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
44.328 44.825	37.888 36.495	5.018 6.591	1.422 1.739

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 (%)
85.47 % 81.42 %	11.32 % 14.70 %	3.21 % 3.88 %

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	3367 3418	2974 2857	308 444	85 117	88.33 % 83.59 %	9.15 % 12.99 %	2.52 % 3.42 %
Elektronics	3485 3478	3026 2890	361 477	98 111	86.83 % 83.09 %	10.36 % 13.71 %	2.81 % 3.19 %
Entertainment	3424 3429	2918 2793	388 507	118 129	85.22 % 81.45 %	11.33 % 14.79 %	3.45 % 3.76 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	3469 3395	2956 2747	398 502	115 146	85.21 % 80.91 %	11.47 % 14.79 %	3.32 % 4.30 %
Food & Drink	3318 3450	2931 2894	305 435	82 121	88.34 % 83.88 %	9.19 % 12.61 %	2.47 % 3.51 %
Home & Garden	3457 3451	3035 2896	322 447	100 108	87.79 % 83.92 %	9.31 % 12.95 %	2.89 % 3.13 %
Finance	3435 3549	2838 2798	468 593	129 158	82.62 % 78.84 %	13.62 % 16.71 %	3.76 % 4.45 %
Health	3419 3497	2870 2786	426 554	123 157	83.94 % 79.67 %	12.46 % 15.84 %	3.60 % 4.49 %
Pets	3333 3396	2878 2815	343 468	112 113	86.35 % 82.89 %	10.29 % 13.78 %	3.36 % 3.33 %
Sport & Fitness	3464 3395	2918 2727	435 530	111 138	84.24 % 80.32 %	12.56 % 15.61 %	3.20 % 4.06 %
Job & Career	3415 3468	2847 2741	456 579	112 148	83.37 % 79.04 %	13.35 % 16.70 %	3.28 % 4.27 %
Dating	3331 3395	2758 2665	448 573	125 157	82.80 % 78.50 %	13.45 % 16.88 %	3.75 % 4.62 %
Other	3411 3504	2939 2886	360 482	112 136	86.16 % 82.36 %	10.55 % 13.76 %	3.28 % 3.88 %

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	3497 3398	2784 2565	547 660	166 173	79.61 % 75.49 %	15.64 % 19.42 %	4.75 % 5.09 %
Outlook Mail	3327 3567	2787 2834	424 582	116 151	83.77 % 79.45 %	12.74 % 16.32 %	3.49 % 4.23 %
Yahoo Mail	3487 3372	2963 2738	406 509	118 125	84.97 % 81.20 %	11.64 % 15.09 %	3.38 % 3.71 %
AOL Mail	3283 3447	2790 2780	390 522	103 145	84.98 % 80.65 %	11.88 % 15.14 %	3.14 % 4.21 %
Mail.com	3482 3544	2979 2907	383 503	120 134	85.55 % 82.03 %	11.00 % 14.19 %	3.45 % 3.78 %
Yandex Mail	3405 3374	2837 2686	444 550	124 138	83.32 % 79.61 %	13.04 % 16.30 %	3.64 % 4.09 %
GMX Mail	3320 3456	2898 2871	322 459	100 126	87.29 % 83.07 %	9.70 % 13.28 %	3.01 % 3.65 %
Zoho Mail	3513 3403	3087 2830	337 441	89 132	87.87 % 83.16 %	9.59 % 12.96 %	2.53 % 3.88 %
ProtonMail	3388 3442	2988 2904	307 419	93 119	88.19 % 84.37 %	9.06 % 12.17 %	2.74 % 3.46 %
Custom Mail	3372 3528	2983 2974	307 442	82 112	88.46 % 84.30 %	9.10 % 12.53 %	2.43 % 3.17 %
iCloud Mail	3517 3495	2862 2690	527 642	128 163	81.38 % 76.97 %	14.98 % 18.37 %	3.64 % 4.66 %
Tuta	3361 3355	2943 2805	320 440	98 110	87.56 % 83.61 %	9.52 % 13.11 %	2.92 % 3.28 %
Juno.com	3376 3444	2987 2911	304 422	85 111	88.48 % 84.52 %	9.00 % 12.25 %	2.52 % 3.22 %

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