MailerLite and Mailgun Email Deliverability Comparison

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 Mailgun than for MailerLite.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
455.114 61.832	343.434 51.727	93.932 7.939	17.748 2.166

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. Mailgun beats MailerLite in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
75.46 % 83.66 %	20.64 % 12.84 %	3.90 % 3.50 %

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, Mailgun is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	34964 4767	27382 4106	6352 518	1230 143	78.31 % 86.13 %	18.17 % 10.87 %	3.52 % 3.00 %
Elektronics	34435 4874	26270 4152	6837 580	1328 142	76.29 % 85.19 %	19.85 % 11.90 %	3.86 % 2.91 %
Entertainment	34728 4794	26257 3993	7190 632	1281 169	75.61 % 83.29 %	20.70 % 13.18 %	3.69 % 3.53 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	35343 4784	26556 3991	7385 613	1402 180	75.14 % 83.42 %	20.90 % 12.81 %	3.97 % 3.76 %
Food & Drink	35228 4759	27562 4089	6413 519	1253 151	78.24 % 85.92 %	18.20 % 10.91 %	3.56 % 3.17 %
Home & Garden	35059 4617	27476 3955	6305 508	1278 154	78.37 % 85.66 %	17.98 % 11.00 %	3.65 % 3.34 %
Finance	35532 4732	25601 3841	8366 700	1565 191	72.05 % 81.17 %	23.54 % 14.79 %	4.40 % 4.04 %
Health	35163 4670	25712 3855	8056 651	1395 164	73.12 % 82.55 %	22.91 % 13.94 %	3.97 % 3.51 %
Pets	34990 4823	27103 4101	6607 571	1280 151	77.46 % 85.03 %	18.88 % 11.84 %	3.66 % 3.13 %
Sport & Fitness	35068 4744	26032 3918	7633 665	1403 161	74.23 % 82.59 %	21.77 % 14.02 %	4.00 % 3.39 %
Job & Career	35154 4768	25839 3842	7835 710	1480 216	73.50 % 80.58 %	22.29 % 14.89 %	4.21 % 4.53 %
Dating	34735 4695	24708 3808	8476 701	1551 186	71.13 % 81.11 %	24.40 % 14.93 %	4.47 % 3.96 %
Other	34715 4805	26936 4076	6477 571	1302 158	77.59 % 84.83 %	18.66 % 11.88 %	3.75 % 3.29 %

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, Mailgun is better than MailerLite.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	44038 4684	31661 3649	10441 821	1936 214	71.89 % 77.90 %	23.71 % 17.53 %	4.40 % 4.57 %
Outlook Mail	44353 4710	32388 3851	10127 670	1838 189	73.02 % 81.76 %	22.83 % 14.23 %	4.14 % 4.01 %
Yahoo Mail	43961 4666	32939 3887	9233 618	1789 161	74.93 % 83.30 %	21.00 % 13.24 %	4.07 % 3.45 %
AOL Mail	43857 4831	32923 4015	9220 642	1714 174	75.07 % 83.11 %	21.02 % 13.29 %	3.91 % 3.60 %
Mail.com	44241 4833	33685 4080	8856 597	1700 156	76.14 % 84.42 %	20.02 % 12.35 %	3.84 % 3.23 %
Yandex Mail	43691 4769	32244 3895	9657 684	1790 190	73.80 % 81.67 %	22.10 % 14.34 %	4.10 % 3.98 %
GMX Mail	44227 4732	33728 4054	8913 535	1586 143	76.26 % 85.67 %	20.15 % 11.31 %	3.59 % 3.02 %
Zoho Mail	44018 4861	34041 4152	8391 562	1586 147	77.33 % 85.41 %	19.06 % 11.56 %	3.60 % 3.02 %
ProtonMail	44154 4769	34132 4106	8502 507	1520 156	77.30 % 86.10 %	19.26 % 10.63 %	3.44 % 3.27 %
Custom Mail	44380 4632	34721 4010	8088 483	1571 139	78.24 % 86.57 %	18.22 % 10.43 %	3.54 % 3.00 %
iCloud Mail	4725 4709	3428 3736	1011 768	286 205	72.55 % 79.34 %	21.40 % 16.31 %	6.05 % 4.35 %
Tuta	4751 4827	3788 4128	763 547	200 152	79.73 % 85.52 %	16.06 % 11.33 %	4.21 % 3.15 %
Juno.com	4718 4809	3756 4164	730 505	232 140	79.61 % 86.59 %	15.47 % 10.50 %	4.92 % 2.91 %

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