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Abnormal Email Security vs Rspamd

Abnormal Email Security

abnormal.ai

Rspamd

rspamd.com

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FigureAbnormal Email SecurityRspamd
Price from—£100/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
WebYesYes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
APIYesYes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published15
Spec score · Email Security Gateways7.7 (#8)8.9 (#2)
CompanyAbnormal says it was founded in 2018; an official launch announcement identifies San Francisco, California as its base.The site identifies the company as Rspamd Ltd.
DeploymentThe product page says deployment is via API in 60 seconds.The project describes the engine as runnable on-premises, with message data staying in the user's environment and no mandatory vendor cloud dependency.
PurposeCloud Email Security uses behavioral AI to detect email attacks, including business email compromise, vendor fraud, account takeover, and AI-generated attacks.Rspamd is an email security engine designed to stop phishing, business email compromise, malicious attachments, and spam.

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Abnormal Email Security

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Rspamd

  • Open-source RspamdFree
  • Scale£100 a month
  • Scale£100 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request
  • HostedPriced on request

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Abnormal Email Security

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Rspamd

Rspamd is an email security engine for filtering phishing, business email compromise, malicious attachments, and spam. It scores messages using reputation, sender authentication, content analysis, and machine learning. Authentication checks cover SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and ARC; malware scanning can use ClamAV or commercial antivirus engines. Administrators can define custom rules through the Lua API and configurable maps and selectors. Rspamd works with mail transfer agents including Postfix, Exim, and Sendmail, and its ClickHouse and Elasticsearch integrations provide visibility into attack patterns and detection rates. It is designed for gateway deployment and can run on-premises, keeping message data in the operator's environment without a mandatory vendor cloud. The detection engine is open source under Apache 2.0 and is available for Linux, macOS, and self-hosted use. Rspamd says its event-driven C core scans hundreds of messages per second per core and can scale from a single server to billions of messages a day. The open-source engine is listed at free. Scale costs £100 a month, with 5K mailboxes; hosted and enterprise plans have custom pricing. Premium plans offer support from core engineers, with enterprise SLA options.

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