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
75.185 76.936	57.581 59.712	15.855 15.605	1.749 1.619

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 (%)
76.59 % 77.61 %	21.09 % 20.28 %	2.33 % 2.10 %

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	5837 5992	4437 4655	1273 1204	127 133	76.02 % 77.69 %	21.81 % 20.09 %	2.18 % 2.22 %
Elektronics	6010 5825	4600 4567	1268 1145	142 113	76.54 % 78.40 %	21.10 % 19.66 %	2.36 % 1.94 %
Entertainment	5923 5903	4570 4538	1217 1232	136 133	77.16 % 76.88 %	20.55 % 20.87 %	2.30 % 2.25 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5687 6045	4350 4714	1193 1199	144 132	76.49 % 77.98 %	20.98 % 19.83 %	2.53 % 2.18 %
Food & Drink	5844 5962	4458 4581	1250 1253	136 128	76.28 % 76.84 %	21.39 % 21.02 %	2.33 % 2.15 %
Home & Garden	5734 5803	4384 4506	1217 1172	133 125	76.46 % 77.65 %	21.22 % 20.20 %	2.32 % 2.15 %
Finance	5731 5858	4565 4742	1041 998	125 118	79.65 % 80.95 %	18.16 % 17.04 %	2.18 % 2.01 %
Health	5818 5981	4653 4863	1037 998	128 120	79.98 % 81.31 %	17.82 % 16.69 %	2.20 % 2.01 %
Pets	5837 5832	4437 4494	1262 1216	138 122	76.02 % 77.06 %	21.62 % 20.85 %	2.36 % 2.09 %
Sport & Fitness	5733 5982	4345 4589	1246 1270	142 123	75.79 % 76.71 %	21.73 % 21.23 %	2.48 % 2.06 %
Job & Career	5747 5965	4281 4537	1338 1300	128 128	74.49 % 76.06 %	23.28 % 21.79 %	2.23 % 2.15 %
Dating	5685 5889	4108 4313	1437 1466	140 110	72.26 % 73.24 %	25.28 % 24.89 %	2.46 % 1.87 %
Other	5599 5899	4393 4613	1076 1152	130 134	78.46 % 78.20 %	19.22 % 19.53 %	2.32 % 2.27 %

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	5574 5571	4050 4125	1380 1335	144 111	72.66 % 74.04 %	24.76 % 23.96 %	2.58 % 1.99 %
Outlook Mail	5462 5472	4073 4161	1255 1196	134 115	74.57 % 76.04 %	22.98 % 21.86 %	2.45 % 2.10 %
Yahoo Mail	5304 5460	4022 4155	1159 1185	123 120	75.83 % 76.10 %	21.85 % 21.70 %	2.32 % 2.20 %
AOL Mail	5594 5454	4257 4171	1204 1160	133 123	76.10 % 76.48 %	21.52 % 21.27 %	2.38 % 2.26 %
Mail.com	5286 5536	4095 4394	1078 1029	113 113	77.47 % 79.37 %	20.39 % 18.59 %	2.14 % 2.04 %
Yandex Mail	5635 5330	4238 4125	1265 1104	132 101	75.21 % 77.39 %	22.45 % 20.71 %	2.34 % 1.89 %
GMX Mail	5294 5596	3973 4230	1202 1245	119 121	75.05 % 75.59 %	22.70 % 22.25 %	2.25 % 2.16 %
Zoho Mail	5421 5518	4174 4337	1119 1064	128 117	77.00 % 78.60 %	20.64 % 19.28 %	2.36 % 2.12 %
ProtonMail	5263 5600	4160 4443	984 1034	119 123	79.04 % 79.34 %	18.70 % 18.46 %	2.26 % 2.20 %
Custom Mail	5237 5477	4196 4443	917 924	124 110	80.12 % 81.12 %	17.51 % 16.87 %	2.37 % 2.01 %
iCloud Mail	5332 5452	3931 4036	1287 1303	114 113	73.72 % 74.03 %	24.14 % 23.90 %	2.14 % 2.07 %
Tuta	5336 5533	4216 4385	998 1030	122 118	79.01 % 79.25 %	18.70 % 18.62 %	2.29 % 2.13 %
Juno.com	5160 5504	4059 4396	976 985	125 123	78.66 % 79.87 %	18.91 % 17.90 %	2.42 % 2.23 %
Mailfence	5287 5433	4137 4311	1031 1011	119 111	78.25 % 79.35 %	19.50 % 18.61 %	2.25 % 2.04 %

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