Amazon SES and mailtrap Email Deliverability Comparison

In this comparison, the deliverability of Amazon SES and mailtrap is compared in detail. All available data, taking the filters into account, is used for the comparison.

Email deliverability

This comparison compares the numbers for sent emails, you can also see in which folder the emails at the email service provider ended up and how many emails were lost on the way. The numbers look better for Amazon SES than for mailtrap.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
8.930 9.079	7.419 7.346	1.179 1.343	332 390

Email deliverability rates

The following table shows the most important deliverability rates (in percent) for the compared providers. The higher the inbox rate and the lower the spam rate, the better. Amazon SES beats mailtrap in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
83.08 % 80.91 %	13.20 % 14.79 %	3.72 % 4.30 %

Email deliverability by category

This comparison compares the deliverability taking into account the category or the industry. The deliverability can vary greatly depending on the industry. In this comparison, Amazon SES is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	617 717	527 600	68 93	22 24	85.41 % 83.68 %	11.02 % 12.97 %	3.57 % 3.35 %
Elektronics	707 649	595 542	87 88	25 19	84.16 % 83.51 %	12.31 % 13.56 %	3.54 % 2.93 %
Entertainment	677 717	568 584	88 103	21 30	83.90 % 81.45 %	13.00 % 14.37 %	3.10 % 4.18 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	743 661	613 532	97 97	33 32	82.50 % 80.48 %	13.06 % 14.67 %	4.44 % 4.84 %
Food & Drink	625 735	545 612	69 91	11 32	87.20 % 83.27 %	11.04 % 12.38 %	1.76 % 4.35 %
Home & Garden	714 719	607 599	81 95	26 25	85.01 % 83.31 %	11.34 % 13.21 %	3.64 % 3.48 %
Finance	699 727	564 575	106 121	29 31	80.69 % 79.09 %	15.16 % 16.64 %	4.15 % 4.26 %
Health	703 660	560 519	106 105	37 36	79.66 % 78.64 %	15.08 % 15.91 %	5.26 % 5.45 %
Pets	671 680	565 556	83 98	23 26	84.20 % 81.76 %	12.37 % 14.41 %	3.43 % 3.82 %
Sport & Fitness	712 701	585 550	101 112	26 39	82.16 % 78.46 %	14.19 % 15.98 %	3.65 % 5.56 %
Job & Career	687 776	563 613	103 130	21 33	81.95 % 78.99 %	14.99 % 16.75 %	3.06 % 4.25 %
Dating	677 670	545 524	103 117	29 29	80.50 % 78.21 %	15.21 % 17.46 %	4.28 % 4.33 %
Other	698 667	582 540	87 93	29 34	83.38 % 80.96 %	12.46 % 13.94 %	4.15 % 5.10 %

Email deliverability by email service provider

Finally, the following table compares the deliverability taking into account the email service provider. Similar to the industry, also the email service provider can affect the email deliverability in both directions – positive or negative. In this comparison, Amazon SES is better than mailtrap.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	681 712	522 533	120 138	39 41	76.65 % 74.86 %	17.62 % 19.38 %	5.73 % 5.76 %
Outlook Mail	682 725	557 565	100 123	25 37	81.67 % 77.93 %	14.66 % 16.97 %	3.67 % 5.10 %
Yahoo Mail	743 679	603 557	101 102	39 20	81.16 % 82.03 %	13.59 % 15.02 %	5.25 % 2.95 %
AOL Mail	679 674	569 536	91 104	19 34	83.80 % 79.53 %	13.40 % 15.43 %	2.80 % 5.04 %
Mail.com	682 697	563 571	85 97	34 29	82.55 % 81.92 %	12.46 % 13.92 %	4.99 % 4.16 %
Yandex Mail	674 745	550 582	100 123	24 40	81.60 % 78.12 %	14.84 % 16.51 %	3.56 % 5.37 %
GMX Mail	677 642	574 539	79 84	24 19	84.79 % 83.96 %	11.67 % 13.08 %	3.55 % 2.96 %
Zoho Mail	717 686	609 569	84 89	24 28	84.94 % 82.94 %	11.72 % 12.97 %	3.35 % 4.08 %
ProtonMail	690 687	590 571	76 85	24 31	85.51 % 83.11 %	11.01 % 12.37 %	3.48 % 4.51 %
Custom Mail	636 698	556 585	69 90	11 23	87.42 % 83.81 %	10.85 % 12.89 %	1.73 % 3.30 %
iCloud Mail	716 694	569 529	122 126	25 39	79.47 % 76.22 %	17.04 % 18.16 %	3.49 % 5.62 %
Tuta	689 687	584 577	80 88	25 22	84.76 % 83.99 %	11.61 % 12.81 %	3.63 % 3.20 %
Juno.com	664 753	573 632	72 94	19 27	86.30 % 83.93 %	10.84 % 12.48 %	2.86 % 3.59 %

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