Dmarcly vs Mailhardener (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Dmarcly grades higher than Mailhardener: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Dmarcly grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Dmarcly
DMARC monitoring with a dashboard, SPF flattening and alerts
Mailhardener
DMARC, SPF, DKIM, MTA-STS and BIMI monitoring and hosting
Which one is for you
Pick Dmarcly if
- Fits if you run a handful of domains and want one DMARC dashboard
- Works for agencies, since there is an MSP dashboard
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as there is only a 14-day trial
- Tight if you want history, with 2 months on Professional and 1 year only on Enterprise
- Pricey if you need the API or SSO, both on the $199 Enterprise plan
- Watch out: going over your message quota moves you to the next plan for that month
- Watch out: only monthly prices are shown, with no annual discount stated
Pick Mailhardener if
- Fits if you run up to 10 domains and want reports and hosted MTA-STS
- Works for a personal domain you only want to look at
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your domain is a company's, as the free plan is for personal or evaluation use
- Tight if you want more than 3 months of history, as 12 months needs Large at EUR 99 a month
- Watch out: prices are in euros and no dollar price was readable
- Watch out: the page does not make clear which tiers have API access and SSO
How we grade them
| 2.2GPADmarclyFair | 2.0GPAMailhardenerFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CProfessional is $17.99 a month for 2 domains, level with the $17.99 middle of the category. Growth is $39.99, Business $69 and Enterprise $199, with extra domains at $1 each. | CStandard is EUR 19 a month for up to 10 domains (EUR 199 a year), close to the category's middle of $23. |
| Free plan and trial | C14-day trial on all plans. There is no permanent free plan, and the listing does not say whether a card is needed. | CA free plan with 1 domain, 1 user and 1 month of data, but only for personal or evaluation use, not commercial domains. |
| Features | BReport parsing, dashboard, Safe SPF, alerts, blacklist monitoring, BIMI and MTA-STS reporting. Nothing in the listing is missing from the monitoring job, though history is 2 months on the cheapest plan. | CDMARC and TLS reporting, hosted MTA-STS and BIMI, DNS change monitoring. The listing could not confirm which tiers carry the API and SSO. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You publish DMARC records and read reports, so there is DNS work to do. | CNo rating on record. You change DNS records and read reports as they arrive. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only. The API is Enterprise only, and no integrations or apps are listed. | CWeb only, with no integrations listed on the vendor pages. |
| Best for | DMARC monitoring with a dashboard | DMARC reports and MTA-STS for a small number of domains |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Dmarcly and Mailhardener. How we grade
Price against what you get
Dmarcly starts at $17.99 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Mailhardener starts at about $18.53 a month and scores 2.0.
Dmarcly scores higher and starts $0.54 a month lower. Of the other email verification and deliverability tools on the chart, 7 score higher than Dmarcly for less, and 10 score higher than Mailhardener for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
At a glance
| Dmarcly | Mailhardener | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $17.99 per month | €19 per month for up to 10 domains, or €199 per year |
| Free plan | None | Free plan for personal or evaluation use: 1 domain, 1 user account and 1 month of data retention. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial on all plans | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Dmarcly | Mailhardener |
| Price read from | dmarcly.com | mailhardener.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Dmarcly
- Only monthly prices are shown; no annual discount is stated.
- Every plan starts with a 14-day trial, and no permanent free plan is listed on the pricing page.
- Going over the message quota moves the account to the next plan that covers the volume for that month. Above 5 million messages the charge is $10 per extra million.
- Extra domains beyond a plan cost $1 each, and extra Safe SPF domains $10 each. The API is Enterprise only.
Mailhardener
- Prices are shown in euros; the page has a currency selector, but a dollar price was not readable from the server.
- The free plan is for personal or evaluation use only, not commercial domains.
- The comparison table lists API access, SSO and periodic reports, but which tiers include them could not be read from the page text.
Key features
Dmarcly
- Report parsing and dashboard
- Aggregate and forensic DMARC reports arrive at private mailboxes created at signup and are turned into charts by domain, source, organization, result and country.
- Safe SPF
- Aimed at SPF records that need more than the 10 DNS lookups SPF allows. Included from the Growth plan, with a set number of domains per plan.
- Alerts and periodic summaries
- Email alerts when a DMARC, SPF or DKIM record changes in DNS, plus daily, weekly or monthly summary reports.
- Blacklist monitoring
- Business and Enterprise plans check sending IPs against Spamhaus ZEN, SpamCop, Barracuda and Passive Spam Block List.
- BIMI and MTA-STS/TLS reporting
- Record generators and checkers for BIMI, and MTA-STS/TLS-RPT reporting, are included on every plan.
- MSP dashboard
- A managed service provider view for switching between client domains and seeing each one's DMARC, DKIM and SPF status.
Mailhardener
- DMARC reporting
- Aggregate (rua) and failure (ruf) reports show every sender using the domain, with a plain-English breakdown. The vendor says its algorithm separates forwarding services from malicious senders.
- SMTP TLS reporting
- TLS failures reported by sending servers are aggregated and analyzed, with warnings by email.
- Hosted MTA-STS and BIMI assets
- Mailhardener serves the MTA-STS policy and BIMI assets so a domain can adopt them without running a web server.
- DNS change monitoring
- Email-related DNS records are monitored, and a notification explains what a change does to protection.
- Domain inspector
- Shows how SPF, DKIM, DMARC and related records are configured and flags common mistakes.
- Multi-user access and auditors
- Paid tiers support role- and domain-based access control, several organizations per login and read-only auditor access.
Plans
Dmarcly
Professional$17.99
per month for up to 2 domains and 100,000 DMARC-compliant messages
1 user, 1 domain group, 2 months of data history, BIMI and MTA-STS/TLS-RPT, email support.
Growth$39.99
per month for up to 8 domains and 250,000 DMARC-compliant messages
3 users, 3 domain groups, 4 months of history, 1 Safe SPF domain, live chat support.
Business$69
per month for up to 15 domains and 1,000,000 DMARC-compliant messages
5 users, 5 domain groups, 6 months of history, 2 Safe SPF domains, domain and adaptive blacklist monitoring.
Enterprise$199
per month for up to 200 domains and 5,000,000 DMARC-compliant messages
Unlimited users and domain groups, 1 year of history, 4 Safe SPF domains, API, user access control and SAML single sign-on.
Mailhardener
Free€0
1 domain, 1 user, fair-use report volume and 1 month of retention, for personal or evaluation use.
Standard€19
per month for up to 10 domains, billed monthly (€199 per year)
3 months of retention, unlimited users, hosted MTA-STS, BIMI hosting, DNS monitoring and technical support.
Large€99
per month for up to 100 domains, billed monthly (€999 per year)
12 months of retention, limited onboarding assistance and payment by invoice, plus the Standard features.
EnterpriseCustom
No domain limit, custom contract length, assisted onboarding, a private instance option and compliance agreements such as a HIPAA BAA.
Ways to pay less
Dmarcly
No public discounts listed.
Mailhardener
- Annual discount
Save with annual billing
Standard is €199 a year (saves €29) and Large is €999 a year (saves €189), against the monthly prices.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Dmarcly or Mailhardener?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Dmarcly is cheaper to start with: $17.99 a month, against about $18.53 a month for Mailhardener. Dmarcly starts at $17.99 per month, and Mailhardener starts at €19 per month for up to 10 domains, or €199 per year.
Which has a free plan, Dmarcly or Mailhardener?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Mailhardener has a free plan. Dmarcly does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.