ActiveTrail email service provider (ESP)
According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (September 19, 2026), ActiveTrail is the email service provider (ESP) for 239 domains — 0.04% of 642,799 SPF-publishing domains. Detection method: include: mechanisms in the SPF record.
Key facts
- 239 domains in the Tranco top-1M use ActiveTrail (0.04% of SPF-publishing domains).
- Snapshot date: 2026-09-19 — recomputed every day.
- Strongest TLD: .co.il (46.4% of its domains).
- Most co-used service: Microsoft 365.
- Directory category: email service provider.
Why ActiveTrail appears in this category
Israeli email marketing automation, popular in MENA/EU.
We classify it as a email service provider from include: mechanisms in the SPF record matching a maintained provider rule. This is infrastructure attribution from public DNS, not evidence of a direct contract or exclusive use.
ActiveTrail is an email service provider and marketing automation platform operated by an Israeli company, primarily serving small to medium-sized businesses and publishers across multiple geographies.
In email infrastructure, ActiveTrail's footprint is concentrated in the long tail of smaller organisations rather than the largest global brands, with a pronounced presence across Israeli domains. Because it is commonly deployed alongside Microsoft 365, organisations running both platforms create hybrid authentication and routing scenarios that deliverability professionals should understand when troubleshooting mail flows or testing inbox placement across diverse sender profiles.
Where ActiveTrail sits in the Tranco ranking
| Tranco rank band | Domains | Share of its base |
|---|---|---|
| Top 1,000 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Top 10,000 | 4 | 1.7% |
| Top 100,000 | 31 | 13.0% |
| Top 1,000,000 | 202 | 84.5% |
| Unranked | 2 | 0.8% |
Top-level domain split
| TLD | Domains | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| .co.il | 111 | 46.4% | |
| .com | 60 | 25.1% | |
| .il | 36 | 15.1% | |
| .fr | 16 | 6.7% | |
| .org | 5 | 2.1% | |
| .net | 5 | 2.1% | |
| .shoes | 1 | 0.4% | |
| .io | 1 | 0.4% | |
| .be | 1 | 0.4% | |
| .tv | 1 | 0.4% |
What ActiveTrail users also use
Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 239 domains.
| Type | Service | Domains | Share of ActiveTrail users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mailbox | Microsoft 365 | 113 | 47.3% |
| Mailbox | Google Workspace | 53 | 22.2% |
| Mailbox | Cisco IronPort | 19 | 7.9% |
| Mailbox | Self-Hosted | 15 | 6.3% |
| Mailbox | Unknown / Other | 14 | 5.9% |
| Mailbox | Proofpoint | 3 | 1.3% |
| ESP | Amazon SES | 24 | 10.0% |
| ESP | Salesforce | 23 | 9.6% |
| ESP | SendGrid (Twilio) | 18 | 7.5% |
| ESP | Mailjet (Sinch) | 16 | 6.7% |
SPF and authentication in mixed Microsoft 365–ActiveTrail deployments
ActiveTrail requires senders to publish specific SPF include mechanisms in their DNS records; when an organisation uses both ActiveTrail and Microsoft 365, the SPF policy must accommodate includes from both platforms, increasing DNS record complexity and raising the risk of SPF exhaustion on large sender domains. This co-deployment pattern is commonplace in Israel-based and European SMBs and warrants careful SPF syntax review during any authentication audit.
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Frequently asked questions
What is ActiveTrail and why would it appear in my email infrastructure audit?
ActiveTrail is an email marketing and automation platform, primarily used by SMBs. You will likely encounter it as an SPF include mechanism if you audit domains that use ActiveTrail for campaigns, or when testing inbox placement across diverse sender types, particularly those based in or serving Israel.
How many domains use ActiveTrail?
239 domains in the Tranco top-1M use ActiveTrail as their email service provider (ESP) as of September 19, 2026 (0.04% of SPF-publishing domains), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.
Is ActiveTrail common enough to affect email deliverability testing?
ActiveTrail accounts for 0.04% of SPF-publishing domains in the top 1M. Whether you should seed a test mailbox there depends on how much of your audience it represents — the co-usage table above shows the services it appears alongside most.
Which countries or TLDs use ActiveTrail most?
ActiveTrail's largest TLD is .co.il (46.4% of its domains); it appears across 12 TLDs in total.