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
70.711 71.601	60.903 58.020	7.663 10.738	2.145 2.843

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 (%)
86.13 % 81.03 %	10.84 % 15.00 %	3.03 % 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	5366 5457	4775 4551	467 723	124 183	88.99 % 83.40 %	8.70 % 13.25 %	2.31 % 3.35 %
Elektronics	5513 5566	4825 4594	546 781	142 191	87.52 % 82.54 %	9.90 % 14.03 %	2.58 % 3.43 %
Entertainment	5474 5505	4714 4463	595 825	165 217	86.12 % 81.07 %	10.87 % 14.99 %	3.01 % 3.94 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5483 5475	4703 4412	600 829	180 234	85.77 % 80.58 %	10.94 % 15.14 %	3.28 % 4.27 %
Food & Drink	5431 5593	4821 4660	481 728	129 205	88.77 % 83.32 %	8.86 % 13.02 %	2.38 % 3.67 %
Home & Garden	5531 5480	4903 4574	490 720	138 186	88.65 % 83.47 %	8.86 % 13.14 %	2.50 % 3.39 %
Finance	5441 5521	4533 4333	710 939	198 249	83.31 % 78.48 %	13.05 % 17.01 %	3.64 % 4.51 %
Health	5394 5505	4563 4381	643 883	188 241	84.59 % 79.58 %	11.92 % 16.04 %	3.49 % 4.38 %
Pets	5401 5527	4707 4554	528 786	166 187	87.15 % 82.40 %	9.78 % 14.22 %	3.07 % 3.38 %
Sport & Fitness	5481 5435	4646 4348	660 863	175 224	84.77 % 80.00 %	12.04 % 15.88 %	3.19 % 4.12 %
Job & Career	5387 5437	4514 4263	698 925	175 249	83.79 % 78.41 %	12.96 % 17.01 %	3.25 % 4.58 %
Dating	5355 5446	4472 4241	691 941	192 264	83.51 % 77.87 %	12.90 % 17.28 %	3.59 % 4.85 %
Other	5454 5654	4727 4646	554 795	173 213	86.67 % 82.17 %	10.16 % 14.06 %	3.17 % 3.77 %

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	5509 5503	4434 4144	837 1081	238 278	80.49 % 75.30 %	15.19 % 19.64 %	4.32 % 5.05 %
Outlook Mail	5392 5628	4570 4473	661 932	161 223	84.76 % 79.48 %	12.26 % 16.56 %	2.99 % 3.96 %
Yahoo Mail	5500 5432	4705 4387	621 843	174 202	85.55 % 80.76 %	11.29 % 15.52 %	3.16 % 3.72 %
AOL Mail	5323 5567	4562 4468	601 854	160 245	85.70 % 80.26 %	11.29 % 15.34 %	3.01 % 4.40 %
Mail.com	5465 5625	4730 4581	569 818	166 226	86.55 % 81.44 %	10.41 % 14.54 %	3.04 % 4.02 %
Yandex Mail	5401 5488	4542 4338	673 904	186 246	84.10 % 79.05 %	12.46 % 16.47 %	3.44 % 4.48 %
GMX Mail	5407 5478	4757 4540	500 742	150 196	87.98 % 82.88 %	9.25 % 13.55 %	2.77 % 3.58 %
Zoho Mail	5584 5461	4922 4536	515 729	147 196	88.14 % 83.06 %	9.22 % 13.35 %	2.63 % 3.59 %
ProtonMail	5388 5492	4781 4608	464 687	143 197	88.73 % 83.90 %	8.61 % 12.51 %	2.65 % 3.59 %
Custom Mail	5329 5591	4744 4682	461 718	124 191	89.02 % 83.74 %	8.65 % 12.84 %	2.33 % 3.42 %
iCloud Mail	5558 5465	4547 4178	802 1017	209 270	81.81 % 76.45 %	14.43 % 18.61 %	3.76 % 4.94 %
Tuta	5383 5393	4747 4483	492 724	144 186	88.19 % 83.13 %	9.14 % 13.42 %	2.68 % 3.45 %
Juno.com	5472 5478	4862 4602	467 689	143 187	88.85 % 84.01 %	8.53 % 12.58 %	2.61 % 3.41 %

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