SendGrid and Mailgun Email Deliverability Comparison

SendGrid

Mailgun

In this comparison, the deliverability of SendGrid and Mailgun 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
64.970 64.823	49.945 49.612	13.532 13.681	1.493 1.530

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 (%)
76.87 % 76.53 %	20.83 % 21.11 %	2.30 % 2.36 %

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

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

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