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
64.970 65.545	49.945 50.781	13.532 13.336	1.493 1.428

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 (%)
76.87 % 77.48 %	20.83 % 20.35 %	2.30 % 2.18 %

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	5069 5035	3921 3913	1037 1009	111 113	77.35 % 77.72 %	20.46 % 20.04 %	2.19 % 2.24 %
Elektronics	4956 4968	3829 3882	1009 991	118 95	77.26 % 78.14 %	20.36 % 19.95 %	2.38 % 1.91 %
Entertainment	4997 5195	3813 4013	1061 1067	123 115	76.31 % 77.25 %	21.23 % 20.54 %	2.46 % 2.21 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5082 4954	3911 3908	1052 947	119 99	76.96 % 78.89 %	20.70 % 19.12 %	2.34 % 2.00 %
Food & Drink	5121 5162	3910 3968	1093 1080	118 114	76.35 % 76.87 %	21.34 % 20.92 %	2.30 % 2.21 %
Home & Garden	4885 5130	3714 3919	1063 1098	108 113	76.03 % 76.39 %	21.76 % 21.40 %	2.21 % 2.20 %
Finance	4986 5131	4004 4147	859 871	123 113	80.30 % 80.82 %	17.23 % 16.98 %	2.47 % 2.20 %
Health	5064 4987	4078 4009	873 859	113 119	80.53 % 80.39 %	17.24 % 17.22 %	2.23 % 2.39 %
Pets	5145 4996	3945 3809	1080 1077	120 110	76.68 % 76.24 %	20.99 % 21.56 %	2.33 % 2.20 %
Sport & Fitness	4935 4862	3787 3731	1027 1022	121 109	76.74 % 76.74 %	20.81 % 21.02 %	2.45 % 2.24 %
Job & Career	4611 5070	3408 3786	1101 1175	102 109	73.91 % 74.67 %	23.88 % 23.18 %	2.21 % 2.15 %
Dating	5050 4997	3651 3662	1289 1225	110 110	72.30 % 73.28 %	25.52 % 24.51 %	2.18 % 2.20 %
Other	5069 5058	3974 4034	988 915	107 109	78.40 % 79.75 %	19.49 % 18.09 %	2.11 % 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, SendPulse is better than SendGrid.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	4569 4732	3357 3471	1109 1165	103 96	73.47 % 73.35 %	24.27 % 24.62 %	2.25 % 2.03 %
Outlook Mail	4754 4549	3604 3454	1051 999	99 96	75.81 % 75.93 %	22.11 % 21.96 %	2.08 % 2.11 %
Yahoo Mail	4473 4638	3414 3525	953 1008	106 105	76.32 % 76.00 %	21.31 % 21.73 %	2.37 % 2.26 %
AOL Mail	4547 4717	3435 3639	1005 977	107 101	75.54 % 77.15 %	22.10 % 20.71 %	2.35 % 2.14 %
Mail.com	4722 4769	3686 3748	929 916	107 105	78.06 % 78.59 %	19.67 % 19.21 %	2.27 % 2.20 %
Yandex Mail	4631 4566	3519 3508	1008 965	104 93	75.99 % 76.83 %	21.77 % 21.13 %	2.25 % 2.04 %
GMX Mail	4530 4737	3396 3577	1042 1050	92 110	74.97 % 75.51 %	23.00 % 22.17 %	2.03 % 2.32 %
Zoho Mail	4641 4659	3576 3659	957 901	108 99	77.05 % 78.54 %	20.62 % 19.34 %	2.33 % 2.12 %
ProtonMail	4655 4857	3674 3885	871 858	110 114	78.93 % 79.99 %	18.71 % 17.67 %	2.36 % 2.35 %
Custom Mail	4671 4631	3740 3700	821 833	110 98	80.07 % 79.90 %	17.58 % 17.99 %	2.35 % 2.12 %
iCloud Mail	4667 4644	3451 3430	1106 1117	110 97	73.94 % 73.86 %	23.70 % 24.05 %	2.36 % 2.09 %
Tuta	4712 4587	3707 3656	891 827	114 104	78.67 % 79.70 %	18.91 % 18.03 %	2.42 % 2.27 %
Juno.com	4667 4745	3677 3768	879 872	111 105	78.79 % 79.41 %	18.83 % 18.38 %	2.38 % 2.21 %
Mailfence	4731 4714	3709 3761	910 848	112 105	78.40 % 79.78 %	19.23 % 17.99 %	2.37 % 2.23 %

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