mailtrap and Mailgun Email Deliverability Comparison

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In this comparison, the deliverability of mailtrap and Mailgun 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 Mailgun.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
75.551 75.969	58.133 58.252	15.767 15.942	1.651 1.775

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 Mailgun in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
76.95 % 76.68 %	20.87 % 20.98 %	2.19 % 2.34 %

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	5811 5772	4441 4368	1249 1279	121 125	76.42 % 75.68 %	21.49 % 22.16 %	2.08 % 2.17 %
Elektronics	6039 5578	4639 4314	1255 1144	145 120	76.82 % 77.34 %	20.78 % 20.51 %	2.40 % 2.15 %
Entertainment	5903 5696	4574 4302	1203 1257	126 137	77.49 % 75.53 %	20.38 % 22.07 %	2.13 % 2.41 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5801 5480	4452 4213	1216 1140	133 127	76.75 % 76.88 %	20.96 % 20.80 %	2.29 % 2.32 %
Food & Drink	5889 5929	4505 4520	1258 1270	126 139	76.50 % 76.24 %	21.36 % 21.42 %	2.14 % 2.34 %
Home & Garden	5754 6035	4435 4645	1199 1255	120 135	77.08 % 76.97 %	20.84 % 20.80 %	2.09 % 2.24 %
Finance	5792 5761	4635 4634	1035 987	122 140	80.02 % 80.44 %	17.87 % 17.13 %	2.11 % 2.43 %
Health	5759 5904	4621 4730	1015 1038	123 136	80.24 % 80.12 %	17.62 % 17.58 %	2.14 % 2.30 %
Pets	5948 6059	4551 4606	1266 1312	131 141	76.51 % 76.02 %	21.28 % 21.65 %	2.20 % 2.33 %
Sport & Fitness	5636 5799	4297 4399	1209 1259	130 141	76.24 % 75.86 %	21.45 % 21.71 %	2.31 % 2.43 %
Job & Career	5765 6027	4326 4520	1323 1367	116 140	75.04 % 75.00 %	22.95 % 22.68 %	2.01 % 2.32 %
Dating	5826 5859	4229 4269	1464 1448	133 142	72.59 % 72.86 %	25.13 % 24.71 %	2.28 % 2.42 %
Other	5628 6070	4428 4732	1075 1186	125 152	78.68 % 77.96 %	19.10 % 19.54 %	2.22 % 2.50 %

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 Mailgun.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	5598 5195	4089 3821	1378 1250	131 124	73.04 % 73.55 %	24.62 % 24.06 %	2.34 % 2.39 %
Outlook Mail	5540 5364	4155 4008	1260 1229	125 127	75.00 % 74.72 %	22.74 % 22.91 %	2.26 % 2.37 %
Yahoo Mail	5379 5576	4103 4236	1165 1215	111 125	76.28 % 75.97 %	21.66 % 21.79 %	2.06 % 2.24 %
AOL Mail	5582 5319	4278 4046	1178 1147	126 126	76.64 % 76.07 %	21.10 % 21.56 %	2.26 % 2.37 %
Mail.com	5366 5606	4162 4357	1093 1120	111 129	77.56 % 77.72 %	20.37 % 19.98 %	2.07 % 2.30 %
Yandex Mail	5451 5600	4130 4240	1196 1227	125 133	75.77 % 75.71 %	21.94 % 21.91 %	2.29 % 2.38 %
GMX Mail	5369 5388	4035 4060	1222 1204	112 124	75.15 % 75.35 %	22.76 % 22.35 %	2.09 % 2.30 %
Zoho Mail	5412 5479	4185 4270	1103 1075	124 134	77.33 % 77.93 %	20.38 % 19.62 %	2.29 % 2.45 %
ProtonMail	5363 5318	4265 4192	990 1000	108 126	79.53 % 78.83 %	18.46 % 18.80 %	2.01 % 2.37 %
Custom Mail	5238 5364	4218 4263	905 978	115 123	80.53 % 79.47 %	17.28 % 18.23 %	2.20 % 2.29 %
iCloud Mail	5364 5554	3961 3997	1294 1428	109 129	73.84 % 71.97 %	24.12 % 25.71 %	2.03 % 2.32 %
Tuta	5381 5522	4269 4326	994 1074	118 122	79.33 % 78.34 %	18.47 % 19.45 %	2.19 % 2.21 %
Juno.com	5132 5453	4047 4294	963 1024	122 135	78.86 % 78.75 %	18.76 % 18.78 %	2.38 % 2.48 %
Mailfence	5376 5231	4236 4142	1026 971	114 118	78.79 % 79.18 %	19.08 % 18.56 %	2.12 % 2.26 %

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