Securence alternatives for email filtering
Securence's closure in November forces administrators to find replacement email filtering services. Many are reluctant to adopt multi-layered workarounds, as adding extra routing steps introduces unnecessary complexity and potential failure points.
What the numbers show
Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count
- People have been saying this in most months since September 2026.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Switching to alternative providers like SpamHero, Avanan/Checkpoint, Proofpoint, or Forti-MailDid this help you?
- 2Routing staff emails through API-based filters without licensing student accountsDid this help you?
- 3Evaluating and migrating customers to services that act directly within the email workspace itselfDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm thinking in reality adding that extra step is just adding a level of complexity and another potential failure point”source ↗
“We've been using Securence for ever, but they are closing up shop in November.”source ↗
Where this came up
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