SendGrid and MailerLite Email Deliverability Comparison

SendGrid

MailerLite

In this comparison, the deliverability of SendGrid 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 SendGrid.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
64.547 65.001	49.094 50.857	14.120 12.922	1.594 1.453

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 SendGrid in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
76.06 % 78.24 %	21.88 % 19.88 %	2.47 % 2.24 %

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	5059 4842	3839 3740	1121 1022	126 98	75.88 % 77.24 %	22.16 % 21.11 %	2.49 % 2.02 %
Elektronics	4978 4916	3821 3884	1057 939	126 115	76.76 % 79.01 %	21.23 % 19.10 %	2.53 % 2.34 %
Entertainment	5004 4957	3771 3814	1134 1048	128 109	75.36 % 76.94 %	22.66 % 21.14 %	2.56 % 2.20 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5094 5008	3896 3967	1080 957	124 101	76.48 % 79.21 %	21.20 % 19.11 %	2.43 % 2.02 %
Food & Drink	5062 4971	3823 3858	1128 1012	125 119	75.52 % 77.61 %	22.28 % 20.36 %	2.47 % 2.39 %
Home & Garden	4911 4988	3715 3921	1105 980	116 111	75.65 % 78.61 %	22.50 % 19.65 %	2.36 % 2.23 %
Finance	5039 4881	3961 3951	972 833	129 119	78.61 % 80.95 %	19.29 % 17.07 %	2.56 % 2.44 %
Health	4971 5008	3953 4074	914 838	113 106	79.52 % 81.35 %	18.39 % 16.73 %	2.27 % 2.12 %
Pets	5036 5280	3814 4153	1105 1018	132 129	75.73 % 78.66 %	21.94 % 19.28 %	2.62 % 2.44 %
Sport & Fitness	4891 4941	3712 3837	1088 1004	129 120	75.89 % 77.66 %	22.24 % 20.32 %	2.64 % 2.43 %
Job & Career	4630 5006	3393 3806	1133 1112	114 106	73.28 % 76.03 %	24.47 % 22.21 %	2.46 % 2.12 %
Dating	4935 5140	3577 3824	1252 1221	120 105	72.48 % 74.40 %	25.37 % 23.75 %	2.43 % 2.04 %
Other	4937 5063	3819 4028	1031 938	112 115	77.35 % 79.56 %	20.88 % 18.53 %	2.27 % 2.27 %

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 SendGrid.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	4616 4749	3369 3543	1142 1104	122 108	72.99 % 74.61 %	24.74 % 23.25 %	2.64 % 2.27 %
Outlook Mail	4779 4776	3606 3672	1083 1032	112 101	75.46 % 76.88 %	22.66 % 21.61 %	2.34 % 2.11 %
Yahoo Mail	4541 4775	3450 3703	1002 979	113 106	75.97 % 77.55 %	22.07 % 20.50 %	2.49 % 2.22 %
AOL Mail	4511 4779	3386 3726	1041 952	115 113	75.06 % 77.97 %	23.08 % 19.92 %	2.55 % 2.36 %
Mail.com	4781 4795	3683 3770	998 923	115 108	77.03 % 78.62 %	20.87 % 19.25 %	2.41 % 2.25 %
Yandex Mail	4658 4767	3494 3711	1075 969	112 99	75.01 % 77.85 %	23.08 % 20.33 %	2.40 % 2.08 %
GMX Mail	4600 4655	3450 3584	1073 980	104 104	75.00 % 76.99 %	23.33 % 21.05 %	2.26 % 2.23 %
Zoho Mail	4791 4659	3649 3690	1055 893	112 97	76.16 % 79.20 %	22.02 % 19.17 %	2.34 % 2.08 %
ProtonMail	4516 4642	3490 3723	923 850	116 110	77.28 % 80.20 %	20.44 % 18.31 %	2.57 % 2.37 %
Custom Mail	4727 4666	3689 3772	926 789	117 109	78.04 % 80.84 %	19.59 % 16.91 %	2.48 % 2.34 %
iCloud Mail	4569 4551	3361 3454	1114 1015	118 107	73.56 % 75.90 %	24.38 % 22.30 %	2.58 % 2.35 %
Tuta	4715 4580	3647 3639	969 844	120 112	77.35 % 79.45 %	20.55 % 18.43 %	2.55 % 2.45 %
Juno.com	4710 4778	3667 3819	940 891	117 102	77.86 % 79.93 %	19.96 % 18.65 %	2.48 % 2.13 %
Mailfence	4033 3829	3153 3051	779 701	101 77	78.18 % 79.68 %	19.32 % 18.31 %	2.50 % 2.01 %

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