WHICH DMARC TOOL SUITS YOUR TEAM?

MXToolbox vs. DMARCeye

Weighing MXToolbox Delivery Center for DMARC, or already using their free lookups? Here is a side-by-side look at what MXToolbox and DMARCeye cover in terms of DMARC monitoring, where their pricing models diverge, and which one is best for you.

DMARCeye vs. MXToolbox
WHO EACH IS FOR

The Short Version

MXToolbox Delivery Center is a broad email deliverability suite with DMARC reporting inside it, sold per plan with a five-domain limit. DMARCeye focuses exclusively on DMARC monitoring and enforcement, sold per domain with no five-domain ceiling.

The decision depends on how much deliverability tooling you want beside DMARC, as well as how many domains you run. The two can also run side by side: Delivery Center for deliverability, DMARCeye for DMARC monitoring.

SCOPE

Deliverability Suite or DMARC Platform

MXToolbox bundles inbox placement testing, blacklist reputation, mailflow monitoring and complaint feedback around its DMARC reporting. DMARCeye is a dedicated DMARC monitoring platform focused on personalized guidance from monitoring to enforcement.

PRICING MODEL

$129 for Five Domains or $4 / Domain

MXToolbox Delivery Center starts at $129 per month, and both paid plans list the same five-domain limit. DMARCeye costs $4 per domain per month, for up to 50 domains on Scale, with a full-featured free plan for a single domain.

UNIQUE TO DMARCEYE

Talk with Your DMARC Data

MXToolbox does not support AI analysis of your DMARC reports or MCP access. DMARCeye has an inbuilt AI assistant, as well as an MCP connector, which lets you connect your DMARC data to ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants.

KEY DECIDING FACTORS

At a Glance

The table below compares the factors that most often decide whether teams make MXToolbox or DMARCeye their main DMARC monitoring tool. MXToolbox values were verified directly from MXToolbox's website and platform at the time of publication.

Benefit / Feature DMARCeye MXToolbox
Pricing model Per domain Per plan, 5-domain cap
Free plan for business use 5,000 emails/mo, 30-day history Checks only, no DMARC monitoring
Report history 1 year on Scale 90 days
API access Agency plan Not for report data
AI-assisted management & analysis In-app AI assistant + MCP None
Guided path to enforcement Yes Yes
Alerting when compliance drops Paid plans, threshold you set Paid plans
Multi-tenant / agency Yes Not advertised
THE COST OF ENTRY

Pricing Overview

DMARCeye charges a flat $4 per domain per month. MXToolbox prices Delivery Center per plan: $129 a month for up to 5 domains, or $399 for the Plus plan, which raises the message volume and adds SPF flattening but has the same five-domain limit.

Domains DMARCeye Scale MXToolbox Delivery Center
1 $4 / month $129 / month
10 $40 / month Not published (5-domain cap)
50 $200 / month Not published (5-domain cap)
FREE PLAN vs. FREE TOOL

Free Tiers, Head-to-Head

MXToolbox's free account is a blacklist monitor rather than a DMARC product: one domain, weekly checks against the top 30 blacklists, plus the free lookup tools everyone knows. DMARCeye's free plan is the full product for one domain: monitoring dashboard, AI analyzer, 5,000 emails a month, and 30-day history.

Recommended

DMARCeye Free

Permanent free monitoring, not a trial

AI report analyzer included

Blacklist monitoring included

DMARC, SPF, DKIM, BIMI checkers

1 domain, 5,000 emails a month, 30-day history

No credit card

MXToolbox Free

1 domain, weekly blacklist checks

Domain health score (DMARC, SPF, BIMI)

Free SuperTool lookups

No DMARC report monitoring

Enforcement guidance locked to Delivery Center

DMARC starts at $129 per month

INCLUDED vs. GATED

Feature Comparison

The full feature matrix. Tier annotations show which plan includes each feature on each platform.

Capability DMARCeye MXToolbox
DMARC aggregate report parsing All plans Both paid plans
DMARC failure (RUF) reports All paid plans Delivery Center and up
Sender geolocation All paid plans Both paid plans
Blacklist / reputation monitoring All plans, including Free All plans
AI report analyzer + in-app chat assistant Analyzer incl. Free; chat on paid plans None
Personalized remediation guidance Per domain, all paid plans In-product path to Reject
MCP (Model Context Protocol) server All paid plans None
BIMI management Checker tool (management on roadmap) Both paid plans
MTA-STS & TLS-RPT Roadmap Lookup tools, not managed
SPF flattening Roadmap Plus plan ($399/mo)
API access Agency plan Not for report data
Team collaboration / unlimited users All paid plans Users with permission levels
Compliance-drop email alerts All paid plans Both paid plans
Slack / Teams alerts Not native Not native
SIEM integration (Sentinel, Splunk) Not native Not advertised
DNS provider integrations All paid plans Hosts DMARC + SPF records
Audit logs All paid plans Not advertised
SSO Roadmap Not advertised
Dedicated CS Manager Agency plan Dedicated support (Plus plan)
Per-domain pricing Yes No, per plan
Formal MSP / Agency tier Agency plan Not advertised

For a team with 10 domains: DMARCeye costs $480 per year on the Scale plan. MXToolbox Delivery Center covers 5 domains at $1,548 per year and publishes no rate for 10, so that portfolio would need a quote.

WHAT THEY DO BEST

Where Each Platform Wins

MXToolbox is broader. DMARCeye is deeper on DMARC.

Where DMARCeye Wins

Per-domain pricing - $4 a domain a month, with no five-domain ceiling
In-app AI Chat and MCP server - query your data through ChatGPT, Claude, or other assistants
Alerts you configure - set the compliance-drop threshold and time window yourself, per domain
Real free DMARC monitoring - 5,000 emails a month, 30 days of history, AI analyzer included
Built for agencies - per-client logins, white-label branding

Where MXToolbox Wins

Inbox placement testing - 30 campaign tests a month on Delivery Center, 100 on Plus
Sender reputation intelligence - 100+ blacklists, plus ASN and reputation detail on Plus
Named platform integrations - Google Postmaster, Microsoft SNDS, Yahoo Feedback Loop, Validity, Mailgun + SendGrid data in one dashboard
Mailflow latency - inbound + outbound
SPF flattening and BIMI management - flattening on Plus

WHEN TO CHOOSE WHICH

The Verdict

Both tools work well, but they're built for different teams.

Recommended

Choose DMARCeye If

You want deeper DMARC monitoring capabilities with per-domain pricing and no five-domain cap: guidance from p=none to p=reject, alerts when something changes, a year of history, and an AI assistant plus MCP access to your report data. Agencies get per-client logins, white-label branding, and API access on the Agency plan.

 

Choose MXToolbox If

You want deliverability work and DMARC in one subscription: inbox placement testing, blacklist reputation across every sender, complaint feedback and mailflow monitoring, with DMARC reporting alongside. Five domains or fewer covers you, a 90-day window is enough history, and a suite at $129 a month fits the budget.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

The questions teams ask before choosing a DMARC platform.

How much does DMARC monitoring cost?

It ranges from free to enterprise pricing. Most platforms offer a free plan or a trial, and entry-level paid plans typically run from a few dollars per domain to a few tens of dollars a month. What moves the total most is the pricing model, per domain versus a plan with a domain cap versus volume-based, which decides how fast your cost grows as you add domains. See the pricing breakdown above for how the models compare.

How current are these comparisons?

Each comparison is verified against the competitor's live pricing and feature pages at the time of publication. Vendors change packaging often, so we re-check rather than rely on old data.

I'm new to DMARC. Where should I start?

If you're setting up DMARC for the first time, you don't need a tool to switch from. Start free on DMARCeye, point one DNS record at it, and the platform guides you from p=none monitoring toward p=reject enforcement at a pace that's safe for your mail. MXToolbox's free account will tell you your record sits at p=none and that your domain is at risk, then point you to Delivery Center at $129 a month for the enforcement guidance itself. On DMARCeye the AI report analyzer is part of the free plan, so the explanation of what your reports mean arrives before the upgrade rather than after it.

Is DMARCeye or MXToolbox better for agencies and MSPs?

MXToolbox does not advertise an agency tier for Delivery Center: both paid plans list a five-domain limit, and client work is pointed at MXToolbox Managed Services, a separate human-run engagement priced by quote. DMARCeye's Agency plan gives each client a separate login under your white-label branding, with pricing scaled to your client portfolio.

Is MXToolbox's free account enough for DMARC monitoring?

No, because the free account does not include DMARC reporting. It gives you one domain with weekly blacklist checks, the free SuperTool lookups, and a domain health score that flags your DMARC, SPF, BIMI and MX status in plain language. What it will not do is parse your DMARC reports or tell you how to reach enforcement: report parsing, the compliance dashboard, alerting and forensics all start on Delivery Center at $129 a month for up to five domains. DMARCeye's free plan does include DMARC monitoring for one domain, with 5,000 emails a month and 30 days of history.

Can I run MXToolbox and DMARCeye together?

Yes. The MX, blacklist and DNS lookups on mxtoolbox.com are a diagnostic reference plenty of teams use daily, whatever handles their DMARC reports. And because a DMARC record can send aggregate reports to more than one address, Delivery Center and DMARCeye can both collect for the same domain. That suits a portfolio larger than five domains: Delivery Center on your main sending domains for inbox placement and mailflow work, DMARCeye across every domain for DMARC monitoring, enforcement guidance and report history.

Who needs managed BIMI and SPF flattening?

BIMI (Brand Indicators for Message Identification) puts your logo next to your emails in inboxes like Gmail and Yahoo. Consumer-facing brands see the clearest benefit, and it only activates once your DMARC policy reaches enforcement, so it is a later milestone rather than a starting requirement. SPF flattening addresses a technical limit: SPF permits 10 DNS lookups per check, and organizations that send through many platforms can exceed that ceiling. This is a genuine MXToolbox advantage. Delivery Center manages BIMI on both paid plans and offers SPF flattening on the Plus plan, while DMARCeye lists both on its roadmap and offers a BIMI checker today. If either is a requirement now, weigh it heavily.

Who's behind DMARCeye?

DMARCeye is part of the Big Good group and runs on the same email infrastructure as Ecomail, which sends more than 1 billion emails a month for over 12,000 organizations. That deliverability background is why the platform focuses on getting domains all the way to safe enforcement, rather than only reporting on them.