Mailgun and SendGrid Email Deliverability Comparison

Mailgun

SendGrid

In this comparison, the deliverability of Mailgun 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 Mailgun.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
64.823 64.970	49.612 49.945	13.681 13.532	1.530 1.493

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 Mailgun in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
76.53 % 76.87 %	21.11 % 20.83 %	2.36 % 2.30 %

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	4967 5069	3819 3921	1044 1037	104 111	76.89 % 77.35 %	21.02 % 20.46 %	2.09 % 2.19 %
Elektronics	4857 4956	3760 3829	980 1009	117 118	77.41 % 77.26 %	20.18 % 20.36 %	2.41 % 2.38 %
Entertainment	4771 4997	3618 3813	1040 1061	113 123	75.83 % 76.31 %	21.80 % 21.23 %	2.37 % 2.46 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4820 5082	3701 3911	1006 1052	113 119	76.78 % 76.96 %	20.87 % 20.70 %	2.34 % 2.34 %
Food & Drink	4984 5121	3807 3910	1055 1093	122 118	76.38 % 76.35 %	21.17 % 21.34 %	2.45 % 2.30 %
Home & Garden	5148 4885	3953 3714	1083 1063	112 108	76.79 % 76.03 %	21.04 % 21.76 %	2.18 % 2.21 %
Finance	4877 4986	3936 4004	824 859	117 123	80.71 % 80.30 %	16.90 % 17.23 %	2.40 % 2.47 %
Health	4966 5064	3934 4078	915 873	117 113	79.22 % 80.53 %	18.43 % 17.24 %	2.36 % 2.23 %
Pets	5194 5145	3913 3945	1153 1080	128 120	75.34 % 76.68 %	22.20 % 20.99 %	2.46 % 2.33 %
Sport & Fitness	5132 4935	3914 3787	1088 1027	130 121	76.27 % 76.74 %	21.20 % 20.81 %	2.53 % 2.45 %
Job & Career	4862 4611	3595 3408	1152 1101	115 102	73.94 % 73.91 %	23.69 % 23.88 %	2.37 % 2.21 %
Dating	5050 5050	3652 3651	1280 1289	118 110	72.32 % 72.30 %	25.35 % 25.52 %	2.34 % 2.18 %
Other	5195 5069	4010 3974	1061 988	124 107	77.19 % 78.40 %	20.42 % 19.49 %	2.39 % 2.11 %

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 Mailgun.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	4496 4569	3284 3357	1109 1109	103 103	73.04 % 73.47 %	24.67 % 24.27 %	2.29 % 2.25 %
Outlook Mail	4640 4754	3442 3604	1082 1051	116 99	74.18 % 75.81 %	23.32 % 22.11 %	2.50 % 2.08 %
Yahoo Mail	4702 4473	3545 3414	1045 953	112 106	75.39 % 76.32 %	22.22 % 21.31 %	2.38 % 2.37 %
AOL Mail	4529 4547	3443 3435	987 1005	99 107	76.02 % 75.54 %	21.79 % 22.10 %	2.19 % 2.35 %
Mail.com	4597 4722	3574 3686	916 929	107 107	77.75 % 78.06 %	19.93 % 19.67 %	2.33 % 2.27 %
Yandex Mail	4806 4631	3627 3519	1063 1008	116 104	75.47 % 75.99 %	22.12 % 21.77 %	2.41 % 2.25 %
GMX Mail	4404 4530	3284 3396	1016 1042	104 92	74.57 % 74.97 %	23.07 % 23.00 %	2.36 % 2.03 %
Zoho Mail	4758 4641	3712 3576	927 957	119 108	78.02 % 77.05 %	19.48 % 20.62 %	2.50 % 2.33 %
ProtonMail	4614 4655	3641 3674	870 871	103 110	78.91 % 78.93 %	18.86 % 18.71 %	2.23 % 2.36 %
Custom Mail	4551 4671	3632 3740	820 821	99 110	79.81 % 80.07 %	18.02 % 17.58 %	2.18 % 2.35 %
iCloud Mail	4634 4667	3330 3451	1190 1106	114 110	71.86 % 73.94 %	25.68 % 23.70 %	2.46 % 2.36 %
Tuta	4650 4712	3645 3707	897 891	108 114	78.39 % 78.67 %	19.29 % 18.91 %	2.32 % 2.42 %
Juno.com	4689 4667	3684 3677	883 879	122 111	78.57 % 78.79 %	18.83 % 18.83 %	2.60 % 2.38 %
Mailfence	4753 4731	3769 3709	876 910	108 112	79.30 % 78.40 %	18.43 % 19.23 %	2.27 % 2.37 %

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