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 mailtrap than for Mailgun.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
75.817 75.424	58.432 58.342	15.691 15.476	1.694 1.606

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 Mailgun in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
77.07 % 77.35 %	20.70 % 20.52 %	2.23 % 2.13 %

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	5917 5663	4589 4369	1209 1180	119 114	77.56 % 77.15 %	20.43 % 20.84 %	2.01 % 2.01 %
Elektronics	5757 5855	4488 4569	1137 1166	132 120	77.96 % 78.04 %	19.75 % 19.91 %	2.29 % 2.05 %
Entertainment	5685 5925	4352 4593	1206 1212	127 120	76.55 % 77.52 %	21.21 % 20.46 %	2.23 % 2.03 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5679 5743	4393 4433	1160 1172	126 138	77.36 % 77.19 %	20.43 % 20.41 %	2.22 % 2.40 %
Food & Drink	5724 5745	4411 4399	1181 1224	132 122	77.06 % 76.57 %	20.63 % 21.31 %	2.31 % 2.12 %
Home & Garden	6045 5744	4672 4413	1247 1205	126 126	77.29 % 76.83 %	20.63 % 20.98 %	2.08 % 2.19 %
Finance	5770 5688	4690 4585	947 990	133 113	81.28 % 80.61 %	16.41 % 17.41 %	2.31 % 1.99 %
Health	5801 5877	4632 4758	1040 996	129 123	79.85 % 80.96 %	17.93 % 16.95 %	2.22 % 2.09 %
Pets	6046 5945	4587 4578	1320 1237	139 130	75.87 % 77.01 %	21.83 % 20.81 %	2.30 % 2.19 %
Sport & Fitness	5884 5805	4502 4435	1242 1247	140 123	76.51 % 76.40 %	21.11 % 21.48 %	2.38 % 2.12 %
Job & Career	5672 5819	4210 4384	1334 1311	128 124	74.22 % 75.34 %	23.52 % 22.53 %	2.26 % 2.13 %
Dating	5815 5903	4227 4328	1460 1445	128 130	72.69 % 73.32 %	25.11 % 24.48 %	2.20 % 2.20 %
Other	6022 5712	4679 4498	1208 1091	135 123	77.70 % 78.75 %	20.06 % 19.10 %	2.24 % 2.15 %

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 Mailgun.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	5358 5528	3944 4069	1298 1325	116 134	73.61 % 73.61 %	24.23 % 23.97 %	2.16 % 2.42 %
Outlook Mail	5434 5436	4072 4092	1234 1232	128 112	74.94 % 75.28 %	22.71 % 22.66 %	2.36 % 2.06 %
Yahoo Mail	5489 5500	4172 4214	1194 1169	123 117	76.01 % 76.62 %	21.75 % 21.25 %	2.24 % 2.13 %
AOL Mail	5235 5408	4005 4143	1119 1145	111 120	76.50 % 76.61 %	21.38 % 21.17 %	2.12 % 2.22 %
Mail.com	5341 5370	4176 4230	1046 1032	119 108	78.19 % 78.77 %	19.58 % 19.22 %	2.23 % 2.01 %
Yandex Mail	5624 5521	4289 4214	1212 1192	123 115	76.26 % 76.33 %	21.55 % 21.59 %	2.19 % 2.08 %
GMX Mail	5217 5459	3920 4154	1181 1187	116 118	75.14 % 76.09 %	22.64 % 21.74 %	2.22 % 2.16 %
Zoho Mail	5440 5404	4267 4201	1043 1084	130 119	78.44 % 77.74 %	19.17 % 20.06 %	2.39 % 2.20 %
ProtonMail	5363 5296	4240 4218	1007 968	116 110	79.06 % 79.65 %	18.78 % 18.28 %	2.16 % 2.08 %
Custom Mail	5350 5395	4299 4346	940 941	111 108	80.36 % 80.56 %	17.57 % 17.44 %	2.07 % 2.00 %
iCloud Mail	5409 5236	3914 3887	1370 1237	125 112	72.36 % 74.24 %	25.33 % 23.62 %	2.31 % 2.14 %
Tuta	5428 5352	4291 4245	1018 994	119 113	79.05 % 79.32 %	18.75 % 18.57 %	2.19 % 2.11 %
Juno.com	5526 5182	4363 4104	1025 966	138 112	78.95 % 79.20 %	18.55 % 18.64 %	2.50 % 2.16 %
Mailfence	5603 5337	4480 4225	1004 1004	119 108	79.96 % 79.16 %	17.92 % 18.81 %	2.12 % 2.02 %

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