# Mailgun: how AI models rank it, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 11 judge labels across 2 categories by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/mailgun/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Email deliverability and testing tools | 0% | 28 | 11% | 9 |
| Email verification | 0% | 23 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Mailgun offers a RESTful Email API and SMTP integrations, with dedicated IP addresses and inbox placement testing via Mailgun Optimize." (Claude Haiku 4.5, Email deliverability)
- "Services that consistently rank top-tier... ZeroBounce, Debounce.io, Mailgun, NeverBounce, and Kickback.ai" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Email verification)
- "Alternative: Mailgun ... often more expensive than a dedicated testing tool like GlockApps" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Email deliverability)
- "E-commerce/Transactional → Mailgun or SendGrid with built-in deliverability tools" (Kimi K2, Email deliverability)

## And against it

- "The user interface is widely described as dated and unchanged for years." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Email deliverability)

## The company

Sinch; http://www.sinch.com/; Stockholm, Sweden; founded 2008; public, SINCH on Nasdaq Stockholm AB. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Mailgun's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Powerful Transactional Email APIs that enable you to send, receive, and track emails, built with developers in mind. (https://mailgun.com/)
- For: developers (https://mailgun.com/)
- Price stated: Free, Basic, Foundation, Scale, Enterprise services (https://www.mailgun.com/pricing)
- Starting price: 0 (https://www.mailgun.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Send up to 100 emails/day free. (https://mailgun.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001 Certified, GDPR compliant, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified
- Hosting: US, EU
- Customers named: Dribbble, Omnisend, Airguru, ActivePipe, Fin, Avada, SparkToro, Switchboard

## What it publishes

Every page mailgun.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 5212 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 501 pages, 11 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-03
- case study: 31 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-18
- webinar or virtual event: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-06-30
- report or ebook: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-06-26
- comparison: 42 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-02-20
- template or tool: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-06-24
- glossary or explainer: 127 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-24
- podcast or video: 89 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- Recent: 2026-09-28 podcast or video: Mj sohn https://www.mailgun.com/resources/podcasts/mj-sohn/
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: Deliverability is basically a cat https://www.mailgun.com/blog/deliverability/deliverability-is-basically-a-cat
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: Mailgun inspect is now native in salesforce agentforce marketing https://www.mailgun.com/blog/product/mailgun-inspect-is-now-native-in-salesforce-agentforce-marketing
- Recent: 2026-08-25 blog: Verified not invited what gmails political sender program actually says about deliverability https://www.mailgun.com/blog/deliverability/verified-not-invited-what-gmails-political-sender-program-actually-says-about-deliverability
- Recent: 2026-08-21 blog: Gmail reputation data is dead now what https://www.mailgun.com/blog/deliverability/gmail-reputation-data-is-dead-now-what
- Recent: 2026-08-20 blog: Eu guide to tracking pixels https://www.mailgun.com/blog/email/eu-guide-to-tracking-pixels

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.