mailtrap and MailChimp Email Deliverability Comparison

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MailChimp

In this comparison, the deliverability of mailtrap and MailChimp 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 MailChimp than for mailtrap.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
76.316 76.739	58.485 60.005	16.034 15.302	1.797 1.432

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. MailChimp beats mailtrap in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
76.64 % 78.19 %	21.01 % 19.94 %	2.35 % 1.87 %

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, MailChimp is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	5892 6027	4476 4727	1286 1181	130 119	75.97 % 78.43 %	21.83 % 19.60 %	2.21 % 1.97 %
Elektronics	5947 5905	4575 4674	1226 1129	146 102	76.93 % 79.15 %	20.62 % 19.12 %	2.46 % 1.73 %
Entertainment	5912 5930	4538 4613	1236 1199	138 118	76.76 % 77.79 %	20.91 % 20.22 %	2.33 % 1.99 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5795 5984	4451 4703	1200 1155	144 126	76.81 % 78.59 %	20.71 % 19.30 %	2.48 % 2.11 %
Food & Drink	5939 5720	4534 4440	1274 1167	131 113	76.34 % 77.62 %	21.45 % 20.40 %	2.21 % 1.98 %
Home & Garden	5853 5892	4457 4587	1261 1186	135 119	76.15 % 77.85 %	21.54 % 20.13 %	2.31 % 2.02 %
Finance	5858 5806	4672 4741	1038 959	148 106	79.75 % 81.66 %	17.72 % 16.52 %	2.53 % 1.83 %
Health	5846 6004	4670 4873	1034 1034	142 97	79.88 % 81.16 %	17.69 % 17.22 %	2.43 % 1.62 %
Pets	5998 5926	4582 4588	1278 1229	138 109	76.39 % 77.42 %	21.31 % 20.74 %	2.30 % 1.84 %
Sport & Fitness	5585 5900	4255 4585	1190 1209	140 106	76.19 % 77.71 %	21.31 % 20.49 %	2.51 % 1.80 %
Job & Career	5959 5958	4437 4566	1396 1273	126 119	74.46 % 76.64 %	23.43 % 21.37 %	2.11 % 2.00 %
Dating	5917 5887	4265 4323	1509 1473	143 91	72.08 % 73.43 %	25.50 % 25.02 %	2.42 % 1.55 %
Other	5815 5800	4573 4585	1106 1108	136 107	78.64 % 79.05 %	19.02 % 19.10 %	2.34 % 1.84 %

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, MailChimp is better than mailtrap.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	5538 5593	4036 4190	1364 1296	138 107	72.88 % 74.92 %	24.63 % 23.17 %	2.49 % 1.91 %
Outlook Mail	5599 5529	4175 4217	1285 1215	139 97	74.57 % 76.27 %	22.95 % 21.98 %	2.48 % 1.75 %
Yahoo Mail	5398 5348	4102 4113	1175 1136	121 99	75.99 % 76.91 %	21.77 % 21.24 %	2.24 % 1.85 %
AOL Mail	5562 5571	4247 4329	1185 1138	130 104	76.36 % 77.71 %	21.31 % 20.43 %	2.34 % 1.87 %
Mail.com	5464 5591	4228 4452	1112 1034	124 105	77.38 % 79.63 %	20.35 % 18.49 %	2.27 % 1.88 %
Yandex Mail	5402 5337	4086 4137	1184 1112	132 88	75.64 % 77.52 %	21.92 % 20.84 %	2.44 % 1.65 %
GMX Mail	5378 5458	4007 4176	1245 1179	126 103	74.51 % 76.51 %	23.15 % 21.60 %	2.34 % 1.89 %
Zoho Mail	5409 5587	4176 4447	1113 1039	120 101	77.20 % 79.60 %	20.58 % 18.60 %	2.22 % 1.81 %
ProtonMail	5489 5463	4328 4395	1034 970	127 98	78.85 % 80.45 %	18.84 % 17.76 %	2.31 % 1.79 %
Custom Mail	5339 5293	4282 4277	929 917	128 99	80.20 % 80.80 %	17.40 % 17.32 %	2.40 % 1.87 %
iCloud Mail	5550 5402	4075 4024	1351 1276	124 102	73.42 % 74.49 %	24.34 % 23.62 %	2.23 % 1.89 %
Tuta	5500 5611	4351 4479	1017 1023	132 109	79.11 % 79.83 %	18.49 % 18.23 %	2.40 % 1.94 %
Juno.com	5235 5417	4105 4350	1004 945	126 122	78.41 % 80.30 %	19.18 % 17.45 %	2.41 % 2.25 %
Mailfence	5453 5539	4287 4419	1036 1022	130 98	78.62 % 79.78 %	19.00 % 18.45 %	2.38 % 1.77 %

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