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
64.547 64.719	49.094 50.459	14.120 13.109	1.594 1.463

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 (%)
76.06 % 77.97 %	21.88 % 20.26 %	2.47 % 2.26 %

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	5059 4975	3839 3878	1121 1008	126 122	75.88 % 77.95 %	22.16 % 20.26 %	2.49 % 2.45 %
Elektronics	4978 4947	3821 3896	1057 961	126 107	76.76 % 78.75 %	21.23 % 19.43 %	2.53 % 2.16 %
Entertainment	5004 5003	3771 3894	1134 1014	128 118	75.36 % 77.83 %	22.66 % 20.27 %	2.56 % 2.36 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5094 4875	3896 3863	1080 916	124 100	76.48 % 79.24 %	21.20 % 18.79 %	2.43 % 2.05 %
Food & Drink	5062 5122	3823 3957	1128 1082	125 112	75.52 % 77.25 %	22.28 % 21.12 %	2.47 % 2.19 %
Home & Garden	4911 5079	3715 3910	1105 1095	116 109	75.65 % 76.98 %	22.50 % 21.56 %	2.36 % 2.15 %
Finance	5039 5067	3961 4097	972 874	129 113	78.61 % 80.86 %	19.29 % 17.25 %	2.56 % 2.23 %
Health	4971 4902	3953 3931	914 881	113 110	79.52 % 80.19 %	18.39 % 17.97 %	2.27 % 2.24 %
Pets	5036 5090	3814 3941	1105 1066	132 118	75.73 % 77.43 %	21.94 % 20.94 %	2.62 % 2.32 %
Sport & Fitness	4891 4914	3712 3811	1088 1035	129 113	75.89 % 77.55 %	22.24 % 21.06 %	2.64 % 2.30 %
Job & Career	4630 4895	3393 3699	1133 1106	114 116	73.28 % 75.57 %	24.47 % 22.59 %	2.46 % 2.37 %
Dating	4935 5053	3577 3765	1252 1180	120 118	72.48 % 74.51 %	25.37 % 23.35 %	2.43 % 2.34 %
Other	4937 4797	3819 3817	1031 891	112 107	77.35 % 79.57 %	20.88 % 18.57 %	2.27 % 2.23 %

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	4616 4730	3369 3520	1142 1124	122 104	72.99 % 74.42 %	24.74 % 23.76 %	2.64 % 2.20 %
Outlook Mail	4779 4557	3606 3490	1083 998	112 98	75.46 % 76.59 %	22.66 % 21.90 %	2.34 % 2.15 %
Yahoo Mail	4541 4628	3450 3555	1002 989	113 109	75.97 % 76.82 %	22.07 % 21.37 %	2.49 % 2.36 %
AOL Mail	4511 4716	3386 3682	1041 975	115 98	75.06 % 78.07 %	23.08 % 20.67 %	2.55 % 2.08 %
Mail.com	4781 4720	3683 3740	998 892	115 107	77.03 % 79.24 %	20.87 % 18.90 %	2.41 % 2.27 %
Yandex Mail	4658 4658	3494 3608	1075 960	112 102	75.01 % 77.46 %	23.08 % 20.61 %	2.40 % 2.19 %
GMX Mail	4600 4638	3450 3542	1073 1003	104 111	75.00 % 76.37 %	23.33 % 21.63 %	2.26 % 2.39 %
Zoho Mail	4791 4746	3649 3731	1055 950	112 102	76.16 % 78.61 %	22.02 % 20.02 %	2.34 % 2.15 %
ProtonMail	4516 4892	3490 3929	923 867	116 117	77.28 % 80.31 %	20.44 % 17.72 %	2.57 % 2.39 %
Custom Mail	4727 4415	3689 3548	926 784	117 99	78.04 % 80.36 %	19.59 % 17.76 %	2.48 % 2.24 %
iCloud Mail	4569 4685	3361 3481	1114 1122	118 104	73.56 % 74.30 %	24.38 % 23.95 %	2.58 % 2.22 %
Tuta	4715 4685	3647 3760	969 848	120 108	77.35 % 80.26 %	20.55 % 18.10 %	2.55 % 2.31 %
Juno.com	4710 4714	3667 3738	940 887	117 114	77.86 % 79.30 %	19.96 % 18.82 %	2.48 % 2.42 %
Mailfence	4033 3935	3153 3135	779 710	101 90	78.18 % 79.67 %	19.32 % 18.04 %	2.50 % 2.29 %

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