Mailgun vs Sparkpost comparison

Mailgun Technologies and Sparkpost are both solutions in the Cloud Email category. Mailgun Technologies is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.0, while Sparkpost is ranked #19. Mailgun Technologies holds a 6.6% mindshare in CE, compared to Sparkpost’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Mailgun Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Sparkpost users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Mailgun and Sparkpost based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Mailgun

Ranking in Cloud Email

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Sparkpost

Ranking in Cloud Email

19th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Cloud Email category, the mindshare of Mailgun is 6.6%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sparkpost is 2.1%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Email Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Mailgun	6.6%
Sparkpost	2.1%
Other	91.3%

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Christopher Justice

Vice President of Operations at BL.INK

Reliable, easy to set up, and offers good email-sending capabilities

We use the solution for high-volume email sending for event management. Simple and perfect for what we need. It has helped us with email deliverability. The email-sending capabilities are great. It's a very easy product to set up. The solution is stable. It is scalable. The solution needs…

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Rastu Singh

Technical Consultant - Email Deliverability at Adobe

A consistent solution for transaction emails with a great option to define speed

The option to define the kind of speed we are looking at is valuable. For example, sometimes, we need to slow down for certain customers and do specific configurations, so we don't want to rush it. Or we can email the customer requesting to send it within two hours. So, if they send 2 million or 3 million, we can do it with SparkPost, which is not possible on SendGrid.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It's a very easy product to set up."

"Mailgun is cheap, secure, fast, and simple."

"I haven't been required to pay yet because they give me 10k free emails per month, so for medium emails, it's the best choice."

"The option to define the kind of speed we are looking at is valuable."

Cons

"Mailgun doesn't have this."

"Preview of email as sent - currently, the preview is an image."

"The solution needs better templating and email validation."

"Implementing their services on the platform requires a lot of technical expertise."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay $80 a month to use the solution."

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Overview

Powerful APIs that enable you to send, receive and track email effortlessly.

Mailgun Technologies

SparkPost is the world’s #1 email sender, trusted to send 37% of the world's B2C email. Our data-driven platform optimizes email performance and helps leading enterprises drive top-line results.

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