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
437.416 44.017	329.481 36.811	90.984 5.653	16.951 1.553

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 (%)
75.32 % 83.63 %	20.80 % 12.84 %	3.88 % 3.53 %

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	33633 3375	26296 2897	6156 370	1181 108	78.19 % 85.84 %	18.30 % 10.96 %	3.51 % 3.20 %
Elektronics	33067 3485	25160 2961	6626 420	1281 104	76.09 % 84.96 %	20.04 % 12.05 %	3.87 % 2.98 %
Entertainment	33409 3422	25210 2847	6969 448	1230 127	75.46 % 83.20 %	20.86 % 13.09 %	3.68 % 3.71 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	33960 3408	25482 2839	7148 438	1330 131	75.04 % 83.30 %	21.05 % 12.85 %	3.92 % 3.84 %
Food & Drink	33869 3326	26477 2871	6211 358	1181 97	78.17 % 86.32 %	18.34 % 10.76 %	3.49 % 2.92 %
Home & Garden	33702 3289	26380 2817	6105 361	1217 111	78.27 % 85.65 %	18.11 % 10.98 %	3.61 % 3.37 %
Finance	34196 3340	24579 2716	8119 492	1498 132	71.88 % 81.32 %	23.74 % 14.73 %	4.38 % 3.95 %
Health	33761 3298	24613 2723	7808 460	1340 115	72.90 % 82.57 %	23.13 % 13.95 %	3.97 % 3.49 %
Pets	33650 3447	26030 2919	6397 412	1223 116	77.36 % 84.68 %	19.01 % 11.95 %	3.63 % 3.37 %
Sport & Fitness	33697 3432	24975 2840	7388 478	1334 114	74.12 % 82.75 %	21.92 % 13.93 %	3.96 % 3.32 %
Job & Career	33798 3383	24807 2723	7583 505	1408 155	73.40 % 80.49 %	22.44 % 14.93 %	4.17 % 4.58 %
Dating	33250 3357	23583 2722	8193 500	1474 135	70.93 % 81.08 %	24.64 % 14.89 %	4.43 % 4.02 %
Other	33424 3455	25889 2936	6281 411	1254 108	77.46 % 84.98 %	18.79 % 11.90 %	3.75 % 3.13 %

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	42689 3389	30666 2640	10156 592	1867 157	71.84 % 77.90 %	23.79 % 17.47 %	4.37 % 4.63 %
Outlook Mail	43000 3331	31337 2726	9886 471	1777 134	72.88 % 81.84 %	22.99 % 14.14 %	4.13 % 4.02 %
Yahoo Mail	42602 3275	31885 2722	8997 433	1720 120	74.84 % 83.11 %	21.12 % 13.22 %	4.04 % 3.66 %
AOL Mail	42494 3411	31852 2835	8983 455	1659 121	74.96 % 83.11 %	21.14 % 13.34 %	3.90 % 3.55 %
Mail.com	42966 3478	32673 2931	8651 431	1642 116	76.04 % 84.27 %	20.13 % 12.39 %	3.82 % 3.34 %
Yandex Mail	42282 3358	31171 2749	9402 482	1709 127	73.72 % 81.86 %	22.24 % 14.35 %	4.04 % 3.78 %
GMX Mail	42859 3384	32630 2890	8704 385	1525 109	76.13 % 85.40 %	20.31 % 11.38 %	3.56 % 3.22 %
Zoho Mail	42621 3471	32915 2971	8178 404	1528 96	77.23 % 85.59 %	19.19 % 11.64 %	3.59 % 2.77 %
ProtonMail	42689 3488	32934 2996	8292 370	1463 122	77.15 % 85.89 %	19.42 % 10.61 %	3.43 % 3.50 %
Custom Mail	43034 3336	33615 2876	7894 349	1525 111	78.11 % 86.21 %	18.34 % 10.46 %	3.54 % 3.33 %
iCloud Mail	3440 3353	2473 2661	751 548	216 144	71.89 % 79.36 %	21.83 % 16.34 %	6.28 % 4.29 %
Tuta	3392 3362	2696 2886	554 379	142 97	79.48 % 85.84 %	16.33 % 11.27 %	4.19 % 2.89 %
Juno.com	3348 3381	2634 2928	536 354	178 99	78.67 % 86.60 %	16.01 % 10.47 %	5.32 % 2.93 %

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