EmailGuard vs Mailivery (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Mailivery grades higher than EmailGuard: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
EmailGuard grades higher on the free plan. Mailivery grades higher on value for money and platforms. They get the same grade on 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
Mailivery
Email warm-up priced by daily volume, with unlimited mailboxes
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 Mailivery if
- Fits if you already send cold email and need your mailboxes warmed
- Works for small teams with a handful of mailboxes
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a tool that sends campaigns, since it only warms up
- Tight if you have many users: seats stop at 2, 4 and 10 across the plans
- Watch out: the yearly Professional card says 600 emails a day, the table says 800
- Pricey if you want more verification credits, which are one-time purchases
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAEmailGuardFair | 2.2GPAMailiveryFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | B$21.75 a month on yearly billing, $29 monthly. That's in the cheapest quarter ($25), though the plan only warms up and checks mailboxes. |
| 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. | D7-day free trial, with no card rule stated and no free plan. |
| Features | CSPF, DKIM, DMARC, blacklists, placement tests and verification. It does that job fully, but it's a smaller job and not a sender. | CWarm-up, blacklist monitoring, verification credits and placement tests. It does the warm-up job, which is smaller than sending, and verification credits are one-time. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. A web dashboard where you connect each domain and mailbox. | CNo store rating on record. Connect each mailbox, set volumes and watch the results. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, and the listing names no integrations. | BWeb, with Gmail, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, SendGrid and SMTP. |
| Best for | checking the health of cold-email domains | warming up cold-email mailboxes |
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 Mailivery. 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. Mailivery starts at $21.75 a month and scores 2.3.
Mailivery scores higher and starts $27.25 a month lower. Of the other cold outreach tools on the chart, 21 score higher than EmailGuard for less, and 1 scores higher than Mailivery 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 dMARC.
- Mailivery also covers inbox warm-up.
At a glance
| EmailGuard | Mailivery | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $49 per month | $21.75 per month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly) |
| 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. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial |
| Web | ||
| Made by | EmailGuard | SourceIT Technologies, Inc. |
| Price read from | emailguard.io | mailivery.io |
| 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.
Mailivery
- Each mailbox is limited to 100 warm-up emails a day on Starter and 250 on Professional and Business.
- Email verification credits are one-time; extra credits are bought inside the platform.
- The yearly Professional card says 600 emails a day while the monthly card and comparison table say 800.
- User seats are capped at 2, 4 and 10 on the three plans.
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.
Mailivery
- Shared warm-up volume
- Connect as many mailboxes as you like; the plan caps total warm-up emails a day, which you split across them.
- Peer-to-peer warm-up
- Warm-up emails go between customers' inboxes, with AI-generated text, rescue from spam or Promotions and positive replies.
- Adjustable reply rate
- Set the daily volume, schedule and reply rate, up to 30% on Starter and 55% on Professional and Business.
- Deliverability bundle
- Blacklist monitoring, one-time email verification credits, inbox placement tests and a spam words checker come with each plan.
- Mailbox connections
- Connects to Gmail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, or any mailbox over SMTP.
- REST API
- Connect mailboxes, start or pause warm-up, change volume and pull health scores, with webhook notifications.
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.
Mailivery
Starter$21.75
per month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly)
200 warm-up emails a day shared across mailboxes, 2 users, 2 blacklist monitors and 100 verification credits.
Professional$59.25
per month, billed yearly ($79 billed monthly)
800 warm-up emails a day, 4 users, 10 blacklist monitors, 500 verification credits and 30 placement tests.
Business$149.25
per month, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly)
2,500 warm-up emails a day, 10 users, 50 blacklist monitors, 2,000 verification credits, 100 placement tests.
Ways to pay less
EmailGuard
No public discounts listed.
Mailivery
- Annual discount
Yearly billing saves 25%
Mailivery's pricing page marks yearly billing as 25% off, for example Starter at $21.75 a month against $29 monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, EmailGuard or Mailivery?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Mailivery is cheaper to start with: $21.75 a month, against $49 a month for EmailGuard. EmailGuard starts at $49 per month, and Mailivery starts at $21.75 per month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, EmailGuard or Mailivery?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only EmailGuard has a free plan. Mailivery 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.