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
464.086 71.595	350.548 56.977	95.358 11.590	18.180 3.028

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 (%)
75.54 % 79.58 %	20.55 % 16.19 %	3.92 % 4.23 %

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	35672 5599	27961 4601	6451 803	1260 195	78.38 % 82.18 %	18.08 % 14.34 %	3.53 % 3.48 %
Elektronics	35120 5565	26831 4451	6939 862	1350 252	76.40 % 79.98 %	19.76 % 15.49 %	3.84 % 4.53 %
Entertainment	35392 5483	26791 4368	7296 895	1305 220	75.70 % 79.66 %	20.61 % 16.32 %	3.69 % 4.01 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	35992 5550	27069 4421	7485 900	1438 229	75.21 % 79.66 %	20.80 % 16.22 %	4.00 % 4.13 %
Food & Drink	35937 5506	28143 4509	6513 785	1281 212	78.31 % 81.89 %	18.12 % 14.26 %	3.56 % 3.85 %
Home & Garden	35768 5540	28057 4516	6402 791	1309 233	78.44 % 81.52 %	17.90 % 14.28 %	3.66 % 4.21 %
Finance	36237 5409	26131 4165	8496 990	1610 254	72.11 % 77.00 %	23.45 % 18.30 %	4.44 % 4.70 %
Health	35861 5405	26256 4235	8174 927	1431 243	73.22 % 78.35 %	22.79 % 17.15 %	3.99 % 4.50 %
Pets	35725 5395	27690 4359	6719 818	1316 218	77.51 % 80.80 %	18.81 % 15.16 %	3.68 % 4.04 %
Sport & Fitness	35735 5705	26553 4470	7746 987	1436 248	74.31 % 78.35 %	21.68 % 17.30 %	4.02 % 4.35 %
Job & Career	35825 5520	26352 4267	7956 1012	1517 241	73.56 % 77.30 %	22.21 % 18.33 %	4.23 % 4.37 %
Dating	35402 5526	25218 4257	8596 998	1588 271	71.23 % 77.04 %	24.28 % 18.06 %	4.49 % 4.90 %
Other	35420 5392	27496 4358	6585 822	1339 212	77.63 % 80.82 %	18.59 % 15.24 %	3.78 % 3.93 %

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	44744 5348	32175 3956	10586 1108	1983 284	71.91 % 73.97 %	23.66 % 20.72 %	4.43 % 5.31 %
Outlook Mail	45008 5456	32889 4223	10246 965	1873 268	73.07 % 77.40 %	22.76 % 17.69 %	4.16 % 4.91 %
Yahoo Mail	44729 5540	33546 4391	9362 919	1821 230	75.00 % 79.26 %	20.93 % 16.59 %	4.07 % 4.15 %
AOL Mail	44548 5714	33471 4483	9329 953	1748 278	75.13 % 78.46 %	20.94 % 16.68 %	3.92 % 4.87 %
Mail.com	44909 5508	34208 4406	8958 863	1743 239	76.17 % 79.99 %	19.95 % 15.67 %	3.88 % 4.34 %
Yandex Mail	44352 5447	32756 4234	9773 964	1823 249	73.85 % 77.73 %	22.04 % 17.70 %	4.11 % 4.57 %
GMX Mail	44905 5398	34287 4415	9010 782	1608 201	76.35 % 81.79 %	20.06 % 14.49 %	3.58 % 3.72 %
Zoho Mail	44739 5510	34627 4478	8495 810	1617 222	77.40 % 81.27 %	18.99 % 14.70 %	3.61 % 4.03 %
ProtonMail	44907 5586	34752 4631	8606 774	1549 181	77.39 % 82.90 %	19.16 % 13.86 %	3.45 % 3.24 %
Custom Mail	45066 5466	35291 4485	8179 769	1596 212	78.31 % 82.05 %	18.15 % 14.07 %	3.54 % 3.88 %
iCloud Mail	5372 5572	3908 4238	1137 1095	327 239	72.75 % 76.06 %	21.17 % 19.65 %	6.09 % 4.29 %
Tuta	5467 5511	4367 4486	865 807	235 218	79.88 % 81.40 %	15.82 % 14.64 %	4.30 % 3.96 %
Juno.com	5340 5539	4271 4551	812 781	257 207	79.98 % 82.16 %	15.21 % 14.10 %	4.81 % 3.74 %

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