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What tools do you use to monitor deliverability? My full monitoring stack

revmetrics9 · RevMetrics · 2026-01-10 · 1,780 views

I manage 80 PuzzleInbox inboxes for my agency. Here is my full cold email deliverability monitoring stack.

GlockApps: Inbox placement testing. Run before every campaign and weekly during active sends. $60/month.

MXToolbox: Blacklist monitoring for all sending domains. Free tier works for basic checks. Pro for continuous monitoring.

PuzzleInbox spam checker: Quick DNS verification — SPF, DKIM, DMARC pass/fail checks.

Google Postmaster Tools: Domain reputation, spam rate, IP reputation for Gmail delivery. Free.

Microsoft SNDS: Similar to Postmaster Tools but for Outlook/Microsoft delivery. Free.

Total monitoring cost: about $80/month. This stack catches 95% of deliverability issues before they become serious. The ROI on monitoring is enormous — catching a blacklisting or DNS misconfiguration early saves you from burning entire domain sets.

Comments (3)

growthguy · 2026-01-11

$80/month for monitoring 80 inboxes is extremely reasonable. one caught blacklisting pays for itself for years. I use a similar stack minus Microsoft SNDS — should probably add that

tina_infra · 2026-01-11

Google Postmaster Tools being free is insane. it literally tells you exactly how Google views your domain reputation and most people don't even set it up. criminal

bouncebetty · 2026-01-12

do the built-in spam checkers from inbox providers replace any of these tools or are they more of a quick spot check? wondering if I still need MXToolbox on top of my provider's tools

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