Amazon SES and mailtrap Email Deliverability Comparison

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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 mailtrap than for Amazon SES.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
66.270 64.658	49.732 49.747	14.713 13.457	1.825 1.454

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. mailtrap beats Amazon SES in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
75.04 % 76.94 %	22.20 % 20.81 %	2.75 % 2.25 %

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, mailtrap is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	5161 4843	3853 3711	1166 1030	142 102	74.66 % 76.63 %	22.59 % 21.27 %	2.75 % 2.11 %
Elektronics	4919 5066	3684 3936	1096 1021	139 109	74.89 % 77.69 %	22.28 % 20.15 %	2.83 % 2.15 %
Entertainment	5074 5063	3837 3908	1108 1047	129 108	75.62 % 77.19 %	21.84 % 20.68 %	2.54 % 2.13 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5010 4940	3781 3799	1100 1017	129 124	75.47 % 76.90 %	21.96 % 20.59 %	2.57 % 2.51 %
Food & Drink	5249 4982	3892 3793	1211 1075	146 114	74.15 % 76.13 %	23.07 % 21.58 %	2.78 % 2.29 %
Home & Garden	5026 4922	3721 3762	1161 1049	144 111	74.04 % 76.43 %	23.10 % 21.31 %	2.87 % 2.26 %
Finance	5013 4833	3974 3878	907 854	132 101	79.27 % 80.24 %	18.09 % 17.67 %	2.63 % 2.09 %
Health	5091 5019	4000 4046	958 861	133 112	78.57 % 80.61 %	18.82 % 17.15 %	2.61 % 2.23 %
Pets	5099 5067	3796 3871	1160 1079	143 117	74.45 % 76.40 %	22.75 % 21.29 %	2.80 % 2.31 %
Sport & Fitness	5198 5030	3885 3814	1168 1101	145 115	74.74 % 75.83 %	22.47 % 21.89 %	2.79 % 2.29 %
Job & Career	5173 4855	3762 3643	1267 1105	144 107	72.72 % 75.04 %	24.49 % 22.76 %	2.78 % 2.20 %
Dating	5160 5093	3657 3713	1357 1258	146 122	70.87 % 72.90 %	26.30 % 24.70 %	2.83 % 2.40 %
Other	5097 4945	3890 3873	1054 960	153 112	76.32 % 78.32 %	20.68 % 19.41 %	3.00 % 2.26 %

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, mailtrap is better than Amazon SES.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	4853 4773	3466 3494	1250 1158	137 121	71.42 % 73.20 %	25.76 % 24.26 %	2.82 % 2.54 %
Outlook Mail	4676 4689	3438 3523	1110 1062	128 104	73.52 % 75.13 %	23.74 % 22.65 %	2.74 % 2.22 %
Yahoo Mail	4671 4650	3475 3535	1060 1009	136 106	74.40 % 76.02 %	22.69 % 21.70 %	2.91 % 2.28 %
AOL Mail	4862 4656	3626 3530	1105 1016	131 110	74.58 % 75.82 %	22.73 % 21.82 %	2.69 % 2.36 %
Mail.com	4623 4552	3525 3558	976 899	122 95	76.25 % 78.16 %	21.11 % 19.75 %	2.64 % 2.09 %
Yandex Mail	4795 4788	3572 3636	1101 1046	122 106	74.49 % 75.94 %	22.96 % 21.85 %	2.54 % 2.21 %
GMX Mail	4634 4719	3410 3584	1098 1028	126 107	73.59 % 75.95 %	23.69 % 21.78 %	2.72 % 2.27 %
Zoho Mail	4727 4561	3577 3515	1021 936	129 110	75.67 % 77.07 %	21.60 % 20.52 %	2.73 % 2.41 %
ProtonMail	4841 4551	3750 3606	958 847	133 98	77.46 % 79.24 %	19.79 % 18.61 %	2.75 % 2.15 %
Custom Mail	4458 4618	3464 3705	878 816	116 97	77.70 % 80.23 %	19.69 % 17.67 %	2.60 % 2.10 %
iCloud Mail	4921 4500	3505 3318	1269 1079	147 103	71.23 % 73.73 %	25.79 % 23.98 %	2.99 % 2.29 %
Tuta	4834 4585	3701 3628	992 856	141 101	76.56 % 79.13 %	20.52 % 18.67 %	2.92 % 2.20 %
Juno.com	4628 4449	3560 3511	937 837	131 101	76.92 % 78.92 %	20.25 % 18.81 %	2.83 % 2.27 %
Mailfence	4747 4567	3663 3604	958 868	126 95	77.16 % 78.91 %	20.18 % 19.01 %	2.65 % 2.08 %

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