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
65.185 65.508	50.153 50.749	13.533 13.326	1.499 1.433

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 (%)
76.94 % 77.47 %	20.76 % 20.34 %	2.30 % 2.19 %

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	5061 5110	3889 3956	1054 1033	118 121	76.84 % 77.42 %	20.83 % 20.22 %	2.33 % 2.37 %
Elektronics	5043 4993	3919 3891	1007 1001	117 101	77.71 % 77.93 %	19.97 % 20.05 %	2.32 % 2.02 %
Entertainment	5009 5087	3816 3928	1073 1042	120 117	76.18 % 77.22 %	21.42 % 20.48 %	2.40 % 2.30 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5165 4972	3989 3935	1056 935	120 102	77.23 % 79.14 %	20.45 % 18.81 %	2.32 % 2.05 %
Food & Drink	5126 5122	3916 3924	1094 1087	116 111	76.39 % 76.61 %	21.34 % 21.22 %	2.26 % 2.17 %
Home & Garden	4941 5188	3776 3966	1057 1112	108 110	76.42 % 76.45 %	21.39 % 21.43 %	2.19 % 2.12 %
Finance	4994 5143	4012 4171	860 860	122 112	80.34 % 81.10 %	17.22 % 16.72 %	2.44 % 2.18 %
Health	5103 4963	4121 3984	869 869	113 110	80.76 % 80.27 %	17.03 % 17.51 %	2.21 % 2.22 %
Pets	5124 5008	3911 3834	1090 1063	123 111	76.33 % 76.56 %	21.27 % 21.23 %	2.40 % 2.22 %
Sport & Fitness	4949 4897	3797 3767	1030 1023	122 107	76.72 % 76.92 %	20.81 % 20.89 %	2.47 % 2.19 %
Job & Career	4643 4967	3435 3695	1105 1157	103 115	73.98 % 74.39 %	23.80 % 23.29 %	2.22 % 2.32 %
Dating	5001 5056	3629 3710	1261 1234	111 112	72.57 % 73.38 %	25.21 % 24.41 %	2.22 % 2.22 %
Other	5026 5002	3943 3988	977 910	106 104	78.45 % 79.73 %	19.44 % 18.19 %	2.11 % 2.08 %

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	4467 4771	3273 3501	1084 1170	110 100	73.27 % 73.38 %	24.27 % 24.52 %	2.46 % 2.10 %
Outlook Mail	4749 4644	3602 3536	1046 1011	101 97	75.85 % 76.14 %	22.03 % 21.77 %	2.13 % 2.09 %
Yahoo Mail	4588 4584	3513 3487	970 994	105 103	76.57 % 76.07 %	21.14 % 21.68 %	2.29 % 2.25 %
AOL Mail	4540 4609	3433 3555	999 958	108 96	75.62 % 77.13 %	22.00 % 20.79 %	2.38 % 2.08 %
Mail.com	4832 4745	3771 3739	952 902	109 104	78.04 % 78.80 %	19.70 % 19.01 %	2.26 % 2.19 %
Yandex Mail	4701 4680	3574 3599	1021 984	106 97	76.03 % 76.90 %	21.72 % 21.03 %	2.25 % 2.07 %
GMX Mail	4503 4637	3390 3493	1019 1034	94 110	75.28 % 75.33 %	22.63 % 22.30 %	2.09 % 2.37 %
Zoho Mail	4711 4629	3628 3620	977 913	106 96	77.01 % 78.20 %	20.74 % 19.72 %	2.25 % 2.07 %
ProtonMail	4501 4869	3552 3895	840 861	109 113	78.92 % 80.00 %	18.66 % 17.68 %	2.42 % 2.32 %
Custom Mail	4741 4535	3784 3639	846 797	111 99	79.81 % 80.24 %	17.84 % 17.57 %	2.34 % 2.18 %
iCloud Mail	4564 4715	3364 3452	1091 1163	109 100	73.71 % 73.21 %	23.90 % 24.67 %	2.39 % 2.12 %
Tuta	4795 4662	3785 3731	899 825	111 106	78.94 % 80.03 %	18.75 % 17.70 %	2.31 % 2.27 %
Juno.com	4717 4745	3724 3766	885 869	108 110	78.95 % 79.37 %	18.76 % 18.31 %	2.29 % 2.32 %
Mailfence	4776 4683	3760 3736	904 845	112 102	78.73 % 79.78 %	18.93 % 18.04 %	2.35 % 2.18 %

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