MailerLite and Mailgun Email Deliverability Comparison

MailerLite

Mailgun

In this comparison, the deliverability of MailerLite 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 MailerLite than for Mailgun.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
65.677 65.051	50.404 49.710	13.751 13.808	1.522 1.533

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. MailerLite beats Mailgun in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
76.75 % 76.42 %	20.94 % 21.23 %	2.32 % 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, MailerLite is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	4993 4950	3798 3776	1088 1063	107 111	76.07 % 76.28 %	21.79 % 21.47 %	2.14 % 2.24 %
Elektronics	5036 4824	3928 3726	1000 990	108 108	78.00 % 77.24 %	19.86 % 20.52 %	2.14 % 2.24 %
Entertainment	5124 4763	3872 3599	1131 1056	121 108	75.57 % 75.56 %	22.07 % 22.17 %	2.36 % 2.27 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5019 4814	3876 3667	1033 1032	110 115	77.23 % 76.17 %	20.58 % 21.44 %	2.19 % 2.39 %
Food & Drink	5028 5041	3833 3858	1074 1063	121 120	76.23 % 76.53 %	21.36 % 21.09 %	2.41 % 2.38 %
Home & Garden	5018 5187	3856 3979	1042 1094	120 114	76.84 % 76.71 %	20.77 % 21.09 %	2.39 % 2.20 %
Finance	4991 4952	3979 3994	887 838	125 120	79.72 % 80.65 %	17.77 % 16.92 %	2.50 % 2.42 %
Health	5024 4979	4052 3962	859 905	113 112	80.65 % 79.57 %	17.10 % 18.18 %	2.25 % 2.25 %
Pets	5107 5199	3914 3914	1070 1160	123 125	76.64 % 75.28 %	20.95 % 22.31 %	2.41 % 2.40 %
Sport & Fitness	4917 5194	3739 3934	1053 1125	125 135	76.04 % 75.74 %	21.42 % 21.66 %	2.54 % 2.60 %
Job & Career	5101 4953	3769 3664	1209 1169	123 120	73.89 % 73.98 %	23.70 % 23.60 %	2.41 % 2.42 %
Dating	5244 5055	3814 3666	1312 1266	118 123	72.73 % 72.52 %	25.02 % 25.04 %	2.25 % 2.43 %
Other	5075 5140	3974 3971	993 1047	108 122	78.31 % 77.26 %	19.57 % 20.37 %	2.13 % 2.37 %

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, MailerLite is better than Mailgun.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	4556 4581	3293 3340	1153 1135	110 106	72.28 % 72.91 %	25.31 % 24.78 %	2.41 % 2.31 %
Outlook Mail	4723 4667	3531 3480	1086 1076	106 111	74.76 % 74.57 %	22.99 % 23.06 %	2.24 % 2.38 %
Yahoo Mail	4736 4748	3559 3582	1070 1059	107 107	75.15 % 75.44 %	22.59 % 22.30 %	2.26 % 2.25 %
AOL Mail	4752 4543	3621 3434	1009 1001	122 108	76.20 % 75.59 %	21.23 % 22.03 %	2.57 % 2.38 %
Mail.com	4911 4701	3808 3659	985 930	118 112	77.54 % 77.83 %	20.06 % 19.78 %	2.40 % 2.38 %
Yandex Mail	4819 4869	3674 3670	1045 1084	100 115	76.24 % 75.37 %	21.68 % 22.26 %	2.08 % 2.36 %
GMX Mail	4882 4425	3677 3314	1087 1004	118 107	75.32 % 74.89 %	22.27 % 22.69 %	2.42 % 2.42 %
Zoho Mail	4470 4663	3481 3641	895 908	94 114	77.87 % 78.08 %	20.02 % 19.47 %	2.10 % 2.44 %
ProtonMail	4561 4623	3594 3633	855 884	112 106	78.80 % 78.59 %	18.75 % 19.12 %	2.46 % 2.29 %
Custom Mail	4633 4532	3716 3602	806 829	111 101	80.21 % 79.48 %	17.40 % 18.29 %	2.40 % 2.23 %
iCloud Mail	4739 4593	3509 3292	1128 1193	102 108	74.05 % 71.67 %	23.80 % 25.97 %	2.15 % 2.35 %
Tuta	4595 4719	3592 3680	890 926	113 113	78.17 % 77.98 %	19.37 % 19.62 %	2.46 % 2.39 %
Juno.com	4678 4737	3689 3718	886 898	103 121	78.86 % 78.49 %	18.94 % 18.96 %	2.20 % 2.55 %
Mailfence	4622 4650	3660 3665	856 881	106 104	79.19 % 78.82 %	18.52 % 18.95 %	2.29 % 2.24 %

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