Wiredepth vs MXToolbox
Looking for a MXToolbox alternative?
Wiredepth is a modern domain-health monitor focused on TLS, DMARC, headers, and subdomain drift, with Starter at $30/month, Pro at $79/month (threat-intel layer), Power User at $349/month (brand watchlist + credential leaks + leak-site monitoring + supply chain), and AI-assisted remediation. If MXToolbox feels like the kitchen sink, Wiredepth is the part of the sink that watches your production posture.
Choose MXToolbox if
You need ad-hoc DNS / network lookups - MX records, blacklist queries, ARIN whois, traceroute, port checks - across a wide surface, occasionally.
Choose Wiredepth if
You watch a small portfolio of business-critical domains and want continuous monitoring, alerts to Slack/Teams/Discord, and AI-generated remediation steps when something drifts - without the $129/month entry price.
Feature by feature
Where the dot is bigger means clearer edge. Empty = parity or depends on the customer.
| Feature | Wiredepth | MXToolbox | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free tools available without signup | 20+ (TLS, DMARC analyzer + wizard, SPF flatten / generate / validate, DKIM, BIMI, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, DNS, subdomains, headers, deliverability, vendors, threat intel, email forensics, phishing-link batch, unified) | SuperTool covers 30+ DNS/network lookups | ○ |
| Continuous monitoring entry price | $30/month for 5 monitored domains (Starter), $79/month for 10 (Pro), $349/month for 30 (Power User) | $129/month for 5 monitors (Delivery Center starter) | ● |
| Alert channels | Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, generic webhook, email | Email, SMS, webhook | ● |
| AI-assisted remediation playbooks | Yes - Pro tier (10/month included) | No | ● |
| Compliance PDF reports | Yes, mapped to SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / NIST CSF / NIST 800-53 / PCI-DSS / HIPAA | No | ● |
| TLS / certificate expiry monitoring | Yes, with renewal alerts | Yes, certificate-only on dedicated tier | ○ |
| DMARC / SPF / DKIM monitoring | Yes | Yes - this is their historical strength | ○ |
| Subdomain drift detection (CT logs) | Yes, with takeover-risk hints | No first-class subdomain inventory | ● |
| Blacklist / DNSBL monitoring | 6 major mail blocklists chosen for low false-positive rate | 100+ DNSBLs - their core strength | ● |
| Layered threat intel (malware feeds + IP abuse + active threat IOCs) | Yes - on every DNS / forensics / standalone reputation check | Not advertised | ● |
| Whois / RDAP lookups | Domain-expiry tracking on monitored domains + RDAP-derived domain age signal on every reputation check | Full whois / RDAP / ARIN tooling | ● |
| Co-branded MSP reports | Yes - MSP tier ($699/month, 100 domains, your logo + brand color on PDF deliverables) | Limited rebranding on Enterprise tiers (price on request) | ● |
| Read-only REST API | Yes, bearer-token auth, 600 req/min on Pro | Yes, on paid tiers | ○ |
| Modern UI / mobile-friendly dashboard | Yes - 2026-era stack (Next.js 16, dark mode, responsive) | UI dates to the early 2010s | ● |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | Google OAuth on all tiers; SAML/OIDC on Enterprise | SSO on Enterprise (price on request) | ○ |
Where MXToolbox wins
- Massive blacklist / DNSBL coverage - 100+ feeds vs our 6, including paid private feeds.
- Decades of brand trust and brand recognition - "it's on MXToolbox" is a phrase people say.
- Network tooling we deliberately do not ship: traceroute, ping, ARIN whois, port scans.
- Larger active community - their tool comments and forums are useful for diagnosing weird DNS edge cases.
Where Wiredepth wins
- Starter at $30/mo (health checks), Pro at $79/mo (threat-intel layer), Power User at $349/mo (brand watchlist + leak-site + credential-leak + supply-chain) - all sit at or below the $129/mo entry price for continuous monitoring elsewhere.
- Continuous monitoring layers MXToolbox doesn't ship - all anchored on your monitored apex: leak-site mentions of YOUR domain, credentials at YOUR domain in breach corpora, CVEs on the tech serving YOUR domain (fingerprinted from response headers), phishing-kit fingerprinting on typosquats of YOUR domain.
- Wiredepth Extension - separate product priced from $15/mo Solo through $549/mo Team 250, with a free tier so anyone can try it. Inline pills on every email (DMARC posture, sender-domain age, malware feed, active-threat IOC) plus a one-click Scam Check AI verdict that cites every signal it used. Phishing-feed + brand-impersonation pills are paid Extension features. MXToolbox has no browser surface at all.
- Enterprise extension deployment via Chrome managed-storage policy (GPO / Jamf / Workspace) - one API key push, every employee's Gmail comes pre-configured. Self-hosted .crx for compliance-strict orgs.
- Visual infrastructure map (free): NS / MX / SPF includes / DKIM selectors / DMARC / MTA-STS in one diagram with provider classification on every hop.
- Modern UI you can actually look at all day. Dark mode. Mobile-friendly result pages.
- AI-assisted remediation playbooks turn a finding into an executable fix, not just a red badge.
- Compliance PDF reports map findings to SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / NIST CSF / PCI-DSS / HIPAA controls. Useful for procurement.
- First-class subdomain drift via Certificate Transparency logs, with takeover-risk scoring.
- Native Slack / Teams / Discord webhooks. No "build it yourself with Zapier."
- No paywall on free tools. Run any check, no signup, no daily-cap on individual on-demand checks.
FAQ
Can I import my MXToolbox monitor list into Wiredepth?
Not yet automatically. The fastest path: paste your domains into /dashboard/new (one per line) and we'll set up monitoring with sensible defaults. Email [email protected] if you have a sizeable portfolio (50+ domains) and we'll do a one-off CSV import for you.
Does Wiredepth do DNSBL / blacklist monitoring as well as MXToolbox does?
Honestly no. We monitor 6 high-signal RBLs - the ones that aren't known for false positives on cloud-shared sender pools (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace). MXToolbox monitors 100+ feeds including paid private ones. If exhaustive blacklist coverage is your top requirement, MXToolbox wins.
Will Wiredepth add the ad-hoc network tools (traceroute, ARIN whois, port checks)?
Probably not. Those tools answer the question "is the network broken?" - Wiredepth answers "is my posture drifting?" Different jobs. We focus on what's in our wheelhouse and try to do it well.
How does the price compare for a 10-domain customer?
Wiredepth Pro is $79/month for 10 domains - threat-intel layer + AI remediation + compliance PDFs + API. Power User at $349/month adds brand watchlist, credential-leak monitoring, leak-site monitoring, supply-chain watchlist, and bumps the cap to 30 domains. If you only need posture (no threat intel), Starter is $30/month for 5 domains. Equivalent monitoring on MXToolbox starts at their Delivery Center plan ($129/month for 5 monitors).
Can I run them side by side for a while?
Yes - everything Wiredepth does works without disabling whatever you have on MXToolbox. The free tools at /tls-check, /dmarc-check, etc. work without an account, so you can spot-check a domain before deciding to upgrade.
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.