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
65.051 64.932	49.710 50.153	13.808 13.282	1.533 1.497

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 (%)
76.42 % 77.24 %	21.23 % 20.46 %	2.36 % 2.31 %

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	4950 5103	3776 3943	1063 1047	111 113	76.28 % 77.27 %	21.47 % 20.52 %	2.24 % 2.21 %
Elektronics	4824 4961	3726 3866	990 977	108 118	77.24 % 77.93 %	20.52 % 19.69 %	2.24 % 2.38 %
Entertainment	4763 5086	3599 3899	1056 1062	108 125	75.56 % 76.66 %	22.17 % 20.88 %	2.27 % 2.46 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4814 5102	3667 3963	1032 1018	115 121	76.17 % 77.68 %	21.44 % 19.95 %	2.39 % 2.37 %
Food & Drink	5041 5136	3858 3928	1063 1081	120 127	76.53 % 76.48 %	21.09 % 21.05 %	2.38 % 2.47 %
Home & Garden	5187 4813	3979 3675	1094 1031	114 107	76.71 % 76.36 %	21.09 % 21.42 %	2.20 % 2.22 %
Finance	4952 5025	3994 4057	838 845	120 123	80.65 % 80.74 %	16.92 % 16.82 %	2.42 % 2.45 %
Health	4979 4953	3962 3995	905 846	112 112	79.57 % 80.66 %	18.18 % 17.08 %	2.25 % 2.26 %
Pets	5199 4990	3914 3847	1160 1031	125 112	75.28 % 77.09 %	22.31 % 20.66 %	2.40 % 2.24 %
Sport & Fitness	5194 4946	3934 3810	1125 1018	135 118	75.74 % 77.03 %	21.66 % 20.58 %	2.60 % 2.39 %
Job & Career	4953 4725	3664 3533	1169 1091	120 101	73.98 % 74.77 %	23.60 % 23.09 %	2.42 % 2.14 %
Dating	5055 5071	3666 3680	1266 1282	123 109	72.52 % 72.57 %	25.04 % 25.28 %	2.43 % 2.15 %
Other	5140 5021	3971 3957	1047 953	122 111	77.26 % 78.81 %	20.37 % 18.98 %	2.37 % 2.21 %

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	4581 4574	3340 3353	1135 1124	106 97	72.91 % 73.31 %	24.78 % 24.57 %	2.31 % 2.12 %
Outlook Mail	4667 4731	3480 3584	1076 1046	111 101	74.57 % 75.76 %	23.06 % 22.11 %	2.38 % 2.13 %
Yahoo Mail	4748 4397	3582 3385	1059 917	107 95	75.44 % 76.98 %	22.30 % 20.86 %	2.25 % 2.16 %
AOL Mail	4543 4653	3434 3547	1001 993	108 113	75.59 % 76.23 %	22.03 % 21.34 %	2.38 % 2.43 %
Mail.com	4701 4754	3659 3721	930 926	112 107	77.83 % 78.27 %	19.78 % 19.48 %	2.38 % 2.25 %
Yandex Mail	4869 4689	3670 3607	1084 980	115 102	75.37 % 76.92 %	22.26 % 20.90 %	2.36 % 2.18 %
GMX Mail	4425 4629	3314 3482	1004 1048	107 99	74.89 % 75.22 %	22.69 % 22.64 %	2.42 % 2.14 %
Zoho Mail	4663 4600	3641 3586	908 907	114 107	78.08 % 77.96 %	19.47 % 19.72 %	2.44 % 2.33 %
ProtonMail	4623 4628	3633 3668	884 854	106 106	78.59 % 79.26 %	19.12 % 18.45 %	2.29 % 2.29 %
Custom Mail	4532 4683	3602 3768	829 799	101 116	79.48 % 80.46 %	18.29 % 17.06 %	2.23 % 2.48 %
iCloud Mail	4593 4593	3292 3406	1193 1080	108 107	71.67 % 74.16 %	25.97 % 23.51 %	2.35 % 2.33 %
Tuta	4719 4570	3680 3628	926 829	113 113	77.98 % 79.39 %	19.62 % 18.14 %	2.39 % 2.47 %
Juno.com	4737 4647	3718 3662	898 869	121 116	78.49 % 78.80 %	18.96 % 18.70 %	2.55 % 2.50 %
Mailfence	4650 4784	3665 3756	881 910	104 118	78.82 % 78.51 %	18.95 % 19.02 %	2.24 % 2.47 %

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