Cisco IronPort email provider statistics and deliverability context

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According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (September 24, 2026), Cisco IronPort is the mailbox provider for 2,531 domains — 0.37% of 675,489 domains with MX records. Its share has been stable over the last 30 days. Its strongest TLD is .com (46.7% of its domains). Detection: primary MX record (lowest preference).

Last updated from the 2026-09-24 DNS snapshot.

2,531domains
0.37%of domains with MX records
-0.01 ppshare, 30 days
133distinct TLDs
2026-09-24snapshot (updated daily)

What Cisco IronPort represents in this dataset

Cisco Secure Email (formerly IronPort).

Directory category: Gateway. The classification comes from primary MX record (lowest preference). It describes observed DNS infrastructure, not a commercial relationship and not the placement of any individual message.

What the 2026-09-24 snapshot shows about Cisco IronPort

Across 133 distinct TLDs its top three are .com (46.7%), .org (7.1%), .edu (3.4%) — together 57.3% of the 2,531 domains, which makes the footprint moderately concentrated, with a recognisable home market. The service most often observed on the same domains is Salesforce (ESP, 238 domains, 9.4% of them), followed by Amazon SES (7.9%). Its share of domains with MX records has not moved measurably in 30 days. Directly comparable by the same detection rule: Self-Hosted, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365. Ranking between them reflects what is published in DNS, not delivery quality or volume sent. All figures come from a single daily DNS snapshot (2026-09-24); a domain appears here when its published records match the primary MX record (lowest preference) rule, which is an infrastructure fact, not a commercial relationship.

Commonly used together with Cisco IronPort

What else the same 2,531 domains use — cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot (2026-09-24).

TypeServiceDomainsShare of Cisco IronPort users
ESPSalesforce2389.4%
ESPAmazon SES2007.9%
ESPSendGrid (Twilio)1596.3%
ESPMandrill1124.4%
ESPZendesk1104.3%
ESPMailgun1054.1%
ESPHubSpot1034.1%
ESPMailchimp963.8%
ESPMailjet (Sinch)742.9%
ESPMarketo (Adobe)732.9%

TLD distribution (top 30 of 133)

com — 1,183 (46.7%)
org — 180 (7.1%)
edu — 86 (3.4%)
de — 79 (3.1%)
fr — 63 (2.5%)
gov — 57 (2.3%)
ca — 55 (2.2%)
net — 55 (2.2%)
co.il — 49 (1.9%)
es — 48 (1.9%)
it — 45 (1.8%)
co.jp — 35 (1.4%)
com.br — 32 (1.3%)
at — 31 (1.2%)
co.uk — 29 (1.1%)
be — 25 (1.0%)
com.au — 24 (0.9%)
ch — 22 (0.9%)
cat — 19 (0.8%)
nl — 18 (0.7%)
ie — 14 (0.6%)
in — 14 (0.6%)
il — 13 (0.5%)
au — 13 (0.5%)
hk — 12 (0.5%)
cz — 12 (0.5%)
cl — 11 (0.4%)
dk — 10 (0.4%)
com.mx — 10 (0.4%)
pt — 10 (0.4%)

Frequently asked questions

How many domains use Cisco IronPort?

2,531 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Cisco IronPort as their mailbox provider as of September 24, 2026, according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.

What is Cisco IronPort's market share?

Cisco IronPort holds 0.37% of domains with MX records in the Tranco top-1M (snapshot of 2026-09-24). The number is recomputed every day.

Is Cisco IronPort growing or declining?

Cisco IronPort's share has been stable over the last 30 days (±0.01 pp).

What are the biggest alternatives to Cisco IronPort?

The largest mailbox providers in the same category by Tranco top-1M share are: Self-Hosted, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Unknown / Other, Generic / unmatched (mx*.*) (as of 2026-09-24).

Largest mailbox providers in this category

Self-Hosted (22.56%) · Google Workspace (21.58%) · Microsoft 365 (17.03%) · Unknown / Other (6.68%) · Generic / unmatched (mx*.*) (2.53%) · Generic / unmatched (mail.*) (1.93%) · Proofpoint (1.86%) · Cloudflare Email Routing (1.76%) · Yandex 360 (1.67%) · Mimecast (1.47%)

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Domain sample (top 100 by Tranco rank)

Showing 100 of 2,531 domains.