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
401.873 8.801	302.296 7.331	84.443 1.140	15.134 330

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 (%)
75.22 % 83.30 %	21.01 % 12.95 %	3.77 % 3.75 %

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	30915 688	24147 588	5707 77	1061 23	78.11 % 85.47 %	18.46 % 11.19 %	3.43 % 3.34 %
Elektronics	30335 679	23042 580	6142 82	1151 17	75.96 % 85.42 %	20.25 % 12.08 %	3.79 % 2.50 %
Entertainment	30716 694	23154 573	6469 91	1093 30	75.38 % 82.56 %	21.06 % 13.11 %	3.56 % 4.32 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	31161 679	23314 558	6633 89	1214 32	74.82 % 82.18 %	21.29 % 13.11 %	3.90 % 4.71 %
Food & Drink	31168 685	24330 594	5767 71	1071 20	78.06 % 86.72 %	18.50 % 10.36 %	3.44 % 2.92 %
Home & Garden	30857 686	24132 588	5636 77	1089 21	78.21 % 85.71 %	18.26 % 11.22 %	3.53 % 3.06 %
Finance	31445 639	22561 517	7555 93	1329 29	71.75 % 80.91 %	24.03 % 14.55 %	4.23 % 4.54 %
Health	31047 662	22601 539	7275 96	1171 27	72.80 % 81.42 %	23.43 % 14.50 %	3.77 % 4.08 %
Pets	30908 682	23895 578	5927 81	1086 23	77.31 % 84.75 %	19.18 % 11.88 %	3.51 % 3.37 %
Sport & Fitness	31087 705	23015 574	6872 102	1200 29	74.03 % 81.42 %	22.11 % 14.47 %	3.86 % 4.11 %
Job & Career	31124 659	22829 533	7030 99	1265 27	73.35 % 80.88 %	22.59 % 15.02 %	4.06 % 4.10 %
Dating	30448 633	21534 509	7624 97	1290 27	70.72 % 80.41 %	25.04 % 15.32 %	4.24 % 4.27 %
Other	30662 710	23742 600	5806 85	1114 25	77.43 % 84.51 %	18.94 % 11.97 %	3.63 % 3.52 %

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	39957 688	28742 527	9528 120	1687 41	71.93 % 76.60 %	23.85 % 17.44 %	4.22 % 5.96 %
Outlook Mail	40225 635	29282 522	9327 88	1616 25	72.80 % 82.20 %	23.19 % 13.86 %	4.02 % 3.94 %
Yahoo Mail	39830 683	29778 573	8469 91	1583 19	74.76 % 83.89 %	21.26 % 13.32 %	3.97 % 2.78 %
AOL Mail	39771 736	29775 605	8467 99	1529 32	74.87 % 82.20 %	21.29 % 13.45 %	3.84 % 4.35 %
Mail.com	40310 676	30612 573	8181 82	1517 21	75.94 % 84.76 %	20.30 % 12.13 %	3.76 % 3.11 %
Yandex Mail	39506 650	29099 532	8849 96	1558 22	73.66 % 81.85 %	22.40 % 14.77 %	3.94 % 3.38 %
GMX Mail	40145 652	30485 550	8253 78	1407 24	75.94 % 84.36 %	20.56 % 11.96 %	3.50 % 3.68 %
Zoho Mail	39861 703	30734 600	7717 82	1410 21	77.10 % 85.35 %	19.36 % 11.66 %	3.54 % 2.99 %
ProtonMail	39937 656	30756 558	7850 71	1331 27	77.01 % 85.06 %	19.66 % 10.82 %	3.33 % 4.12 %
Custom Mail	40311 667	31456 572	7454 71	1401 24	78.03 % 85.76 %	18.49 % 10.64 %	3.48 % 3.60 %
iCloud Mail	691 655	510 519	145 107	36 29	73.81 % 79.24 %	20.98 % 16.34 %	5.21 % 4.43 %
Tuta	662 721	536 616	102 82	24 23	80.97 % 85.44 %	15.41 % 11.37 %	3.63 % 3.19 %
Juno.com	667 679	531 584	101 73	35 22	79.61 % 86.01 %	15.14 % 10.75 %	5.25 % 3.24 %

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