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
65.108 64.767	50.027 50.335	13.594 13.133	1.487 1.299

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 (%)
76.84 % 77.72 %	20.88 % 20.28 %	2.28 % 2.01 %

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	5003 4817	3890 3743	1011 984	102 90	77.75 % 77.70 %	20.21 % 20.43 %	2.04 % 1.87 %
Elektronics	4994 5044	3875 3967	998 980	121 97	77.59 % 78.65 %	19.98 % 19.43 %	2.42 % 1.92 %
Entertainment	4888 5093	3723 3959	1050 1037	115 97	76.17 % 77.73 %	21.48 % 20.36 %	2.35 % 1.90 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4954 4928	3827 3823	1017 994	110 111	77.25 % 77.58 %	20.53 % 20.17 %	2.22 % 2.25 %
Food & Drink	4881 4971	3760 3835	1006 1039	115 97	77.03 % 77.15 %	20.61 % 20.90 %	2.36 % 1.95 %
Home & Garden	5164 4860	3981 3751	1073 1008	110 101	77.09 % 77.18 %	20.78 % 20.74 %	2.13 % 2.08 %
Finance	5006 4863	4057 3923	832 850	117 90	81.04 % 80.67 %	16.62 % 17.48 %	2.34 % 1.85 %
Health	4959 5070	3945 4102	900 870	114 98	79.55 % 80.91 %	18.15 % 17.16 %	2.30 % 1.93 %
Pets	5179 5092	3911 3947	1143 1037	125 108	75.52 % 77.51 %	22.07 % 20.37 %	2.41 % 2.12 %
Sport & Fitness	5062 5019	3851 3859	1090 1061	121 99	76.08 % 76.89 %	21.53 % 21.14 %	2.39 % 1.97 %
Job & Career	4784 5019	3538 3801	1140 1115	106 103	73.95 % 75.73 %	23.83 % 22.22 %	2.22 % 2.05 %
Dating	5029 5066	3637 3725	1277 1231	115 110	72.32 % 73.53 %	25.39 % 24.30 %	2.29 % 2.17 %
Other	5205 4925	4032 3900	1057 927	116 98	77.46 % 79.19 %	20.31 % 18.82 %	2.23 % 1.99 %

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	4665 4705	3427 3484	1133 1116	105 105	73.46 % 74.05 %	24.29 % 23.72 %	2.25 % 2.23 %
Outlook Mail	4729 4682	3527 3528	1091 1067	111 87	74.58 % 75.35 %	23.07 % 22.79 %	2.35 % 1.86 %
Yahoo Mail	4699 4750	3550 3659	1040 994	109 97	75.55 % 77.03 %	22.13 % 20.93 %	2.32 % 2.04 %
AOL Mail	4477 4614	3422 3543	957 975	98 96	76.44 % 76.79 %	21.38 % 21.13 %	2.19 % 2.08 %
Mail.com	4529 4654	3538 3682	885 882	106 90	78.12 % 79.11 %	19.54 % 18.95 %	2.34 % 1.93 %
Yandex Mail	4855 4758	3696 3652	1053 1014	106 92	76.13 % 76.75 %	21.69 % 21.31 %	2.18 % 1.93 %
GMX Mail	4457 4704	3340 3605	1013 1004	104 95	74.94 % 76.64 %	22.73 % 21.34 %	2.33 % 2.02 %
Zoho Mail	4671 4650	3647 3644	908 912	116 94	78.08 % 78.37 %	19.44 % 19.61 %	2.48 % 2.02 %
ProtonMail	4629 4425	3643 3550	884 787	102 88	78.70 % 80.23 %	19.10 % 17.79 %	2.20 % 1.99 %
Custom Mail	4605 4638	3699 3743	812 804	94 91	80.33 % 80.70 %	17.63 % 17.34 %	2.04 % 1.96 %
iCloud Mail	4625 4496	3333 3360	1183 1045	109 91	72.06 % 74.73 %	25.58 % 23.24 %	2.36 % 2.02 %
Tuta	4627 4555	3649 3614	872 852	106 89	78.86 % 79.34 %	18.85 % 18.70 %	2.29 % 1.95 %
Juno.com	4702 4497	3704 3583	880 819	118 95	78.77 % 79.68 %	18.72 % 18.21 %	2.51 % 2.11 %
Mailfence	4838 4639	3852 3688	883 862	103 89	79.62 % 79.50 %	18.25 % 18.58 %	2.13 % 1.92 %

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