PlainDMARC vs DMARCguard (for agencies, as of August 2026)
DMARCguard is a newer per-domain tool with a genuinely broad protocol view — DMARC plus SPF, DKIM, BIMI, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT and more — a free tier for two domains, ten team seats on Pro, and an MCP server. PlainDMARC is a narrower, flat-priced DMARCguard alternative. The fork for agencies is arithmetic and audience: at 25 client domains DMARCguard's founding rates total about $82.50/mo and white-labeled reports sit in its custom-priced Enterprise tier, versus $39/mo flat with white-label client reports included.
Side by side
| Tool | Pricing model | 1 domain | 10 domains | 25 domains | White-label client reports? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMARCguard | Per domain, tiered (founding $3.90, then $2.90) | Free (Hobbyist, 2 domains) or $3.90/mo | $39/mo (founding) | ≈$82.50/mo (founding) | Enterprise only (custom pricing) | USD. Free (2 domains, 30-day retention). Pro founding rate $3.90/domain/mo for the first 10 domains then $2.90 (list $6.90) — ≈$82.50/mo at 25 domains — with 10 team members, Owner/Admin/Viewer RBAC, 1-year retention, MCP tools and an AI chat. White-labeled reports are an Enterprise feature. |
| PlainDMARC | Flat plans, every domain included | Free (1 domain) or $12/mo | $39/mo | $39/mo | Yes (Agency & Agency+) | Free (1 domain) / Solo $12 (5) / Agency $39 (25) / Agency+ $59 (100); 2 months free billed yearly. Weekly plain-English verdict; white-label branded client reports with weekly auto-send (opt-in) from the Agency plan. Report emails are delivery-tracked, so a bouncing client address is caught rather than silently lost. Team seats with owner and view-only roles — 1 / 2 / 5 / 10 by plan — plus client-scoped logins on the Agency plans (invite a client to see only their own domains); no separate admin role yet. |
DMARCguard last verified: 2026-08-07 — loaded from dmarcguard.io/pricing, shown for comparison only. Where a vendor publishes only custom or ranged pricing, we describe the model instead of inventing a number. Check DMARCguard's own site for current pricing before you decide.
How DMARCguard prices it
DMARCguard prices per domain, in US dollars, with a genuinely broad protocol view — DMARC plus SPF, DKIM, BIMI, MTA-STS and TLS-RPT. There's a free Hobbyist tier for two domains (30-day retention). Pro runs a founding rate of $3.90 per domain per month for the first ten domains, then $2.90 (list $6.90) — so about $82.50/mo at twenty-five domains — and includes ten team members, Owner/Admin/Viewer roles, one-year retention, MCP tools and an AI chat. White-labeled reports, though, are an Enterprise-tier feature at custom pricing. Figures were loaded from dmarcguard.io/pricing on the date above.
What it costs as your portfolio grows
DMARCguard's per-domain model is friendly at the bottom and climbs steadily. Two domains are free on Hobbyist; the founding Pro rate is $3.90 per domain for your first ten, so ten domains land near $39/mo — coincidentally close to our flat Agency price. Past ten, additional domains bill at $2.90 each, putting twenty-five domains around $82.50/mo. The catch for agencies is that white-labeled reports — the thing you forward to a client — sit in the custom-priced Enterprise tier, not in Pro. PlainDMARC bundles the branded report into the flat $39/mo up to twenty-five domains, so the deliverable that justifies the retainer is not a separate upgrade. Below ten domains DMARCguard's per-domain pricing can undercut us; from roughly the eleventh domain, and whenever you need the client-facing report, the flat plan pulls ahead.
Where each one fits
DMARCguard's advantages are protocol breadth, a richer team model (ten seats with three roles, where we have owner and view-only), a real free tier for two domains, and cheap per-domain pricing for one to three domains. Where PlainDMARC wins for an agency is the deliverable and the ceiling: white-labeled client reports are included on our Agency plans rather than gated behind DMARCguard's custom Enterprise tier, and our price is a flat $39/mo for up to 25 domains rather than a per-domain sum that climbs as you add clients.
Where DMARCguard wins
Protocol breadth, team access, and small portfolios. DMARCguard monitors far more than DMARC (BIMI, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT and more), gives Pro 10 team members with three-role RBAC (Owner/Admin/Viewer) where we have just owner and view-only, ships an MCP server on every tier, has a real free tier for 2 domains, and its per-domain founding rate is cheap for 1–3 domains. If you want one dashboard across every email-security protocol with a richer team model, it does things we don't.
Where PlainDMARC wins
Agency economics and the client deliverable. At 25 domains DMARCguard's founding rates total about $82.50/mo, and white-labeled reports require its custom-priced Enterprise tier. PlainDMARC's Agency plan is $39/mo flat for up to 25 domains, and every domain gets a weekly plain-English verdict branded with your agency's logo, auto-sent to your client.
The bottom line: is PlainDMARC a good DMARCguard alternative?
For one dashboard across every email-security protocol with a broad team, DMARCguard does things we don't. For agency economics and a client-ready report, PlainDMARC's flat $39/mo — with branded reports included — comes in under DMARCguard's roughly $82.50/mo-plus-Enterprise-for-white-label at twenty-five domains.
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