Pinpointe email service provider (ESP)

According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (July 12, 2026), Pinpointe is the email service provider (ESP) for 147 domains — 0.02% of 617,244 SPF-publishing domains. Detection method: include: mechanisms in the SPF record.

Key facts

Pinpointe is an email service provider that appears across the Internet in SPF authorisation records, where it serves as a designated mail handler for numerous client domains. It occupies the long tail of email infrastructure, supporting smaller websites rather than concentrating among the largest global brands.

The observable footprint of Pinpointe reflects this market position: it clusters in the .com namespace and typically appears alongside other non-major-platform senders in domain SPF configurations. For email professionals—whether troubleshooting authentication or assessing sending infrastructure—Pinpointe's presence in a domain's SPF record signals the use of managed, mass-market email services rather than in-house or tier-one platform sending systems.

Where Pinpointe sits in the Tranco ranking

Tranco rank bandDomainsShare of its base
Top 1,00000.0%
Top 10,00010.7%
Top 100,00053.4%
Top 1,000,00012283.0%
Unranked1912.9%

Top-level domain split

TLDDomainsShare
.com9262.6%
.org3121.1%
.net106.8%
.ca64.1%
.io21.4%
.gop10.7%
.ninja10.7%
.do10.7%
.app10.7%
.ph10.7%

What Pinpointe users also use

Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 147 domains.

TypeServiceDomainsShare of Pinpointe users
MailboxUnknown / Other11578.2%
MailboxMicrosoft 3652517.0%
MailboxProofpoint Essentials21.4%
MailboxGoogle Workspace21.4%
MailboxBarracuda10.7%
MailboxSelf-Hosted10.7%
ESPMailchimp1711.6%
ESPSendGrid (Twilio)149.5%
ESPHubSpot128.2%
ESPMailgun85.4%

SPF Authorization Patterns and Long-Tail ESP Presence

Pinpointe's distribution across SPF records demonstrates a common pattern among smaller email service providers: fragmented authorisation across a large number of domains rather than concentrated at a few major institutions. When Pinpointe appears in a domain's SPF includes, it reflects a deliberate outsourcing decision to a managed service provider. This distribution affects email reputation and filtering systems, which often differentiate long-tail ESP infrastructure from the monolithic presences of household-name platforms.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Pinpointe and why does it appear in domain SPF records?

Pinpointe is an email service provider used by smaller to mid-market websites to manage outbound mail; domains authorise its mail servers through <code>SPF</code> includes, where it commonly appears in <code>.com</code>-dominated configurations but rarely among top-tier brands.

How many domains use Pinpointe?

147 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Pinpointe as their email service provider (ESP) as of July 12, 2026 (0.02% of SPF-publishing domains), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.

Is Pinpointe common enough to affect email deliverability testing?

Pinpointe accounts for 0.02% of SPF-publishing domains in the top 1M. Whether you should seed a test mailbox there depends on how much of your audience it represents — the co-usage table above shows the services it appears alongside most.

Which countries or TLDs use Pinpointe most?

Pinpointe's largest TLD is .com (62.6% of its domains); it appears across 11 TLDs in total.

Other email service provider (ESP)s

Amazon SES (6.21%)SendGrid (Twilio) (4.75%)Mailgun (4.11%)Zendesk (3.87%)Mailchimp (3.69%)Mandrill (3.36%)HubSpot (3.18%)Salesforce (2.62%)Mailjet (Sinch) (2.13%)Cloudflare Email Routing (1.80%)