The EmailGuard Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about EmailGuard in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
EmailGuard
The Insider’s Guide
Email deliverability monitoring and domain masking for cold email
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among cold outreach tools, read from EmailGuard’s own pages.
Made by EmailGuard · checked Nov 12, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from EmailGuard’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on EmailGuard’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.0
GPA, above 9 of the 47 other cold outreach tools we grade
EmailGuard monitors the health of the domains and mailboxes behind outgoing email. It covers SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks, blacklist monitoring, inbox placement tests, spam checks and contact verification. It also sells domain masking proxies and hosted redirects aimed at cold email agencies. It is a deliverability layer rather than a sending tool.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about EmailGuard, taken from its own pages and our grades.
A web dashboard where you connect each domain and mailbox.
- 1
Best for checking the health of cold-email domains
It doesn't send anything, so you still need an outreach tool beside it.
- 2
Paid plans start at $49 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $49 per month.
- 3
There is a 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.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Authentication records
Connects a domain and monitors its SPF, DKIM and DMARC records, with lookup and generator tools for missing records.
- 6
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.
- 7
Blacklist monitoring
Watches domains, IP addresses and sending servers and gives delisting details. Automated checks run weekly, with ad-hoc checks on top.
- 8
A 2.0 GPA, above 9 of 47
That is against the other cold outreach tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
Nothing EmailGuard does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
EmailGuard at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $49 per month
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- EmailGuard
- Category
- Cold Outreach
- Our grade
- 2.0 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for checking the health of cold-email domains
EmailGuard watches the domains and mailboxes behind outgoing email: SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks, blacklist monitoring, inbox placement tests and contact verification. The free plan covers 1 domain and 3 email accounts. It doesn't send anything, so you still need an outreach tool beside it.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Pro 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. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Free 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. |
| Features | C | SPF, DKIM, DMARC, blacklists, placement tests and verification. It does that job fully, but it's a smaller job and not a sender. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. A web dashboard where you connect each domain and mailbox. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | Web only, and the listing names no integrations. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who EmailGuard is for
- Fits if you send cold email from a few domains and want them watched
- Works for agencies sitting this beside Instantly or Smartlead
Who it is not for
- 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
Good to know
Good for
- Cold email agencies running many secondary domains
- Teams that need DMARC and blacklist monitoring across several domains
- Anyone testing inbox placement before a campaign
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$49
A month to start. There is a free plan too
EmailGuard has a free plan. Paid plans start at $49 per month.
A cap you will hit if you run more than a couple of domains.
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.
The 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.
Read from emailguard.io on Nov 12, 2026.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Email deliverability monitoring and domain masking for cold email. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, email verification, dMARC.
SPF, DKIM, DMARC, blacklists, placement tests and verification.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
Its own pages name no integrations.
EmailGuard is made by EmailGuard.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
9/47
Other cold outreach tools it is graded above
EmailGuard's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 9 of the 47 other cold outreach tools we grade, and level with 7.
Its paid plans start at $49 a month, against a middle price of $39 for the category: 28 of the 43 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 21 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 48 cold outreach tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. EmailGuard’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 9 of 47
- CFree plan and trialAbove 15 of 47
- CFeaturesAbove 7 of 47
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 47
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 47
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 44 cold outreach tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. EmailGuard is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
Nothing EmailGuard does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 31 of the 47 other cold outreach tools grade higher. It costs $588 a year.
What you could not
- Reading the reports inbox providers send about your domain.
- Checking that an address exists without writing to it.
- An API that other software can build on.
What this rests on. EmailGuard’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Folderly, Warmbox, Mailivery, Inboxkit and Mailforge
The 5 tools EmailGuard is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.0GPA
Folderly
Free plan · from $79/mo
Email deliverability tools: placement tests, fixes and monitoring.
- EmailGuard also covers email verification.
- Folderly also covers reports.
- 1.8GPA
Warmbox
From $15/mo
Email warm-up through a private network of inboxes.
- EmailGuard has a free plan. Warmbox does not.
- EmailGuard also covers email verification and dMARC.
- Warmbox also covers reports and inbox warm-up.
- 2.2GPA
Mailivery
Free trial · from $21.75/mo
Email warm-up priced by daily volume, with unlimited mailboxes.
- EmailGuard has a free plan. Mailivery does not, though it has a free trial.
- EmailGuard also covers dMARC.
- Mailivery also covers inbox warm-up.
- 1.8GPA
Inboxkit
From $2.50/mo
Google and Microsoft mailboxes for cold email, priced per mailbox.
- EmailGuard has a free plan. Inboxkit does not.
- EmailGuard also covers email verification.
- Inboxkit also covers inbox warm-up.
- 1.6GPA
Mailforge
From $3/mo
Shared-IP domains and mailboxes built for cold email sending.
- EmailGuard has a free plan. Mailforge does not.
- EmailGuard also covers email verification.
- Mailforge also covers inbox warm-up.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
12
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is EmailGuard free?
EmailGuard has a free plan. 1 connected domain, 3 email accounts, 50 contact verification credits a month and weekly blacklist monitoring.
How much does EmailGuard cost?
EmailGuard lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does EmailGuard work on?
EmailGuard is available on Web.
Does EmailGuard have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. EmailGuard is listed for Web.
Does EmailGuard have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. EmailGuard is listed for Web.
Is EmailGuard open source?
EmailGuard is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does EmailGuard have an API?
Yes. EmailGuard offers a public API, according to its own site.
Who makes EmailGuard?
EmailGuard is made by a company of the same name.
What are the alternatives to EmailGuard?
The closest alternatives to EmailGuard in our directory are Folderly, Warmbox, Mailivery, Inboxkit and Mailforge.
How does EmailGuard compare with other cold outreach tools?
EmailGuard's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 9 of the 47 other cold outreach tools we grade, and level with 7.
Is EmailGuard good value for money?
ToolGPA grades EmailGuard C for value for money. On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4.
Could I make my own version of EmailGuard?
Nothing EmailGuard does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from EmailGuard’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 12, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from EmailGuard's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by EmailGuard. Prices change, so check emailguard.io before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
5,038
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
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categories
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price changes on record
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apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- EmailGuard, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/emailguard
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what EmailGuard’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. EmailGuard is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by EmailGuard. Prices and plans change: check emailguard.io before you buy.