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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 2 categories by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/mailgun-validate

## 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% | 62 | 0% | 1 |
| [Email verification](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/email-verification/index.md) | 0% | 29 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best for developers & transactional email: Mailgun Validate (fast, built into your email stack)." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Email verification)
- "For Developers: - Verification: Mailgun Validate" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 Validate, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- mailgun.com: 4 (its own site)
- capterra.com: 2
- mailtrap.io: 2
- sendlayer.com: 2
- zerobounce.net: 2
- blog.kickbox.com: 1
- bouncecheck.email: 1
- capterra.ie: 1
- courier.com: 1
- customers.ai: 1

### Pages cited

- https://mailgun.com/blog/deliverability/email-deliverability-tools: 2
- https://sendlayer.com/blog/best-email-deliverability-tools: 2
- https://zerobounce.net/email-verification-tool-reviews: 2
- http://mailgun.com/products/validate: 1
- https://blog.kickbox.com/10-best-bouncer-alternatives: 1
- https://bouncecheck.email/blog/best-bulk-email-verifier: 1
- https://capterra.com/email-verification-tools-software: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/175437/NeverBounce: 1

## The company

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

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: Clean your email list via API or bulk list upload (https://mailgun.com/)
- For: senders (https://mailgun.com/)
- Price stated: from $1.20 / 100 validations (https://www.mailgun.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Get started for free (https://www.mailgun.com/products/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
- Hosting: US, EU
- Customers named: Dribbble

## 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.