SendGrid and SendPulse Email Deliverability Comparison

SendGrid

SendPulse

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

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
75.883 76.163	58.419 59.199	15.646 15.314	1.818 1.650

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. SendPulse beats SendGrid in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
76.99 % 77.73 %	20.62 % 20.11 %	2.40 % 2.17 %

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, SendPulse is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	5963 5710	4546 4458	1277 1122	140 130	76.24 % 78.07 %	21.42 % 19.65 %	2.35 % 2.28 %
Elektronics	6002 5611	4662 4377	1193 1117	147 117	77.67 % 78.01 %	19.88 % 19.91 %	2.45 % 2.09 %
Entertainment	5767 5959	4427 4632	1196 1195	144 132	76.76 % 77.73 %	20.74 % 20.05 %	2.50 % 2.22 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5849 5900	4533 4625	1172 1150	144 125	77.50 % 78.39 %	20.04 % 19.49 %	2.46 % 2.12 %
Food & Drink	5864 5778	4503 4442	1220 1211	141 125	76.79 % 76.88 %	20.80 % 20.96 %	2.40 % 2.16 %
Home & Garden	5642 6048	4306 4659	1204 1254	132 135	76.32 % 77.03 %	21.34 % 20.73 %	2.34 % 2.23 %
Finance	5836 5882	4668 4780	1022 980	146 122	79.99 % 81.26 %	17.51 % 16.66 %	2.50 % 2.07 %
Health	5787 5858	4662 4721	989 1002	136 135	80.56 % 80.59 %	17.09 % 17.10 %	2.35 % 2.30 %
Pets	5847 5837	4494 4497	1217 1218	136 122	76.86 % 77.04 %	20.81 % 20.87 %	2.33 % 2.09 %
Sport & Fitness	5781 5742	4456 4438	1182 1176	143 128	77.08 % 77.29 %	20.45 % 20.48 %	2.47 % 2.23 %
Job & Career	5626 5909	4169 4421	1327 1365	130 123	74.10 % 74.82 %	23.59 % 23.10 %	2.31 % 2.08 %
Dating	5974 5895	4319 4349	1523 1429	132 117	72.30 % 73.77 %	25.49 % 24.24 %	2.21 % 1.98 %
Other	5945 6034	4674 4800	1124 1095	147 139	78.62 % 79.55 %	18.91 % 18.15 %	2.47 % 2.30 %

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, SendPulse is better than SendGrid.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	5221 5443	3834 4037	1276 1298	111 108	73.43 % 74.17 %	24.44 % 23.85 %	2.13 % 1.98 %
Outlook Mail	5479 5379	4125 4066	1225 1200	129 113	75.29 % 75.59 %	22.36 % 22.31 %	2.35 % 2.10 %
Yahoo Mail	5230 5400	3999 4136	1107 1135	124 129	76.46 % 76.59 %	21.17 % 21.02 %	2.37 % 2.39 %
AOL Mail	5433 5473	4108 4227	1189 1130	136 116	75.61 % 77.23 %	21.88 % 20.65 %	2.50 % 2.12 %
Mail.com	5580 5462	4346 4310	1107 1033	127 119	77.89 % 78.91 %	19.84 % 18.91 %	2.28 % 2.18 %
Yandex Mail	5471 5257	4172 4024	1176 1120	123 113	76.26 % 76.55 %	21.50 % 21.30 %	2.25 % 2.15 %
GMX Mail	5383 5518	4056 4189	1196 1211	131 118	75.35 % 75.92 %	22.22 % 21.95 %	2.43 % 2.14 %
Zoho Mail	5433 5370	4211 4240	1092 1024	130 106	77.51 % 78.96 %	20.10 % 19.07 %	2.39 % 1.97 %
ProtonMail	5334 5554	4222 4459	984 963	128 132	79.15 % 80.28 %	18.45 % 17.34 %	2.40 % 2.38 %
Custom Mail	5464 5347	4394 4305	933 934	137 108	80.42 % 80.51 %	17.08 % 17.47 %	2.51 % 2.02 %
iCloud Mail	5390 5477	3977 4062	1283 1299	130 116	73.78 % 74.16 %	23.80 % 23.72 %	2.41 % 2.12 %
Tuta	5469 5462	4328 4341	1006 994	135 127	79.14 % 79.48 %	18.39 % 18.20 %	2.47 % 2.33 %
Juno.com	5495 5448	4329 4362	1025 964	141 122	78.78 % 80.07 %	18.65 % 17.69 %	2.57 % 2.24 %
Mailfence	5501 5573	4318 4441	1047 1009	136 123	78.49 % 79.69 %	19.03 % 18.11 %	2.47 % 2.21 %

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