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
61.809 62.804	53.094 50.873	6.813 9.435	1.902 2.496

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 (%)
85.90 % 81.00 %	11.02 % 15.02 %	3.08 % 3.97 %

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	4720 4783	4192 3983	419 634	109 166	88.81 % 83.27 %	8.88 % 13.26 %	2.31 % 3.47 %
Elektronics	4776 4864	4171 4018	482 684	123 162	87.33 % 82.61 %	10.09 % 14.06 %	2.58 % 3.33 %
Entertainment	4756 4822	4077 3907	527 725	152 190	85.72 % 81.02 %	11.08 % 15.04 %	3.20 % 3.94 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4777 4810	4088 3866	535 728	154 216	85.58 % 80.37 %	11.20 % 15.14 %	3.22 % 4.49 %
Food & Drink	4706 4848	4169 4045	421 630	116 173	88.59 % 83.44 %	8.95 % 13.00 %	2.46 % 3.57 %
Home & Garden	4845 4844	4282 4041	438 639	125 164	88.38 % 83.42 %	9.04 % 13.19 %	2.58 % 3.39 %
Finance	4786 4868	3975 3817	635 829	176 222	83.05 % 78.41 %	13.27 % 17.03 %	3.68 % 4.56 %
Health	4729 4846	3993 3857	571 779	165 210	84.44 % 79.59 %	12.07 % 16.08 %	3.49 % 4.33 %
Pets	4720 4815	4094 3967	471 685	155 163	86.74 % 82.39 %	9.98 % 14.23 %	3.28 % 3.39 %
Sport & Fitness	4840 4820	4094 3845	592 770	154 205	84.59 % 79.77 %	12.23 % 15.98 %	3.18 % 4.25 %
Job & Career	4734 4785	3959 3758	620 814	155 213	83.63 % 78.54 %	13.10 % 17.01 %	3.27 % 4.45 %
Dating	4657 4765	3875 3712	613 823	169 230	83.21 % 77.90 %	13.16 % 17.27 %	3.63 % 4.83 %
Other	4763 4934	4125 4057	489 695	149 182	86.61 % 82.23 %	10.27 % 14.09 %	3.13 % 3.69 %

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	4826 4834	3870 3631	742 952	214 251	80.19 % 75.11 %	15.38 % 19.69 %	4.43 % 5.19 %
Outlook Mail	4719 4990	3990 3959	586 828	143 203	84.55 % 79.34 %	12.42 % 16.59 %	3.03 % 4.07 %
Yahoo Mail	4812 4777	4106 3866	550 741	156 170	85.33 % 80.93 %	11.43 % 15.51 %	3.24 % 3.56 %
AOL Mail	4619 4886	3947 3928	531 750	141 208	85.45 % 80.39 %	11.50 % 15.35 %	3.05 % 4.26 %
Mail.com	4838 4941	4174 4019	514 721	150 201	86.28 % 81.34 %	10.62 % 14.59 %	3.10 % 4.07 %
Yandex Mail	4778 4829	4004 3811	605 799	169 219	83.80 % 78.92 %	12.66 % 16.55 %	3.54 % 4.54 %
GMX Mail	4720 4774	4138 3957	446 647	136 170	87.67 % 82.89 %	9.45 % 13.55 %	2.88 % 3.56 %
Zoho Mail	4852 4781	4271 3971	455 637	126 173	88.03 % 83.06 %	9.38 % 13.32 %	2.60 % 3.62 %
ProtonMail	4705 4804	4161 4031	414 599	130 174	88.44 % 83.91 %	8.80 % 12.47 %	2.76 % 3.62 %
Custom Mail	4642 4890	4125 4092	410 629	107 169	88.86 % 83.68 %	8.83 % 12.86 %	2.31 % 3.46 %
iCloud Mail	4873 4824	3982 3692	710 899	181 233	81.72 % 76.53 %	14.57 % 18.64 %	3.71 % 4.83 %
Tuta	4698 4686	4132 3893	438 630	128 163	87.95 % 83.08 %	9.32 % 13.44 %	2.72 % 3.48 %
Juno.com	4727 4788	4194 4023	412 603	121 162	88.72 % 84.02 %	8.72 % 12.59 %	2.56 % 3.38 %

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