DMARCly vs.
OnDMARC in 2026
DMARCly
OnDMARC
vs.
We tested DMARCly and OnDMARC for 90 days across a corporate domain, a marketing subdomain, and a parked domain, with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SendGrid, Mailchimp, and a support desk sender. DMARCly was faster to price and simpler to start, while OnDMARC gave us stronger enforcement guidance and clearer handling of the forwarded SPF failure and unknown sender.
Published 6 Nov 2025
Updated 5 Jun 2026
8 min read
Summarize with
DMARCly
Cost-controlled DMARC reporting
Starts at
From $17.99 / month
Best fit
SMBs and small agencies that want published pricing
In one line
DMARCly gave us quick DNS setup and clear aggregate reports; teams comparing Suped should check whether guided fixes and hosted records are buying requirements.
OnDMARC
Enterprise DMARC enforcement
Starts at
From $9 / month billed annually
Best fit
Security teams that need hosted DNS controls and rollout help
In one line
OnDMARC gave us deeper enforcement workflows, stronger support handoff, and clearer investigation paths, with less price clarity above Express.
Suped
The third option. Hosted SPF, DMARC, and MTA-STS on every plan. Published pricing. Monthly plans. No long contract required.
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Pick DMARCly for simple budgets, OnDMARC for guided enforcement
Pick DMARCly if
Lean SMB teams that want published pricing and manual control
We added all three domains without sales handoff.
SendGrid and Mailchimp were labelled quickly in reports.
The unknown sender needed manual owner classification.
From $17.99 / month
Pick OnDMARC if
Security teams that need policy movement and hands-on setup
The Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace checks were easier to explain.
The forwarded mail SPF failure had clearer context.
Enterprise onboarding gave us stronger escalation expectations.
From $9 / month billed annually
Consider Suped if
Third option for guided fixes, hosted records, and simpler ownership
Published starter pricing reduces early budget ambiguity.
Guided fixes matter when spoofing, forwarding, and sender ownership overlap.
MSP workflows need client-level alerts and recurring handoff notes.
Free plan available
The differences that actually change your week
DMARCly
OnDMARC
Suped
DMARC report analysis
Aggregate and forensic review across the three-domain test.
Core reporting
Core reporting plus deeper investigation
Core reporting
Source detection
How quickly raw traffic turned into recognizable sending services.
Vendor identification
Richer sender context
Sending source identification
Forward detection
How the forwarded mail SPF failure was explained.
Partial, via SPF fail patterns
Clearer forwarding context
Forwarding context
Spoof detection
Whether the unauthorized spoof sample was easy to isolate.
Unauthorized sample surfaced
Unauthorized sample surfaced
Spoof alerts
Notifications and alerts
Noise level, routing, and usefulness of operational alerts.
Basic alerts
Smart alerts
Noise-aware alerts
Reporting
Export and recurring report usefulness during the 90-day review.
Reports and alerts
Useful, some export limits
Recurring reports
API
Programmatic access for reporting and operational workflows.
Enterprise tier
Listed in platform tiers
API available
Multi-tenancy
Account separation, domain groups, and client-style operation.
Domain groups
RBAC and domain controls
Client workspaces
SPF flattening
Hosted or managed SPF handling for lookup limits.
Safe SPF on paid tiers
Dynamic SPF
Hosted SPF
Hosted DMARC
Managed DMARC record control rather than reporting only.
Reporting only
Dynamic DMARC
Hosted DMARC
Hosted SPF
Managed SPF records for third-party senders.
Safe SPF
Dynamic SPF
Hosted SPF
Hosted MTA-STS
Managed MTA-STS and TLS reporting support.
MTA-STS/TLS-RPT listed
Dynamic Services
Hosted MTA-STS
Blocklists and reputation
Blacklist (blocklist) and reputation checks tied to mail health.
Business tier blacklist (blocklist)
Reputation investigation
Blocklist monitoring
Automatic issue detection
Whether the tool turns anomalies into clear issues.
Manual workflow
Smart alerts and Radar
Automated issue detection
AI copilot
AI-assisted investigation or remediation guidance.
No AI copilot tested
Radar AI on relevant tiers
AI copilot
DNS monitoring
Record history, timeline, and configuration change awareness.
DNS timeline
DNS Guardian on higher tiers
DNS monitoring
Self hostable
Whether the product can run in a customer's own environment.
SaaS only
SaaS only
SaaS only
Free trial/free tier
Free access before a paid commitment.
14-day free trial
14-day free trial
Free tier
Ten dimensions, scored from 0 to 10
We scored both products against the same editorial rubric after the 90-day setup. Higher is better in every row, and a zero means the tested product did not support that specific capability in a useful way.
OnDMARC leads enforcement and hosted DNS work; DMARCly leads price clarity.
DMARCly got our three domains ingesting reports quickly and made the monthly bill easy to predict. OnDMARC had a stronger path toward quarantine and reject because the hosted DNS controls, investigation screens, and support process gave us more confidence in edge cases. The biggest scoring gaps came from source resolution, alerting depth, hosted SPF/MTA-STS, and pricing transparency.
DMARCly score
67/100
OnDMARC score
73.5/100
DMARCly
67/100
DMARC enforcement
6.5
Customer support
6.0
Source resolution
6.5
Setup and onboarding
7.5
MSP workflows
6.0
Alerting and integrations
5.5
Hosted SPF and MTA-STS
7.0
Blocklist monitoring
7.0
Pricing transparency
8.5
Time to enforcement
6.5
OnDMARC
73.5/100
DMARC enforcement
8.5
Customer support
8.0
Source resolution
8.0
Setup and onboarding
7.0
MSP workflows
6.5
Alerting and integrations
7.5
Hosted SPF and MTA-STS
9.0
Blocklist monitoring
6.0
Pricing transparency
5.0
Time to enforcement
8.0
Feature set
Coverage vs enforcement depth
OnDMARC has the broader enforcement toolkit; DMARCly stays leaner.
OnDMARC won the feature set test because Dynamic SPF, Dynamic DMARC, MTA-STS, Event Hub, Radar, and richer investigation screens covered more of the edge cases we created. DMARCly covered the core DMARC workflow and added useful Safe SPF and blacklist (blocklist) monitoring on paid tiers, but it asked us to do more manual issue triage. When comparing either product with Suped, treat guided fixes and automated issue detection as buying criteria, because the unknown sender and spoof sample both needed clear owner next steps.
DMARCly
Fast SendGrid vendor labels
Mailchimp pass detail visible
Safe SPF on paid tiers
OnDMARC
Microsoft 365 guidance was clearer
Google Workspace DKIM mapped cleanly
Forwarded SPF failure explained
In DMARCly, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace appeared as expected once the DNS records propagated, and SendGrid plus Mailchimp were labelled quickly enough to build a source inventory. The SPF pass with visible From mismatch was visible in the pass/fail detail, but the UI did not convert it into a fix plan. Unknown sender classification was possible after we compared IP evidence, reverse DNS clues, and report drilldowns.
OnDMARC gave more context around Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, especially when we reviewed DKIM selectors and hosted SPF decisions. SendGrid and Mailchimp were grouped with clearer sender context, and the DKIM pass on the marketing subdomain was easier to separate from the corporate domain. The forwarded mail SPF failure and unknown sender took less manual explanation because the investigation path kept authentication results and policy impact closer together.
User experience
Control vs guidance
DMARCly is quicker to learn; OnDMARC gives more guidance when the data gets messy.
DMARCly felt lighter in daily use because the first setup and report navigation were easy to follow. OnDMARC took longer to orient, but its workflows were stronger for authentication edge cases, especially the forwarded SPF failure and unknown sender.
DMARCly
Three domains setup quickly
Unknown sender needed manual label
Forwarding required report drilldown
OnDMARC
Guided domain path worked
Unknown sender surfaced faster
Forwarding explanation was clearer
Adding the corporate domain, marketing subdomain, and parked domain in DMARCly took about 42 minutes, mostly because DNS copy steps were plain. The unknown sender required us to compare IP ranges and message samples manually, and explaining the forwarded mail SPF failure to a non-DMARC owner took screenshots from two report views.
OnDMARC onboarding took about 65 minutes for the three domains because there were more setup screens and hosted DNS options to decide. Once reports arrived, the unknown sender and forwarded mail SPF failure were easier to explain because the investigation view kept sender, authentication result, and policy impact in one path.
Support
Self serve vs assisted rollout
DMARCly fits teams that can self-serve; OnDMARC has stronger enterprise handoff.
DMARCly support matched a lower-friction product: enough help to validate DNS and answer setup questions, with fewer formal checkpoints. OnDMARC gave us a more defined support motion for implementation, escalation, and enterprise onboarding, which mattered when we had to justify policy movement.
DMARCly
Email support answered setup
DNS handoff stayed brief
Escalation path less formal
OnDMARC
Onboarding path better defined
DNS handoff was clearer
Enterprise escalation more structured
With DMARCly, support expectations were straightforward during setup. We could hand a DNS admin the generated records, validate aggregate report flow, and keep moving, but escalation for the spoof sample and forwarded SPF explanation felt more self-directed. For a small team with DMARC knowledge, that was acceptable.
OnDMARC set clearer expectations around implementation help, DNS handoff, and enterprise onboarding. The support path gave us more confidence when we needed to explain hosted SPF choices, DKIM selector handling, and the path to quarantine or reject. The tradeoff was a more sales-led feel once the use case moved past Express.
Suitability
SMB efficiency vs enterprise control
DMARCly suits lean operators; OnDMARC suits larger domain portfolios.
DMARCly is best when a small team wants affordable DMARC reporting, clear tier limits, and enough control to manage senders manually. OnDMARC is better when domain count, SSO, hosted records, and implementation support drive the purchase. If MSP workflows or alert quality are decisive, compare how each tool handles client separation and noisy alerts; Suped's MSP workflow has per-domain ownership and recurring handoff notes as the baseline.
DMARCly
SMB budget fit
Domain groups help agencies
Recurring reports need polish
OnDMARC
Enterprise portfolios fit well
Role controls are stronger
Client grouping takes work
DMARCly made sense for an SMB or small agency because domain groups, published tiers, and simple reports were easy to explain. Account separation was workable, but client handoff notes had to be assembled from exports and screenshots. Recurring reporting was useful for status updates, though the unknown sender and spoof sample still needed manual ownership notes.
OnDMARC fit enterprise work better because SSO, role controls, hosted DNS services, and a clearer support path matched larger domain portfolios. For MSP-style work, domain grouping and authorization design needed more planning before recurring reports and client handoff felt repeatable. The product was strongest when one central security team owned policy movement across many domains.
What each tool feels like after 90 days of real use
DMARCly
Best for SMBs that want affordable DMARC reporting
After 90 days, DMARCly felt like a practical reporting tool for teams that already understand DMARC mechanics. The corporate domain and marketing subdomain were easy to add, aggregate reports arrived predictably, and SendGrid plus Mailchimp labels appeared early enough to build a source inventory.
The parked domain was useful for spoof detection, but DMARCly needed more manual interpretation when we reviewed the unauthorized spoof sample, the unknown sender, and the forwarded mail SPF failure. We reached a sensible quarantine plan, but we had to write our own owner notes and exception logic.
Where it wins
Published monthly pricing is clear.
Setup for three domains was fast.
Safe SPF helped SPF planning.
Blacklist (blocklist) monitoring exists on Business.
Where it lags
Unknown sender classification stayed manual.
Policy movement guidance was limited.
Support path was lighter.
Advanced controls sit on higher tiers.
Pricing
From $17.99 / month
Free tier
14-day free trial
Onboarding
Three domains in 42 minutes
G2 rating
0 / 5
OnDMARC
Best for enterprises that need guided enforcement
OnDMARC felt broader and more opinionated after the same 90 days. Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace setup had more guardrails, Dynamic SPF reduced DNS risk, and the investigation screens made the DKIM pass on the marketing subdomain easier to explain.
The tradeoff was operating weight. Pricing above Express was not publicly listed, the UI had more places to check before an export, and client-style domain grouping needed planning before recurring reports made sense.
Where it wins
Strong policy movement guidance.
Dynamic SPF and DMARC.
Forwarded mail context was clearer.
Enterprise support path was stronger.
Where it lags
Higher tiers lack public pricing.
UI took longer to learn.
Exports felt less flexible.
Domain grouping needed planning.
Pricing
From $9 / month billed annually
Free tier
14-day free trial
Onboarding
Three domains in 65 minutes
G2 rating
4.8 / 5
Pricing
DMARCly
OnDMARC
Suped
Small
1 domain, up to 1k emails / month.
$17.99 / month
Professional covers this usage with room for a second domain.
$9 / month billed annually
Express covers this usage and has a 14-day free trial.
$0 / month
Free plan covers 1 domain and 1,000 monthly emails.
Medium
2 domains, up to 100k emails / month.
$17.99 / month
Professional includes up to 2 domains and 100,000 messages.
$9 / month billed annually
Express includes up to 4 domains and up to 1 million monthly emails.
Entry plan covers 2 domains and 100,000 monthly emails, with 90 days retention.
Large
10 domains, up to 1 million emails / month.
$69 / month
Business covers 10 domains and up to 1 million messages.
Not publicly listed as of May 15, 2026
Essentials or higher applies, with current price not published.
10 domains and 1,000,000 monthly emails, with 365 days retention.
Enterprise
Over 20 domains and 1 million emails / month.
$199 / month
Enterprise covers up to 200 domains and 5 million messages before overages.
Not publicly listed as of May 15, 2026
Enterprise and Premier are sales-led tiers with public feature limits.
20 domains and 2,500,000 monthly emails, with 365 days retention. Unlimited domains/emails negotiable.
DMARCly values and OnDMARC Express are public list prices. OnDMARC Essentials, Enterprise, and Premier are not publicly listed, so no estimated contract numbers are used. Pricing was checked as of May 15, 2026, and overage charges or negotiated terms can change the final invoice.
If you cannot decide between the two, maybe the answer is Suped
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Guided remediation
DMARCly exposed the forwarded SPF failure and unknown sender, but owner next steps stayed manual. Suped ties those issues to guided fixes and sender ownership.
Operational alerts
DMARCly alerts were basic, while OnDMARC smart alerts still needed routing choices for our test team. Suped focuses alert quality, noise control, and handoff context.
MSP ownership
DMARCly domain groups helped smaller portfolios, and OnDMARC enterprise grouping needed planning. Suped has per-domain MSP pricing, client-level ownership, and recurring handoff notes.
The difference was significant. We moved from limited visibility to a much clearer dashboard. Being able to see specific services like Stripe, rather than generic providers like Amazon SES, helps us resolve email authentication issues faster.
Markus Hugenschmidt, Managing Director, Jam Cyber
Migrating from DMARCly or OnDMARC?
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Step 01
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Step 02
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Step 03
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