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
65.240 65.064	50.398 50.510	13.343 13.220	1.499 1.334

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 (%)
77.25 % 77.63 %	20.45 % 20.32 %	2.30 % 2.05 %

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	5144 5173	3942 4009	1089 1050	113 114	76.63 % 77.50 %	21.17 % 20.30 %	2.20 % 2.20 %
Elektronics	5097 5154	3976 4063	1002 996	119 95	78.01 % 78.83 %	19.66 % 19.32 %	2.33 % 1.84 %
Entertainment	4972 4829	3825 3721	1026 1008	121 100	76.93 % 77.06 %	20.64 % 20.87 %	2.43 % 2.07 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5020 5047	3906 3943	996 1003	118 101	77.81 % 78.13 %	19.84 % 19.87 %	2.35 % 2.00 %
Food & Drink	5074 4964	3899 3839	1053 1012	122 113	76.84 % 77.34 %	20.75 % 20.39 %	2.40 % 2.28 %
Home & Garden	4840 4925	3707 3776	1032 1048	101 101	76.59 % 76.67 %	21.32 % 21.28 %	2.09 % 2.05 %
Finance	5019 4940	4029 4020	866 818	124 102	80.27 % 81.38 %	17.25 % 16.56 %	2.47 % 2.06 %
Health	4997 5003	4040 4089	845 810	112 104	80.85 % 81.73 %	16.91 % 16.19 %	2.24 % 2.08 %
Pets	5068 5030	3904 3869	1049 1068	115 93	77.03 % 76.92 %	20.70 % 21.23 %	2.27 % 1.85 %
Sport & Fitness	5024 5007	3885 3853	1018 1048	121 106	77.33 % 76.95 %	20.26 % 20.93 %	2.41 % 2.12 %
Job & Career	4771 4938	3565 3688	1105 1152	101 98	74.72 % 74.69 %	23.16 % 23.33 %	2.12 % 1.98 %
Dating	5104 4934	3694 3605	1299 1233	111 96	72.37 % 73.06 %	25.45 % 24.99 %	2.17 % 1.95 %
Other	5110 5120	4026 4035	963 974	121 111	78.79 % 78.81 %	18.85 % 19.02 %	2.37 % 2.17 %

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	4516 4655	3314 3458	1112 1101	90 96	73.38 % 74.29 %	24.62 % 23.65 %	1.99 % 2.06 %
Outlook Mail	4739 4604	3592 3490	1043 1025	104 89	75.80 % 75.80 %	22.01 % 22.26 %	2.19 % 1.93 %
Yahoo Mail	4427 4609	3389 3525	940 994	98 90	76.55 % 76.48 %	21.23 % 21.57 %	2.21 % 1.95 %
AOL Mail	4710 4597	3568 3499	1026 1003	116 95	75.75 % 76.11 %	21.78 % 21.82 %	2.46 % 2.07 %
Mail.com	4794 4744	3752 3742	936 907	106 95	78.26 % 78.88 %	19.52 % 19.12 %	2.21 % 2.00 %
Yandex Mail	4688 4811	3594 3703	992 1006	102 102	76.66 % 76.97 %	21.16 % 20.91 %	2.18 % 2.12 %
GMX Mail	4597 4695	3470 3525	1022 1067	105 103	75.48 % 75.08 %	22.23 % 22.73 %	2.28 % 2.19 %
Zoho Mail	4658 4693	3631 3694	921 899	106 100	77.95 % 78.71 %	19.77 % 19.16 %	2.28 % 2.13 %
ProtonMail	4591 4452	3647 3573	838 789	106 90	79.44 % 80.26 %	18.25 % 17.72 %	2.31 % 2.02 %
Custom Mail	4670 4476	3774 3620	786 768	110 88	80.81 % 80.88 %	16.83 % 17.16 %	2.36 % 1.97 %
iCloud Mail	4601 4681	3413 3456	1077 1125	111 100	74.18 % 73.83 %	23.41 % 24.03 %	2.41 % 2.14 %
Tuta	4704 4778	3733 3830	858 861	113 87	79.36 % 80.16 %	18.24 % 18.02 %	2.40 % 1.82 %
Juno.com	4751 4690	3746 3749	888 840	117 101	78.85 % 79.94 %	18.69 % 17.91 %	2.46 % 2.15 %
Mailfence	4794 4579	3775 3646	904 835	115 98	78.74 % 79.62 %	18.86 % 18.24 %	2.40 % 2.14 %

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