# Mailgun Optimize: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/mailgun-optimize

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Email deliverability and testing tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/email-deliverability-and-testing/index.md) | 0% | 32 | 0% | 4 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best for Product & Transactional Email: Mailgun Optimize (InboxReady) or Mailtrap" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Email deliverability)
- "Mailgun Optimize or a comparable provider tool for production diagnostics" (Perplexity Sonar, Email deliverability)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Mailgun Optimize, from 18 of the 19 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- unspam.email: 10
- omnisend.com: 8
- instantly.ai: 7
- inboxarmy.com: 6
- mailgun.com: 6 (its own site)
- overloop.com: 5
- saleshandy.com: 5
- sender.net: 5
- amplemarket.com: 4
- mailtester.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://omnisend.com/blog/email-deliverability-tools: 8
- https://unspam.email/articles/email-deliverability-softwares: 8
- https://inboxarmy.com/blog/12-best-email-deliverability-tools: 6
- https://overloop.com/blog/email-deliverability-tools: 5
- https://saleshandy.com/blog/email-deliverability-tools: 5
- https://sender.net/blog/email-deliverability-tools: 5
- https://amplemarket.com/blog/best-email-deliverability-tools: 4
- https://mailgun.com/pricing/optimize: 4

## The company

Mailgun; https://mailgun.com; founded 2010; part of Rackspace Technology. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## 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://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.