MailerLite and SendGrid Email Deliverability Comparison

In this comparison, the deliverability of MailerLite and SendGrid 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 SendGrid than for MailerLite.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
437.416 44.630	329.481 35.409	90.984 7.341	16.951 1.880

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. SendGrid beats MailerLite in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
75.32 % 79.34 %	20.80 % 16.45 %	3.88 % 4.21 %

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, SendGrid is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	33633 3531	26296 2886	6156 517	1181 128	78.19 % 81.73 %	18.30 % 14.64 %	3.51 % 3.63 %
Elektronics	33067 3448	25160 2744	6626 545	1281 159	76.09 % 79.58 %	20.04 % 15.81 %	3.87 % 4.61 %
Entertainment	33409 3446	25210 2717	6969 576	1230 153	75.46 % 78.85 %	20.86 % 16.72 %	3.68 % 4.44 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	33960 3476	25482 2760	7148 576	1330 140	75.04 % 79.40 %	21.05 % 16.57 %	3.92 % 4.03 %
Food & Drink	33869 3502	26477 2868	6211 510	1181 124	78.17 % 81.90 %	18.34 % 14.56 %	3.49 % 3.54 %
Home & Garden	33702 3408	26380 2774	6105 494	1217 140	78.27 % 81.40 %	18.11 % 14.50 %	3.61 % 4.11 %
Finance	34196 3412	24579 2617	8119 632	1498 163	71.88 % 76.70 %	23.74 % 18.52 %	4.38 % 4.78 %
Health	33761 3384	24613 2645	7808 588	1340 151	72.90 % 78.16 %	23.13 % 17.38 %	3.97 % 4.46 %
Pets	33650 3326	26030 2674	6397 508	1223 144	77.36 % 80.40 %	19.01 % 15.27 %	3.63 % 4.33 %
Sport & Fitness	33697 3524	24975 2753	7388 619	1334 152	74.12 % 78.12 %	21.92 % 17.57 %	3.96 % 4.31 %
Job & Career	33798 3437	24807 2661	7583 640	1408 136	73.40 % 77.42 %	22.44 % 18.62 %	4.17 % 3.96 %
Dating	33250 3383	23583 2600	8193 618	1474 165	70.93 % 76.85 %	24.64 % 18.27 %	4.43 % 4.88 %
Other	33424 3353	25889 2710	6281 518	1254 125	77.46 % 80.82 %	18.79 % 15.45 %	3.75 % 3.73 %

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, SendGrid is better than MailerLite.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	42689 3332	30666 2455	10156 701	1867 176	71.84 % 73.68 %	23.79 % 21.04 %	4.37 % 5.28 %
Outlook Mail	43000 3377	31337 2603	9886 611	1777 163	72.88 % 77.08 %	22.99 % 18.09 %	4.13 % 4.83 %
Yahoo Mail	42602 3413	31885 2698	8997 572	1720 143	74.84 % 79.05 %	21.12 % 16.76 %	4.04 % 4.19 %
AOL Mail	42494 3581	31852 2809	8983 606	1659 166	74.96 % 78.44 %	21.14 % 16.92 %	3.90 % 4.64 %
Mail.com	42966 3414	32673 2740	8651 537	1642 137	76.04 % 80.26 %	20.13 % 15.73 %	3.82 % 4.01 %
Yandex Mail	42282 3442	31171 2664	9402 617	1709 161	73.72 % 77.40 %	22.24 % 17.93 %	4.04 % 4.68 %
GMX Mail	42859 3346	32630 2737	8704 491	1525 118	76.13 % 81.80 %	20.31 % 14.67 %	3.56 % 3.53 %
Zoho Mail	42621 3381	32915 2743	8178 506	1528 132	77.23 % 81.13 %	19.19 % 14.97 %	3.59 % 3.90 %
ProtonMail	42689 3475	32934 2866	8292 494	1463 115	77.15 % 82.47 %	19.42 % 14.22 %	3.43 % 3.31 %
Custom Mail	43034 3448	33615 2827	7894 491	1525 130	78.11 % 81.99 %	18.34 % 14.24 %	3.54 % 3.77 %
iCloud Mail	3440 3557	2473 2691	751 710	216 156	71.89 % 75.65 %	21.83 % 19.96 %	6.28 % 4.39 %
Tuta	3392 3433	2696 2774	554 510	142 149	79.48 % 80.80 %	16.33 % 14.86 %	4.19 % 4.34 %
Juno.com	3348 3431	2634 2802	536 495	178 134	78.67 % 81.67 %	16.01 % 14.43 %	5.32 % 3.91 %

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