Email deliverability test · free to start
Send one email to your private test address. Within seconds we tell you whether it's likely to land in the inbox or the junk folder, what's wrong, and exactly how to fix it, in plain English.
How it works
Enter your name and email above. We create a test address that only you can use.
To: a3f9kx2m@goingtojunk.com
Send it from Gmail, Outlook, your website's contact form, Mailchimp, your CRM, or any system that sends email for you. Send it the way you normally would.
Within seconds you get a score out of 100, a pass or fail for each check, and the exact fix for anything that's wrong. Fix it, send another email, and watch the score go up.
What we check
Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook now bounce or junk email from domains that skip these basics. We check every one from a single email.
Pricing · USD
Your first test is free. Buy Basic to fix a problem, or go Pro to keep it fixed.
Find out if you have a problem.
Fix the problem, test again, and confirm it's gone.
Keep it fixed. We'll warn you before your email starts going to junk.
All prices are in US dollars. Pro renews yearly, and you can turn off renewal at any time.
How we compare
| GoingToJunk | Unspam | mail-tester | GlockApps | MXToolbox | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Business owners and IT, no jargon | Marketing teams and SaaS | Developers and cold emailers | Email marketers | IT admins |
| A year of monitoring | $49 | $5 a month minimum, then a per-test rate they don't publish | Not offered | From $708 | From $1,548 |
| One-off check | 1 free test every 90 days, then $19 for 10 tests | 5 free spam tests a month with an account | 3 free tests a day, then from 50¢ a test | 2 free tests | Free DNS lookups |
| Prices on the website | Yes, all of them | No, quote-based per-test rates | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Plain-English fixes | Yes, an exact fix for every issue | Partly | Partly | Partly | No, built for technical users |
| Your own permanent test address | Yes | No, a new address each session | No, a new address each time | No, a seed list | No |
| Alert when your DNS breaks | Yes, on Pro | Yes, on paid plans | No | Yes, on higher plans | Yes |
Competitor details are taken from their public websites as of October 2026 and may change. Yearly figures are their lowest monthly plan multiplied by 12. Unspam and GlockApps also test inbox placement across real mailboxes and preview your email design. If you're tuning marketing campaigns, they're good tools. GoingToJunk is for making sure your everyday business email gets delivered.
Questions
No. We read the headers, which are the technical envelope details, and check your domain's public DNS records. We never store the body of your email, and we delete the email itself once it's been analysed.
Yes, that's the whole point. Every result says what it means for you and gives the exact fix, such as the line to paste into your DNS. If someone else manages your domain, send them the report link.
In 2024 Google and Yahoo started requiring SPF, DKIM and DMARC from anyone sending a lot of email, and Microsoft followed in 2025. Since November 2025 Gmail goes further and bounces email that fails outright. If you skipped these basics, or added a new sending tool without updating your DNS, your email may be landing in junk or never arriving at all.
Send whatever you'd normally send: a real newsletter, an invoice from your accounting software, or a reply from Outlook. Test each system that sends email for you, because each one can fail in a different way.
No. Design previews, heatmaps and campaign testing are for marketing teams, and tools like Unspam and Litmus do them well. We focus on the setup that decides whether your invoices, quotes and replies get delivered at all, and we tell you exactly how to fix it.
No tool can promise that. Mailbox providers also look at your sending history and how people engage with your email. Most junk-folder problems come from the setup issues we check, and those are the ones you can fix today.
Your free test is a full report that shows exactly what's wrong and how to fix it. Fixing usually takes a few rounds: change your DNS, test again, and repeat. Basic and Pro pay for those follow-up tests. You get one free test for each domain every 90 days.
Yes. Turn off renewal at any time and Pro keeps working until the end of the year you've paid for. Basic is a one-off purchase with no renewal.
Your first test is free. You just need one email and nothing to install.