SendGrid and Rapidmail Email Deliverability Comparison

SendGrid

Rapidmail

In this comparison, the deliverability of SendGrid and Rapidmail 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 Rapidmail than for SendGrid.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
75.883 75.984	58.419 59.005	15.646 15.410	1.818 1.569

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. Rapidmail beats SendGrid in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
76.99 % 77.65 %	20.62 % 20.28 %	2.40 % 2.06 %

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, Rapidmail is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	5963 6026	4546 4670	1277 1222	140 134	76.24 % 77.50 %	21.42 % 20.28 %	2.35 % 2.22 %
Elektronics	6002 5985	4662 4712	1193 1157	147 116	77.67 % 78.73 %	19.88 % 19.33 %	2.45 % 1.94 %
Entertainment	5767 5674	4427 4369	1196 1184	144 121	76.76 % 77.00 %	20.74 % 20.87 %	2.50 % 2.13 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5849 5816	4533 4553	1172 1145	144 118	77.50 % 78.28 %	20.04 % 19.69 %	2.46 % 2.03 %
Food & Drink	5864 5782	4503 4478	1220 1174	141 130	76.79 % 77.45 %	20.80 % 20.30 %	2.40 % 2.25 %
Home & Garden	5642 5826	4306 4465	1204 1239	132 122	76.32 % 76.64 %	21.34 % 21.27 %	2.34 % 2.09 %
Finance	5836 5870	4668 4778	1022 974	146 118	79.99 % 81.40 %	17.51 % 16.59 %	2.50 % 2.01 %
Health	5787 5796	4662 4723	989 949	136 124	80.56 % 81.49 %	17.09 % 16.37 %	2.35 % 2.14 %
Pets	5847 5867	4494 4519	1217 1241	136 107	76.86 % 77.02 %	20.81 % 21.15 %	2.33 % 1.82 %
Sport & Fitness	5781 5831	4456 4485	1182 1221	143 125	77.08 % 76.92 %	20.45 % 20.94 %	2.47 % 2.14 %
Job & Career	5626 5718	4169 4270	1327 1337	130 111	74.10 % 74.68 %	23.59 % 23.38 %	2.31 % 1.94 %
Dating	5974 5775	4319 4232	1523 1430	132 113	72.30 % 73.28 %	25.49 % 24.76 %	2.21 % 1.96 %
Other	5945 6018	4674 4751	1124 1137	147 130	78.62 % 78.95 %	18.91 % 18.89 %	2.47 % 2.16 %

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, Rapidmail is better than SendGrid.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	5221 5475	3834 4055	1276 1310	111 110	73.43 % 74.06 %	24.44 % 23.93 %	2.13 % 2.01 %
Outlook Mail	5479 5393	4125 4084	1225 1201	129 108	75.29 % 75.73 %	22.36 % 22.27 %	2.35 % 2.00 %
Yahoo Mail	5230 5328	3999 4070	1107 1153	124 105	76.46 % 76.39 %	21.17 % 21.64 %	2.37 % 1.97 %
AOL Mail	5433 5392	4108 4116	1189 1164	136 112	75.61 % 76.34 %	21.88 % 21.59 %	2.50 % 2.08 %
Mail.com	5580 5597	4346 4414	1107 1067	127 116	77.89 % 78.86 %	19.84 % 19.06 %	2.28 % 2.07 %
Yandex Mail	5471 5608	4172 4337	1176 1150	123 121	76.26 % 77.34 %	21.50 % 20.51 %	2.25 % 2.16 %
GMX Mail	5383 5475	4056 4114	1196 1245	131 116	75.35 % 75.14 %	22.22 % 22.74 %	2.43 % 2.12 %
Zoho Mail	5433 5508	4211 4347	1092 1040	130 121	77.51 % 78.92 %	20.10 % 18.88 %	2.39 % 2.20 %
ProtonMail	5334 5243	4222 4211	984 927	128 105	79.15 % 80.32 %	18.45 % 17.68 %	2.40 % 2.00 %
Custom Mail	5464 5207	4394 4215	933 886	137 106	80.42 % 80.95 %	17.08 % 17.02 %	2.51 % 2.04 %
iCloud Mail	5390 5483	3977 4034	1283 1335	130 114	73.78 % 73.57 %	23.80 % 24.35 %	2.41 % 2.08 %
Tuta	5469 5533	4328 4433	1006 997	135 103	79.14 % 80.12 %	18.39 % 18.02 %	2.47 % 1.86 %
Juno.com	5495 5450	4329 4357	1025 976	141 117	78.78 % 79.94 %	18.65 % 17.91 %	2.57 % 2.15 %
Mailfence	5501 5292	4318 4218	1047 959	136 115	78.49 % 79.71 %	19.03 % 18.12 %	2.47 % 2.17 %

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