Red Sift's steep learning curve makes migration seem daunting, but switching to Palisade is actually straightforward. Our team handles the entire transition—you don't need to master their API-first architecture or deal with complex configuration workflows. Palisade's onboarding team migrates all domain data, syncs with your PSA (ConnectWise, HaloPSA, Autotask), and gets you running within days. You'll immediately benefit from simpler operations, transparent pricing, and MSP-focused features Red Sift lacks.

Red Sift has excellent features like Red Sift Radar AI and dynamic SPF, but Palisade is purpose-built for MSPs. While Red Sift automates SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI, and MTA-STS, it lacks native PSA integrations—you can't sync data directly with ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask. Palisade offers AI Agent workflows that execute enforcement automatically, unlimited email volume, white-label reports, pay-as-you-go billing, hosted SPF, 100% DNS uptime guarantee, BIMI discounts, and dedicated onboarding teams. Red Sift's API-first architecture and steep learning curve make it less accessible for most MSP teams.

Red Sift Radar AI provides LLM-powered troubleshooting, which is valuable but reactive. It answers questions about DMARC issues after they occur. Palisade's AI Agent is proactive—it continuously monitors domains, detects alignment issues in real-time, recommends enforcement moves autonomously, and executes policy changes automatically. Red Sift requires you to understand DNS concepts and navigate their API to automate workflows. Palisade's AI handles all that decision-making for you. Palisade reaches p=reject 10x faster because enforcement isn't dependent on user intervention or API mastery.

Palisade is built specifically for MSPs. Red Sift is a general market platform designed for enterprises and agencies who use APIs extensively. Red Sift lacks native PSA integrations, white-label capabilities (available but basic), and dedicated MSP support. Palisade integrates natively with ConnectWise, HaloPSA, and Autotask, supports unlimited clients per tenant, white-labels all reports for your branding, offers dedicated MSP onboarding teams, and structures pricing around your margins. Red Sift's API-first approach requires your team to have technical depth; Palisade requires zero technical involvement.

Red Sift pricing ranges from $249-$619/month depending on domains and features—that's 3-8x more expensive than comparable Palisade deployments. Red Sift requires you to understand which tier fits your needs, and you'll pay per-domain overage fees as you scale. Palisade offers transparent, predictable pay-as-you-go pricing with no overages. For a 100-domain MSP client base, Red Sift would cost thousands monthly; Palisade scales proportionally and costs significantly less. Plus Palisade includes unlimited email volume, white-label reports, hosted SPF, and BIMI discounts standard—Red Sift charges extra for upgrades.

Palisade gets clients to p=reject 10x faster than Red Sift. Red Sift's typical enforcement timeline is 6-8 weeks because their API-first approach requires technical configuration, validation workflows, and manual step-through of each enforcement stage. Palisade's AI Agent automates discovery, validation, and enforcement simultaneously—typically days instead of weeks. Palisade customers see open rates increase from 35% to 50%, book 21% more meetings, and achieve +42% open rate improvements. Red Sift's timeline drags due to process complexity; Palisade's automation compresses it dramatically.

Absolutely. Palisade scales infinitely without performance degradation. Red Sift scales too, but pricing scales aggressively with domain count, making large deployments cost-prohibitive. At 500 domains, Red Sift would exceed thousands monthly; Palisade remains cost-proportional. Palisade's AI Agent becomes more efficient at scale, automatically identifying patterns and optimizing enforcement timelines across your entire client base. Red Sift's API architecture adds operational overhead as scale increases—more integrations to manage, more custom workflows to maintain.

Palisade's AI Agent discovers all sending sources before recommending enforcement, validates SPF and DKIM alignment, identifies third-party senders, and ensures zero legitimate email loss risk. Red Sift provides tools and automation but relies on you to validate alignment correctly. Palisade's hosted SPF eliminates IP flattening errors, and we guarantee 100% DNS uptime. The AI never recommends enforcement without validating sender alignment and testing for blocking risk. Red Sift's approach is more hands-on—you control every variable but bear the responsibility for validation accuracy.

Red Sift offers excellent support (9.9/5 G2 score), but it's reactive support focused on answering questions about their platform. Palisade assigns a dedicated onboarding team with "email geek" North American support to every customer—proactive experts who guide your entire DMARC journey. Our team handles enforcement strategy, escalations, and stays with you throughout the process. We also provide full sales enablement to help you position DMARC as a revenue opportunity. Red Sift's support is responsive but assumes technical fluency; Palisade's support removes complexity and sells for you.