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
63.999 63.318	49.508 50.377	13.525 12.086	1.496 1.393

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 (%)
77.36 % 79.56 %	21.13 % 19.09 %	2.34 % 2.20 %

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	5051 4783	3954 3791	1018 902	113 100	78.28 % 79.26 %	20.15 % 18.86 %	2.24 % 2.09 %
Elektronics	5044 4905	3932 3933	1037 904	130 102	77.95 % 80.18 %	20.56 % 18.43 %	2.58 % 2.08 %
Entertainment	4979 4998	3850 3975	1060 980	114 101	77.32 % 79.53 %	21.29 % 19.61 %	2.29 % 2.02 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4990 4737	3870 3770	1021 882	115 116	77.56 % 79.59 %	20.46 % 18.62 %	2.30 % 2.45 %
Food & Drink	4820 4617	3750 3647	1007 912	115 95	77.80 % 78.99 %	20.89 % 19.75 %	2.39 % 2.06 %
Home & Garden	4971 4836	3832 3828	1069 944	112 116	77.09 % 79.16 %	21.50 % 19.52 %	2.25 % 2.40 %
Finance	4885 4687	3928 3831	915 785	114 99	80.41 % 81.74 %	18.73 % 16.75 %	2.33 % 2.11 %
Health	4897 5034	3866 4112	948 854	109 109	78.95 % 81.68 %	19.36 % 16.96 %	2.23 % 2.17 %
Pets	4883 4993	3717 3976	1085 962	116 111	76.12 % 79.63 %	22.22 % 19.27 %	2.38 % 2.22 %
Sport & Fitness	4858 4969	3731 3933	1040 953	120 107	76.80 % 79.15 %	21.41 % 19.18 %	2.47 % 2.15 %
Job & Career	4694 5014	3523 3909	1090 1040	106 115	75.05 % 77.96 %	23.22 % 20.74 %	2.26 % 2.29 %
Dating	4718 4912	3480 3761	1156 1093	112 117	73.76 % 76.57 %	24.50 % 22.25 %	2.37 % 2.38 %
Other	5209 4833	4075 3911	1079 875	120 105	78.23 % 80.92 %	20.71 % 18.10 %	2.30 % 2.17 %

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	4749 4582	3539 3539	1123 991	114 114	74.52 % 77.24 %	23.65 % 21.63 %	2.40 % 2.49 %
Outlook Mail	4801 4660	3655 3641	1057 978	116 99	76.13 % 78.13 %	22.02 % 20.99 %	2.42 % 2.12 %
Yahoo Mail	4664 4753	3558 3765	1011 927	106 111	76.29 % 79.21 %	21.68 % 19.50 %	2.27 % 2.34 %
AOL Mail	4512 4566	3477 3627	958 882	105 100	77.06 % 79.43 %	21.23 % 19.32 %	2.33 % 2.19 %
Mail.com	4477 4696	3516 3790	887 847	107 97	78.53 % 80.71 %	19.81 % 18.04 %	2.39 % 2.07 %
Yandex Mail	4816 4585	3693 3632	1054 904	107 101	76.68 % 79.21 %	21.89 % 19.72 %	2.22 % 2.20 %
GMX Mail	4582 4760	3495 3773	1042 937	109 107	76.28 % 79.26 %	22.74 % 19.68 %	2.38 % 2.25 %
Zoho Mail	4636 4625	3606 3700	969 857	115 95	77.78 % 80.00 %	20.90 % 18.53 %	2.48 % 2.05 %
ProtonMail	4685 4507	3681 3646	940 787	106 97	78.57 % 80.90 %	20.06 % 17.46 %	2.26 % 2.15 %
Custom Mail	4758 4804	3782 3904	895 846	100 106	79.49 % 81.27 %	18.81 % 17.61 %	2.10 % 2.21 %
iCloud Mail	4667 4565	3484 3542	1136 943	111 103	74.65 % 77.59 %	24.34 % 20.66 %	2.38 % 2.26 %
Tuta	4667 4525	3699 3641	929 803	112 99	79.26 % 80.46 %	19.91 % 17.75 %	2.40 % 2.19 %
Juno.com	4673 4631	3679 3746	927 817	117 103	78.73 % 80.89 %	19.84 % 17.64 %	2.50 % 2.22 %
Mailfence	3312 3059	2644 2431	597 567	71 61	79.83 % 79.47 %	18.03 % 18.54 %	2.14 % 1.99 %

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