A Cloudflare Email Security alternative for Australian businesses.
Cloudflare Email Security (formerly Area 1) is a self-service product delivered as part of a much broader Cloudflare platform, built with the expectation that a security or IT team configures, tunes and monitors it themselves. For Australian SMBs without a dedicated security function, that self-service model — support through documentation and tickets, a US-centric platform, and no one actively watching your filters — often means the product is switched on but never properly run.
Why businesses look for a Cloudflare Email Security alternative.
- A self-service platform with no one dedicated to configuring or tuning it
- Support handled through documentation and support tickets, not a named engineer
- Set up once during onboarding and rarely revisited afterward
- Built for teams with in-house security or DevOps capability to operate it
- A US-headquartered platform with limited local context for Australian mail flows
Mail Shield — managed by engineers, not a helpdesk.
Mail Shield gives Australian SMBs the same category of protection without needing an in-house team to run it. Edos engineers configure it, tune the filters on an ongoing basis and are the ones you call directly when something needs attention. From AUD $25/user/month, no lock-in.
- Self-service — your team configures and operates the platform
- One product within a very broad platform ecosystem
- Support through documentation and support tickets
- Built for organisations with an in-house security or DevOps team
- US-headquartered platform and support model
- Fully managed — Edos engineers configure and run it for you
- A dedicated email security service, not one module in a wider suite
- Direct engineer access, no ticket queue
- Sized and supported for Australian SMBs without dedicated security staff
- Australian-hosted, Sydney-based team
Local engineers. Australian hosting. No offshore handoffs.
Edos Solutions is based in Sydney. Every engineer is Australian, all infrastructure is hosted in Australian data centres, and when you contact us you reach the person who actually manages your environment — not a helpdesk that escalates to someone who escalates to someone else.
For Australian businesses with data sovereignty requirements, privacy obligations under the Australian Privacy Act, or compliance frameworks that specify local data handling — this matters from day one.
Frequently asked questions
- We already pay for Cloudflare — why would we add a managed service on top?
- If you have the in-house capability to configure and continuously tune a self-service platform, that's a reasonable path. Mail Shield is for businesses that would rather have engineers own that configuration and tuning work directly, rather than it being an occasional task alongside everything else IT has to do.
- Can you migrate our mail flow away from a self-managed setup?
- Yes. We audit your current mail routing and filtering rules, stage Mail Shield in parallel, verify delivery in both directions, then cut the MX records over during a low-traffic window. No interruption to mail flow during the transition.
- What does "managed" actually mean day to day?
- It means an Edos engineer is watching filter performance, adjusting rules as new threats appear, and is the person you contact directly if something is misfiring — not a support ticket routed through a queue. You are not the one logging in to tune the platform.
- How is pricing structured?
- Mail Shield is AUD $25/user/month with no setup fees and no lock-in contract. The price covers the managed service — configuration, tuning and support — not just the underlying filtering technology.
Ready to switch? Start with a conversation.
Tell us what you're running now and what's not working. We'll tell you whether we're the right fit and what a transition would actually look like.
Australian businesses. Local engineers. No offshore subcontracting.