What we're building and when you can use it

ShieldMarc was being built in the open, not behind a closed beta waiting for a polished launch moment. The platform was live and being tested, with improvements shipping every week. This post is a snapshot of where things stood in June 2026, what was coming next, and how to get involved.

Where we were in June 2026

The free tools were already live and available to everyone: a DMARC check, SPF lookup, SSL inspection, DNS query, DNSSEC verification and more, with no account. Selected tools include an AI explanation in plain English, so you do not need to be a DNS specialist to understand what your results mean or what to do next.

Behind those free tools, the full monitoring platform was in active development: the part of ShieldMarc that watches your domains continuously, processes your DMARC aggregate reports, flags threats, tracks DNS changes, monitors SSL certificates, detects lookalike domains, and gives you a single dashboard across everything.

The core of the platform was already working. DMARC report ingestion, domain health monitoring, threat scoring, DNS change tracking and the dashboard were being refined with real data. What remained was hardening, polish, and the onboarding experience that makes it ready for teams to self-serve.

What we were working on

• 1

  DMARC report processing at scale

  The report ingestion pipeline handles aggregate (RUA) reports and surfaces per-source pass/fail rates, alignment breakdowns, and threat indicators. We were optimising this for organisations managing dozens or hundreds of domains.

• 2

  Threat scoring and AI explanations

  Every DMARC report row passes through a deterministic multi-signal scoring engine, and AI explains a sender when you ask. The goal is to separate genuine threats from noise so that you see what actually matters, not a wall of data.

• 3

  MSP and multi-domain management

  Managed service providers are a core audience. The platform was being built so that an MSP can onboard all of their client domains, see health at a glance, and act on the most urgent issues first.

• 4

  Onboarding and self-service setup

  Adding a domain, verifying ownership, and configuring DMARC reporting needs to be straightforward enough that you can do it in minutes without contacting support. That flow was being built and tested.

What was due on 1 July 2026

ShieldMarc was already live in June. Organisations were signing up, onboarding their domains and using the platform in production, and anyone could register and start using it straight away.

New accounts start with a 30-day free trial. Sign up, onboard your domains, and see ShieldMarc working on your own data before you pay anything.

July was also when self-service onboarding and open registration were due to land in their final form. We put the polish ahead of the date, and the platform people signed up to in June was the same one they went on to use.

October 2026: registration is open, and every new account starts a 30-day free trial with no card.

Start a free trial

If ShieldMarc sounds like something your organisation could use, you can sign up now and get a 30-day free trial. We will let you know as new features ship.

No commitment, no credit card, no spam. Cancel anytime.

In the meantime

The free tools are live today. If you want to see where your domain stands, start with the Security Grade. It runs 16 checks across DMARC, SPF, SSL, DNSSEC and more, and gives you a clear A+ to F grade with the next steps to take.