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
464.086 70.621	350.548 59.074	95.358 9.097	18.180 2.450

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 (%)
75.54 % 83.65 %	20.55 % 12.88 %	3.92 % 3.47 %

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	35672 5455	27961 4694	6451 596	1260 165	78.38 % 86.05 %	18.08 % 10.93 %	3.53 % 3.02 %
Elektronics	35120 5506	26831 4688	6939 657	1350 161	76.40 % 85.14 %	19.76 % 11.93 %	3.84 % 2.92 %
Entertainment	35392 5486	26791 4572	7296 722	1305 192	75.70 % 83.34 %	20.61 % 13.16 %	3.69 % 3.50 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	35992 5455	27069 4544	7485 702	1438 209	75.21 % 83.30 %	20.80 % 12.87 %	4.00 % 3.83 %
Food & Drink	35937 5489	28143 4710	6513 607	1281 172	78.31 % 85.81 %	18.12 % 11.06 %	3.56 % 3.13 %
Home & Garden	35768 5259	28057 4502	6402 580	1309 177	78.44 % 85.61 %	17.90 % 11.03 %	3.66 % 3.37 %
Finance	36237 5406	26131 4393	8496 801	1610 212	72.11 % 81.26 %	23.45 % 14.82 %	4.44 % 3.92 %
Health	35861 5332	26256 4404	8174 743	1431 185	73.22 % 82.60 %	22.79 % 13.93 %	3.99 % 3.47 %
Pets	35725 5455	27690 4645	6719 649	1316 161	77.51 % 85.15 %	18.81 % 11.90 %	3.68 % 2.95 %
Sport & Fitness	35735 5451	26553 4507	7746 765	1436 179	74.31 % 82.68 %	21.68 % 14.03 %	4.02 % 3.28 %
Job & Career	35825 5428	26352 4379	7956 809	1517 240	73.56 % 80.67 %	22.21 % 14.90 %	4.23 % 4.42 %
Dating	35402 5361	25218 4345	8596 803	1588 213	71.23 % 81.05 %	24.28 % 14.98 %	4.49 % 3.97 %
Other	35420 5538	27496 4691	6585 663	1339 184	77.63 % 84.71 %	18.59 % 11.97 %	3.78 % 3.32 %

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	44744 5348	32175 4174	10586 941	1983 233	71.91 % 78.05 %	23.66 % 17.60 %	4.43 % 4.36 %
Outlook Mail	45008 5402	32889 4410	10246 775	1873 217	73.07 % 81.64 %	22.76 % 14.35 %	4.16 % 4.02 %
Yahoo Mail	44729 5309	33546 4413	9362 707	1821 189	75.00 % 83.12 %	20.93 % 13.32 %	4.07 % 3.56 %
AOL Mail	44548 5513	33471 4578	9329 737	1748 198	75.13 % 83.04 %	20.94 % 13.37 %	3.92 % 3.59 %
Mail.com	44909 5534	34208 4667	8958 685	1743 182	76.17 % 84.33 %	19.95 % 12.38 %	3.88 % 3.29 %
Yandex Mail	44352 5457	32756 4455	9773 785	1823 217	73.85 % 81.64 %	22.04 % 14.39 %	4.11 % 3.98 %
GMX Mail	44905 5358	34287 4596	9010 605	1608 157	76.35 % 85.78 %	20.06 % 11.29 %	3.58 % 2.93 %
Zoho Mail	44739 5534	34627 4721	8495 639	1617 174	77.40 % 85.31 %	18.99 % 11.55 %	3.61 % 3.14 %
ProtonMail	44907 5446	34752 4692	8606 579	1549 175	77.39 % 86.15 %	19.16 % 10.63 %	3.45 % 3.21 %
Custom Mail	45066 5320	35291 4603	8179 559	1596 158	78.31 % 86.52 %	18.15 % 10.51 %	3.54 % 2.97 %
iCloud Mail	5372 5359	3908 4262	1137 875	327 222	72.75 % 79.53 %	21.17 % 16.33 %	6.09 % 4.14 %
Tuta	5467 5523	4367 4720	865 628	235 175	79.88 % 85.46 %	15.82 % 11.37 %	4.30 % 3.17 %
Juno.com	5340 5518	4271 4783	812 582	257 153	79.98 % 86.68 %	15.21 % 10.55 %	4.81 % 2.77 %

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