EmailGuard vs Folderly (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, EmailGuard and Folderly share a 2.0 GPA, both have a free plan, and EmailGuard starts cheaper, at $49 a month against $79 a month.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
EmailGuard grades higher on value for money. Folderly grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
EmailGuard
Email deliverability monitoring and domain masking for cold email
Folderly
Email deliverability tools: placement tests, fixes and monitoring
Which one is for you
Pick EmailGuard if
- Fits if you send cold email from a few domains and want them watched
- Works for agencies sitting this beside Instantly or Smartlead
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need to send campaigns, because it doesn't
- Tight if you run many domains: free stops at 1 domain and 3 mailboxes
- Watch out: blacklist checks run weekly on every plan
- Pricey if you want redirects: a dedicated IP costs $100 a month extra
Pick Folderly if
- Fits if you send B2B email from a handful of mailboxes and care where it lands
- Works for teams on Google Workspace or Outlook
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you run many mailboxes: it's charged per mailbox, from $96
- Tight if you stay free: 2 placement tests a month
- Watch out: DMARC is a pilot and Mirror is in beta, so availability may be limited
- Not for you if you want a warm-up service, as the page says it isn't one
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAEmailGuardFair | 2.0GPAFolderlyFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $49 a month for 25 domains, which is the top of the category's dearer quarter ($50). A dedicated redirect IP is another $100 a month. | D$96 per mailbox a month on yearly billing, falling to $56 at 25 or more. Five mailboxes would be $480, far past the category's $75 dearest-tenth line. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree plan: 1 domain, 3 email accounts, 50 verification credits and weekly blacklist checks. A cap you will hit if you run more than a couple of domains. | CInbox Insights Free gives 2 placement tests a month, and Pulse alerts are $0. A small taste, not a working setup. |
| Features | CSPF, DKIM, DMARC, blacklists, placement tests and verification. It does that job fully, but it's a smaller job and not a sender. | CPlacement tests, reputation upkeep, DNS and IP checks. DMARC is a pilot and Mirror is in beta, and it says it is not a standard warm-up service. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. A web dashboard where you connect each domain and mailbox. | CNo store rating on record. A web suite with several products and per-product plans to sort out. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, and the listing names no integrations. | BWeb, with Google Workspace, Outlook, SendGrid, AWS, Elastic Email and Slack. |
| Best for | checking the health of cold-email domains | inbox placement for B2B email senders |
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: EmailGuard and Folderly. How we grade
Price against what you get
EmailGuard starts at $49 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Folderly starts at $79 a month and scores 2.3.
Folderly scores higher, and starts $30 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other cold outreach tools on the chart, 27 score higher than EmailGuard for less, and 15 score higher than Folderly 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
- EmailGuard also covers email verification.
- Folderly also covers reports.
At a glance
| EmailGuard | Folderly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $49 per month | $79 per month (Inbox Insights); $96 per mailbox / month, billed yearly (Folderly) |
| Free plan | 1 connected domain, 3 email accounts, 50 contact verification credits a month and weekly blacklist monitoring. No domain masking proxies or hosted redirects. | Inbox Insights Free: 2 placement tests a month. Pulse, which monitors placement and sends alerts, is listed at $0 a month. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | EmailGuard | Folderly Inc. |
| Price read from | emailguard.io | folderly.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
EmailGuard
- The free plan covers a single domain and three email accounts, and has no domain masking proxies or hosted redirects.
- A dedicated redirect IP costs $100 a month extra on every paid plan.
- Automated blacklist checks run weekly on every plan, and the page shows no yearly price.
- It does not send campaigns, so it sits beside an outreach tool.
Folderly
- Prices differ by product, and the page says plans and access vary by product.
- Folderly is priced per mailbox, with a minimum commitment, and monthly-billing prices are not shown on the page.
- DMARC is a pilot and Mirror is in beta, so availability may be limited.
- The page says Folderly is not a standard warm-up service.
Key features
EmailGuard
- Authentication records
- Connects a domain and monitors its SPF, DKIM and DMARC records, with lookup and generator tools for missing records.
- DMARC monitoring
- Aggregates DMARC reports with a history of passes and fails and a list of sending sources. Unlimited DMARC monitoring is on the paid plans.
- Blacklist monitoring
- Watches domains, IP addresses and sending servers and gives delisting details. Automated checks run weekly, with ad-hoc checks on top.
- Inbox placement tests and spam checks
- Ad-hoc or scheduled placement tests across major email providers, an email tester and a content spam checker.
- Domain masking proxy and hosted redirects
- Masks a primary domain behind secondary domains on shared IPs, with a dedicated IP available for $100 a month extra.
- Contact verification
- Real-time email validation and list cleaning to cut bounce rates, sold as monthly credits.
Folderly
- Placement monitoring
- Daily test emails show where messages land across providers, with placement reports and technical and content triggers for Gmail and Outlook.
- Inbox Insights
- Tests inbox placement and reviews sending IPs and DNS records before a campaign.
- Pulse alerts
- Tracks placement over time and sends alerts by email, Slack, SMS and other channels; listed as free.
- DMARC pilot
- Folderly DMARC turns aggregate DMARC reports into a domain and source view; the page says it is available through a pilot.
- Lens, Mirror and Flash
- Lens checks DNS and blocklist signals, Mirror previews email HTML (beta), and Flash tests a real message.
- Folderly AI
- Drafts campaigns from an offer, audience and goal, then points to the checks the email needs.
Plans
EmailGuard
Free$0
1 connected domain, 3 email accounts and 50 contact verification credits, with credits resetting monthly.
Pro$49
per month for up to 25 connected domains
100 email accounts, 3,000 contact verification credits, 300 inbox placement tests and 10 domain masking proxies or hosted redirects.
Business$129
per month for up to 75 connected domains
300 email accounts, 20,000 contact verification credits, 500 inbox placement tests and 25 domain masking proxies or hosted redirects.
Agencies$199
per month for up to 200 connected domains
1,000 email accounts, 50,000 contact verification credits, 1,500 inbox placement tests and 120 domain masking proxies or hosted redirects.
Folderly
Inbox Insights Free$0
2 inbox placement tests a month, with IP and DNS checks.
Inbox Insights$79
per month for 100 tests
100 tests a month; $799 a year on yearly billing.
Folderly, 1-9 mailboxes$96
per mailbox / month, billed yearly
Sender reputation upkeep and placement monitoring; a minimum commitment applies.
Folderly, 10-24 mailboxes$72
per mailbox / month, billed yearly
Same product at a lower per-mailbox rate.
Folderly, 25-99 mailboxes$56
per mailbox / month, billed yearly
Same product at the lowest published per-mailbox rate.
Folderly, 100+ mailboxesCustom
Custom per-mailbox pricing, requested through a demo.
Ways to pay less
EmailGuard
No public discounts listed.
Folderly
- Annual discount
Yearly billing saves 20% on Folderly
Folderly's pricing shows a 20% saving on yearly billing for the mailbox-based product, and 15% on yearly Inbox Insights ($799).
Common questions
Which is cheaper, EmailGuard or Folderly?
As of Nov 12, 2026, EmailGuard is cheaper to start with: $49 a month, against $79 a month for Folderly. EmailGuard starts at $49 per month, and Folderly starts at $79 per month (Inbox Insights); $96 per mailbox / month, billed yearly (Folderly).
Which has a free plan, EmailGuard or Folderly?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both EmailGuard and Folderly have a free plan.
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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.