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
75.657 76.959	58.161 59.487	15.843 15.878	1.653 1.594

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 (%)
76.87 % 77.30 %	20.94 % 20.63 %	2.18 % 2.07 %

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	5903 6000	4509 4650	1275 1219	119 131	76.38 % 77.50 %	21.60 % 20.32 %	2.02 % 2.18 %
Elektronics	5971 5883	4588 4607	1243 1161	140 115	76.84 % 78.31 %	20.82 % 19.73 %	2.34 % 1.95 %
Entertainment	5858 5935	4522 4556	1206 1250	130 129	77.19 % 76.76 %	20.59 % 21.06 %	2.22 % 2.17 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5731 5962	4404 4613	1194 1217	133 132	76.85 % 77.37 %	20.83 % 20.41 %	2.32 % 2.21 %
Food & Drink	5950 5877	4562 4530	1268 1223	120 124	76.67 % 77.08 %	21.31 % 20.81 %	2.02 % 2.11 %
Home & Garden	5800 5876	4435 4533	1249 1218	116 125	76.47 % 77.14 %	21.53 % 20.73 %	2.00 % 2.13 %
Finance	5718 5828	4583 4709	1005 1005	130 114	80.15 % 80.80 %	17.58 % 17.24 %	2.27 % 1.96 %
Health	5773 5965	4626 4812	1020 1037	127 116	80.13 % 80.67 %	17.67 % 17.38 %	2.20 % 1.94 %
Pets	5906 5918	4501 4536	1276 1259	129 123	76.21 % 76.65 %	21.61 % 21.27 %	2.18 % 2.08 %
Sport & Fitness	5507 5894	4210 4500	1164 1275	133 119	76.45 % 76.35 %	21.14 % 21.63 %	2.42 % 2.02 %
Job & Career	5898 6055	4429 4585	1353 1341	116 129	75.09 % 75.72 %	22.94 % 22.15 %	1.97 % 2.13 %
Dating	5947 5860	4304 4263	1506 1486	137 111	72.37 % 72.75 %	25.32 % 25.36 %	2.30 % 1.89 %
Other	5695 5906	4488 4593	1084 1187	123 126	78.81 % 77.77 %	19.03 % 20.10 %	2.16 % 2.13 %

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	5532 5624	4030 4158	1375 1348	127 118	72.85 % 73.93 %	24.86 % 23.97 %	2.30 % 2.10 %
Outlook Mail	5474 5631	4097 4270	1251 1245	126 116	74.84 % 75.83 %	22.85 % 22.11 %	2.30 % 2.06 %
Yahoo Mail	5396 5381	4115 4091	1168 1175	113 115	76.26 % 76.03 %	21.65 % 21.84 %	2.09 % 2.14 %
AOL Mail	5501 5499	4199 4208	1176 1173	126 118	76.33 % 76.52 %	21.38 % 21.33 %	2.29 % 2.15 %
Mail.com	5440 5538	4213 4376	1111 1048	116 114	77.44 % 79.02 %	20.42 % 18.92 %	2.13 % 2.06 %
Yandex Mail	5434 5381	4130 4133	1180 1149	124 99	76.00 % 76.81 %	21.72 % 21.35 %	2.28 % 1.84 %
GMX Mail	5390 5464	4043 4128	1234 1219	113 117	75.01 % 75.55 %	22.89 % 22.31 %	2.10 % 2.14 %
Zoho Mail	5419 5556	4195 4351	1107 1090	117 115	77.41 % 78.31 %	20.43 % 19.62 %	2.16 % 2.07 %
ProtonMail	5447 5564	4327 4405	1010 1043	110 116	79.44 % 79.17 %	18.54 % 18.75 %	2.02 % 2.08 %
Custom Mail	5294 5358	4252 4305	921 944	121 109	80.32 % 80.35 %	17.40 % 17.62 %	2.29 % 2.03 %
iCloud Mail	5411 5424	4002 3991	1299 1320	110 113	73.96 % 73.58 %	24.01 % 24.34 %	2.03 % 2.08 %
Tuta	5421 5520	4282 4346	1018 1060	121 114	78.99 % 78.73 %	18.78 % 19.20 %	2.23 % 2.07 %
Juno.com	5167 5487	4064 4361	983 999	120 127	78.65 % 79.48 %	19.02 % 18.21 %	2.32 % 2.31 %
Mailfence	5331 5532	4212 4364	1010 1065	109 103	79.01 % 78.89 %	18.95 % 19.25 %	2.04 % 1.86 %

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