Benchmark Email and Mailgun Email Deliverability Comparison

Benchmark Email

Mailgun

In this comparison, the deliverability of Benchmark Email and Mailgun is compared in detail. All available data, taking the filters into account, is used for the comparison.

Email deliverability

This comparison compares the numbers for sent emails, you can also see in which folder the emails at the email service provider ended up and how many emails were lost on the way. The numbers look better for Benchmark Email than for Mailgun.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
66.517 64.823	51.489 49.612	13.555 13.681	1.473 1.530

Email deliverability rates

The following table shows the most important deliverability rates (in percent) for the compared providers. The higher the inbox rate and the lower the spam rate, the better. Benchmark Email beats Mailgun in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
77.41 % 76.53 %	20.38 % 21.11 %	2.21 % 2.36 %

Email deliverability by category

This comparison compares the deliverability taking into account the category or the industry. The deliverability can vary greatly depending on the industry. In this comparison, Benchmark Email is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	5092 4967	3869 3819	1119 1044	104 104	75.98 % 76.89 %	21.98 % 21.02 %	2.04 % 2.09 %
Elektronics	4973 4857	3847 3760	1013 980	113 117	77.36 % 77.41 %	20.37 % 20.18 %	2.27 % 2.41 %
Entertainment	5012 4771	3878 3618	1024 1040	110 113	77.37 % 75.83 %	20.43 % 21.80 %	2.19 % 2.37 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5223 4820	4055 3701	1046 1006	122 113	77.64 % 76.78 %	20.03 % 20.87 %	2.34 % 2.34 %
Food & Drink	4966 4984	3822 3807	1032 1055	112 122	76.96 % 76.38 %	20.78 % 21.17 %	2.26 % 2.45 %
Home & Garden	5045 5148	3898 3953	1033 1083	114 112	77.26 % 76.79 %	20.48 % 21.04 %	2.26 % 2.18 %
Finance	5216 4877	4194 3936	902 824	120 117	80.41 % 80.71 %	17.29 % 16.90 %	2.30 % 2.40 %
Health	5162 4966	4202 3934	854 915	106 117	81.40 % 79.22 %	16.54 % 18.43 %	2.05 % 2.36 %
Pets	5207 5194	4018 3913	1073 1153	116 128	77.17 % 75.34 %	20.61 % 22.20 %	2.23 % 2.46 %
Sport & Fitness	5103 5132	3931 3914	1062 1088	110 130	77.03 % 76.27 %	20.81 % 21.20 %	2.16 % 2.53 %
Job & Career	5025 4862	3776 3595	1138 1152	111 115	75.14 % 73.94 %	22.65 % 23.69 %	2.21 % 2.37 %
Dating	5351 5050	3944 3652	1287 1280	120 118	73.71 % 72.32 %	24.05 % 25.35 %	2.24 % 2.34 %
Other	5142 5195	4055 4010	972 1061	115 124	78.86 % 77.19 %	18.90 % 20.42 %	2.24 % 2.39 %

Email deliverability by email service provider

Finally, the following table compares the deliverability taking into account the email service provider. Similar to the industry, also the email service provider can affect the email deliverability in both directions — positive or negative. In this comparison, Benchmark Email is better than Mailgun.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	4961 4496	3682 3284	1171 1109	108 103	74.22 % 73.04 %	23.60 % 24.67 %	2.18 % 2.29 %
Outlook Mail	4807 4640	3647 3442	1049 1082	111 116	75.87 % 74.18 %	21.82 % 23.32 %	2.31 % 2.50 %
Yahoo Mail	4735 4702	3641 3545	986 1045	108 112	76.90 % 75.39 %	20.82 % 22.22 %	2.28 % 2.38 %
AOL Mail	4536 4529	3467 3443	967 987	102 99	76.43 % 76.02 %	21.32 % 21.79 %	2.25 % 2.19 %
Mail.com	4907 4597	3828 3574	972 916	107 107	78.01 % 77.75 %	19.81 % 19.93 %	2.18 % 2.33 %
Yandex Mail	4717 4806	3615 3627	1007 1063	95 116	76.64 % 75.47 %	21.35 % 22.12 %	2.01 % 2.41 %
GMX Mail	4808 4404	3623 3284	1085 1016	100 104	75.35 % 74.57 %	22.57 % 23.07 %	2.08 % 2.36 %
Zoho Mail	4653 4758	3668 3712	881 927	104 119	78.83 % 78.02 %	18.93 % 19.48 %	2.24 % 2.50 %
ProtonMail	4771 4614	3766 3641	897 870	108 103	78.94 % 78.91 %	18.80 % 18.86 %	2.26 % 2.23 %
Custom Mail	4683 4551	3774 3632	804 820	105 99	80.59 % 79.81 %	17.17 % 18.02 %	2.24 % 2.18 %
iCloud Mail	4717 4634	3469 3330	1134 1190	114 114	73.54 % 71.86 %	24.04 % 25.68 %	2.42 % 2.46 %
Tuta	4797 4650	3810 3645	878 897	109 108	79.42 % 78.39 %	18.30 % 19.29 %	2.27 % 2.32 %
Juno.com	4681 4689	3719 3684	860 883	102 122	79.45 % 78.57 %	18.37 % 18.83 %	2.18 % 2.60 %
Mailfence	4744 4753	3780 3769	864 876	100 108	79.68 % 79.30 %	18.21 % 18.43 %	2.11 % 2.27 %

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