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
64.615 64.364	49.541 50.801	13.785 12.496	1.579 1.364

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 (%)
76.67 % 78.93 %	21.33 % 19.41 %	2.44 % 2.12 %

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	5018 4816	3908 3783	1019 935	110 97	77.88 % 78.55 %	20.31 % 19.41 %	2.19 % 2.01 %
Elektronics	5054 5011	3920 3995	1033 932	132 101	77.56 % 79.72 %	20.44 % 18.60 %	2.61 % 2.02 %
Entertainment	4913 5115	3747 4033	1071 1010	122 101	76.27 % 78.85 %	21.80 % 19.75 %	2.48 % 1.97 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4934 4888	3795 3856	1024 935	120 113	76.92 % 78.89 %	20.75 % 19.13 %	2.43 % 2.31 %
Food & Drink	4824 4803	3719 3762	1010 958	117 102	77.09 % 78.33 %	20.94 % 19.95 %	2.43 % 2.12 %
Home & Garden	5089 4922	3914 3862	1091 980	120 114	76.91 % 78.46 %	21.44 % 19.91 %	2.36 % 2.32 %
Finance	5008 4783	4014 3895	912 808	125 93	80.15 % 81.43 %	18.21 % 16.89 %	2.50 % 1.94 %
Health	4944 5040	3899 4107	953 851	118 103	78.86 % 81.49 %	19.28 % 16.88 %	2.39 % 2.04 %
Pets	4996 5040	3764 3988	1123 972	127 108	75.34 % 79.13 %	22.48 % 19.29 %	2.54 % 2.14 %
Sport & Fitness	4986 5073	3777 3979	1088 1011	128 105	75.75 % 78.43 %	21.82 % 19.93 %	2.57 % 2.07 %
Job & Career	4807 5017	3565 3862	1142 1069	115 111	74.16 % 76.98 %	23.76 % 21.31 %	2.39 % 2.21 %
Dating	4864 4940	3522 3735	1233 1135	121 111	72.41 % 75.61 %	25.35 % 22.98 %	2.49 % 2.25 %
Other	5178 4916	3997 3944	1086 900	124 105	77.19 % 80.23 %	20.97 % 18.31 %	2.39 % 2.14 %

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	4746 4690	3504 3570	1141 1052	114 111	73.83 % 76.12 %	24.04 % 22.43 %	2.40 % 2.37 %
Outlook Mail	4765 4718	3571 3622	1097 1020	123 94	74.94 % 76.77 %	23.02 % 21.62 %	2.58 % 1.99 %
Yahoo Mail	4672 4756	3514 3731	1036 948	114 104	75.21 % 78.45 %	22.17 % 19.93 %	2.44 % 2.19 %
AOL Mail	4455 4666	3409 3663	960 922	105 101	76.52 % 78.50 %	21.55 % 19.76 %	2.36 % 2.16 %
Mail.com	4524 4691	3511 3767	911 852	116 94	77.61 % 80.30 %	20.14 % 18.16 %	2.56 % 2.00 %
Yandex Mail	4871 4685	3709 3670	1075 950	114 96	76.14 % 78.34 %	22.07 % 20.28 %	2.34 % 2.05 %
GMX Mail	4538 4720	3415 3689	1046 963	115 101	75.25 % 78.16 %	23.05 % 20.40 %	2.53 % 2.14 %
Zoho Mail	4621 4639	3595 3693	945 862	120 95	77.80 % 79.61 %	20.45 % 18.58 %	2.60 % 2.05 %
ProtonMail	4697 4425	3679 3579	926 766	110 93	78.33 % 80.88 %	19.71 % 17.31 %	2.34 % 2.10 %
Custom Mail	4723 4707	3755 3827	877 806	103 98	79.50 % 81.30 %	18.57 % 17.12 %	2.18 % 2.08 %
iCloud Mail	4663 4615	3394 3520	1198 1011	117 102	72.79 % 76.27 %	25.69 % 21.91 %	2.51 % 2.21 %
Tuta	4639 4526	3646 3643	904 806	113 93	78.59 % 80.49 %	19.49 % 17.81 %	2.44 % 2.05 %
Juno.com	4641 4618	3630 3721	909 817	124 101	78.22 % 80.58 %	19.59 % 17.69 %	2.67 % 2.19 %
Mailfence	4060 3908	3209 3106	760 721	91 81	79.04 % 79.48 %	18.72 % 18.45 %	2.24 % 2.07 %

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