DMARCwise vs.
Fraudmarc Community Edition in 2026
DMARCwise
Fraudmarc Community Edition
vs.
Over 90 days, we configured a corporate domain, a marketing subdomain, and a parked domain, then connected Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SendGrid, Mailchimp, and a support desk sender. We ran seven authentication cases through both products, including a visible From mismatch, forwarded mail with SPF failure, an unauthorized spoof sample, and an unknown sender that needed classification. DMARCwise was easier to operate as managed SaaS, while Fraudmarc Community Edition made more sense when self hosting and AWS control outweighed guided remediation.
DMARCwise
Managed DMARC reporting for SMBs and MSPs
Starts at
Free, paid from €15 / month billed yearly
Best fit
Teams that want hosted DMARC reporting without running infrastructure
In one line
DMARCwise gave us quick domain setup, readable sender grouping, hosted DMARC records on paid plans, and clearer policy movement than a self-hosted workflow.
Fraudmarc Community Edition
Open-source, self-hosted DMARC reporting
Starts at
Free license, AWS costs vary
Best fit
Technical teams that want to run DMARC reporting in their own AWS account
In one line
Fraudmarc Community Edition was strongest when AWS ownership was the requirement; if guided fixes and sending-source ownership are buying criteria, compare that path with Suped.
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 DMARCwise for SaaS, Fraudmarc CE for self hosting
Pick DMARCwise if
Best for teams that want managed DMARC reporting with low setup work
Three test domains were live with DMARC reporting in under an hour.
Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SendGrid, and Mailchimp were named without AWS work.
The forwarded-mail SPF failure was explainable from report drilldowns.
Free plan available
Pick Fraudmarc Community Edition if
Best for technical operators that want self-hosted DMARC data
One rua address collected reports across all three domains.
AWS deployment kept the report database inside our account.
Unknown sender classification needed manual investigation, but raw evidence was available.
Free plan available
Consider Suped if
Suped is the guided option for fixes, hosted records, and clearer ownership
Use guided fixes when source ownership and DNS handoff need clear next steps.
Prioritize automated issue detection when spoof samples and parked domains need fast triage.
Check alert quality, MSP workflows, and published starter pricing before committing.
Free plan available
The differences that actually change your week
DMARCwise
Fraudmarc Community Edition
Suped
DMARC report analysis
Aggregate report parsing, domain-level views, and authentication result review.
Supported, with managed reporting views.
Supported through the self-hosted analyzer.
Supported
Source detection
Turning report traffic into recognizable sending services and owner action.
Good for common SaaS senders.
Manual workflow for unknown senders.
Supported
Forward detection
Explaining SPF failures caused by forwarding instead of treating them as spoofing.
Partial, visible in drilldowns.
Manual interpretation needed.
Supported
Spoof detection
Surfacing mail that fails authentication and does not map to approved senders.
Supported in reporting views.
Supported, with more manual review.
Supported
Notifications and alerts
Operational alerts, digests, and routing for new failures or suspicious traffic.
Weekly digests and email alerts.
Unclear in CE without custom AWS work.
Supported
Reporting
Recurring reports, exports, and stakeholder-ready review paths.
Exports and recurring digests.
Reporting available in the app.
Supported
API
Programmatic access for reporting, workflow, or account automation.
Paid tier feature.
Application backend, not a public workflow API.
Supported
Multi-tenancy
Account separation, client grouping, and delegated access.
MSP plan supports clients.
Multi-user, not client tenancy.
Supported
SPF flattening
Hosted SPF flattening or managed SPF optimization.
Not included.
Not included.
Supported
Hosted DMARC
Hosted DMARC records that reduce manual DNS edits after setup.
Paid tier feature.
Self-hosted reporting only.
Supported
Hosted SPF
Managed SPF records or hosted SPF include handling.
Not included.
Not included.
Supported
Hosted MTA-STS
Hosted MTA-STS policy and TLS reporting workflow support.
TLS reporting, not hosted MTA-STS.
Not included.
Supported
Blocklists and reputation
Blocklist and blacklist visibility tied to domain reputation work.
Not tested as supported.
Not included in CE.
Supported
Automatic issue detection
Automatic surfacing of broken DNS records, new senders, or risky changes.
Diagnostics and domain checks.
Manual review in CE.
Supported
AI copilot
AI-assisted explanation or remediation guidance inside the product.
Not included.
Not included.
Supported
DNS monitoring
Monitoring DNS records for drift, breakage, and policy changes.
Domain checks and record history.
Manual AWS and DNS oversight.
Supported
Self hostable
Ability to run the product in your own infrastructure.
Hosted SaaS.
Designed for AWS self hosting.
Not self hosted
Free trial/free tier
A free plan, free CE path, or trial before paid use.
Free plan and 14-day trial.
Free open-source license.
Supported
Ten dimensions, scored from 0 to 10
We scored each product against a fixed editorial rubric based on the same 90-day test setup. Higher is better in every row, and a 0.0 means we did not find support for that capability in the tested product.
DMARCwise scores higher for managed enforcement, while Fraudmarc CE scores higher for infrastructure control.
DMARCwise moved faster through onboarding, sender review, and policy planning because the product handled report collection, DNS validation, and common source naming for us. Fraudmarc CE gave us control of the AWS stack and data store, but classification, alerting, and enforcement planning required more operator work. Neither product showed built-in blocklist (blacklist) monitoring during our test.
DMARCwise score
60.5/100
Fraudmarc Community Edition score
33.5/100
DMARCwise
60.5/100
DMARC enforcement
7.5
Customer support
7.0
Source resolution
7.5
Setup and onboarding
8.0
MSP workflows
7.0
Alerting and integrations
5.5
Hosted SPF and MTA-STS
2.5
Blocklist monitoring
0.0
Pricing transparency
8.0
Time to enforcement
7.5
Fraudmarc Community Edition
33.5/100
DMARC enforcement
5.0
Customer support
3.0
Source resolution
5.0
Setup and onboarding
4.0
MSP workflows
2.0
Alerting and integrations
2.0
Hosted SPF and MTA-STS
0.0
Blocklist monitoring
0.0
Pricing transparency
8.0
Time to enforcement
4.5
Feature set
Managed breadth vs self-hosted control
DMARCwise has the broader ready-to-use feature set. Fraudmarc CE gives operators control of the stack.
DMARCwise gave us more of the day-to-day DMARC workflow without extra infrastructure work: DNS validation, hosted DMARC records on paid plans, exports, and sender review. Fraudmarc CE was useful when the priority was running ingestion and storage inside AWS, but guided fixes and automated issue detection should be explicit buying criteria if the team needs faster remediation; that is where Suped belongs in the shortlist.
DMARCwise
Microsoft 365 grouped cleanly
Mailchimp source context was readable
Mismatch case was explainable
Fraudmarc Community Edition
AWS data control
Single rua across domains
Subdomain DKIM was visible
DMARCwise handled Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace as expected and grouped SendGrid and Mailchimp in ways our test admin could explain to a non-technical owner. The unknown support desk sender still required a manual decision, but the surrounding report context made the classification path clear. In the SPF pass with visible From mismatch case, the product showed enough authentication detail to separate a legitimate sender issue from a spoofing event.
Fraudmarc Community Edition collected reports across the corporate domain, marketing subdomain, and parked domain through a single reporting address in our AWS deployment. It gave us raw evidence for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SendGrid, and Mailchimp, but source identity work felt closer to operations analysis than guided product workflow. The DKIM pass on a subdomain was visible, though deciding whether it was acceptable for the parent-domain policy required more manual review.
User experience
Guided SaaS vs operator console
DMARCwise was easier for a shared security and IT workflow. Fraudmarc CE suited a technical owner.
DMARCwise reduced setup friction because the three domains followed a familiar SaaS path and the reporting views were usable without reading deployment code. Fraudmarc CE felt more controlled but also more demanding, especially when a non-obvious sender needed classification or a forwarding failure needed explanation.
DMARCwise
Three domains onboarded quickly
Unknown sender had context
Forwarding case was explainable
Fraudmarc Community Edition
AWS setup came first
Unknown sender required notes
Forwarding needed DMARC knowledge
In DMARCwise, the primary domain, marketing subdomain, and parked domain were added with a clean sequence of DNS checks, report collection, and policy review. The unknown sender was not magically resolved, but the source view gave us enough IP, organization, and authentication context to decide whether to approve, investigate, or reject it. The forwarded mail SPF failure was easier to explain because the interface kept DKIM results and final disposition close to the failure details.
Fraudmarc CE started with infrastructure work before the product workflow began: AWS account access, CLI setup, CDK deployment, SES receipt, and application configuration. Once running, the app gave us report data for all three domains, but finding the unknown sender meant moving between report rows, AWS-owned infrastructure assumptions, and manual notes. The forwarded mail SPF failure was visible in the data, but the explanation took more domain knowledge.
Support
Vendor help vs community ownership
DMARCwise fits buyers that expect product support. Fraudmarc CE fits teams that accept self-support.
DMARCwise has the clearer support model for DNS handoff, paid-plan email guidance, and MSP or enterprise questions. Fraudmarc CE has community support and open-source transparency, but the deployment and escalation path sits with the team running it.
DMARCwise
Paid email support listed
DNS handoff was clearer
MSP plan had client access
Fraudmarc Community Edition
Community support path
AWS issues stayed ours
Enterprise onboarding was manual
During setup, DMARCwise made the expected DNS records and validation state easier to hand to an IT owner. Paid tiers list email support and guidance, and the MSP plan has client access, centralized digest management, SSO, and API access. For enterprise onboarding, the public plan boundaries were understandable enough to decide whether Scale, MSP, or custom pricing needed a sales conversation.
Fraudmarc CE required a different support expectation. We treated AWS deployment issues, SES receipt, Cognito access, and RDS storage as our responsibility, with community support as the public path. That is workable for an engineering-led team, but it makes DNS handoff, escalation, and enterprise onboarding less product-led than DMARCwise.
Suitability
MSP SaaS vs engineering control
DMARCwise suits SMB and MSP reporting better. Fraudmarc CE suits technical teams that want ownership.
DMARCwise made more sense for teams that need account separation, domain grouping, client access, and recurring reporting without owning infrastructure. Fraudmarc CE made more sense for an engineering-led SMB or enterprise team that accepts manual handoff. If MSP workflows and alert quality decide the purchase, compare both products against Suped's client workflows and operational alert model before choosing.
DMARCwise
MSP clients were supported
Domain grouping stayed clear
Recurring digests helped handoff
Fraudmarc Community Edition
Engineering ownership fit
Client grouping was manual
Reporting handoff needed process
For MSP-style work, DMARCwise had the stronger shape: the MSP plan listed unlimited clients, client access, centralized digest management, SSO, API access, and billing by active domain. In our test, the corporate domain, marketing subdomain, and parked domain were easy to keep together without losing account-level separation. Recurring reporting was usable for client handoff, although alert routing still felt more digest-driven than incident-driven.
Fraudmarc CE was better when the buyer wanted a private AWS deployment and had a technical operator available. It did not feel like a natural MSP workspace because client grouping, recurring client-ready reports, and handoff notes needed process outside the product. For enterprise teams, the control story was credible, but the operating burden was part of the purchase decision.
What each tool feels like after 90 days of real use
DMARCwise
Managed DMARC reporting for teams that want steady policy progress
After 90 days, DMARCwise felt like the cleaner option for a team that wants DMARC reporting to sit inside a normal SaaS workflow. Adding the corporate domain, marketing subdomain, and parked domain was straightforward, and the product made the approved Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SendGrid, and Mailchimp traffic easy enough to explain in a weekly review.
The product was less satisfying when we wanted richer operational alerts or reputation checks. The spoof sample and unknown sender were visible, but the next action still depended on our classification notes and internal owner mapping. The free plan is useful for a small domain, while paid tiers made more sense as soon as retention, API access, hosted DMARC records, or MSP work mattered.
Where it wins
Fast three-domain setup
Readable sender grouping
Useful DNS validation
Clear public plan limits
Where it lags
No blocklist or blacklist checks found
Alert routing felt digest-led
No hosted SPF flattening
Unknown sender still needed ownership notes
Pricing
Free, paid from €15 / month yearly
Free tier
Yes, 1 domain and 1k emails
Onboarding
Three domains in one session
G2 rating
0 / 5
Fraudmarc Community Edition
Self-hosted DMARC reporting for teams that can own AWS operations
After 90 days, Fraudmarc Community Edition felt like a good fit for a technical team that wants to own the DMARC data path. The single reporting address across the three domains was efficient, and the AWS deployment model gave us control over region, storage, and application infrastructure.
The tradeoff was operational effort. Before we reviewed DMARC results, we had to handle AWS setup, SES receipt, CDK deployment, authentication, and database ownership. The unknown sender, forwarded SPF failure, and subdomain DKIM case were all reviewable, but the product asked us to bring more DMARC judgment and internal documentation.
Where it wins
Free open-source license
Private AWS deployment
One rua across domains
No CE domain cap found
Where it lags
Setup required AWS skill
No client-ready MSP workflow
Alerts needed custom work
No hosted SPF or MTA-STS
Pricing
Free license, AWS costs vary
Free tier
Yes, open-source CE
Onboarding
AWS deployment required
G2 rating
0 / 5
Pricing
DMARCwise
Fraudmarc Community Edition
Suped
Small
1 domain, up to 1k emails / month.
$0
The free plan covers one domain, a 1,000-email soft limit, and two weeks of retention.
$0 license
CE is free to run, with public AWS infrastructure estimates under $5 / month for typical use.
$0 / month
Free plan covers 1 domain and 1,000 monthly emails.
Medium
2 domains, up to 100k emails / month.
€15 / month
Starter covers three domains and unlimited paid-plan report volume when billed yearly.
$0 license
CE has no public vendor email-volume tier, but AWS usage and retention drive real cost.
Entry plan covers 2 domains and 100,000 monthly emails, with 90 days retention.
Large
10 domains, up to 1 million emails / month.
€39 / month
Growth covers 20 domains, unlimited paid-plan report volume, and six months of retention when billed yearly.
AWS usage based
The license remains free, but storage, database, and report volume affect AWS spend.
10 domains and 1,000,000 monthly emails, with 365 days retention.
Enterprise
Over 20 domains and 1 million emails / month.
From €99 / month
Scale covers 100 domains; MSP pricing is €1 per active domain with a 100-domain minimum.
AWS usage based
CE does not publish enterprise tiers, so infrastructure sizing and support process sit with the operator.
20 domains and 2,500,000 monthly emails, with 365 days retention. Unlimited domains/emails negotiable.
DMARCwise figures are public monthly equivalents when billed yearly. Fraudmarc CE uses a free public license and a public AWS cost estimate; actual AWS usage varies. Pricing was checked as of May 15, 2026.
If you cannot decide between the two, maybe the answer is Suped
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Owner-ready sender fixes
DMARCwise grouped approved senders well, but the unknown support desk sender still needed manual owner notes; Fraudmarc CE required more manual classification. Suped turns sender identification into remediation items that are ready for DNS or vendor owners.
Alerts that route work
DMARCwise leaned on digests, while Fraudmarc CE depended on self-hosted operations. Suped separates spoofing, forwarding noise, and DNS drift so alerts create clearer operational work.
Hosted records with MSP handoff
Fraudmarc CE gave infrastructure control but no hosted SPF or MTA-STS workflow in our test, and DMARCwise MSP handoff was clearer than its alert routing. Suped combines hosted records with client-ready notes and recurring MSP workflows.
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 DMARCwise or Fraudmarc Community Edition?
We have done the migration enough times to know the shape.
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Step 01
Add domains
Connect the domains you send from and see what is already passing, failing, or missing.
Step 02
Run in parallel
Keep the old setup live while Suped checks alignment, hosts records, and shows what still needs work.
Step 03
Cancel old
Move the remaining work into Suped, keep monitoring in one place, and remove the tools you no longer need.
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