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SendForensics vs Palisade in 2026

SendForensics combines DMARC monitoring with inbox placement, reputation, and campaign deliverability analysis. Palisade is agentic: its agent investigates every sender, drafts every fix, and proposes each policy step—you approve before anything ships.

Our verdict: Pick SendForensics if you want DMARC analytics alongside inbox placement, reputation, and ESP data. Pick Palisade if you want an AI agent to carry authentication work from investigation through each approved step toward p=reject.

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

1 domain free up to 1,000 emails/month

SendForensics
SendForensics Reputation dashboard showing deliverability score, domain and MTA quality, blacklists, bounce and complaint rates, provider reputation, and DMARC failure rate charts
Palisade
Palisade domains dashboard with email activity chart and DMARC compliance report
SendForensics
DMARC monitoring and deliverability analysis
Palisade rubric score
56/100
Palisade rubric: tied rank #35 of 69 verified providers
Score calculation: 45 ÷ 80 × 100 = 56.25, rounded to 56/100
Palisade’s 8-dimension rubric
Starts at
$49/mo monthly ($39/mo annually)
Best fit
Teams that prefer hands-on DNS changes
In one line
SendForensics suits teams that prefer to review DMARC data and make DNS changes themselves.
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 SendForensics if…
Pick Palisade if…

Best for Teams that prefer hands-on DNS changes

Best for MSPs and IT teams responsible for multiple domains

  • You want DMARC reporting in the same workspace as inbox placement, spam testing, client previews, and reputation metrics.
  • Your marketing or deliverability team needs native connections to its ESP, Google Postmaster Tools, Microsoft SNDS, Slack, or webhook alerts.
  • You run an agency or ESP and want plan-level segmentation, advanced reporting, or a separately negotiated white-label deliverability experience.
  • You prefer to follow a starter-record guide, review the resulting data, and make DNS changes through your own provider.
  • You want an AI agent to investigate every sender, draft SPF and DKIM fixes, and propose each policy step toward p=reject.
  • You want your team to approve each change before it ships, while the agent carries the investigation and configuration work.
  • You manage internal or client domains and want hosted records on redundant managed DNS plus Smart DNS Deployment through your DNS provider.
  • You need an operational queue and native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations for MSP work.
Starts at
$49/mo monthly ($39/mo annually)
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

FeatureSendForensicsPalisade
Enforcement
AI agent that investigates senders, drafts authentication fixes, and proposes each policy step toward p=rejectWhether an agent carries authentication remediation toward DMARC enforcement.SendForensics advertises AI-powered deliverability analytics, starter-record generation, source identification, troubleshooting, and recommendations; it does not advertise an AI enforcement agent that drafts and carries each policy step for approval (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)Not advertisedAgent drafts and proposes
Starter DMARC record generation with guided DNS setupWhether setup begins with a generated DMARC record and DNS guidance.SendForensics says it autogenerates a starter DMARC record and publishes provider-specific setup instructions (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)Generated record and guidanceAgent drafts DNS fixes
Reporting and analysis
DMARC aggregate analytics with sending-system and authentication visibilityWhether DMARC reports identify senders and show authentication results.SendForensics says its DMARC dashboard reveals sending systems, locations, and authentication status from DMARC data (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)Sender and status visibilityAgent analyzes reports
Multiple-domain and subdomain monitoringWhether each domain and its subdomains remain visible in monitoring.SendForensics advertises high-level DMARC views for every domain and automatic detection of unmonitored subdomains (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)Domain and subdomain viewsAgent analyzes reports
Email, Slack, and webhook alerts for DMARC errors or authentication failuresWhether monitoring problems can trigger alerts in named channels.SendForensics documents email, Slack, and webhook alerts for monitoring problems, including DMARC configuration errors and authentication failures (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)Email, Slack, webhooksAgent alerts on tickets
Inbox placement, spam testing, and deliverability analysis in the same platformWhether campaign testing and deliverability analysis share the DMARC workspace.SendForensics lists unlimited spam tests, inbox placement tests, and deliverability analytics in its product and pricing pages (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)Unified deliverability suiteProvider placement insight
Limits & metering
Agency plan with data segmentation, multiple analysis addresses, and advanced reportingWhether an agency plan separates data and adds reporting controls.SendForensics lists data segmentation and advanced reporting on Agency and Enterprise, with multiple analysis addresses documented for team or business-unit views (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)Agency segmentation and reportsMulti-tenant MSP workflows
MSP operations
Native ESP, Google Postmaster Tools, Microsoft SNDS, and Slack integrationsWhether named delivery and communication systems connect natively.SendForensics publishes integrations for ESPs, Google Postmaster Tools, Microsoft SNDS, and Slack; Microsoft SNDS depends on dedicated or fixed IPs (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)ESP and reputation integrationsNative PSA integrations
White-label deliverability tools for an ESP or platformWhether a platform can be branded for an ESP or customer-facing service.SendForensics advertises white-label deliverability tools and custom CSS for ESPs and email platforms; the offer is described as a contact-sales workflow (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)White-label with custom CSSWhite-label reports
Native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, and Autotask integrationsWhether named PSA systems connect to MSP ticket workflows.SendForensics' public integrations directory lists ESP, ISP, Slack, SMTP, and auto-response connections but does not advertise ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26)Not advertisedNative PSA integrations
Hosted records & DNS
Hosted DMARC, SPF, and DKIM records on redundant managed DNSWhether a product hosts email-authentication records on managed DNS.SendForensics' public setup guidance tells the customer to add its DMARC TXT record at their DNS provider and does not advertise hosted DMARC, SPF, or DKIM records (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)Customer-managed DNSHosted on managed DNS
SPF flatteningWhether SPF lookups are reduced before the record is published.SendForensics' public product, pricing, and DMARC pages advertise DMARC analytics and deliverability tooling but do not advertise SPF flattening (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)Not advertisedHosted SPF flattening
AI and automation access
Documented Send API for ESP deliverability testsWhether an ESP can programmatically submit a deliverability test and retrieve its analysis.SendForensics' public "ESP Plan Only" guide describes a Send API process: an ESP sends email with HMAC-authenticated custom headers, then retrieves the analysis through a generated link. The guide does not state which standard subscription tiers include it (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27)Send API documentedREST API published
MCP server for connecting AI assistants to domain dataWhether an AI assistant can reach the product's data directly.SendForensics does not advertise an MCP server or an AI-assistant integration on its public integrations page, which lists generic SMTP and auto-response options, named ESPs, reputation services, and Slack (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27)No MCP server listedMCP server published
Advertised AI deliverability analysisWhether the vendor advertises AI and identifies the campaign-analysis work it performs.SendForensics advertises AI-powered deliverability analytics. Its deliverability-analysis page says content analysis finds weighted words, phrases, and code strings matching current spam patterns, with suggested replacements (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) Source 2 (2026-08-27)AI analytics advertisedAgent drafts fixes
Webhook alerts outside the dashboardWhether alerts can reach another system without relying only on the dashboard.SendForensics advertises Slack, webhook, and email alerts for resolving problems, which gives customers an outbound notification path (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27)Webhook alerts listedREST API published

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The scorecard

Palisade 96 vs SendForensics 56, 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.

SendForensics
56/100
45 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.

SendForensics3/10

SendForensics does not publish an API or MCP server for programmatic product access (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.

SendForensics8/10

Automatic subdomain discovery, source visibility, multi-domain status views, alerts, deliverability integrations, and report filtering automate substantial monitoring work. 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.

SendForensics3/10

The product identifies sending sources and alerts on failures, but the customer publishes every DNS change and decides when to advance the policy. 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.

SendForensics10/10

Brand is $49 monthly, Company $79, Agency $199, and Enterprise starts at $349; annual billing lowers those monthly equivalents. 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.

SendForensics6/10

Partial: the platform generates a starter DMARC record and guides DNS setup, but customers publish it and no hosted SPF or DKIM service is documented. 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.

SendForensics3/10

No ongoing free plan is published on the current pricing page. 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.

SendForensics6/10

Partial: the Agency plan supports multiple clients, segmented analysis addresses, and advanced reporting; CRM and ESP providers can request white-labelled deliverability monitoring. 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.

SendForensics6/10

Generated records, setup guidance, source authorization, failure drill-down, enforcement tracking, and parked-domain reject support assist policy work while DNS publication remains customer-operated. 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)

Deliverability breadth vs DMARC insight

SendForensics is a broad deliverability suite with genuine DMARC parity

SendForensics is not only a DMARC report viewer. Its public product pages position the platform across email marketers, IT teams, and leaders: content and spam analysis, client previews, inbox placement, reputation metrics, blacklist monitoring, and DMARC analytics appear in the same suite. On the authentication side, SendForensics says it can show the systems sending from a domain, expose SPF/DKIM/DMARC results, filter failures, identify unmonitored subdomains, and protect parked or inactive domains. Those are meaningful parity points for a team that wants deliverability and domain-security signals together. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

SendForensics alert settings with email, webhook and Slack destinations plus toggles for deliverability, authentication and reputation conditions
SendForensics, from its own site
Palisade domains dashboard with email activity chart and DMARC compliance report
Palisade

The workflow begins with a generated starter DMARC record, but the vendor's setup guide tells the customer to add that TXT record through the customer's DNS provider. SendForensics then waits for reports, builds the dashboard, and lets the operator identify and authorize sending sources. Its documentation is clear about the sequence: gather visibility, connect ESP data, set alerts, and use the resulting evidence to improve deliverability. SendForensics does not advertise an approval-gated AI agent that drafts SPF and DKIM changes and carries each policy step toward p=reject (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)

SendForensics
  • Sender and status visibility
  • Domain and subdomain views
  • Email, Slack, webhooks
Palisade
  • Agent analyzes reports
  • Agent analyzes reports
  • Agent alerts on tickets

Recommendations vs execution

The decision is who carries the remediation queue

SendForensics gives an operator a useful control room. The DMARC page says users can drill into any data point, filter by domain, country, sending system, or authentication result, and get notified through email, Slack, or webhook when configuration or authentication problems appear. That is a solid monitoring loop, and the platform's deliverability analysis adds context that a DMARC-only dashboard would not: placement, reputation, complaints, blacklists, and engagement data from connected ESPs. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)

SendForensics reputation dashboard showing deliverability, sender quality, blacklist, engagement, and DMARC failure trends.
SendForensics, from its own site
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

Palisade's distinction is labor allocation, not a claim that SendForensics cannot monitor DMARC. Its agent investigates every sender, drafts every SPF and DKIM fix, detects policy readiness, and proposes the next policy step; your team approves before anything ships. That matters when the same process repeats across dozens of domains or client tenants. SendForensics fits a team that wants a broad deliverability workspace and has people ready to turn each finding into a DNS or authentication change. Palisade fits a team that wants the analysis and drafting work carried by the agent, with humans retaining the approval gate. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

SendForensics
  • Not advertised
  • Generated record and guidance
Palisade
  • Agent drafts and proposes
  • Agent drafts DNS fixes
  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.

Agency breadth vs MSP workflows

Agency breadth, but a different MSP operating model

SendForensics' Agency plan is a real fit signal for multi-brand or multi-team deliverability work. It includes 15 sending domains, 10 users, 10 million DMARC reports per month, granular quotas, multiple analysis addresses for segmentation, and advanced reporting. Its ESP solution page goes further for platforms: SendForensics advertises full DMARC RUA processing across an ESP network and white-label deliverability tools that can be styled with custom CSS. That makes the product relevant to an agency, CRM, or ESP that wants to bundle deliverability analysis into an existing offering. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)

Multi-tenant solution
Palisade

The narrow caveat for an MSP is the shape of the operating model. SendForensics' public integrations page lists many ESP and reputation connections, but it does not advertise ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask. The agency and white-label material also describes deliverability tooling rather than a native MSP service-desk workflow. An agency that sells reporting and placement insight can fit SendForensics well; an MSP looking for PSA-connected, agent-assisted remediation should compare the handoff between a dashboard finding and the technician who must act on it. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

Native PSA integrations

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

  • ConnectWise PSA
  • Autotask
  • HaloPSA
SendForensics
  • ESP and reputation integrations
  • White-label with custom CSS
  • Not advertised
Palisade
  • Native PSA integrations
  • White-label reports
  • Native PSA integrations

Volume pricing vs domain pricing

Read the SendForensics meter before you compare monthly prices

The published plans are easy to scan, but the limits are multidimensional. Brand starts with two sending domains, two users, and 100,000 DMARC reports per month. Company moves to five domains, five users, and one million reports; Agency moves to 15, 10, and 10 million; Enterprise starts at 30, 20, and 20 million. Additional domains, users, and report quota can be added separately on Company, Agency, and Enterprise, while the pricing page says the Brand plan does not receive granular usage quotas. Placement tests are described as unlimited subject to the stated per-domain fair-use thresholds. Source (2026-08-26)

Palisade uses a different split. Internal IT plans are flat monthly tiers sized by email volume, with the Free plan covering one domain and 1,000 emails per month; MSPs pay per client domain at a portfolio-based rate with no client email metering. That comparison includes more than the sticker price. If you need inbox placement and campaign analysis beside DMARC, SendForensics' breadth is relevant. If the recurring cost is the operator time spent classifying senders, drafting records, and advancing policy, Palisade's agentic workflow addresses that part of the budget directly. Source (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.

SendForensics
  • Brand
    $49/mo monthly ($39/mo annually)

    2 sending domains, 2 users, 100,000 DMARC reports/mo, unlimited spam tests, client previews, inbox placement tests, analytics, integrations, and non-sending domain protection

  • Company
    $79/mo monthly ($63/mo annually)

    5 sending domains, 5 users, 1 million DMARC reports/mo, all Brand features, and granular usage quotas

  • Enterprise
    Starts at $349/mo monthly ($279/mo annually)

    30 sending domains, 20 users, 20 million DMARC reports/mo, Agency features, with custom integrations and SAML/SSO available as optional extras

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

SendForensics
  • Agency segmentation and reports
Palisade
  • Multi-tenant MSP workflows

Dashboard access vs programmatic access

SendForensics' ESP Send API and webhook alerts are not an MCP server

SendForensics publishes an "ESP Plan Only" guide for its Send API process. It describes HMAC-authenticated custom headers for an ESP to send messages for analysis and a generated link for reaching the resulting analysis. The guide does not say which standard subscription tiers include it. SendForensics also lists generic SMTP and auto-response options, named ESPs, Google Postmaster Tools, Microsoft SNDS, and Slack in its integrations directory. It does not advertise an MCP server or an AI-assistant integration on that page (checked 2026-08-27). Its homepage advertises AI-powered deliverability analytics and Slack, webhook, or email alerts. The deliverability-analysis page says content analysis finds weighted words, phrases, and code strings that match current spam patterns, with suggested replacements. Source (2026-08-27) Source 2 (2026-08-27) Source 3 (2026-08-27) Source 4 (2026-08-27)

SendForensics content-analysis result screen
SendForensics, from its own site
'Fix SPF for Microsoft Outlook' guided wizard on step 3 (Fix) with an Update SPF automatically button and manual-setup link — flat full-frame app capture
Palisade

Palisade publishes an MCP server and REST 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.

SendForensics
  • Send API documented
  • No MCP server listed
  • AI analytics advertised
Palisade
  • REST API published
  • MCP server published
  • Agent drafts fixes
Palisade

Still deciding between SendForensics and Palisade? See what changes with Palisade.

1 domain free up to 1,000 emails/month

The agent does the heavy lifting

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

Connect your AI with MCP

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor
  • Windsurf

30 tools over MCP, so your assistant reads your domains and works the queue.

Connect your DNS manager directly

  • GoDaddy
  • Cloudflare
  • Namecheap
  • Amazon Route 53

Approved records go into your own zone at your own provider, across 64. No credentials reach us.

We evaluated many DMARC providers before choosing Palisade. The quality of their product, the responsiveness and friendliness of their team and their rapid progress on their product roadmap made it a no-brainer for us to move forward.
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Pricing

SendForensics pricing explained (and how Palisade compares)

SendForensics publishes four monthly or annual plans. The meter combines sending domains, users, and monthly DMARC reports, while deliverability tests are listed as unlimited subject to the fair-use policy on the pricing page. These were the published options when checked on August 26, 2026:

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

SendForensics
$49 per month (or $39 per month for annual payment)

Brand: 2 sending domains and 100,000 DMARC reports/mo; no 1-domain or 1,000-email tier published

Palisade
Free
Medium

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

SendForensics
$49 per month (or $39 per month for annual payment)

Brand: 2 sending domains and 100,000 DMARC reports/mo

Palisade
$19/mo ($15/mo annual)
Large

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

SendForensics
$199 per month (or $159 per month for annual payment)

Agency: 15 sending domains and 10 million DMARC reports/mo; no 10-domain or 1-million-report tier published

Palisade
$99/mo ($79/mo annual)
Enterprise

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

SendForensics
Starts at $349 per month (or $279 per month for annual payment)

Enterprise: 30 sending domains and 20 million DMARC reports/mo; no 20-domain or 2.5-million-report tier published

Palisade
$249/mo ($199/mo annual)
MSP

Client domains under management, any volume

SendForensics
Not published at this size

Agency is capped at 15 sending domains and 10 million DMARC reports/mo; no unmetered MSP tier is published

Palisade
Quoted per client domain; no email metering

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

How SendForensics prices

  • Additional sending domains cost $10/domain/month monthly or $8/domain/month annually; additional users use the same rates. An extra 1 million DMARC reports/month costs $10 monthly or $8 annually, and SendForensics says these additions can be prorated from the dashboard.
  • The pricing page calls inbox placement unlimited but also states a fair-use policy of 1,000 deliverability analyses and 50 seedlist-based placement tests per sending domain per month.
  • The public pricing page does not publish a free plan or a trial offer; it presents paid plans with Buy now or talk-to-us paths (checked 2026-08-26).
  • SendForensics says all plans include every integration, but notes that the supported integrations depend on whether sending uses a shared or dedicated IP.

How Palisade prices

  • Palisade's Free plan covers one domain and up to 1,000 emails/month. Paid IT-team tiers are flat monthly prices sized by sending volume, starting at $19/month with 20% off annually.
  • Palisade's paid IT tiers cap set-up domains at 2, 3, 6, 10, or 20 by volume tier; adding domains is free and unlimited, and only set-up domains count against the tier.
  • Palisade's MSP model is quoted per client domain, with a rate that improves as the portfolio grows. Client email volume is not metered, and the provider's own MSP domain is a free NFR license.
  • Palisade's 15-day full-product trial requires no credit card. Its agent investigates senders, drafts fixes, and proposes policy steps for approval instead of leaving the entire remediation loop to an operator.

SendForensics 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.

SendForensics · Overview

SendForensics combines DMARC monitoring with campaign deliverability analysis, inbox placement, reputation and blacklist data, spam testing, client previews, and ESP integrations. Its DMARC tools generate a starter record, surface sending systems and authentication status, monitor domains and subdomains, and notify teams about configuration or authentication problems.

Marketing, IT, agency, and ESP teams can use the platform to inspect deliverability signals and DMARC data in one workspace. Its Agency and Enterprise plans add data segmentation and advanced reporting, and its ESP offering adds white-label deliverability tools and DMARC RUA processing across an ESP network. SendForensics also documents an ESP Send API process and webhook alerts.

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.

SendForensics · What it covers
  • Provides a generated DMARC starter record and guided DNS setup.
  • Provides sender and authentication-status visibility in DMARC reporting.
  • Provides email, Slack, and webhook alerts for monitoring issues.
  • Combines DMARC monitoring with inbox placement, spam testing, and deliverability analysis.
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
SendForensics · Where it stops
  • Does not advertise an AI enforcement agent that drafts authentication fixes and proposes policy steps for approval.
  • Does not advertise native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations.
  • Does not advertise hosted DMARC, SPF, or DKIM records on managed DNS.
  • Does not advertise SPF flattening.
  • Does not advertise an MCP server or AI-assistant integration.
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
SendForensics · At a glance
Starts at
$49/mo monthly ($39/mo annually)
Free tier
Not published
Brand allowance
2 sending domains
Report allowance
100,000 DMARC reports/mo
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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Questions

Palisade vs SendForensics: FAQ

What is the main difference between SendForensics and Palisade?

SendForensics combines DMARC analytics with inbox placement, spam testing, reputation dashboards, client previews, blacklist checks, and ESP integrations. Palisade is agentic: its agent investigates senders, drafts SPF and DKIM fixes, and proposes each policy step toward p=reject while your team approves before anything ships.

Does SendForensics have an AI enforcement agent?

SendForensics advertises AI-powered deliverability analytics, source identification, troubleshooting, recommendations, and an autogenerated starter DMARC record. Its public pages do not advertise an AI agent that drafts authentication changes and carries each policy step toward p=reject for customer approval (checked 2026-08-26).

Does SendForensics support DMARC reporting?

Yes. SendForensics says adding its DMARC record enables dashboard analytics showing which systems send from a domain, where they send from, and whether they authenticate. It also advertises multiple-domain views, unmonitored-subdomain detection, non-sending-domain protection, and alerts for DMARC configuration or authentication failures.

How much does SendForensics cost?

The published plans are Brand at $49 per month or $39 annually, Company at $79 or $63 annually, Agency at $199 or $159 annually, and Enterprise starting at $349 or $279 annually. The plans meter sending domains, users, and DMARC reports; additional usage is available on the qualifying plans. SendForensics does not publish a free plan or trial offer on its public pricing page (checked 2026-08-26).

Does SendForensics have an MSP or agency option?

It publishes an Agency plan with domain, user, report-volume, segmentation, and advanced-reporting limits. SendForensics also advertises white-label deliverability tools for ESPs and platforms, including full DMARC RUA processing across an ESP network. The public material does not advertise native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations (checked 2026-08-26).

Can I switch from SendForensics to Palisade without interrupting DMARC reporting?

Yes. DMARC reporting supports multiple recipients, so you can add Palisade's reporting destination while SendForensics continues receiving reports during the overlap. Import your domains, compare sender findings, then move approved DNS records and retire the old destination on your schedule.

Switching from SendForensics 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 SendForensics 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.

Competitor information on this page was last reviewed against public sources on 2026-08-26. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.