Valimail vs EasyDMARC
Valimail — a DigiCert company since September 2025 — sells hands-off enterprise enforcement on annual contracts. EasyDMARC sells self-serve, published-price DMARC for the mid-market. The overlap in who they serve is smaller than the search results suggest.
Comparison last verified July 20, 2026. Pricing sourced directly from Valimail and EasyDMARC.
The short answer
EasyDMARC publishes its prices — Plus $44.99/mo and Premium $89.99/mo, about 20% less on annual billing — with self-serve signup and managed record hosting on every tier. Valimail publishes exactly one number: Enforce Starter at $5,000/year, annual-only, with Premium and Enterprise quote-gated; in return you get automated enforcement, patented Instant SPF, automated DKIM rotation, and the category's only FedRAMP authorization. Sub-enterprise teams almost always shortlist EasyDMARC on price alone; regulated and Microsoft-heavy enterprises shortlist Valimail.
At a Glance
| Feature | Valimail | EasyDMARC |
|---|---|---|
| Starting paid price | $5,000/yr (annual-only) | $44.99/mo ($35.99/mo annual) |
| Free tier | 1 primary domain, 5 user seats, unlimited email volume, ~6-month history | 1 domain, 1,000 emails/mo, 14-day history |
| G2 rating | 4.6/5 | 4.8/5 |
| Protocols with documented support | 7/9 | 7/9 |
Protocol Coverage
Documented support across the 9 core email authentication protocols. "Not documented" means our research briefs found no public evidence either way.
| Feature | Valimail | EasyDMARC |
|---|---|---|
| DMARC | ||
| SPF | ||
| DKIM | ||
| BIMI | Full automation via the sales-gated Amplify add-on; Monitor shows status and BIMI Simulator preview only | |
| MTA-STS | Hosted on Enforce via CNAME delegation (NS delegation deferred); shipped early 2026 | Managed MTA-STS hosting activates with Premium; record checker and generator tools on all tiers |
| TLS-RPT | Parsed TLS reports in the dashboard from Premium; checker and generator tools on all tiers | |
| ARC (chain analysis) | ||
| DANE/TLSA | ||
| ARF (failure reports) | Privacy-safe RUF+ failure reporting gated to Enforce Enterprise | Failure (RUF) reports from the Plus tier |
Published Pricing
List prices as published on each vendor's pricing page.
Valimail
Free tier: 1 primary domain, 5 user seats, unlimited email volume, ~6-month history
- Enforce Starter $5,000/yr (annual-only)
- Enforce Premium Quote-only
- Enforce Enterprise Quote-only
- Amplify (BIMI add-on) Quote-only
EasyDMARC
Free tier: 1 domain, 1,000 emails/mo, 14-day history
- Plus $44.99/mo · $35.99/mo annual
- Premium $89.99/mo · $71.99/mo annual
- Enterprise Quote-only
- MSP Quote-only
Strengths and Trade-offs
Valimail
Where it shines
- Co-authored the ARC standard (RFC 8617) and maintains deep email-authentication standards leadership
- Patented Instant SPF delivers hosted, dynamic SPF that bypasses the 10-DNS-lookup limit
- The only FedRAMP-authorized DMARC provider, with SOC 2, PCI, and GDPR coverage
- Free Monitor tier expanded post-acquisition (Domain Report Card PDF added) as the customer base grew past 92,000
- Hands-on onboarding and customer support praised consistently across G2 review cycles
Trade-offs
- Enforce Starter at $5,000/yr is the only public price; Premium and Enterprise are quote-only, and all paid tiers bill annually only
- The ~$19/mo Align entry tier was retired post-acquisition, leaving no paid option between free Monitor and $5,000/yr
- Overage fees are disclosed only on AWS Marketplace: $1,500 per extra domain, $1,000 per extra 100K emails/mo, $500 per extra sending service
- ARC is not productized at any tier despite the RFC 8617 co-authorship, and DANE has no documented support
- Hosted MTA-STS works via CNAME delegation only; NS delegation is deferred to a future release
Best for: Enterprises and regulated organizations (FedRAMP, Microsoft 365 shops) that want fully automated, hands-off DMARC enforcement and can commit to annual contracts starting at $5,000/year.
EasyDMARC
Where it shines
- Consistently praised for ease of use: setup and DNS integration need no deep DMARC expertise (top G2 praise theme, 22 mentions)
- Responsive, helpful support team (20 G2 customer-support mentions)
- Managed DMARC and Managed BIMI record hosting included on every tier, including Free
- Deep MSP stack: white-label reporting plus ConnectWise, HaloPSA, Autotask, Syncro, Acronis, and Gradient integrations
- Direct DNS integrations with 10 providers including Cloudflare, Route 53, and OVHcloud (Enterprise and MSP plans)
Trade-offs
- Free tier was reduced around 2024 from 10,000 emails/mo across unlimited domains to 1,000 emails/mo on 1 domain with 14-day history (per third-party writeups; EasyDMARC published no announcement)
- No ARC or DANE support at any tier
- EasySPF flattening, managed MTA-STS, and parsed TLS reports all require Premium ($71.99/mo annual)
- API, SSO, and audit logs are Enterprise-only
- Exceeding plan email volume locks dashboard access until you upgrade; reviewers also report upsell pressure
Best for: Small-to-mid-market teams and MSPs who want guided setup, managed record hosting, and white-label PSA integrations without needing in-house DMARC expertise.
Where DMARCguard Fits
DMARCguard is our product — treat this section as our pitch, and check every number above against both vendors' own pricing pages.
If Valimail's $5,000 annual floor is too steep and EasyDMARC's Premium-tier gating (TLS-RPT, MTA-STS, SPF flattening at $89.99/mo) feels like a toll booth, DMARCguard publishes one per-domain price ($3.9/domain/mo for founding members) with all 9 protocols on Pro — ARC and DANE included, which neither vendor ships. Start free with 2 domains and 30 days of report history.
| Feature | Valimail | EasyDMARC | DMARCguard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting paid price | $5,000/yr (annual-only) | $44.99/mo ($35.99/mo annual) | $6.9/domain/mo |
| Free tier | 1 primary domain, 5 user seats, unlimited email volume, ~6-month history | 1 domain, 1,000 emails/mo, 14-day history | 2 domains, 30 days history |
| Protocols covered | 7/9 | 7/9 | 9/9 |
| G2 rating | 4.6/5 | 4.8/5 | 4.8/5 (7 reviews) |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Valimail or EasyDMARC better for a small business?
EasyDMARC, in most cases: published pricing from $44.99/mo, self-serve signup, and guided setup that G2 reviewers cite more than any other trait. Valimail's free Monitor tier is genuinely useful for visibility — 1 domain, unlimited volume — but the next step up is a $5,000/year annual contract, since the ~$19/mo Align tier was retired after the DigiCert acquisition.
How much does Valimail cost compared to EasyDMARC?
Valimail Enforce Starter: $5,000/year, annual-only, 1 active domain — with AWS-disclosed overages of $1,500 per extra domain and $1,000 per extra 100K emails/month; Premium and Enterprise are quote-only. EasyDMARC: Plus $44.99/mo (2 domains) and Premium $89.99/mo (4 domains), about 20% less on annual billing, Enterprise by quote.
What does Valimail offer that EasyDMARC doesn't?
Enforcement automation and compliance pedigree: hosted continuous DMARC policy management, patented Instant SPF with no 10-lookup limit, automated DKIM key rotation, and FedRAMP authorization — the only DMARC provider with it. EasyDMARC counters with published pricing, managed hosting on every tier, and a far lower entry cost, but its API, SSO, and audit logs are Enterprise-only.
Which has the better free tier?
Different shapes. Valimail Monitor: 1 primary domain, unlimited email volume, 5 seats, ~6 months of history — the more generous visibility tier. EasyDMARC Free: 1 domain, 1,000 emails/month, 14 days of history after the mid-2024 reduction. Neither free tier enforces; both are on-ramps.
Sources (18)
- Valimail: Enforce Starter starts at $5,000/year, annual billing only — source
- Valimail: Free Monitor tier: 1 primary domain, 5 user seats, unlimited email volume, ~6-month history — source
- Valimail: Overages: $1,500 per additional domain, $1,000 per additional 100K emails/mo, $500 per additional sending service — source
- Valimail: AWS Marketplace lists a $60,000/12-month estimate for Enforce Enterprise — source
- Valimail: DigiCert acquired Valimail on September 16, 2025; Valimail operates independently as of April 2026 — source
- Valimail: Hosted MTA-STS and TLS-RPT shipped early 2026 via CNAME delegation; NS delegation deferred — source
- Valimail: Valimail co-authored RFC 8617 (ARC) but no tier page advertises ARC as a product feature — source
- Valimail: G2 rating 4.6 — source
- Valimail: Align tier (SMB entry, ~$19/mo per third-party comparisons) retired from the public lineup between Sep 2025 and Apr 2026 — source
- EasyDMARC: Plus tier: $35.99/mo billed annually, $44.99/mo monthly, 2 domains, 3-month retention — source
- EasyDMARC: Premium tier: $71.99/mo billed annually, $89.99/mo monthly, 4 domains, 1-year retention — source
- EasyDMARC: Free tier: 1 domain, 1,000 emails/mo, 14-day report history — source
- EasyDMARC: G2 rating 4.8 across 161-165 reviews — source
- EasyDMARC: Managed MTA-STS hosting activates with the Premium tier — source
- EasyDMARC: ARC is not offered at any tier — source
- EasyDMARC: DANE is unsupported; referenced only as failure-code parsing inside TLS-RPT outputs — source
- EasyDMARC: Free-tier cut around 2024 from 10,000 emails/mo across unlimited domains to 1,000 emails/mo on 1 domain (date per secondary writeups) — source
- EasyDMARC: Volume overage forces an upgrade: report/dashboard access is removed until the plan is upgraded — source
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