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
65.210 64.615	51.727 49.541	12.292 13.785	1.362 1.579

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 (%)
79.32 % 76.67 %	18.85 % 21.33 %	2.09 % 2.44 %

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	5002 5018	3885 3908	1015 1019	104 110	77.67 % 77.88 %	20.29 % 20.31 %	2.08 % 2.19 %
Elektronics	4926 5054	3942 3920	891 1033	109 132	80.02 % 77.56 %	18.09 % 20.44 %	2.21 % 2.61 %
Entertainment	5041 4913	3984 3747	966 1071	106 122	79.03 % 76.27 %	19.16 % 21.80 %	2.10 % 2.48 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4918 4934	3938 3795	896 1024	103 120	80.07 % 76.92 %	18.22 % 20.75 %	2.09 % 2.43 %
Food & Drink	4841 4824	3815 3719	937 1010	101 117	78.81 % 77.09 %	19.36 % 20.94 %	2.09 % 2.43 %
Home & Garden	4997 5089	3966 3914	941 1091	106 120	79.37 % 76.91 %	18.83 % 21.44 %	2.12 % 2.36 %
Finance	5027 5008	4104 4014	829 912	113 125	81.64 % 80.15 %	16.49 % 18.21 %	2.25 % 2.50 %
Health	5108 4944	4199 3899	830 953	98 118	82.20 % 78.86 %	16.25 % 19.28 %	1.92 % 2.39 %
Pets	5077 4996	4021 3764	949 1123	105 127	79.20 % 75.34 %	18.69 % 22.48 %	2.07 % 2.54 %
Sport & Fitness	4998 4986	3950 3777	956 1088	102 128	79.03 % 75.75 %	19.13 % 21.82 %	2.04 % 2.57 %
Job & Career	4981 4807	3861 3565	1022 1142	110 115	77.51 % 74.16 %	20.52 % 23.76 %	2.21 % 2.39 %
Dating	5215 4864	3970 3522	1161 1233	101 121	76.13 % 72.41 %	22.26 % 25.35 %	1.94 % 2.49 %
Other	5079 5178	4092 3997	899 1086	104 124	80.57 % 77.19 %	17.70 % 20.97 %	2.05 % 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	4692 4746	3600 3504	1008 1141	97 114	76.73 % 73.83 %	21.48 % 24.04 %	2.07 % 2.40 %
Outlook Mail	4895 4765	3839 3571	970 1097	99 123	78.43 % 74.94 %	19.82 % 23.02 %	2.02 % 2.58 %
Yahoo Mail	4718 4672	3722 3514	902 1036	103 114	78.89 % 75.21 %	19.12 % 22.17 %	2.18 % 2.44 %
AOL Mail	4544 4455	3578 3409	885 960	97 105	78.74 % 76.52 %	19.48 % 21.55 %	2.13 % 2.36 %
Mail.com	4787 4524	3849 3511	862 911	102 116	80.41 % 77.61 %	18.01 % 20.14 %	2.13 % 2.56 %
Yandex Mail	4782 4871	3765 3709	922 1075	92 114	78.73 % 76.14 %	19.28 % 22.07 %	1.92 % 2.34 %
GMX Mail	4698 4538	3646 3415	977 1046	90 115	77.61 % 75.25 %	20.80 % 23.05 %	1.92 % 2.53 %
Zoho Mail	4615 4621	3714 3595	814 945	100 120	80.48 % 77.80 %	17.64 % 20.45 %	2.17 % 2.60 %
ProtonMail	4869 4697	3938 3679	835 926	106 110	80.88 % 78.33 %	17.15 % 19.71 %	2.18 % 2.34 %
Custom Mail	4585 4723	3773 3755	727 877	92 103	82.29 % 79.50 %	15.86 % 18.57 %	2.01 % 2.18 %
iCloud Mail	4800 4663	3648 3394	1059 1198	109 117	76.00 % 72.79 %	22.06 % 25.69 %	2.27 % 2.51 %
Tuta	4702 4639	3816 3646	810 904	97 113	81.16 % 78.59 %	17.23 % 19.49 %	2.06 % 2.44 %
Juno.com	4624 4641	3727 3630	814 909	98 124	80.60 % 78.22 %	17.60 % 19.59 %	2.12 % 2.67 %
Mailfence	3899 4060	3112 3209	707 760	80 91	79.82 % 79.04 %	18.13 % 18.72 %	2.05 % 2.24 %

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