mailtrap and Amazon SES Email Deliverability Comparison

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Amazon SES

In this comparison, the deliverability of mailtrap and Amazon SES 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 Amazon SES.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
64.136 66.195	49.496 49.906	13.214 14.478	1.426 1.811

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 Amazon SES in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
77.17 % 75.39 %	20.60 % 21.87 %	2.22 % 2.74 %

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	4940 5319	3791 3992	1042 1177	107 150	76.74 % 75.05 %	21.09 % 22.13 %	2.17 % 2.82 %
Elektronics	5186 4743	3998 3580	1069 1025	119 138	77.09 % 75.48 %	20.61 % 21.61 %	2.29 % 2.91 %
Entertainment	5106 5189	3964 3919	1030 1133	112 137	77.63 % 75.53 %	20.17 % 21.83 %	2.19 % 2.64 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4814 4842	3704 3673	994 1047	116 122	76.94 % 75.86 %	20.65 % 21.62 %	2.41 % 2.52 %
Food & Drink	4943 5176	3809 3874	1022 1153	112 149	77.06 % 74.85 %	20.68 % 22.28 %	2.27 % 2.88 %
Home & Garden	4852 5130	3732 3815	1013 1172	107 143	76.92 % 74.37 %	20.88 % 22.85 %	2.21 % 2.79 %
Finance	4958 5025	3966 3974	893 921	99 130	79.99 % 79.08 %	18.01 % 18.33 %	2.00 % 2.59 %
Health	4960 5079	4002 3983	855 960	103 136	80.69 % 78.42 %	17.24 % 18.90 %	2.08 % 2.68 %
Pets	5020 4968	3857 3726	1053 1110	110 132	76.83 % 75.00 %	20.98 % 22.34 %	2.19 % 2.66 %
Sport & Fitness	4910 5085	3742 3829	1050 1114	118 142	76.21 % 75.30 %	21.38 % 21.91 %	2.40 % 2.79 %
Job & Career	4867 5105	3650 3750	1114 1214	103 141	74.99 % 73.46 %	22.89 % 23.78 %	2.12 % 2.76 %
Dating	4833 5238	3542 3750	1178 1349	113 139	73.29 % 71.59 %	24.37 % 25.75 %	2.34 % 2.65 %
Other	4747 5296	3739 4041	901 1103	107 152	78.77 % 76.30 %	18.98 % 20.83 %	2.25 % 2.87 %

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 Amazon SES.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	4712 4881	3466 3533	1129 1214	117 134	73.56 % 72.38 %	23.96 % 24.87 %	2.48 % 2.75 %
Outlook Mail	4643 4740	3482 3515	1050 1096	111 129	74.99 % 74.16 %	22.61 % 23.12 %	2.39 % 2.72 %
Yahoo Mail	4550 4752	3485 3511	965 1108	100 133	76.59 % 73.88 %	21.21 % 23.32 %	2.20 % 2.80 %
AOL Mail	4714 4761	3619 3579	986 1058	109 124	76.77 % 75.17 %	20.92 % 22.22 %	2.31 % 2.60 %
Mail.com	4518 4663	3528 3553	900 985	90 125	78.09 % 76.20 %	19.92 % 21.12 %	1.99 % 2.68 %
Yandex Mail	4813 4708	3646 3534	1057 1056	110 118	75.75 % 75.06 %	21.96 % 22.43 %	2.29 % 2.51 %
GMX Mail	4500 4685	3404 3453	1000 1110	96 122	75.64 % 73.70 %	22.22 % 23.69 %	2.13 % 2.60 %
Zoho Mail	4566 4670	3545 3547	916 992	105 131	77.64 % 75.95 %	20.06 % 21.24 %	2.30 % 2.81 %
ProtonMail	4557 4822	3626 3765	832 924	99 133	79.57 % 78.08 %	18.26 % 19.16 %	2.17 % 2.76 %
Custom Mail	4515 4433	3635 3458	778 853	102 122	80.51 % 78.01 %	17.23 % 19.24 %	2.26 % 2.75 %
iCloud Mail	4603 4799	3405 3441	1103 1219	95 139	73.97 % 71.70 %	23.96 % 25.40 %	2.06 % 2.90 %
Tuta	4562 4878	3625 3785	838 953	99 140	79.46 % 77.59 %	18.37 % 19.54 %	2.17 % 2.87 %
Juno.com	4367 4576	3461 3501	807 946	99 129	79.25 % 76.51 %	18.48 % 20.67 %	2.27 % 2.82 %
Mailfence	4516 4827	3569 3731	853 964	94 132	79.03 % 77.29 %	18.89 % 19.97 %	2.08 % 2.73 %

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