- You want to pay per domain rather than by message volume: $6 per domain per month, the first domain included, up to 500 domains in one account
- You need more than 2 domains without a jump in tier. On dmarcian, a third active domain moves you from Basic at $24/mo to Plus at $240/mo
- You want a per-domain readiness check that lists what still blocks p=quarantine or p=reject, without buying a deployment service
- You also test campaigns before they send: spam score, seed-list inbox placement across 7 mailbox providers and client previews in the same account as your DMARC reports
A dmarcian alternative priced per domain, with pre-send testing in the same account
dmarcian is a DMARC management platform from dmarcian, Inc., founded in 2012 by one of the authors of the DMARC specification, and sold alongside paid deployment and support services. Its plans are tiers capped by active domains and monthly message volume: Basic is $24/mo, or $19.99/mo billed yearly, for up to 2 domains and 100,000 messages a month. Unspam reads DMARC aggregate reports on its Custom plan at $6 per domain per month, first domain included, groups the traffic into named sending sources and tells you what stands between each domain and p=reject. Both read aggregate reports and name senders; dmarcian adds forensic reports, alerting, TLS reports and human services, while Unspam adds pre-send spam, inbox placement and preview testing in the same account.
Compared from public pricing and product pages, October 2026.
Which one fits you?
- You need forensic (RUF) report processing, TLS-RPT reporting, or alerts on DNS record changes, policy changes and volume spikes by email, Slack, Teams or webhook. Unspam reads aggregate reports only and has no alerts
- You want people to take you to p=reject: dmarcian sells a dedicated Deployment Manager and tiered support contracts, where Unspam is self-serve
- You run 2 low-volume domains for non-business use. dmarcian's free Personal plan covers that, and you can try any paid plan for 30 days with no card
Why teams move from dmarcian to Unspam.
Per-domain pricing instead of tier jumps
dmarcian prices by tier: Basic covers 2 active domains and 100,000 messages a month for $24/mo, and a third domain means Plus at $240/mo. Unspam charges $6 per domain per month with the first domain included, and the price does not depend on message volume, so 3 domains cost $12/mo and 8 domains cost $42/mo.
A readiness check instead of a deployment contract
dmarcian's route to p=reject runs through its remediation guidance and a paid Deployment Manager. Unspam checks each domain against p=quarantine and p=reject and lists what stands in the way: too few days of data, compliance below threshold, a failing source or unreviewed traffic. Opening a source explains why its mail fails and how to fix it.
DMARC reports and pre-send tests in one account
dmarcian does not test messages before they send. Unspam runs spam score tests, seed-list inbox placement across Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Zoho, ProtonMail, AOL and GMX, client previews and an AI attention heatmap, in the same account that reads your DMARC reports. The API and MCP server come with the Custom plan, where dmarcian keeps its API on Enterprise.
Unspam vs dmarcian, feature by feature.
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Feature
Unspam
dmarcian
Free plan or trial
First domain free on the Custom plan
Personal: free for non-business use, 2 domains, 1,250 emails/mo
First paid plan
$5/mo Custom plan minimum, then $6 per domain per month
$24/mo (Basic), or $19.99/mo billed yearly
Aggregate (RUA) report monitoring
Yesfirst domain free
Yes
Sending sources named and classified
YesESP, own, forwarder, spoofing
Yesnamed sources on every plan
Guidance to p=reject
Yespolicy readiness checks
Yesremediation guidance, paid deployment
Failure (RUF) reports
No
YesBasic and up, not Personal
Hosted DMARC record
No
Noread-only by design
Hosted SPF / SPF flattening
No
Nodeclines SPF flattening; SPF Surveyor
Hosted DKIM
No
NoDKIM inspection only
BIMI
Partialchecked in spam tests
PartialInspector, Builder, SVG Validator
MTA-STS / TLS reporting
No
PartialTLS-RPT yes, MTA-STS inspection only
Alerts
No
YesBasic and up; email, Slack, Teams, webhook
Scheduled email reports
Yesweekly, every Monday
Yesscheduled daily, weekly or monthly
API access
YesCustom plan
YesEnterprise only
MCP server
YesCustom plan
No
MSP / multi-tenant
Partialup to 500 domains in one account
YesMSP Portal, partner pricing on request
Managed enforcement service
No
YesDeployment Manager, support tiers
Pre-send email testing
Yesspam score, placement, previews
No
Compared from public pricing and product pages, October 2026.
What each one costs.
Prices are from dmarcian's pricing page, in USD with parity for CAD and EUR, taxes excluded. Plans are tiers capped by active domains and monthly message volume, not priced per domain; inactive domains are unlimited on every plan, and volume overages are priced on request. A 30-day trial needs no credit card, and deployment and support services are quoted separately.
- Custom $5/mo
DMARC monitoring at $6 per domain per month, first domain included at no charge, up to 500 domains, 15% off annual billing. Aggregate reports, named sending sources, policy readiness checks, a weekly email summary, REST API and MCP server. Spam tests, inbox placement and previews are priced per test in the same plan.
- Free $0
Spam tests, inbox placements, previews and heatmaps each month, no card. DMARC monitoring is not included.
- Personal $0
Non-business personal use only, up to 2 active domains, 1,250 DMARC-capable messages/month, 1 user, 1 month of data history
dmarcian audits Personal accounts, and an account found holding a business domain expires.
- Basic $24/mo billed monthly, or $19.99/mo billed yearly ($239.88/year)
Up to 2 active domains, 100,000 messages/month, 1 user, 3 months of data history, forensic (RUF) reports, alerts limited to invalid records and warnings
- Plus $240/mo billed monthly, or $199/mo billed yearly ($2,388/year)
Up to 8 active domains, 1,000,000 messages/month, 3 users, 1 year of data history, 3 domain groups, IP safelisting and user access controls
- Enterprise $600/mo billed monthly, or $499/mo billed yearly ($5,988/year)
Up to 15 active domains, 5,000,000 messages/month, unlimited users, unlimited data history, API, SSO, Domain Discovery
- Custom Tailored pricing
Quote-only plan beyond the Enterprise limits
Every dmarcian plan and price in full
Compared from public pricing and product pages, October 2026. dmarcian is a trademark of its respective owner. Unspam is not affiliated with or endorsed by dmarcian.
Unspam vs dmarcian, answered.
Is Unspam a replacement for dmarcian?
For aggregate reporting, yes. Unspam's DMARC monitoring reads aggregate (RUA) reports, groups senders into named sources marked compliant, partially failing, failing or unauthorized, and checks whether each domain is ready for p=quarantine or p=reject. It does not process forensic (RUF) reports, TLS reports or send alerts, and it sells no deployment services. If you rely on those, keep dmarcian.
What does dmarcian do that Unspam doesn't?
Forensic report processing from Basic up, TLS-RPT reporting, and Alert Central, which warns by email, Slack, Teams or webhook about DNS record changes, policy changes, volume spikes and parked domains that start sending. It also sells human services: a Deployment Manager who takes you to p=reject, and Standard, Professional and Premium support tiers. Neither product hosts your SPF record: dmarcian says it has chosen not to offer SPF flattening.
How do the prices compare?
dmarcian sells tiers; Unspam charges per domain. For 2 domains, Unspam is $6/mo (the first domain is included), and dmarcian Basic is $24/mo, or $19.99/mo billed yearly, capped at 100,000 messages a month. For 8 domains, Unspam is $42/mo ($6 x 7) and dmarcian Plus is $240/mo, or $199/mo billed yearly. Unspam's Custom plan has a $5 monthly minimum and takes 15% off annual billing; see pricing.
How do I switch from dmarcian, or run both?
Add Unspam's reporting address to the rua tag of your existing DMARC record; Unspam can add it for you without changing your policy, and it verifies the record automatically. A rua tag can list two addresses, so you can run both while you compare. Some receivers honor only the first two addresses, so keep Unspam's among them. First reports usually arrive 24 to 48 hours after verification.