The comparison · Mailstinger vs. Sherweb

Sherweb distributes what other companies build. Mailstinger builds what you resell.

Sherweb's job is to sit between Microsoft and you, taking margin. Their DMARC offering — whenever one shows up — is whichever partner they've signed this quarter, marked up. If you're an MSP and DMARC is something you want to actually own, buy it from the source.

Sherweb pricing
Channel-partner pricing — they don't publish direct rates. Typical distributor markup on M365 + add-ons is 10–25%. DMARC / email-auth offerings rotate through partnerships; ask your Sherweb rep for their current 'Email Security Bundle'.
See their pricing page →
Mailstinger pricing
Direct, flat, public. Agency $149/mo, 25 clients. Buy at source.
Resell our Business tier to your clients at whatever margin you set — we don't care and we don't take a cut. Sherweb's model requires their margin to be built in.
Credit where it's due

Here's what Sherweb genuinely does well.

No false dichotomy. If these are deal-breakers for your context, they might be the right choice. We'd rather you buy the right tool than hate us in six months.

  • Legitimately good M365 provisioning and billing tooling for MSPs — this is their actual product and they're competent at it.
  • Strong Canadian and North-American channel presence; if your client lives in a regulated province, their compliance footprint matters.
  • 24/7 support on the distributor side. For MSPs that don't want to hold Tier-1 for Microsoft, this is genuinely useful.
§02 · Where we diverge

Capability by capability. Everything listed here is verifiable.

No hand-waving. If we claim a feature, it's shipped and you can test it free on the analyzer. If we claim a competitor doesn't have something, it's because their docs / pricing page / product tour say they don't.

Category focus
Mailstinger
DMARC / SPF / DKIM / MTA-STS / TLS-RPT / BIMI / BEC — the entire email-auth stack is our product, not a line item.
Sherweb
M365 + Azure distribution — DMARC surfaces via whichever partner tool they currently resell, usually as an add-on.
Pricing transparency
Mailstinger
Public tiers on a single page.
Sherweb
Channel quote-driven. Pricing depends on bundle, volume commit, and which partner tool is in the SKU this quarter.
Product roadmap control
Mailstinger
We ship the features. Operator feedback lands in a release within weeks.
Sherweb
Roadmap is the partner's roadmap, one degree removed. Feature requests route through Sherweb → partner → their engineering.
MSP white-label story
Mailstinger
White-label PDFs on Agency. CNAME delegation under your brand. Webhooks + API for PSA integration.
Sherweb
Channel-branded, but the underlying tool branding depends on the partner.
When to buy through a distributor
Mailstinger
Doesn't change with volume. Direct is cleaner.
Sherweb
Reasonable argument when you're bundling M365 + backup + security into a single invoice for the end client.
The honest verdict

Sherweb is good at what they do — distributing Microsoft and running channel support. DMARC isn't what they do. If you want a tool purpose-built for email authentication, bought directly from the team that writes it, Mailstinger is the shorter line.

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