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Suped vs Palisade in 2026
Suped guides your team through DMARC work. Palisade is agent-first: it investigates sending sources, configures authentication, and moves domains toward enforcement. That operating model works whether you manage one domain or thousands.
Our verdict: Pick Palisade if you want an AI agent to carry the work through enforcement, whether you manage one domain or thousands. Pick Suped if you prefer a guided workflow where your team makes each change.
Samuel Chenard · CEO & Co-Founder, PalisadeSource checks through 2026-07-261 domain free up to 1,000 emails/month
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Free for one domain, up to 1,000 emails a month. Paid plans are sized by email volume, with a 15-day trial and no credit card.
Which one is right for you?
Best for Hands-on DMARC work
Best for MSPs and IT teams responsible for multiple domains
- You prefer hands-on DMARC work and a flow that suggests changes for you to make.
- A guided workflow that suggests changes for you to make yourself is enough for your setup.
- You want Suped's self-serve free plan or its $24/mo entry plan ($19/mo billed annually) and can work within its volume, domain, and retention caps.
- You manage anywhere from one domain to thousands.
- You want an AI agent to investigate issues, configure authentication, and move domains toward p=reject.
- Your team already uses Claude, OpenAI, or other AI tools to get work done and expects DMARC software to operate the same way.
- You need published pricing and native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask workflows.
Free for one domain, up to 1,000 emails a month. Paid plans are sized by email volume, with a 15-day trial and no credit card.
Where the day-to-day work actually differs
| Feature | Suped | Palisade |
|---|---|---|
| Enforcement | ||
| AI agent that does the enforcement work (you approve each step)Whether a product investigates senders, drafts fixes, and proposes policy steps for approval. | Not advertised | Agent drafts and proposes |
| DMARC report monitoring & analyticsWhether DMARC reports are collected and available for review. | Supported | Report monitoring |
| Limits & metering | ||
| Unlimited domain adding: only set-up domains count against a tierWhether adding domains for monitoring counts toward plan limits.Suped Business: added domains count against a 2 to 20 cap, stepped by tier | No unlimited adding | Only setup domains count |
| Unlimited report retention on every paid planHow long paid plans retain DMARC report history.Suped: 90 to 365 days on Business; unlimited from Enterprise | 90 to 365 days | Unlimited paid-plan retention |
| API access on every planWhether every plan includes programmatic access to DMARC data.Suped: Enterprise plan only | Enterprise plan only | API on every plan |
| MSP operations | ||
| Native ConnectWise, HaloPSA & Autotask integrationsWhether a product connects directly to the named PSA systems. | Not advertised | Native PSA integrations |
| Free NFR domain for your own MSP + 15-day full-product trialWhether MSPs get an internal-use domain and a full-product trial.Suped MSP: trial by request; no free own-domain license advertised | No NFR; trial by request | Free NFR, 15-day trial |
| Hosted records & DNS | ||
| Hosted DMARC, SPF & MTA-STS recordsWhether a product hosts the named authentication records.Suped: hosted SPF/MTA-STS from Business plan | SPF/MTA-STS from Business | Hosted on managed DNS |
| SPF flatteningWhether SPF lookup chains can be reduced before publication.Suped: from Business plan | Business plan feature | Hosted SPF flattening |
| Hosted records on redundant managed DNSWhether hosted records are served through redundant managed DNS. | No uptime guarantee | Redundant managed DNS |
| AI and automation access | ||
| REST API for DMARC record dataWhether software can query product data through published API documentation.Suped documents a JSON HTTP REST API that returns DMARC records. Its pricing page lists API access on Enterprise and MSP (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) Source 2 (2026-08-27) | REST API on Enterprise/MSP | REST API published |
| MCP server for connecting AI assistants to domain dataWhether an AI assistant can reach the product's data directly.Suped does not advertise an MCP server or an AI-assistant integration in its public documentation or sitemap. Those locations list API docs but no MCP or assistant connection (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) Source 2 (2026-08-27) | No MCP server listed | MCP server published |
| Advertised AI assistance for DMARC workWhether the product advertises AI that investigates or prepares domain-authentication work.Suped does not advertise an AI or machine-learning feature for DMARC work in the public documentation, pricing page, or sitemap checked. Those pages advertise automated issue detection, recommendations, webhooks, and API access instead (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) Source 2 (2026-08-27) Source 3 (2026-08-27) | No AI feature listed | Approval-gated agent drafts |
| Data and alerts outside the dashboardWhether the product sends reports or alerts without requiring dashboard access.Suped advertises webhook alerts for new senders, authentication-rate drops, and policy status changes. Its public notification docs also describe daily, weekly, or monthly email summaries (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) Source 2 (2026-08-27) | Webhooks and email summaries | REST API published |
Palisade 96 vs Suped 78, 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.
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.
API access is limited to the Enterprise and MSP plans, and Suped does not publish an MCP server. Source (2026-08-27)
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)
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.
The guided flow identifies the specific problem, explains it, and verifies the fix, more analysis done for you than a reporting-only dashboard. Source (2026-07-29)
Report data is analysed into a prioritised list of sender, SPF, DKIM and DMARC issues, so nobody reads raw XML. Source (2026-07-29)
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.
Suped hosts DMARC, SPF, and MTA-STS records, while its guided remediation has the user make each change and decide when to advance policy. Source (2026-08-27)
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)
10 = full pricing published. 6 = some tiers published, rest quote-gated. 3 = quote only.
Self-service Free and Business pricing is published; Enterprise and MSP pricing are quote-based. Source (2026-08-27)
Published: free plan, then flat monthly plans by email volume from $19/mo Source (2026-08-30)
10 = hosts the records for you. 6 = partial or add-on. 3 = you manage your own DNS.
Yes: hosted DMARC on Free; hosted SPF and MTA-STS with SPF flattening on paid plans. Source (2026-08-27)
10 = a genuine free plan. 6 = time-limited trial only. 3 = no free access.
Free plan for one domain, 1,000 emails per month, 14 days of retention, alerts, and hosted DMARC. Source (2026-08-27)
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)
10 = a real MSP program with multi-tenant management. 6 = partial. 3 = none.
Yes: MSP plan with unlimited domains, unlimited email volume, retention, API access, and client-domain pricing. Source (2026-08-27)
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.
Guided remediation explains each fix and rechecks it once you've made the change, a guided path rather than an automated one. Hosted SPF and MTA-STS start at the Business tier. Source (2026-07-29)
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)
Guided remediation vs agent execution
Enforcement: executed vs guided
Suped's remediation is guidance: it "explains what to change" and "gives the next action for each detected problem", then rechecks after you act. You (or your client) still make every change, on every domain, every time.
Palisade removes that loop. Its AI agent analyzes the reports, identifies legitimate senders, configures SPF and DKIM, and progressively tightens policy to p=reject, with each step approved by your team. Across an MSP book of 50 to 200 client domains, guided-times-two-hundred is a job; agent-done-times-two-hundred is an approval queue.
- Not advertised
- Supported
- Agent drafts and proposes
- Report monitoring
- Investigates. Works out what is sending as your domain, and which of it is legitimate.
- Drafts the fix. Prepares the SPF and DKIM record changes each sender needs, rather than describing them.
- Proposes the policy step. Moves toward p=reject when the evidence supports it. You approve before anything ships.
Multi-meter pricing vs volume pricing
Fewer meters to forecast
Suped's self-serve pricing meters three things at once: email volume (from 100,000/mo on Business), domains (2 to 20), and report retention (90 to 365 days). Each one is a forecasting exercise, and retention matters more than it looks, DMARC enforcement decisions lean on months of sender history.
Palisade prices IT teams by monthly email volume, with 2 to 20 set-up domains by tier. The other two meters never appear: adding domains to monitor is free and unlimited, and report history never expires on any paid plan, where Suped holds unlimited retention for Enterprise. For MSPs, client domains are quoted per domain based on portfolio size with no email metering, so fixed-fee margins stay predictable when a client's sending grows.
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.
- Free$0
1,000 emails/mo, 1 domain, 14-day retention, hosted DMARC
- Business$19/mo billed annually ($24 monthly)
From 100,000 emails/mo, 2 domains, 90-day retention; scales to 2.5M emails / 20 domains / 365 days. Adds SPF flattening, hosted SPF/MTA-STS, blocklist monitoring
- MSPPer domain: custom quote
Unlimited emails, domains and retention; agency features
- 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 (1M+ emails/mo)Custom
Custom volume, retention, and terms
- No unlimited adding
- 90 to 365 days
- Enterprise plan only
- Only setup domains count
- Unlimited paid-plan retention
- API on every plan
Start-now terms vs quote-led onboarding
MSP economics: start today, no quote needed
Both platforms price MSP portfolios per client domain, quoted to fit the book (Suped's own compare page cites $14/domain/month as a reference). The difference is what happens before that conversation: Palisade gives an MSP a free NFR domain for its own brand, a 15-day full-product trial, and portfolio-based per-client-domain pricing that drops as the portfolio grows. You can run real client domains before you ever talk numbers.
Palisade also speaks PSA natively (ConnectWise, HaloPSA, and Autotask integrations with client-domain import) which Suped doesn't advertise. For an MSP, that's onboarding measured in minutes per client instead of per domain.
Native PSA integrations
Palisade imports client domains straight from these three. Suped's own coverage is stated above, from their site.
- ConnectWise PSA
- Autotask
- HaloPSA
- Not advertised
- No NFR; trial by request
- Native PSA integrations
- Free NFR, 15-day trial
Solo work vs portfolio scale
Where Suped fits, and where it stops
Suped's G2 badges are real, and for a solo admin watching one or two domains by hand its self-serve plans cover the basics. That's the whole fit: a hands-on tool for a small setup. Past a couple of domains the model inverts. Guided work multiplies per client, and the three self-serve meters need forecasting per tenant. The comparison above matters most exactly where an MSP lives.
Dashboard access vs programmatic access
Suped's REST API and webhook alerts, with no published MCP server
Suped publishes JSON HTTP REST API documentation for reading DMARC records. Its pricing page lists API access on Enterprise and MSP. The same page advertises webhook alerts for new senders, authentication-rate drops, and policy status changes, while its notification documentation describes daily, weekly, or monthly DMARC email summaries. Suped's public documentation and sitemap list API docs but do not advertise an MCP server, an AI-assistant integration, or an AI or machine-learning feature for DMARC work (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) Source 2 (2026-08-27) Source 3 (2026-08-27) Source 4 (2026-08-27) Source 5 (2026-08-27)
Palisade publishes an MCP server and a 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.
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Cursor
- Windsurf
- Any MCP client
- REST API on Enterprise/MSP
- No MCP server listed
- No AI feature listed
- REST API published
- MCP server published
- Approval-gated agent drafts
Suped pricing explained (and how Palisade compares)
Suped publishes self-serve plans. The structure to understand is what each tier meters and gates. Here is what their pricing page showed when we checked:
What you'd actually pay
The same five buyer sizes on every comparison, so a shape carries from one page to the next.
1 domain, up to 1,000 emails a month
1 domain, 1,000 emails/month
2 set-up domains, up to 100K emails a month
Business: 2 domains, 100,000 emails/month, 90 days retention
10 set-up domains, up to 1M emails a month
Business: 10 domains, 1,000,000 emails/month, 365 days retention
20 set-up domains, up to 2.5M emails a month
Business: 20 domains, 2,500,000 emails/month, 365 days retention
Client domains under management, any volume
MSP: per-domain pricing with volume discounts; quoted based on requirements
Palisade’s figures are derived from its published tiers. Suped figures read from their pricing page on 2026-08-28. Plans and prices may have changed since.
How Suped prices
- Email volume, domain count, and report retention all step up with price on the self-serve tiers, three meters to forecast per client.
- API access is an Enterprise feature, not included on Free or Business.
- The MSP per-domain rate is not published, their own compare page cites "$14 / domain / month".
How Palisade prices
- A flat monthly price sized by email volume, from $19/mo, with 2 to 20 set-up domains by tier, free unlimited domain adding, and report retention that never expires on paid plans.
- Report retention never expires on paid plans, and adding domains never meters. That leaves two fewer forecasts than Suped asks for.
- API access on every plan, including Free.
- A Free plan for one domain and up to 1,000 emails a month, a free NFR domain for MSPs, and a 15-day full-product trial.
Suped pricing read from their public pricing page on 2026-07-26.Plans and prices may have changed since.
1 domain free up to 1,000 emails/month
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.
Suped is a self-serve DMARC platform for teams that prefer a guided workflow and make each change themselves. It explains what to change, gives the next action for each detected problem, and rechecks after the team acts. Its Free and Business plans cover report monitoring and analytics, with hosted DMARC on Free.
Business adds SPF flattening plus hosted SPF and MTA-STS records, while Suped's Enterprise and MSP plans add API access. Its pricing has a $0 Free plan and Business starts at $19 a month when billed annually, with email-volume, domain-count, and report-retention limits that step up by tier.
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.
- Provides DMARC report monitoring and analytics
- Provides hosted DMARC on Free, with hosted SPF and MTA-STS records from Business
- Provides SPF flattening from Business
- Provides REST API access on Enterprise and MSP
- Provides webhook alerts and daily, weekly, or monthly email summaries
- 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
- Does not advertise an AI agent that does the enforcement work
- Does not advertise unlimited domain adding; Business plans cap added domains at 2 to 20 by tier
- Does not advertise unlimited report retention on every paid plan; Business lists 90 to 365 days
- Does not advertise named ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations
- Does not advertise an MCP server for AI assistants
- 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
- Starts at
- $0
- Free tier
- 1 domain, 1,000 emails/mo
- Business entry
- $19/mo billed annually
- Report retention
- 14 days to unlimited
- MSP model
- Custom quote per domain
- 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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Sources and further reading
Source checks run through 2026-07-26; every entry keeps its individual check date.
- Suped pricing: Free and Business plan limits
Checked 2026-07-26
- Suped comparison: guided remediation
Checked 2026-07-16
- Suped documentation overview
Checked 2026-08-27
- Suped REST API documentation
Checked 2026-08-27
- Suped pricing: API and webhook alerts
Checked 2026-08-27
- Suped notification and email-summary documentation
Checked 2026-08-27
- Suped users and roles documentation
Checked 2026-08-27
- Suped public sitemap
Checked 2026-08-27
Palisade vs Suped: FAQ
What is the main difference between Suped and Palisade?
Palisade is AI-first and agent-first DMARC software. Its agent investigates sending sources, works through SPF and DKIM alignment, and moves domains toward p=reject while your team stays in control. When evaluating Suped, compare that operating model with the workflow in its current product documentation and decide how much work you want your team to carry.
Who should choose Palisade?
Choose Palisade if you want an AI agent to carry routine DMARC work through enforcement, whether you manage one domain or thousands. It is also a natural fit for teams already using Claude, OpenAI, or other AI tools to get operational work done.
Who should choose Suped?
Choose Suped if its current integrations, procurement model, or operating workflow better match your requirements. A more operator-led platform can also fit a team that prefers to review reports and make each change itself.
Does Palisade guarantee a specific time to p=reject?
No responsible DMARC platform should promise the same enforcement timeline for every domain. Timing depends on the number of sending sources, access to DNS and third-party systems, and how quickly each legitimate stream can be aligned. Palisade's agent reduces routine investigation and configuration work while operators retain control over policy decisions.
Switching from Suped takes three steps
- 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
Run both platforms in parallel
DMARC reporting supports multiple recipients, so Palisade and Suped receive the same reports during the overlap window. Nothing breaks while you compare.
- 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.
1 domain free up to 1,000 emails/month
Our onboarding team handles the technical transition with you.
Competitor information on this page was last reviewed against public sources on 2026-07-26. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
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“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.”