Payroll Watchdog
Comparison

IRONSCALES vs Sublime Security

IRONSCALES logo
IRONSCALES
Per-seat BEC and account-takeover protection priced for SMBs and the MSPs that serve them
VERIFIED JUL 7, 2026
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Sublime Security
Serious BEC defense a small team can actually turn on: free for 100 mailboxes, no MX change
VERIFIED JUL 7, 2026
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
Starting pointPer-user monthly subscription across three tiers (Protect, Email Protect, Complete Protect)Genuinely free for your first 100 mailboxes, no credit card and no MX change
Best forSmall and mid-size businesses (and their MSPs) that want dedicated, per-seat BEC and account-takeover protection without an enterprise contract.Small and mid-size teams on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace that want serious, tunable BEC and payroll-diversion protection they can turn on for free and grow into.
CountriesUnited States, United Kingdom, Canada, AustraliaUnited States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia
Editorial score7.7/108.4/10

IRONSCALES

Pros
  • The most straightforwardly SMB-priced dedicated option, per-seat tiers starting under $4
  • Account-takeover coverage catches BEC sent from a genuinely compromised (not just spoofed) mailbox
  • MSP program makes it easy to adopt if you outsource IT
Cons
  • No per-seat pricing on IRONSCALES' own site, the figures come from third-party listings
  • No free tier, just a trial, unlike Sublime's free 100 mailboxes
  • Account-takeover, Teams protection, and awareness training are gated to the top tier

Sublime Security

Pros
  • A real free tier (100 mailboxes) and no MX change, so a small team can switch it on today without a security project
  • The open engine shows you why a message was flagged and lets you tune it, no black box
  • Targets the behavioral tells of payroll-diversion BEC, the payload-free attacks a spam filter waves through
Cons
  • Above 100 mailboxes pricing is quote-based, with no public number to compare against
  • Detections-as-code only pays off if someone on your side will actually use it
  • Still an email-security layer, it stops the request landing convincingly, it doesn't audit payroll records
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