Mailgun and mailtrap Email Deliverability Comparison

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In this comparison, the deliverability of Mailgun 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 Mailgun than for mailtrap.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
75.674 75.185	58.172 57.581	15.752 15.855	1.750 1.749

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. Mailgun beats mailtrap in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
76.87 % 76.59 %	20.82 % 21.09 %	2.31 % 2.33 %

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, Mailgun is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	5807 5837	4432 4437	1249 1273	126 127	76.32 % 76.02 %	21.51 % 21.81 %	2.17 % 2.18 %
Elektronics	5609 6010	4350 4600	1135 1268	124 142	77.55 % 76.54 %	20.24 % 21.10 %	2.21 % 2.36 %
Entertainment	5693 5923	4321 4570	1238 1217	134 136	75.90 % 77.16 %	21.75 % 20.55 %	2.35 % 2.30 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5442 5687	4193 4350	1123 1193	126 144	77.05 % 76.49 %	20.64 % 20.98 %	2.32 % 2.53 %
Food & Drink	5827 5844	4468 4458	1220 1250	139 136	76.68 % 76.28 %	20.94 % 21.39 %	2.39 % 2.33 %
Home & Garden	6002 5734	4637 4384	1232 1217	133 133	77.26 % 76.46 %	20.53 % 21.22 %	2.22 % 2.32 %
Finance	5689 5731	4586 4565	968 1041	135 125	80.61 % 79.65 %	17.02 % 18.16 %	2.37 % 2.18 %
Health	5901 5818	4740 4653	1029 1037	132 128	80.33 % 79.98 %	17.44 % 17.82 %	2.24 % 2.20 %
Pets	6106 5837	4646 4437	1322 1262	138 138	76.09 % 76.02 %	21.65 % 21.62 %	2.26 % 2.36 %
Sport & Fitness	5766 5733	4387 4345	1235 1246	144 142	76.08 % 75.79 %	21.42 % 21.73 %	2.50 % 2.48 %
Job & Career	5894 5747	4429 4281	1326 1338	139 128	75.14 % 74.49 %	22.50 % 23.28 %	2.36 % 2.23 %
Dating	5917 5685	4302 4108	1476 1437	139 140	72.71 % 72.26 %	24.95 % 25.28 %	2.35 % 2.46 %
Other	6021 5599	4681 4393	1199 1076	141 130	77.74 % 78.46 %	19.91 % 19.22 %	2.34 % 2.32 %

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, Mailgun is better than mailtrap.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	5225 5574	3843 4050	1261 1380	121 144	73.55 % 72.66 %	24.13 % 24.76 %	2.32 % 2.58 %
Outlook Mail	5372 5462	4050 4073	1197 1255	125 134	75.39 % 74.57 %	22.28 % 22.98 %	2.33 % 2.45 %
Yahoo Mail	5614 5304	4270 4022	1223 1159	121 123	76.06 % 75.83 %	21.78 % 21.85 %	2.16 % 2.32 %
AOL Mail	5264 5594	4012 4257	1129 1204	123 133	76.22 % 76.10 %	21.45 % 21.52 %	2.34 % 2.38 %
Mail.com	5427 5286	4242 4095	1064 1078	121 113	78.16 % 77.47 %	19.61 % 20.39 %	2.23 % 2.14 %
Yandex Mail	5673 5635	4290 4238	1249 1265	134 132	75.62 % 75.21 %	22.02 % 22.45 %	2.36 % 2.34 %
GMX Mail	5269 5294	3982 3973	1162 1202	125 119	75.57 % 75.05 %	22.05 % 22.70 %	2.37 % 2.25 %
Zoho Mail	5447 5421	4246 4174	1069 1119	132 128	77.95 % 77.00 %	19.63 % 20.64 %	2.42 % 2.36 %
ProtonMail	5379 5263	4253 4160	1002 984	124 119	79.07 % 79.04 %	18.63 % 18.70 %	2.31 % 2.26 %
Custom Mail	5254 5237	4185 4196	952 917	117 124	79.65 % 80.12 %	18.12 % 17.51 %	2.23 % 2.37 %
iCloud Mail	5489 5332	3954 3931	1408 1287	127 114	72.03 % 73.72 %	25.65 % 24.14 %	2.31 % 2.14 %
Tuta	5433 5336	4263 4216	1045 998	125 122	78.46 % 79.01 %	19.23 % 18.70 %	2.30 % 2.29 %
Juno.com	5454 5160	4307 4059	1009 976	138 125	78.97 % 78.66 %	18.50 % 18.91 %	2.53 % 2.42 %
Mailfence	5374 5287	4275 4137	982 1031	117 119	79.55 % 78.25 %	18.27 % 19.50 %	2.18 % 2.25 %

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