Mailgun and mailtrap Email Deliverability Comparison

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
70.621 71.601	59.074 58.020	9.097 10.738	2.450 2.843

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 (%)
83.65 % 81.03 %	12.88 % 15.00 %	3.47 % 3.97 %

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	5455 5457	4694 4551	596 723	165 183	86.05 % 83.40 %	10.93 % 13.25 %	3.02 % 3.35 %
Elektronics	5506 5566	4688 4594	657 781	161 191	85.14 % 82.54 %	11.93 % 14.03 %	2.92 % 3.43 %
Entertainment	5486 5505	4572 4463	722 825	192 217	83.34 % 81.07 %	13.16 % 14.99 %	3.50 % 3.94 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5455 5475	4544 4412	702 829	209 234	83.30 % 80.58 %	12.87 % 15.14 %	3.83 % 4.27 %
Food & Drink	5489 5593	4710 4660	607 728	172 205	85.81 % 83.32 %	11.06 % 13.02 %	3.13 % 3.67 %
Home & Garden	5259 5480	4502 4574	580 720	177 186	85.61 % 83.47 %	11.03 % 13.14 %	3.37 % 3.39 %
Finance	5406 5521	4393 4333	801 939	212 249	81.26 % 78.48 %	14.82 % 17.01 %	3.92 % 4.51 %
Health	5332 5505	4404 4381	743 883	185 241	82.60 % 79.58 %	13.93 % 16.04 %	3.47 % 4.38 %
Pets	5455 5527	4645 4554	649 786	161 187	85.15 % 82.40 %	11.90 % 14.22 %	2.95 % 3.38 %
Sport & Fitness	5451 5435	4507 4348	765 863	179 224	82.68 % 80.00 %	14.03 % 15.88 %	3.28 % 4.12 %
Job & Career	5428 5437	4379 4263	809 925	240 249	80.67 % 78.41 %	14.90 % 17.01 %	4.42 % 4.58 %
Dating	5361 5446	4345 4241	803 941	213 264	81.05 % 77.87 %	14.98 % 17.28 %	3.97 % 4.85 %
Other	5538 5654	4691 4646	663 795	184 213	84.71 % 82.17 %	11.97 % 14.06 %	3.32 % 3.77 %

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	5348 5503	4174 4144	941 1081	233 278	78.05 % 75.30 %	17.60 % 19.64 %	4.36 % 5.05 %
Outlook Mail	5402 5628	4410 4473	775 932	217 223	81.64 % 79.48 %	14.35 % 16.56 %	4.02 % 3.96 %
Yahoo Mail	5309 5432	4413 4387	707 843	189 202	83.12 % 80.76 %	13.32 % 15.52 %	3.56 % 3.72 %
AOL Mail	5513 5567	4578 4468	737 854	198 245	83.04 % 80.26 %	13.37 % 15.34 %	3.59 % 4.40 %
Mail.com	5534 5625	4667 4581	685 818	182 226	84.33 % 81.44 %	12.38 % 14.54 %	3.29 % 4.02 %
Yandex Mail	5457 5488	4455 4338	785 904	217 246	81.64 % 79.05 %	14.39 % 16.47 %	3.98 % 4.48 %
GMX Mail	5358 5478	4596 4540	605 742	157 196	85.78 % 82.88 %	11.29 % 13.55 %	2.93 % 3.58 %
Zoho Mail	5534 5461	4721 4536	639 729	174 196	85.31 % 83.06 %	11.55 % 13.35 %	3.14 % 3.59 %
ProtonMail	5446 5492	4692 4608	579 687	175 197	86.15 % 83.90 %	10.63 % 12.51 %	3.21 % 3.59 %
Custom Mail	5320 5591	4603 4682	559 718	158 191	86.52 % 83.74 %	10.51 % 12.84 %	2.97 % 3.42 %
iCloud Mail	5359 5465	4262 4178	875 1017	222 270	79.53 % 76.45 %	16.33 % 18.61 %	4.14 % 4.94 %
Tuta	5523 5393	4720 4483	628 724	175 186	85.46 % 83.13 %	11.37 % 13.42 %	3.17 % 3.45 %
Juno.com	5518 5478	4783 4602	582 689	153 187	86.68 % 84.01 %	10.55 % 12.58 %	2.77 % 3.41 %

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