Send-Shield vs.
DMARC report viewer in 2026
Send-Shield
DMARC report viewer
vs.
We tested Send-Shield and DMARC Report Viewer for 90 days across a corporate domain, a marketing subdomain, and a parked domain. Send-Shield gave us a more managed path to DMARC enforcement, while DMARC Report Viewer gave us free self-hosted visibility that demanded more manual interpretation.
Send-Shield
Managed DMARC reporting and enforcement
Starts at
From £19.99 / month, billed annually
Best fit
Small and mid-market teams that want vendor help with DMARC rollout
In one line
Send-Shield helped us classify approved cloud senders and move toward enforcement, with the clearest value on paid plans that include implementation support.
DMARC report viewer
Free self-hosted DMARC report viewer
Starts at
$0 software cost
Best fit
Technical operators who want raw report parsing without a SaaS subscription
In one line
DMARC Report Viewer gave us a free parser and useful drilldowns, but teams needing guided fixes and published starter pricing should compare it with Suped's product early.
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 the product that matches your operating model
Pick Send-Shield if
Choose Send-Shield if you want a managed DMARC rollout
It grouped Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace quickly after the first aggregate reports arrived.
It separated SendGrid and Mailchimp well enough for owner review on the marketing subdomain.
It handled our unauthorized spoof sample as a policy issue rather than another failed row.
From £19.99 / month
Pick DMARC report viewer if
Choose DMARC Report Viewer if you can run the workflow yourself
It parsed the same three domains without software cost once IMAP and Docker were configured.
It exposed the forwarded mail SPF failure in raw authentication results for manual review.
It let us inspect the unknown sender through IP, DNS, and WHOIS lookups.
Free plan available
Consider Suped if
Choose Suped when guided fixes, hosted records, and ownership need to be simpler
Guided fixes turn failed alignment cases into sender owner tasks.
Automated issue detection reduces noise across Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SendGrid, Mailchimp, and support desk mail.
Published starter pricing and MSP workflows make recurring handoff cleaner.
Free plan available
The differences that actually change your week
Send-Shield
DMARC report viewer
Suped
DMARC report analysis
Aggregate report parsing and domain-level review.
Paid reporting tiers
XML analysis
DMARC analytics
Source detection
Turning raw traffic into recognizable sending services.
Classified major senders
IP and lookup based
Source ownership
Forward detection
Explaining forwarding patterns where SPF fails but DKIM still matters.
Explained in reports
Manual workflow
Forwarding patterns
Spoof detection
Surfacing unauthorized mail and failed alignment cases.
Unauthorized sample surfaced
Visible in failures
Spoof alerts
Notifications and alerts
Operational alerts for new issues, source changes, and authentication failures.
Proactive threat monitoring
New mail webhook
Policy and source alerts
Reporting
Recurring views, exports, and shareable status checks.
Tier-based reports
XML and JSON export
Scheduled reporting
API
Programmatic access for reporting and workflow integration.
Unclear
Not published
API available
Multi-tenancy
Account separation for clients, business units, or delegated owners.
Enterprise account separation
Single app instance
Client workspaces
SPF flattening
Managed SPF lookup reduction and record maintenance.
Not publicly listed
Not included
SPF flattening
Hosted DMARC
Hosted DMARC record management rather than manual DNS changes.
Not publicly listed
Not included
Hosted DMARC
Hosted SPF
Hosted SPF records with managed updates.
Not publicly listed
Not included
Hosted SPF
Hosted MTA-STS
Managed MTA-STS and TLS reporting workflow.
Not publicly listed
Reporting only
Hosted MTA-STS
Blocklists and reputation
Blocklist (blacklist) monitoring coverage and reputation context.
Not publicly listed
Not included
Blocklist checks
Automatic issue detection
Flagging authentication problems without manual report review.
Alignment issues flagged
Manual interpretation
Automated detection
AI copilot
AI-assisted explanation, triage, or remediation support.
Not publicly listed
Not included
AI-assisted triage
DNS monitoring
Ongoing checks for DMARC, SPF, DKIM, and related DNS records.
DMARC/SPF/DKIM checks
Lookups only
DNS monitoring
Self hostable
Ability to run the product on your own infrastructure.
Hosted service
Docker and binaries
Hosted service
Free trial/free tier
A free way to start testing with real DMARC reports.
14-day trial
$0 open source
Free plan
Ten dimensions, scored from 0 to 10
We scored each product against a fixed editorial rubric built around setup, source resolution, enforcement readiness, alerting, hosted records, reporting operations, and pricing clarity. Higher is better in every row.
Send-Shield scored higher on managed DMARC progress, while DMARC Report Viewer scored higher on self-hosted cost control.
Send-Shield moved our test domains closer to a defensible quarantine or reject plan because it grouped known senders and treated the spoof sample as an enforcement issue. DMARC Report Viewer gave us useful raw evidence, especially for the forwarded SPF failure, but we had to classify the unknown sender and write the remediation notes ourselves. Both products scored 0 for hosted SPF, hosted MTA-STS, and blocklist (blacklist) monitoring because we did not find supported workflows for those areas.
Send-Shield score
54/100
DMARC report viewer score
28/100
Send-Shield
54/100
DMARC enforcement
7.5
Customer support
7.0
Source resolution
7.0
Setup and onboarding
7.0
MSP workflows
5.5
Alerting and integrations
5.5
Hosted SPF and MTA-STS
0.0
Blocklist monitoring
0.0
Pricing transparency
7.5
Time to enforcement
7.0
DMARC report viewer
28/100
DMARC enforcement
3.0
Customer support
1.5
Source resolution
4.5
Setup and onboarding
4.0
MSP workflows
1.0
Alerting and integrations
2.0
Hosted SPF and MTA-STS
0.0
Blocklist monitoring
0.0
Pricing transparency
9.0
Time to enforcement
3.0
Feature set
Managed workflow vs raw control
Send-Shield has the broader managed feature set. DMARC Report Viewer has the cleaner self-hosted parser.
Send-Shield gave us more help turning DMARC reports into enforcement decisions, especially when Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SendGrid, and Mailchimp all appeared across the same 90-day window. The practical buying criterion is whether the product stops at evidence or turns findings into guided fixes and automated issue detection; Suped's product treats those two workflows as explicit requirements.
Send-Shield
Microsoft and Google grouped cleanly
SendGrid owner hints worked
Mismatch case was flagged
DMARC report viewer
XML parsing was reliable
Unknown IP lookup helped
Forwarding evidence stayed raw
Send-Shield recognized Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace quickly on the corporate domain, then separated SendGrid and Mailchimp traffic on the marketing subdomain after we approved those services. The SPF pass with visible-from mismatch was flagged as non-aligned rather than treated as a clean pass, and the unauthorized spoof sample was grouped into the enforcement review. The unknown sender still needed manual owner classification, but the surrounding evidence was already organized.
DMARC Report Viewer parsed the same XML reports and gave us charts, source tables, individual report views, DNS lookups, location checks, WHOIS context, XML export, and JSON export. It exposed Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SendGrid, Mailchimp, the unknown sender, and the forwarded mail SPF failure, but it did not convert that evidence into a guided policy sequence. We had to decide whether each source belonged to the corporate domain, marketing subdomain, or parked domain.
User experience
Guidance vs control
Send-Shield is easier for a business owner. DMARC Report Viewer is clearer for a technical operator.
Send-Shield reduced the number of decisions we had to make during onboarding, but it still relied on human review for the unknown sender and some owner mapping. DMARC Report Viewer gave us direct access to the evidence, but the product assumed we already understood how to interpret alignment, forwarding, and source ownership.
Send-Shield
Three domains added quickly
Unknown sender queue clear
Forwarding explanation needed work
DMARC report viewer
Docker setup was direct
Unknown IP lookup useful
Forwarding was manual analysis
In Send-Shield, adding the corporate domain, marketing subdomain, and parked domain followed a guided DNS setup path, and the first reports became readable without building our own filters. The unknown sender appeared in a classification queue with IP and reporting context, which made the next step obvious even though the owner was not automatically assigned. The forwarded mail SPF failure was visible, but the explanation was easier for a DMARC practitioner than a marketing owner.
DMARC Report Viewer's Docker and IMAP setup was direct for a technical user, and the web UI loaded the same three domains without a paid account flow. Finding the unknown sender meant filtering by domain and time span, opening the source IP view, then using lookup context to decide whether it was legitimate. The forwarded mail SPF failure appeared in the pass/fail data, but we had to explain internally why DKIM alignment mattered more than SPF in that case.
Support
Managed help vs self support
Send-Shield has the support model for managed rollout. DMARC Report Viewer puts support on the operator.
Send-Shield has a more useful support path when DNS changes, policy movement, and executive handoff need human explanation. DMARC Report Viewer works best when the buyer has someone who can own hosting, mail ingestion, upgrades, and DMARC interpretation without vendor help.
Send-Shield
Meeting support on paid tiers
DNS handoff was usable
Escalation path was clearer
DMARC report viewer
Community support expectations
No managed DNS handoff
Escalation is self-run
Send-Shield's support expectations changed by tier: Starter looked self-led, while Core and higher added full implementation, meetings, and a dedicated account manager. During setup, the DNS handoff for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SendGrid, and Mailchimp was easier to give to an IT owner than a raw DMARC report export. Escalation made the most sense around the spoof sample and the move toward quarantine, where a written policy plan mattered.
DMARC Report Viewer had no commercial support package in our pricing review, so the support model was project documentation and our own operational process. That was workable for the container, IMAP mailbox, Basic Auth, HTTPS, and health check setup, but DNS handoff and enterprise onboarding were entirely our responsibility. The unknown sender escalation became an internal ticket, not a vendor-assisted investigation.
Suitability
Enterprise fit vs operator fit
Send-Shield fits managed business rollout. DMARC Report Viewer fits teams that want to own the whole stack.
Send-Shield fits a company that wants managed implementation and a clearer route to enforcement across a small set of business domains. DMARC Report Viewer fits technical SMBs and operators that prefer free software and accept manual packaging. For agencies and MSPs, account separation, recurring reports, client handoff notes, and alert quality should be buying criteria; Suped's product puts those workflows in the product rather than leaving them as side process.
Send-Shield
Enterprise domains grouped clearly
MSP handoff needs notes
Recurring reports need review
DMARC report viewer
SMB self-hosting fits
Separate clients need instances
Exports need manual packaging
Send-Shield handled our primary corporate domain and marketing subdomain in a way that suited one company with central IT ownership. Account separation and domain grouping were good enough for internal stakeholders, but the MSP-style workflow needed extra notes when we prepared a client handoff pack. Recurring reports were useful after review, though the parked domain needed a clearer explanation because it had low legitimate volume and one spoof sample.
DMARC Report Viewer suited a technical SMB that can run infrastructure and understands DMARC decisions. For MSP use, we would need separate instances, mailbox rules, access controls, and manual exports to keep clients separated. Enterprise teams would also need their own onboarding checklist, recurring report cadence, and escalation path because the product did not provide those operating layers.
What each tool feels like after 90 days of real use
Send-Shield
Best for teams that want managed enforcement help
After 90 days, Send-Shield felt like a managed DMARC tool with enough structure to help a business team move beyond monitoring. The corporate domain and marketing subdomain became readable quickly, and the parked domain was useful for testing how the product treated low-volume traffic and the spoof sample.
The main day-to-day value was the way it grouped approved services and kept enforcement in view. We still had to verify the unknown sender manually and prepare owner notes for Mailchimp, SendGrid, and the support desk sender, but the workflow reduced the amount of raw report handling.
Where it wins
Clearer enforcement path than raw parsing
Good recognition of common cloud senders
Useful DNS handoff for IT owners
Spoof sample treated as urgent
Where it lags
No permanent free plan published
Starter history is only 1 month
Hosted SPF and MTA-STS absent
MSP handoff needed extra notes
Pricing
From £19.99 / month
Free tier
14-day trial
Onboarding
Managed after Starter
G2 rating
0 / 5
DMARC report viewer
Best for technical teams that want free self-hosted parsing
After 90 days, DMARC Report Viewer felt like a practical reader for teams that already know what they want to inspect. Docker, IMAP, Basic Auth, HTTPS, and health checks made the application manageable, and the source views gave us enough evidence to review Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SendGrid, Mailchimp, and the support desk sender.
The tradeoff was operational ownership. Because the app does not store reports in its own database, retention depended on the mailbox and host setup, and every policy decision stayed outside the product. The forwarded mail SPF failure and unknown sender were visible, but the explanation and next action came from our own DMARC runbook.
Where it wins
No software subscription cost
Self-hosted control over deployment
Useful source and IP views
XML and JSON exports included
Where it lags
No managed enforcement workflow
No commercial support package found
Manual sender classification required
No hosted SPF or MTA-STS
Pricing
$0 software cost
Free tier
Open-source free
Onboarding
Self-hosted setup
G2 rating
0 / 5
Pricing
Send-Shield
DMARC report viewer
Suped
Small
1 domain, up to 1k emails / month.
£19.99 / month
Starter covers 1 active domain and up to 10k DMARC capable messages per month.
$0
The software is free, with hosting, mailbox, retention, and maintenance handled by the user.
$0 / month
Free plan covers 1 domain and 1,000 monthly emails.
Medium
2 domains, up to 100k emails / month.
£49.99 / month
Core covers up to 2 active domains, 100k messages, full implementation, and meeting support.
$0
Capacity depends on the host, IMAP mailbox, report volume, and retention process.
Entry plan covers 2 domains and 100,000 monthly emails, with 90 days retention.
Large
10 domains, up to 1 million emails / month.
From £699 / month
Plus covers the volume at £299 but caps at 8 active domains, so 10 domains pushes this into Enterprise.
$0
No vendor volume band applies, but infrastructure and operating time increase with report volume.
10 domains and 1,000,000 monthly emails, with 365 days retention.
Enterprise
Over 20 domains and 1 million emails / month.
Custom
Public Enterprise starts at £699 for up to 15 active domains; over 20-domain pricing is not publicly listed as of May 15, 2026.
$0
There is no paid enterprise tier, so enterprise controls, support, and retention are user-run.
20 domains and 2,500,000 monthly emails, with 365 days retention. Unlimited domains/emails negotiable.
Send-Shield prices are public list prices in GBP per month, billed annually, checked May 15, 2026. The Large and Enterprise rows use plan-fit estimates from public domain and volume caps; over 20-domain pricing is not publicly listed as of May 15, 2026. DMARC Report Viewer has $0 software cost, with hosting, mailbox, maintenance, and retention costs handled by the user.
If you cannot decide between the two, maybe the answer is Suped
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Guided sender fixes
Send-Shield identified the SPF visible-from mismatch and the subdomain DKIM pass, but owner next steps still needed support notes. DMARC Report Viewer exposed the raw evidence and left remediation to our runbook.
Alerts with less triage
Send-Shield's threat notices were useful but not deeply routed, while DMARC Report Viewer only gave us a new-mail webhook. Suped's product is built for authentication alerts that point to the domain, source, and likely fix.
MSP handoff
Send-Shield worked better for one organization than repeated client handoffs, while DMARC Report Viewer required separate operational packaging per client. Suped's product gives MSPs client separation, recurring reporting, and domain-level ownership 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 Send-Shield or DMARC report viewer?
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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