mailtrap and MailChimp Email Deliverability Comparison

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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
64.658 66.170	49.747 51.279	13.457 13.498	1.454 1.393

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 (%)
76.94 % 77.50 %	20.81 % 20.40 %	2.25 % 2.11 %

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	4843 5120	3711 3951	1030 1056	102 113	76.63 % 77.17 %	21.27 % 20.63 %	2.11 % 2.21 %
Elektronics	5066 4901	3936 3847	1021 956	109 98	77.69 % 78.49 %	20.15 % 19.51 %	2.15 % 2.00 %
Entertainment	5063 5184	3908 3990	1047 1082	108 112	77.19 % 76.97 %	20.68 % 20.87 %	2.13 % 2.16 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4940 5182	3799 4025	1017 1048	124 109	76.90 % 77.67 %	20.59 % 20.22 %	2.51 % 2.10 %
Food & Drink	4982 5293	3793 4058	1075 1117	114 118	76.13 % 76.67 %	21.58 % 21.10 %	2.29 % 2.23 %
Home & Garden	4922 4882	3762 3759	1049 1017	111 106	76.43 % 77.00 %	21.31 % 20.83 %	2.26 % 2.17 %
Finance	4833 5029	3878 4060	854 872	101 97	80.24 % 80.73 %	17.67 % 17.34 %	2.09 % 1.93 %
Health	5019 5101	4046 4143	861 850	112 108	80.61 % 81.22 %	17.15 % 16.66 %	2.23 % 2.12 %
Pets	5067 4972	3871 3836	1079 1029	117 107	76.40 % 77.15 %	21.29 % 20.70 %	2.31 % 2.15 %
Sport & Fitness	5030 5219	3814 3994	1101 1119	115 106	75.83 % 76.53 %	21.89 % 21.44 %	2.29 % 2.03 %
Job & Career	4855 5106	3643 3866	1105 1133	107 107	75.04 % 75.71 %	22.76 % 22.19 %	2.20 % 2.10 %
Dating	5093 5048	3713 3711	1258 1239	122 98	72.90 % 73.51 %	24.70 % 24.54 %	2.40 % 1.94 %
Other	4945 5133	3873 4039	960 980	112 114	78.32 % 78.69 %	19.41 % 19.09 %	2.26 % 2.22 %

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	4773 4838	3494 3557	1158 1183	121 98	73.20 % 73.52 %	24.26 % 24.45 %	2.54 % 2.03 %
Outlook Mail	4689 4761	3523 3595	1062 1070	104 96	75.13 % 75.51 %	22.65 % 22.47 %	2.22 % 2.02 %
Yahoo Mail	4650 4634	3535 3501	1009 1024	106 109	76.02 % 75.55 %	21.70 % 22.10 %	2.28 % 2.35 %
AOL Mail	4656 4734	3530 3611	1016 1018	110 105	75.82 % 76.28 %	21.82 % 21.50 %	2.36 % 2.22 %
Mail.com	4552 4888	3558 3873	899 908	95 107	78.16 % 79.23 %	19.75 % 18.58 %	2.09 % 2.19 %
Yandex Mail	4788 4597	3636 3554	1046 945	106 98	75.94 % 77.31 %	21.85 % 20.56 %	2.21 % 2.13 %
GMX Mail	4719 4857	3584 3686	1028 1076	107 95	75.95 % 75.89 %	21.78 % 22.15 %	2.27 % 1.96 %
Zoho Mail	4561 4694	3515 3687	936 902	110 105	77.07 % 78.55 %	20.52 % 19.22 %	2.41 % 2.24 %
ProtonMail	4551 4821	3606 3833	847 890	98 98	79.24 % 79.51 %	18.61 % 18.46 %	2.15 % 2.03 %
Custom Mail	4618 4634	3705 3781	816 764	97 89	80.23 % 81.59 %	17.67 % 16.49 %	2.10 % 1.92 %
iCloud Mail	4500 4504	3318 3317	1079 1099	103 88	73.73 % 73.65 %	23.98 % 24.40 %	2.29 % 1.95 %
Tuta	4585 4738	3628 3741	856 899	101 98	79.13 % 78.96 %	18.67 % 18.97 %	2.20 % 2.07 %
Juno.com	4449 4781	3511 3831	837 843	101 107	78.92 % 80.13 %	18.81 % 17.63 %	2.27 % 2.24 %
Mailfence	4567 4689	3604 3712	868 877	95 100	78.91 % 79.16 %	19.01 % 18.70 %	2.08 % 2.13 %

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