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
65.596 64.823	50.480 49.612	13.577 13.681	1.539 1.530

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 (%)
76.96 % 76.53 %	20.70 % 21.11 %	2.35 % 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	4944 4967	3755 3819	1079 1044	110 104	75.95 % 76.89 %	21.82 % 21.02 %	2.22 % 2.09 %
Elektronics	5146 4857	4020 3760	1011 980	115 117	78.12 % 77.41 %	19.65 % 20.18 %	2.23 % 2.41 %
Entertainment	4977 4771	3776 3618	1084 1040	117 113	75.87 % 75.83 %	21.78 % 21.80 %	2.35 % 2.37 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5023 4820	3895 3701	1016 1006	112 113	77.54 % 76.78 %	20.23 % 20.87 %	2.23 % 2.34 %
Food & Drink	4972 4984	3790 3807	1056 1055	126 122	76.23 % 76.38 %	21.24 % 21.17 %	2.53 % 2.45 %
Home & Garden	5094 5148	3929 3953	1043 1083	122 112	77.13 % 76.79 %	20.48 % 21.04 %	2.39 % 2.18 %
Finance	4988 4877	4003 3936	854 824	131 117	80.25 % 80.71 %	17.12 % 16.90 %	2.63 % 2.40 %
Health	4991 4966	4043 3934	838 915	110 117	81.01 % 79.22 %	16.79 % 18.43 %	2.20 % 2.36 %
Pets	5297 5194	4057 3913	1110 1153	130 128	76.59 % 75.34 %	20.96 % 22.20 %	2.45 % 2.46 %
Sport & Fitness	4889 5132	3725 3914	1039 1088	125 130	76.19 % 76.27 %	21.25 % 21.20 %	2.56 % 2.53 %
Job & Career	5045 4862	3753 3595	1176 1152	116 115	74.39 % 73.94 %	23.31 % 23.69 %	2.30 % 2.37 %
Dating	5146 5050	3749 3652	1285 1280	112 118	72.85 % 72.32 %	24.97 % 25.35 %	2.18 % 2.34 %
Other	5084 5195	3985 4010	986 1061	113 124	78.38 % 77.19 %	19.39 % 20.42 %	2.22 % 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, MailerLite is better than Mailgun.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	4689 4496	3410 3284	1163 1109	116 103	72.72 % 73.04 %	24.80 % 24.67 %	2.47 % 2.29 %
Outlook Mail	4758 4640	3584 3442	1066 1082	108 116	75.33 % 74.18 %	22.40 % 23.32 %	2.27 % 2.50 %
Yahoo Mail	4647 4702	3509 3545	1033 1045	105 112	75.51 % 75.39 %	22.23 % 22.22 %	2.26 % 2.38 %
AOL Mail	4645 4529	3560 3443	959 987	126 99	76.64 % 76.02 %	20.65 % 21.79 %	2.71 % 2.19 %
Mail.com	4900 4597	3809 3574	975 916	116 107	77.73 % 77.75 %	19.90 % 19.93 %	2.37 % 2.33 %
Yandex Mail	4801 4806	3678 3627	1024 1063	99 116	76.61 % 75.47 %	21.33 % 22.12 %	2.06 % 2.41 %
GMX Mail	4834 4404	3636 3284	1078 1016	120 104	75.22 % 74.57 %	22.30 % 23.07 %	2.48 % 2.36 %
Zoho Mail	4439 4758	3456 3712	892 927	91 119	77.86 % 78.02 %	20.09 % 19.48 %	2.05 % 2.50 %
ProtonMail	4591 4614	3619 3641	861 870	111 103	78.83 % 78.91 %	18.75 % 18.86 %	2.42 % 2.23 %
Custom Mail	4664 4551	3751 3632	800 820	113 99	80.42 % 79.81 %	17.15 % 18.02 %	2.42 % 2.18 %
iCloud Mail	4693 4634	3476 3330	1112 1190	105 114	74.07 % 71.86 %	23.69 % 25.68 %	2.24 % 2.46 %
Tuta	4581 4650	3590 3645	874 897	117 108	78.37 % 78.39 %	19.08 % 19.29 %	2.55 % 2.32 %
Juno.com	4755 4689	3757 3684	891 883	107 122	79.01 % 78.57 %	18.74 % 18.83 %	2.25 % 2.60 %
Mailfence	4599 4753	3645 3769	849 876	105 108	79.26 % 79.30 %	18.46 % 18.43 %	2.28 % 2.27 %

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