Mailgun and MailerLite Email Deliverability Comparison

Mailgun

MailerLite

In this comparison, the deliverability of Mailgun and MailerLite 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
64.823 65.596	49.612 50.480	13.681 13.577	1.530 1.539

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 (%)
76.53 % 76.96 %	21.11 % 20.70 %	2.36 % 2.35 %

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

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

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