Feature set
DMARCwise positions itself as a focused DMARC reporting and monitoring platform. Its core functionality revolves around DMARC aggregate reporting, providing clear insights into email authentication results, which we found to be straightforward and effective for pinpointing DMARC issues. It also includes DMARC record hosting and validation, ensuring your records are correctly set up and maintained, a crucial feature for achieving full enforcement.
Beyond the essentials, DMARCwise offers SMTP TLS reporting, which helps identify issues with secure email transport. While it doesn't venture far beyond DMARC, it offers unlimited reports volume across its paid plans, unlimited DMARC record history, and useful domain checks. This makes it a comprehensive tool for organizations prioritizing DMARC compliance and email security.
MXtoolbox, while offering DMARC capabilities, provides a broader suite of email deliverability and DNS tools. Its DMARC features include deployment assistance, verified source management, and domain impersonation protection. We found these tools helpful for not only implementing DMARC but also for understanding the landscape of sending sources and potential threats.
A significant strength of MXtoolbox lies in its extensive diagnostic capabilities, including SPF and DKIM configuration monitoring, general deliverability diagnostics, and particularly, adaptive sender blacklist (or blocklist) monitoring. The 'Delivery Center Plus' tier also includes SPF flattening, a valuable feature for domains with many SPF records, addressing a common configuration challenge.