Wiredepth vs Hardenize
Looking for a Hardenize alternative?
Hardenize and Wiredepth do nearly the same job - continuous monitoring of TLS, DMARC, certificates, and subdomain drift. The differences are in pricing model and depth of feature surface. Hardenize is enterprise-priced (contact sales), Wiredepth is self-serve at $30/month Starter, $79/month Pro (threat-intel layer), or $349/month Power User (full surveillance: brand watchlist, credential leaks, leak-site monitoring, supply chain). If you need a name on a procurement form for a Fortune 500 buy, Hardenize. If you want to start monitoring tonight, Wiredepth.
Choose Hardenize if
You are inside a large security org buying through procurement, you need a vendor with analyst recognition, and budget for SaaS in the high four figures per year is not a concern.
Choose Wiredepth if
You're a founder, MSP, or small security team that wants the same posture monitoring without the procurement cycle, sales calls, or $X,XXX/month entry price - and you want self-serve sign-up that takes a card today.
Feature by feature
Where the dot is bigger means clearer edge. Empty = parity or depends on the customer.
| Feature | Wiredepth | Hardenize | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Starter $30/month (5 domains), Pro $79/month (10 domains), Power User $349/month (30 domains), MSP $699/month (100 domains), Enterprise from $3,995/month - all public on the website | Contact sales, no public pricing | ● |
| Self-serve sign-up | Yes - email magic-link or Google, then card on file | No - sales-led only | ● |
| Free tools without signup | 11 (full feature surface - TLS, DMARC, BIMI, DNS, headers, MTA-STS, subdomains, deliverability, vendors, email forensics, unified) | Yes - their public report tool runs a one-shot scan | ○ |
| TLS / certificate monitoring | Yes, with renewal alerts | Yes - this is a core strength | ○ |
| Email auth (DMARC / SPF / DKIM) | Yes | Yes - core strength | ○ |
| Subdomain inventory via Certificate Transparency | Yes, with takeover-risk hints | Yes - core strength | ○ |
| AI-assisted remediation playbooks | Yes - 10/month included on Pro | No | ● |
| Compliance PDF reports (SOC 2 / ISO / NIST / PCI / HIPAA) | Yes, mapped to all major frameworks | Compliance-aware reporting on Enterprise tiers | ○ |
| Alert channels | Slack, Teams, Discord, email, generic webhook | Email, webhook | ● |
| API access | Read-only REST API on Pro+ (600 req/min) | Yes on paid tiers | ○ |
| Co-branded MSP reports | Yes - MSP tier ($699/month, 100 domains, your logo + brand color on PDF deliverables) | Available via Red Sift partner program | ○ |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | Google OAuth on all tiers; SAML/OIDC on Enterprise | SAML/OIDC on Enterprise | ○ |
| Time to first scan | Under 60 seconds (sign up → add domain → scan) | Days to weeks (sales cycle, kickoff call, onboarding) | ● |
Where Hardenize wins
- Larger company, more engineering headcount, longer track record - safer name on procurement forms in regulated industries.
- Deeper feature surface in a few specific areas - TLS configuration analysis depth and email-auth pivots are best-in-class.
- Analyst coverage and customer references at the scale procurement evaluators look for.
- Integrations into broader Red Sift suite (OnDOMAIN, OnDMARC) for orgs that want the whole platform.
Where Wiredepth wins
- Public pricing - you can decide whether you can afford it before talking to anyone.
- Self-serve sign-up. No sales call required to start monitoring tonight.
- Threat-intel layers Pulse doesn't ship, all anchored on your monitored apex: leak-site mentions of your domain, credentials at your domain in breach corpora, CVE triage against the tech we fingerprint serving your domain, vendor supply-chain monitoring, phishing-kit fingerprinting on typosquats of your domain.
- Wiredepth Extension - separate paid SKU from $15/mo (Solo) through $549/mo (Team 250) with a free trial tier. Inline sender pills + Scam Check AI verdict + paid phishing-feed and brand-impersonation pills. Hardenize is a posture-monitoring product; it has no inbox surface.
- Enterprise managed-storage extension deployment - your IT team pushes the API key via GPO / Jamf / Workspace and every employee gets a pre-configured Wiredepth install with no per-user setup.
- AI-assisted remediation playbooks - findings come with executable fix steps, not just a red badge.
- Native Slack / Teams / Discord webhooks. Most enterprise tools email-only or webhook-only.
- Free tools at /tls-check etc. work without signup - you can prove the product before any commitment.
- Stripe-checkout instant onboarding instead of a procurement cycle.
FAQ
Is Wiredepth a viable replacement for Hardenize / Red Sift Pulse?
For the core domain-monitoring job, yes - we cover TLS, DMARC, SPF, DKIM, certificate transparency, subdomain discovery, MTA-STS, BIMI. If your use case is the broader Red Sift platform (OnDMARC + OnDOMAIN + Pulse together), Wiredepth handles the OnDOMAIN-shaped part well; you may still want OnDMARC for high-volume DMARC aggregate report processing.
How does Wiredepth price compare for a 50-domain customer?
Wiredepth Pro tops out at 10 domains; for 50 you would be on the MSP tier ($699/month flat for up to 100 domains, all features). Hardenize / Red Sift Pulse pricing is contact-sales but anchored well above that range for similar feature scope.
Can we run them side by side during evaluation?
Yes - 20+ free tools at /tls-check, /dmarc-check, etc. work without an account. Use them to spot-check a domain alongside whatever Hardenize is reporting. Pro adds continuous monitoring + alerts on top.
What about the analyst recognition gap?
Honestly - we have none yet. Wiredepth is solo-founder operated and not on any Gartner / Forrester report. If "must be in the leader quadrant of [analyst report]" is a hard requirement, Hardenize/Red Sift wins; we are upfront about this. For everyone else, the comparison is feature-by-feature on this page.
Try it on a domain you actually own
No signup. 20+ free tools work on any domain. If the experience clicks, Starter is $30/month for 5 domains (posture only) and Pro is $79/month for 10 domains with the full threat-intel layer.