Everest is a robust, all-encompassing email success platform. We find it offers a suite of tools that go far beyond basic DMARC reporting, encompassing inbox placement testing, reputation monitoring across various ISPs, and extensive analytics. Its DMARC capabilities are integrated into a broader deliverability dashboard, providing a holistic view of email performance.
When we dive into Everest, we see a focus on pre-send checks like list validation and design tests, ensuring emails are optimized before they even leave the outbox. The platform is designed to provide actionable insights into why emails are landing in the inbox, spam folder, or not at all, making it a powerful tool for marketers and deliverability specialists.
Fraudmarc Community Edition (CE) is a completely open-source solution focused specifically on DMARC reporting. Its core strength lies in providing raw DMARC aggregate and forensic reports, allowing users to process and analyze them as they see fit. This approach gives users maximum control over their data and how it's presented.
We consider Fraudmarc CE ideal for those who prefer to manage their DMARC data locally or integrate it into existing internal systems. It's not a full-fledged deliverability suite, but rather a specialized tool for DMARC compliance, offering foundational reporting without the bells and whistles of a commercial platform.
How easy is each product to use
User experience
Everest offers a visually rich and often intuitive user interface, especially for its dashboards. We appreciate the ability to customize these dashboards to highlight key metrics relevant to our specific needs. However, with its comprehensive feature set, navigating the platform can sometimes feel like exploring a vast, well-stocked warehouse, requiring some time to familiarize oneself with all the tools.
While the setup for Everest can be complex, particularly when integrating with various ESPs and internal systems, once configured, the daily use is generally smooth. The challenge often lies in deciphering the depth of information provided, which can be overwhelming for those new to advanced email deliverability concepts.
Fraudmarc Community Edition presents a very different user experience. As an open-source, self-managed solution, it inherently requires a higher level of technical proficiency. We found that deploying, configuring, and maintaining the software demands comfort with command-line interfaces, server management, and data processing.
There isn't a pre-built graphical interface; instead, users are responsible for setting up their own dashboards and visualization tools using the raw DMARC data provided. This offers immense flexibility for technical users, but for those less inclined towards infrastructure management, the user experience could be considered quite steep.
Which product has the best support
Support
Everest generally provides dedicated account managers and a professional support team, especially for its higher-tier plans. Our experience indicates that the responsiveness can be quite good, particularly when dealing with onboarding or general platform queries. Many users praise the helpfulness of their customer success managers.
However, we've observed that the quality of support for more technical deliverability issues or complex integrations can sometimes vary. While initial setup support is strong, deeper technical questions may require more patience to get precise answers, as noted in some user feedback.
Fraudmarc Community Edition, being an open-source offering, relies entirely on community support. We find that assistance is primarily available through their community forum. This model means users are largely self-reliant, troubleshooting issues themselves or seeking help from other community members.
While a community can be a valuable resource for shared knowledge and peer-to-peer assistance, it lacks the dedicated, guaranteed support channels found in commercial products. For users requiring immediate, direct technical assistance, this self-service model might present a significant challenge.
Who should use each product
Suitability
Everest is best suited for organizations that send a high volume of emails and require a comprehensive understanding of their email program's performance. This includes mid-market to enterprise-level businesses, as well as marketing and advertising agencies acting as MSPs for their clients. Its full suite of deliverability tools, from pre-send testing to post-send analytics, makes it ideal for those who need to maintain stringent control over their sender reputation and inbox placement.
For SMBs with larger sending volumes or complex email strategies, Everest can also be a valuable investment, especially if they are heavily reliant on email for revenue generation and need advanced insights to optimize campaigns. The certifications offered can further boost reputation, which is critical for all sender sizes.
Fraudmarc Community Edition is primarily for highly technical individuals, small businesses, or developers who are comfortable with self-hosting and managing their own DMARC infrastructure. It's an excellent choice for those who need DMARC reporting capabilities but prefer an open-source solution to avoid vendor lock-in or to integrate DMARC data into custom applications.
It's less suitable for MSPs looking for a polished, multi-client solution without significant development work, or for enterprise and most SMBs who lack the dedicated technical resources for setup and ongoing maintenance. This product thrives in environments where direct control over the underlying technology and data is a priority.
How does Everest compare with Fraudmarc Community Edition?
DMARC report analysis
Analysis of DMARC aggregate and forensic reports.
Comprehensive DMARC reporting suite
Provides raw DMARC data for self-analysis
Source detection
Identifies sending sources for email traffic.
Robust identification across various channels
Basic detection from DMARC reports
Forward detection
Detects email forwarding that can impact DMARC.
Advanced analysis for forwarding paths
Identifies forwarding based on DMARC data
Spoof detection
Identifies malicious email spoofing attempts.
Detailed insights into spoofing
Basic spoof detection from DMARC results
Notifications and alerts
Automatic alerts for deliverability issues.
Customizable alerts for various metrics
Requires self-configuration for alerts
Reporting
In-depth dashboards and report generation.
Extensive, customizable dashboards
Raw data focus, user-built reports
API
Programmatic access to platform data and features.
Available in Professional/Enterprise plans
Open-source, allows direct data access
Multi-tenancy
Ability to manage multiple client accounts.
Designed for agency and large enterprise use
Self-managed for multiple domains
SPF flattening
Automates SPF record optimization.
Not a core feature
Available as a separate Fraudmarc product
Hosted DMARC
Cloud-based DMARC management.
Requires DMARC DNS record setup
Self-hostable, not a hosted service
BIMI
Brand Indicators for Message Identification support.
Not a core feature
Not a core feature
MTA-STS/TLS-RPT
MTA-Strict Transport Security and TLS Reporting.
Not a core feature
Not a core feature
Blocklists and reputation
Monitors IP/domain blocklists and sender reputation.
Comprehensive reputation monitoring
Primarily DMARC, not general reputation
AI copilot
AI-powered assistance for email deliverability.
No explicit AI copilot feature
No explicit AI copilot feature
DNS monitoring
Monitors DNS records for issues.
Includes some DNS record checks
Requires manual DNS management
Self hostable
Ability to host the software on your own infrastructure.
Cloud-based SaaS platform
Designed for self-hosting
Free trial/free tier
Option to use the product for free or trial period.
Limited free elements plan available
Completely free and open source
Drawbacks and what to watch out for
Everest, despite its robust features, does have a few caveats. Its pricing can be a significant barrier for smaller operations, and some users have reported challenges with setup complexity and inconsistent support. There are also mentions of "shady sales practices" regarding renewal terms. Fraudmarc Community Edition, while free, has a very different set of drawbacks; it demands a high level of technical expertise for implementation and ongoing maintenance, and offers only community-based support, which means you're largely on your own for troubleshooting beyond what the community can offer.
We have pulled the average ratings from G2 for each product, and also included the most recent negative reviews for each product in full. Positive reviews tend to have less detail and have a higher chance of being fraudulent, so negative reviews are a better signal for your decision.
4.2 / 5(189)
0 / 5(0)
Shady sales practice shoot down ok software - don't use these guys
0.5 / 5
What do you like best about Everest?
The software is decent and the validation program works for Microsoft (Hotmail etc) based email, but not for Gmail
What do you dislike about Everest?
Terrible sales practice. Call you within 45 days of renewal, when you ask to change you are told you can't as there is a hidden lock-in in the T+Cs, you need to give 60 days' notice.
Legal but shady, we renewed and then immediately gave notice for next year. They used to be good not so now.
Recommendations to others considering Everest:
Find another supplier, these guys are sharks
What problems is Everest solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helped delivery to MS-based email
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
No G2 reviews
G2 is the most popular review platform for DMARC products, so this is a strong signal that this product is not popular.
Good for Beginners in Deliverability...Could be Better for Pros
2.0 / 5
What do you like best about Everest?
Setting up Dashboards to monitor all deliverability metrics
What do you dislike about Everest?
Support is okay, but it could be lot better
Navigational aids are not comparable to other industry-rated tools.
Recommendations to others considering Everest:
New to the deliverability landscape, this tool is perfect for you, but if you are an industry pro and understand the ins and outs of deliverability I would look elsewhere.
What problems is Everest solving and how is that benefiting you?
Improving inbox placement
Lowering spam complaints
Bryan P.
Email, SMS Marketing Director Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Review after using more than 2 months
2.5 / 5
What do you like best about Everest?
Able to help in domain and IP blacklisted daily checking.
Quick display the domain reputation status.
After using Inbox placement service and domains/IP pools, feel their interface is nice and clear.
What do you dislike about Everest?
Does not provide the IP or domain score with ISP like Hotmail and Yahoo.
Inbox percentage in accurate due to need send to all seed's ISP just able to get the score.
Inbox percentage for Hotmail does not accurate.
Does not provide whitelisting service for IPs. It is just a simple domain blacklisting status system.
What problems is Everest solving and how is that benefiting you?
None of the problem have been solving through this Everest. It just a inbox placement display system only.
Easily noticed on domain blacklisted only. Other than this are nothing.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
It's been really difficult to switch over to Everest from Return Path due to seedlist testing issues
2.5 / 5
What do you like best about Everest?
I like the accessibility to create dashboards and share across the org.
What do you dislike about Everest?
The only downside was that it was extremely difficult to switch over to everest from return path due to seedlisting issues mainly from our ESP, Braze
What problems is Everest solving and how is that benefiting you?
Mainly using everest for deliverability measurement. havent had the chance to use it for more since we've been spending a lot of time switching platforms.
Verified User in Food & Beverages
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
So far not so good
3.0 / 5
What do you like best about Everest?
We've been working on setting up since mid-August, but due to issues on the platform side, have been unable to fully set up. That said, our account manager has been responsive and diligently working on getting the issues resolved, so I would say that the user support is the best part.
What do you dislike about Everest?
We're on our third month trying to get set up due to platform issues, which I think is not great considering the price. Return Path set up went much smoother, and we were able to get started right away without a hitch.
Recommendations to others considering Everest:
Prepare for a longer-than-estimated setup process.
What problems is Everest solving and how is that benefiting you?
Monitoring email deliverability is of utmost importance to our business. Being able to see when things take a turn for the worse and being able to react quickly helps us keep our email reputation positive and keeps our emails in user's inboxes!
Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Pricing
Everest offers a complex, tiered pricing structure that scales significantly with email volume, while Fraudmarc Community Edition is entirely free, requiring only your time and technical resources for setup and maintenance.
Small
Up to 10k emails / month
$40 per month
Free
Medium
Up to 100k emails / month
$900 per month
Free
Large
Up to 1 million emails / month
Contact for pricing
Free
Enterprise
Over 1 million emails / month
Contact for pricing
Free
Suped hard sell incoming!
Still not satisfied with Everest or Fraudmarc Community Edition?
4.2 / 5(189)
