval.

Our verdict: Pick Postmastery if you want DMARC reporting alongside high-volume MTA or ESP observability and access to deliverability specialists. Pick Palisade if you want an AI agent to carry the investigation and configuration work through enforcement, with your team approving each change.

Samuel ChenardSamuel Chenard · CEO & Co-Founder, PalisadeSource checks through 2026-08-26

1 domain free up to 1,000 emails/month

Palisade
Palisade domains dashboard with email activity chart and DMARC compliance report
Postmastery
DMARC reporting and deliverability analytics
Palisade rubric score
44/100
Palisade rubric: tied rank #58 of 69 verified providers
Score calculation: 35 ÷ 80 × 100 = 43.75, rounded to 44/100
Palisade’s 8-dimension rubric
Starts at
Not published
Best fit
High-volume senders needing MTA or ESP observability
In one line
Postmastery suits high-volume senders that want MTA or ESP observability and access to deliverability specialists.
Palisade
Agentic DMARC platform
Palisade rubric score
96/100
Palisade rubric: rank #1 of 69 verified providers
Score calculation: 77 ÷ 80 × 100 = 96.25, rounded to 96/100
Palisade’s 8-dimension rubric
Starts at
Free, then $19/mo
Best fit
MSPs and IT teams responsible for multiple domains
In one line
The agent investigates every sender, drafts every fix, and proposes each policy step, you approve before anything ships.

Palisade is free for one domain, up to 1,000 emails a month. Paid IT-team plans are sized by email volume. Start a 15-day full-product trial with no credit card.

The decision

Which one is right for you?

Pick Postmastery if…
Pick Palisade if…

Best for High-volume senders needing MTA or ESP observability

Best for MSPs and IT teams responsible for multiple domains

  • You operate a high-volume sending environment and want DMARC reports in the same console as SMTP logs, ESP events, reputation data, and email-audit checks.
  • You want a vendor that also offers DMARC implementation, deliverability consulting, or managed deliverability services.
  • Your team is comfortable confirming the commercial scope and operational handoff in a quote because Postmastery does not publish a public plan matrix (checked 2026-08-26).
  • You want an AI agent to investigate every sender, draft every fix, and propose each policy step while you approve before anything ships.
  • You need a repeatable workflow for internal domains or an MSP portfolio, including native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, and Autotask integrations.
  • You prefer publicly documented Palisade plan boundaries and a product workflow built around prioritized remediation tickets.
Starts at
Not published
Starts at
Free, then $19/mo

Free for one domain, up to 1,000 emails a month. Paid IT-team plans are sized by email volume. Start a 15-day full-product trial with no credit card.

Feature comparison

Where the day-to-day work actually differs

FeaturePostmasteryPalisade
Enforcement
AI agent that investigates senders and proposes each enforcement step for approvalWhether an agent prepares enforcement steps for approval.Postmastery's DMARC service describes source identification, guidance on authentication and alignment fixes, and movement to quarantine or reject; its public pages do not advertise an AI enforcement agent that drafts each change for approval (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)No agent advertisedAgent drafts and proposes
Staged DMARC implementation supportWhether teams have a phased path from monitoring to DMARC enforcement.Postmastery publishes a seven-step DMARC and BIMI implementation service that starts with a p=none baseline, identifies sources, addresses authentication and alignment, and progresses to quarantine or reject (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)Staged policy guidanceAgent drafts and proposes
Reporting & visibility
DMARC aggregate report processing and monitoringWhether aggregate DMARC reports are processed for review.The Console's DMARC Reports module scans XML reports, makes them readable, and shows compliance and sender detail (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)XML report analysisAgent analyzes reports
Sender, domain, and IP drill-downWhether individual sending sources can be examined by domain and IP.Postmastery says DMARC Reports identify sources sending for a domain and provide domain-level and IP-level views, with drill-down to each sender and IP (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)Sender and IP viewsAgent sender analysis
Real-time deliverability alertsWhether alerting can surface delivery or authentication issues promptly.Postmastery advertises real-time alerts for delivery failures, DMARC rejection, bounce and deferral spikes, blocklists, and other provider-level issues (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)Provider-level alertsAgent ticket alerts
Integrations & operations
Native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, and Autotask integrationsWhether named PSA systems connect to client-domain work.Postmastery's public integration lists name MTA and ESP connections, including PowerMTA, Postfix, GreenArrow, Halon, SendGrid, Mailgun, Ongage SMTP, and Amazon SES; they do not advertise ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)Not advertisedNative PSA integrations
Multi-tenant MSP client managementWhether separate client domains can be managed in one MSP workflow.Postmastery describes support for ESPs, agencies, e-commerce companies, and multiple domains, IPs, and mailbox providers, but its public product pages do not advertise a multi-tenant MSP client-management workflow (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)Not advertisedAgent portfolio workflow
Hosted records & DNS
Hosted DMARC, SPF, DKIM, and MTA-STS recordsWhether email-authentication records are hosted by the service.Postmastery advertises DMARC deployment tools, DNS-record checks, and a DMARC/BIMI implementation service, but its public pages do not advertise hosted DMARC, SPF, DKIM, or MTA-STS records (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)Not advertisedHosted on managed DNS
SPF flatteningWhether an SPF record is flattened to reduce DNS lookups.Postmastery discusses SPF authentication and DKIM key management, but SPF flattening is not advertised on its public DMARC, Console, or integration pages (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)Flattening not advertisedHosted SPF flattening
AI and automation access
Documented REST or GraphQL API for Console dataWhether customers can build against a published REST or GraphQL reference.Postmastery's public Console product page does not advertise a documented REST or GraphQL API for customer access to Console data (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27)No public API listedREST API published
MCP server for connecting AI assistants to domain dataWhether an AI assistant can reach the product's data directly.Postmastery's public Console product page does not advertise an MCP server or an AI-assistant integration (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27)No MCP server listedMCP server published
Advertised AI or machine-learning features for Console analysisWhether the vendor advertises AI or machine learning inside the product.Postmastery's public Console product page does not advertise an AI or machine-learning feature for analysis or remediation (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27)No AI feature listedAgent drafts and proposes
Webhook alerts outside the ConsoleWhether alert data can reach other software without opening the product UI.Postmastery advertises real-time multi-channel alerts through email, Slack, and Webhook for IP and domain blacklist events, reputation signals, and SPF, DKIM, or DMARC failures (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27)Webhook alerts advertisedREST API published
Pricing & service model
Published software prices and plan limitsWhether buyers can compare software cost and plan boundaries before contacting sales.Postmastery's current DMARC Reports page advertises a demo and a 14-day free trial but does not advertise numeric Console prices, named plan tiers, usage limits, or retention terms (checked 2026-08-28). Source (2026-08-28)No public rate cardPrices and tiers published
Trial access before purchaseWhether buyers can try the DMARC product before agreeing to paid terms.Postmastery's current DMARC Reports page advertises a 14-day free trial alongside its demo path (checked 2026-08-28). Source (2026-08-28)14-day free trial15-day full-product trial
Vendor-managed deliverability serviceWhether specialists can monitor deliverability and recommend corrective action as an ongoing service.Postmastery's managed-deliverability page advertises consultants who check delivery performance at an agreed frequency, identify root causes, suggest corrective action, and provide periodic reports and calls (checked 2026-08-28). Source (2026-08-28)Expert managed serviceNot offered

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The scorecard

Palisade 96 vs Postmastery 44, and why

Both products are scored on the same eight dimensions the comparison hub uses, so the figures here are the figures there. Four are derived from vendor facts that each carry a source and a checked date. Four are editorial, marked as such below, and each states its reasoning and its source.

Each dimension is out of 10 and the total is the raw sum out of 80, rescaled to 100 — the raw figure is printed beside it so the conversion is checkable rather than a black box. Scored on what each vendor publishes, not on how the product feels in use. Editorial dimensions last reviewed 2026-08-30.

Postmastery
44/100
35 of 80 raw
Palisade
96/100
77 of 80 raw
Dimension
MCP & API connectivityEditorial

How reachable the product is from your own software and AI tools. 10 = a documented API on every plan plus a published MCP server. 6 = an API, gated to a tier or to a sales conversation. 3 = no programmatic access advertised.

Postmastery3/10

Postmastery publishes integrations that ingest MTA logs or ESP event data, but no customer API or MCP server (checked 2026-08-28). Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade10/10

Palisade publishes a REST API and a remote MCP server on every plan, making the same domain data and remediation workflows available to connected software. Source (2026-08-30)

Analysis automationEditorial

How much of the report analysis is done for you. 10 = the platform turns raw report data into a prioritised, actionable queue on its own.

Postmastery8/10

Continuous source scanning, threat detection, multi-channel alerts, CSV export, and consolidated reputation data automate ongoing analysis. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade9/10

Report data is analysed into a prioritised list of sender, SPF, DKIM and DMARC issues, so nobody reads raw XML. Source (2026-07-29)

Agentic softwareEditorial

How much of the work the vendor's own software does. 10 = it identifies the sending sources, drafts the SPF and DKIM fixes each one needs, and proposes the next policy step. 6 = it applies the records for you, but a person decides what to fix and when to advance. 3 = it reports, and every change is yours to make. A vendor whose team does the work rather than its software scores here on the software alone.

Postmastery3/10

The software identifies sending sources and recommends SPF, DKIM, and DMARC corrections, while customers publish DNS changes and choose each policy step themselves. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade9/10

The agent investigates each sender, drafts the SPF and DKIM changes it needs, and proposes the next policy step; a human approves before deployment. Source (2026-08-30)

Pricing transparency

10 = full pricing published. 6 = some tiers published, rest quote-gated. 3 = quote only.

Postmastery0/10

No public plan amount is listed; access follows a demo and quote process, with a fourteen-day free trial. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade10/10

Published: free plan, then flat monthly plans by email volume from $19/mo Source (2026-08-30)

Hosted SPF/DKIM/DMARC records

10 = hosts the records for you. 6 = partial or add-on. 3 = you manage your own DNS.

Postmastery3/10

No hosted DMARC, SPF, or DKIM record service is published; setup generates a record for the user to publish in DNS. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade10/10

Yes: hosted DMARC, SPF, DKIM, BIMI & MTA-STS Source (2026-08-30)

Free access

10 = a genuine free plan. 6 = time-limited trial only. 3 = no free access.

Postmastery6/10

No ongoing free platform plan is published; the DMARC module offers a fourteen-day trial and EmailAudit provides a free compliance test. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade10/10

Free plan: one domain, up to 1,000 emails/mo, 14-day report history, no credit card, plus a 15-day full-product trial Source (2026-08-30)

MSP & multi-tenant

10 = a real MSP program with multi-tenant management. 6 = partial. 3 = none.

Postmastery3/10

No formal public MSP partner programme is published; the console does address ESPs and organizations managing multiple sending domains. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade10/10

Yes: MSP-first, multi-tenant with native PSA integrations Source (2026-08-30)

Path to enforcementEditorial

How much work it takes to get a domain from p=none to p=reject. 10 = the platform (or the vendor's team) gets you there without manual DNS edits.

Postmastery9/10

Step-by-step recommendations, expert implementation, live progress monitoring, and an explicit move to quarantine or reject provide a complete enforcement service. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade9/10

The DMARC Agent detects when a domain's authentication and alignment are ready for the next policy stage and proposes the move, but a human still approves and applies it, so it is not fully hands-off. Source (2026-07-29)

Expert guidance vs agent execution

DMARC implementation: expert guidance vs agent-led execution

Postmastery's public DMARC page presents a service-led implementation path. It begins with a p=none baseline, identifies legitimate sources and compliance issues, provides guidance on authentication and alignment fixes, checks reports in real time, and then moves the domain to quarantine or reject before continuing with monitoring. That is a credible implementation sequence for a sender that wants experienced deliverability people involved in the rollout. Source (2026-08-26)

DMARC Agent tickets queue listing per-sender remediation tasks (Google Calendar, Salesforce, Amazon SES) with score, severity badge, created date, and status — flat full-frame app capture
Palisade

The distinction is who carries the operational work. Postmastery describes tools, guidance, and DMARC implementation services; its managed-deliverability page describes experts identifying root causes, suggesting corrective action, and holding periodic reports and calls. Palisade's agent investigates every sender, drafts every fix, and proposes each policy step. Your team approves before anything ships. For an IT team or MSP, that turns the review queue into a sequence of proposed actions instead of a dashboard that still needs a person to translate findings into SPF, DKIM, and policy work. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

Postmastery
  • No agent advertised
  • Staged policy guidance
Palisade
  • Agent drafts and proposes
  • Agent drafts and proposes
  1. Investigates. Works out what is sending as your domain, and which of it is legitimate.
  2. Drafts the fix. Prepares the SPF and DKIM record changes each sender needs, rather than describing them.
  3. Proposes the policy step. Moves toward p=reject when the evidence supports it. You approve before anything ships.

Reporting breadth vs corrective action

A broader observability console, with honest parity on reporting

Postmastery Console is broader than a DMARC-only reporting surface. Its public product page lists Delivery Analytics, Reputation Monitor, Email Auditor, and DMARC Reports. The DMARC module shows overall compliance, identifies sources sending on behalf of a domain, exposes domain- and IP-level SPF and DKIM implementation details, scans XML reports, and lets an operator drill down to a sender or IP. The same Console page describes real-time alerts and filtering across campaigns, domains, IPs, providers, and other delivery dimensions. Source (2026-08-26)

Palisade domains dashboard with email activity chart and DMARC compliance report
Palisade

That is genuine parity on visibility, and it matters if your brief includes SMTP logs, ESP event data, blocklists, reputation, inbox placement, and campaign-level deliverability alongside DMARC. Palisade's difference is the next action: its agent uses report evidence to identify senders and authentication issues, file prioritized tickets, and draft the configuration work. Choose the broader Postmastery console when cross-channel deliverability observability is the central requirement; choose Palisade when reducing the amount of manual authentication work is the central requirement. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

Postmastery
  • XML report analysis
  • Sender and IP views
  • Provider-level alerts
Palisade
  • Agent analyzes reports
  • Agent sender analysis
  • Agent ticket alerts

Infrastructure observability vs MSP workflow

Integration fit: MTA and ESP observability vs MSP workflow

Postmastery's integration story is clearly oriented around sending infrastructure. Its public pages name on-premise MTAs such as PowerMTA, Postfix, GreenArrow, Halon, and KumoMTA, and cloud or SMTP services including SendGrid, Mailgun, Ongage SMTP, Amazon SES, SparkPost, Brevo, Mailjet, and Mandrill. The delivery-analytics page also positions the product for ESPs that need to identify high-risk senders, domains, and campaigns across an IP pool. For a high-volume sender, those are useful signals to confirm during a technical evaluation. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

The public pages checked do not advertise ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations, nor do they describe a multi-tenant client-domain workflow. That is an evidence boundary, not a claim that Postmastery cannot support those arrangements. If you are an MSP, ask how domains, roles, tickets, customer reports, and DNS approvals are separated across clients. Palisade publishes those PSA integrations and an agentic operating model for portfolios, so the comparison should focus on the workflow your technicians will repeat every week, not just the number of connectors in an integration list. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

Native PSA integrations

Palisade imports client domains straight from these three. Postmastery's own coverage is stated above, from their site.

  • ConnectWise PSA
  • Autotask
  • HaloPSA
Postmastery
  • Not advertised
  • Not advertised
Palisade
  • Native PSA integrations
  • Agent portfolio workflow

Quote-led services vs pricing clarity

Commercial clarity and the role of Postmastery services

Postmastery's public commercial path is quote-led. The homepage says to reach out for a quote, and the Console pages invite a demo while advertising a 14-day free trial. The public pages do not provide numeric Console prices, named plan tiers, email-volume bands, report-retention terms, overage rules, or an MSP per-client-domain rate card. Those unknowns are material if you are comparing a managed service, a Console subscription, or a combination of both, so ask for a written scope that separates software, implementation, ongoing consulting, data retention, support, and any volume measure. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

Postmastery is a sensible narrow fit for an ESP, agency, e-commerce sender, or enterprise deliverability team that wants a consolidated observability platform and access to specialists who can help with infrastructure and authentication. Palisade is the better-shaped option when the buyer wants a public, repeatable DMARC workflow for many domains and expects the agent to do the investigative and drafting work while operators retain approval. Neither choice removes the need to validate legitimate senders before enforcement; the decision is whether your scarce operator time should be spent interpreting the next fix or reviewing one already prepared. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

What each side charges

Three points on each published range: the cheapest plan, one in the middle, and the top of what the vendor publishes. Every plan on both sides is in the pricing section further down.

Postmastery
  • Postmastery Console
    Not published — contact Postmastery for a quote

    Publicly listed modules: Delivery Analytics, Reputation Monitor, Email Auditor, and DMARC Reports; the product page also advertises a 14-day free trial.

Palisade
  • Free
    $0

    1 domain, your own, capped at 1,000 emails/mo

  • IT teams: up to 500,000 emails/mo
    $59/mo ($47/mo billed annually)

    Same product: 6 set-up domains, pick the tier that matches your sending

  • Enterprise (more than 2.5M / month)
    Custom

    Custom volume, retention, and terms

Postmastery
  • No public rate card
  • 14-day free trial
  • Expert managed service
Palisade
  • Prices and tiers published
  • 15-day full-product trial
  • Not offered

Dashboard access vs programmatic access

Postmastery's webhook alerts and Console dashboard, without a public API or MCP server

Postmastery advertises Console as a dashboard for Delivery Analytics, Reputation Monitor, Email Auditor, and DMARC Reports. Its Reputation Monitor page says it can send real-time multi-channel notifications through email, Slack, and Webhook when blacklist and reputation events occur. The public Console product page does not advertise a documented REST or GraphQL API, an MCP server, an AI-assistant integration, or an AI or machine-learning feature (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) Source 2 (2026-08-27)

Palisade publishes an MCP server at /mcp and a REST API at /api. Its agent investigates senders, drafts SPF and DKIM fixes, and proposes each policy step. A human approves before anything ships.

Reachable from your own AI tools

Palisade's MCP server exposes 30 tools over OAuth, so the assistant your team already uses can read domains, pull the exact records to publish and work the task queue. These are the clients the connection guide walks through.

Postmastery
  • No public API listed
  • No MCP server listed
  • No AI feature listed
Palisade
  • REST API published
  • MCP server published
  • Agent drafts and proposes
Palisade

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The agent does the heavy lifting

Sources identified, SPF and DKIM fixes drafted, each policy step proposed. You approve; nothing ships on its own.

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Pricing

Postmastery pricing explained (and how Palisade compares)

Postmastery does not publish a public Console rate card or plan-by-plan pricing table on the pages checked. Its public site presents the Console through a demo-led sales path and says to reach out for a quote. That makes the commercial comparison one of scope, volume, services, and written terms rather than a published price-to-price table (checked 2026-08-26).

What you'd actually pay

The same five buyer sizes on every comparison, so a shape carries from one page to the next.

Buyer size
Small

1 domain, up to 1,000 emails a month

Postmastery
Not published at this size
Palisade
Free
Medium

2 set-up domains, up to 100K emails a month

Postmastery
Not published at this size
Palisade
$19/mo ($15/mo annual)
Large

10 set-up domains, up to 1M emails a month

Postmastery
Not published at this size
Palisade
$99/mo ($79/mo annual)
Enterprise

20 set-up domains, up to 2.5M emails a month

Postmastery
Not published at this size
Palisade
$249/mo ($199/mo annual)
MSP

Client domains under management, any volume

Postmastery
Not published at this size
Palisade
Quoted per client domain; no email metering

Palisade’s figures are derived from its published tiers. Postmastery figures read from their pricing page on 2026-08-28. Plans and prices may have changed since.

How Postmastery prices

  • Postmastery does not publish numeric Console prices, plan names, volume bands, overage terms, or report-retention limits on the public pages checked (checked 2026-08-26).
  • The public homepage says to reach out for a quote, while the Console product page presents a demo and a 14-day free trial (checked 2026-08-26).
  • The public site also offers DMARC implementation, deliverability consulting, and managed deliverability. Whether those services are bundled with a Console quote is not published (checked 2026-08-26).
  • No public MSP per-client-domain rate card is advertised on the pages checked. Ask for the unit of measure, included domains, data retention, support level, and service scope in writing (checked 2026-08-26).

How Palisade prices

  • Palisade publishes a Free plan for one domain and up to 1,000 emails per month, plus flat monthly IT-team plans sized by email volume from $19 per month with 20% off on annual billing. Paid plans include 2 to 20 set-up domains by published tier; adding domains is free and unlimited, while only set-up domains count against the tier.
  • Palisade's MSP model is portfolio-based per client domain, with a rate that improves as the portfolio grows. The MSP's own domain is included as a free Not-For-Resale license, and client domains are not metered by email volume.
  • Palisade includes unlimited report retention on paid plans, API access on every plan, a 15-day full-product trial, and native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, and Autotask integrations. Confirm the current plan boundary before purchase because these are Palisade's published product terms, not Postmastery terms.

Postmastery pricing read from their public pricing page on 2026-08-26.Plans and prices may have changed since.

Try Palisade free on one domain, or start a 15-day full-product trial with no credit card.

Standing

What each one covers, and where it stops

Published facts only, read from each vendor's own material. Neither column describes a hands-on trial, because we have not run one.

Postmastery · Overview

Postmastery combines DMARC reporting with broader email-deliverability analytics and consulting. Its Console brings together Delivery Analytics, Reputation Monitor, Email Auditor, and DMARC Reports, letting operators examine aggregate reports, sender and IP detail, delivery issues, reputation signals, and campaign or provider data.

Postmastery is aimed at high-volume senders, ESPs, agencies, e-commerce companies, and deliverability teams that need MTA or ESP observability alongside specialist support. Its public commercial path is quote-led: Console pricing, plan tiers, volume bands, overage rules, report-retention terms, and an MSP rate card are not published, while the Console advertises a 14-day free trial.

Palisade · Overview

Palisade is built around an agent that does the DMARC work rather than reporting on it. It identifies every sending source, drafts the SPF and DKIM changes each one needs, and proposes the next policy step when the evidence supports it.

The agent investigates every sender, drafts every fix, and proposes each policy step, you approve before anything ships.

Postmastery · What it covers
  • Provides staged DMARC policy guidance from p=none to quarantine or reject
  • Provides XML report analysis for DMARC aggregate reports
  • Provides sender and IP views for investigation
  • Provides provider-level alerts for delivery and authentication events
  • Provides Webhook alerts outside the Console
Palisade · What it covers
  • The agent investigates senders and drafts the fix, so the work arrives prepared rather than as a list of findings
  • Hosted SPF, DKIM and DMARC on redundant managed DNS, so an approved change can be carried out rather than handed off
  • Portfolio workflow for MSPs, with ConnectWise, HaloPSA and Autotask integrations and a free NFR domain
  • An MCP server and a REST API, so the same data and workflow are reachable from the AI tools a team already uses
Postmastery · Where it stops
  • Does not advertise an AI agent that drafts each change for approval
  • Does not advertise named ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations
  • Does not advertise a multi-tenant MSP client-management workflow
  • Does not advertise hosted DMARC, SPF, DKIM, or MTA-STS records
  • Does not advertise a documented REST or GraphQL API
Palisade · Where it stops
  • Every policy change waits for a human approval, by design: nothing ships on the agent's own authority
  • MSP pricing is quoted per client domain rather than published as a rate card
  • Plans are sized by monthly email volume, so a low-domain, high-volume sender lands on a higher tier than domain count alone suggests
Postmastery · At a glance
Starts at
Not published; quote required
Free trial
14 days
Plan tiers
Not published
Retention
Not published
MSP model
Not published at 25 domains
Palisade · At a glance
Starts at
Free, then $19/mo
Free tier
1 domain, up to 1,000 emails/month
Trial
15 days, full product, no credit card
MSP model
Quoted per client domain, portfolio-based

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Evidence

Sources and further reading

Source checks run through 2026-08-26; every entry keeps its individual check date.

Questions

Palisade vs Postmastery: FAQ

Is Postmastery a DMARC reporting platform?

Yes. Postmastery Console includes a DMARC Reports module that processes XML reports, shows overall compliance, identifies sending sources, and provides domain- and IP-level SPF and DKIM detail. Postmastery also offers DMARC implementation and monitoring services.

Does Postmastery publish Console pricing?

No public numeric Console price or plan matrix was available on the Postmastery pages checked on 2026-08-26. The homepage says to reach out for a quote, while the Console page invites a demo and advertises a 14-day free trial. Ask for the software and services scope in writing.

Does Postmastery help move a domain to DMARC reject?

Yes. Its public DMARC implementation page describes a staged path that starts at p=none, identifies legitimate sources and alignment issues, provides guidance on fixes, and moves to quarantine or reject. The page describes service and guidance; it does not advertise an AI agent that drafts every fix for your approval.

Does Postmastery integrate with ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask?

Those PSA integrations are not advertised on the Postmastery public integration pages checked on 2026-08-26. The pages do advertise MTA and ESP connections, including PowerMTA, Postfix, GreenArrow, Halon, SendGrid, Mailgun, Ongage SMTP, and Amazon SES. Confirm any PSA workflow directly with Postmastery before relying on it.

Who should choose Postmastery instead of Palisade?

Postmastery fits a sender that prioritizes consolidated SMTP or ESP observability, reputation monitoring, email auditing, and access to deliverability specialists. Palisade fits a team that prioritizes an AI agent investigating senders, drafting authentication fixes, and proposing policy steps for approval across its domains.

Switching from Postmastery takes three steps

  1. 1

    Batch-import your domains

    Bring your client domains into Palisade in bulk, or let your ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integration sync them automatically.

  2. 2

    Run both platforms in parallel

    DMARC reporting supports multiple recipients, so Palisade and Postmastery receive the same reports during the overlap window. Nothing breaks while you compare.

  3. 3

    Cut DNS over on your schedule

    Point records at Palisade's hosted infrastructure (redundant managed DNS), then retire the old setup when you're satisfied.

Our onboarding team handles the technical transition with you.

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