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
64.339 66.036	49.599 49.737	13.283 14.491	1.457 1.808

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 (%)
77.09 % 75.32 %	20.65 % 21.94 %	2.26 % 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	4906 5214	3763 3908	1039 1158	104 148	76.70 % 74.95 %	21.18 % 22.21 %	2.12 % 2.84 %
Elektronics	5247 4850	4073 3642	1055 1071	119 137	77.63 % 75.09 %	20.11 % 22.08 %	2.27 % 2.82 %
Entertainment	5049 5119	3918 3884	1019 1102	112 133	77.60 % 75.87 %	20.18 % 21.53 %	2.22 % 2.60 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4855 4924	3723 3722	1013 1074	119 128	76.68 % 75.59 %	20.87 % 21.81 %	2.45 % 2.60 %
Food & Drink	4989 5217	3819 3868	1051 1204	119 145	76.55 % 74.14 %	21.07 % 23.08 %	2.39 % 2.78 %
Home & Garden	4872 5102	3742 3787	1022 1175	108 140	76.81 % 74.23 %	20.98 % 23.03 %	2.22 % 2.74 %
Finance	4798 5016	3841 3975	859 910	98 131	80.05 % 79.25 %	17.90 % 18.14 %	2.04 % 2.61 %
Health	4968 5061	4019 3985	839 942	110 134	80.90 % 78.74 %	16.89 % 18.61 %	2.21 % 2.65 %
Pets	5064 4986	3872 3735	1078 1118	114 133	76.46 % 74.91 %	21.29 % 22.42 %	2.25 % 2.67 %
Sport & Fitness	4916 5033	3751 3800	1050 1091	115 142	76.30 % 75.50 %	21.36 % 21.68 %	2.34 % 2.82 %
Job & Career	4828 5166	3629 3782	1090 1241	109 143	75.17 % 73.21 %	22.58 % 24.02 %	2.26 % 2.77 %
Dating	4994 5130	3652 3669	1221 1321	121 140	73.13 % 71.52 %	24.45 % 25.75 %	2.42 % 2.73 %
Other	4853 5218	3797 3980	947 1084	109 154	78.24 % 76.27 %	19.51 % 20.77 %	2.25 % 2.95 %

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	4718 4899	3470 3520	1133 1243	115 136	73.55 % 71.85 %	24.01 % 25.37 %	2.44 % 2.78 %
Outlook Mail	4652 4615	3502 3424	1038 1064	112 127	75.28 % 74.19 %	22.31 % 23.06 %	2.41 % 2.75 %
Yahoo Mail	4641 4657	3548 3468	985 1056	108 133	76.45 % 74.47 %	21.22 % 22.68 %	2.33 % 2.86 %
AOL Mail	4789 4765	3647 3549	1028 1089	114 127	76.15 % 74.48 %	21.47 % 22.85 %	2.38 % 2.67 %
Mail.com	4609 4684	3613 3584	901 978	95 122	78.39 % 76.52 %	19.55 % 20.88 %	2.06 % 2.60 %
Yandex Mail	4777 4694	3631 3508	1033 1065	113 121	76.01 % 74.73 %	21.62 % 22.69 %	2.37 % 2.58 %
GMX Mail	4588 4692	3487 3470	999 1095	102 127	76.00 % 73.96 %	21.77 % 23.34 %	2.22 % 2.71 %
Zoho Mail	4524 4739	3504 3596	920 1013	100 130	77.45 % 75.88 %	20.34 % 21.38 %	2.21 % 2.74 %
ProtonMail	4578 4851	3638 3774	839 943	101 134	79.47 % 77.80 %	18.33 % 19.44 %	2.21 % 2.76 %
Custom Mail	4531 4470	3641 3477	787 874	103 119	80.36 % 77.79 %	17.37 % 19.55 %	2.27 % 2.66 %
iCloud Mail	4482 4787	3315 3429	1068 1219	99 139	73.96 % 71.63 %	23.83 % 25.46 %	2.21 % 2.90 %
Tuta	4533 4825	3592 3728	840 960	101 137	79.24 % 77.26 %	18.53 % 19.90 %	2.23 % 2.84 %
Juno.com	4441 4597	3492 3525	848 942	101 130	78.63 % 76.68 %	19.09 % 20.49 %	2.27 % 2.83 %
Mailfence	4476 4761	3519 3685	864 950	93 126	78.62 % 77.40 %	19.30 % 19.95 %	2.08 % 2.65 %

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