SendGrid and GetResponse Email Deliverability Comparison

SendGrid

GetResponse

In this comparison, the deliverability of SendGrid and GetResponse 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 GetResponse.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
75.883 76.801	58.419 59.052	15.646 16.007	1.818 1.742

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 GetResponse in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
76.99 % 76.89 %	20.62 % 20.84 %	2.40 % 2.27 %

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	5963 5785	4546 4427	1277 1226	140 132	76.24 % 76.53 %	21.42 % 21.19 %	2.35 % 2.28 %
Elektronics	6002 5867	4662 4556	1193 1185	147 126	77.67 % 77.65 %	19.88 % 20.20 %	2.45 % 2.15 %
Entertainment	5767 5882	4427 4513	1196 1242	144 127	76.76 % 76.73 %	20.74 % 21.12 %	2.50 % 2.16 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5849 5851	4533 4509	1172 1210	144 132	77.50 % 77.06 %	20.04 % 20.68 %	2.46 % 2.26 %
Food & Drink	5864 5850	4503 4451	1220 1253	141 146	76.79 % 76.09 %	20.80 % 21.42 %	2.40 % 2.50 %
Home & Garden	5642 5940	4306 4543	1204 1267	132 130	76.32 % 76.48 %	21.34 % 21.33 %	2.34 % 2.19 %
Finance	5836 5865	4668 4718	1022 1010	146 137	79.99 % 80.44 %	17.51 % 17.22 %	2.50 % 2.34 %
Health	5787 5921	4662 4770	989 1021	136 130	80.56 % 80.56 %	17.09 % 17.24 %	2.35 % 2.20 %
Pets	5847 5814	4494 4453	1217 1225	136 136	76.86 % 76.59 %	20.81 % 21.07 %	2.33 % 2.34 %
Sport & Fitness	5781 6050	4456 4675	1182 1233	143 142	77.08 % 77.27 %	20.45 % 20.38 %	2.47 % 2.35 %
Job & Career	5626 6072	4169 4553	1327 1384	130 135	74.10 % 74.98 %	23.59 % 22.79 %	2.31 % 2.22 %
Dating	5974 5974	4319 4282	1523 1558	132 134	72.30 % 71.68 %	25.49 % 26.08 %	2.21 % 2.24 %
Other	5945 5930	4674 4602	1124 1193	147 135	78.62 % 77.61 %	18.91 % 20.12 %	2.47 % 2.28 %

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 GetResponse.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	5221 5441	3834 3976	1276 1346	111 119	73.43 % 73.07 %	24.44 % 24.74 %	2.13 % 2.19 %
Outlook Mail	5479 5519	4125 4146	1225 1249	129 124	75.29 % 75.12 %	22.36 % 22.63 %	2.35 % 2.25 %
Yahoo Mail	5230 5489	3999 4160	1107 1211	124 118	76.46 % 75.79 %	21.17 % 22.06 %	2.37 % 2.15 %
AOL Mail	5433 5420	4108 4144	1189 1146	136 130	75.61 % 76.46 %	21.88 % 21.14 %	2.50 % 2.40 %
Mail.com	5580 5277	4346 4097	1107 1065	127 115	77.89 % 77.64 %	19.84 % 20.18 %	2.28 % 2.18 %
Yandex Mail	5471 5709	4172 4332	1176 1252	123 125	76.26 % 75.88 %	21.50 % 21.93 %	2.25 % 2.19 %
GMX Mail	5383 5604	4056 4175	1196 1296	131 133	75.35 % 74.50 %	22.22 % 23.13 %	2.43 % 2.37 %
Zoho Mail	5433 5464	4211 4288	1092 1049	130 127	77.51 % 78.48 %	20.10 % 19.20 %	2.39 % 2.32 %
ProtonMail	5334 5454	4222 4316	984 1017	128 121	79.15 % 79.13 %	18.45 % 18.65 %	2.40 % 2.22 %
Custom Mail	5464 5587	4394 4441	933 1023	137 123	80.42 % 79.49 %	17.08 % 18.31 %	2.51 % 2.20 %
iCloud Mail	5390 5569	3977 4083	1283 1360	130 126	73.78 % 73.32 %	23.80 % 24.42 %	2.41 % 2.26 %
Tuta	5469 5341	4328 4244	1006 979	135 118	79.14 % 79.46 %	18.39 % 18.33 %	2.47 % 2.21 %
Juno.com	5495 5470	4329 4324	1025 1007	141 139	78.78 % 79.05 %	18.65 % 18.41 %	2.57 % 2.54 %
Mailfence	5501 5457	4318 4326	1047 1007	136 124	78.49 % 79.27 %	19.03 % 18.45 %	2.47 % 2.27 %

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