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
64.767 65.108	50.335 50.027	13.133 13.594	1.299 1.487

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 (%)
77.72 % 76.84 %	20.28 % 20.88 %	2.01 % 2.28 %

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	4817 5003	3743 3890	984 1011	90 102	77.70 % 77.75 %	20.43 % 20.21 %	1.87 % 2.04 %
Elektronics	5044 4994	3967 3875	980 998	97 121	78.65 % 77.59 %	19.43 % 19.98 %	1.92 % 2.42 %
Entertainment	5093 4888	3959 3723	1037 1050	97 115	77.73 % 76.17 %	20.36 % 21.48 %	1.90 % 2.35 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4928 4954	3823 3827	994 1017	111 110	77.58 % 77.25 %	20.17 % 20.53 %	2.25 % 2.22 %
Food & Drink	4971 4881	3835 3760	1039 1006	97 115	77.15 % 77.03 %	20.90 % 20.61 %	1.95 % 2.36 %
Home & Garden	4860 5164	3751 3981	1008 1073	101 110	77.18 % 77.09 %	20.74 % 20.78 %	2.08 % 2.13 %
Finance	4863 5006	3923 4057	850 832	90 117	80.67 % 81.04 %	17.48 % 16.62 %	1.85 % 2.34 %
Health	5070 4959	4102 3945	870 900	98 114	80.91 % 79.55 %	17.16 % 18.15 %	1.93 % 2.30 %
Pets	5092 5179	3947 3911	1037 1143	108 125	77.51 % 75.52 %	20.37 % 22.07 %	2.12 % 2.41 %
Sport & Fitness	5019 5062	3859 3851	1061 1090	99 121	76.89 % 76.08 %	21.14 % 21.53 %	1.97 % 2.39 %
Job & Career	5019 4784	3801 3538	1115 1140	103 106	75.73 % 73.95 %	22.22 % 23.83 %	2.05 % 2.22 %
Dating	5066 5029	3725 3637	1231 1277	110 115	73.53 % 72.32 %	24.30 % 25.39 %	2.17 % 2.29 %
Other	4925 5205	3900 4032	927 1057	98 116	79.19 % 77.46 %	18.82 % 20.31 %	1.99 % 2.23 %

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	4705 4665	3484 3427	1116 1133	105 105	74.05 % 73.46 %	23.72 % 24.29 %	2.23 % 2.25 %
Outlook Mail	4682 4729	3528 3527	1067 1091	87 111	75.35 % 74.58 %	22.79 % 23.07 %	1.86 % 2.35 %
Yahoo Mail	4750 4699	3659 3550	994 1040	97 109	77.03 % 75.55 %	20.93 % 22.13 %	2.04 % 2.32 %
AOL Mail	4614 4477	3543 3422	975 957	96 98	76.79 % 76.44 %	21.13 % 21.38 %	2.08 % 2.19 %
Mail.com	4654 4529	3682 3538	882 885	90 106	79.11 % 78.12 %	18.95 % 19.54 %	1.93 % 2.34 %
Yandex Mail	4758 4855	3652 3696	1014 1053	92 106	76.75 % 76.13 %	21.31 % 21.69 %	1.93 % 2.18 %
GMX Mail	4704 4457	3605 3340	1004 1013	95 104	76.64 % 74.94 %	21.34 % 22.73 %	2.02 % 2.33 %
Zoho Mail	4650 4671	3644 3647	912 908	94 116	78.37 % 78.08 %	19.61 % 19.44 %	2.02 % 2.48 %
ProtonMail	4425 4629	3550 3643	787 884	88 102	80.23 % 78.70 %	17.79 % 19.10 %	1.99 % 2.20 %
Custom Mail	4638 4605	3743 3699	804 812	91 94	80.70 % 80.33 %	17.34 % 17.63 %	1.96 % 2.04 %
iCloud Mail	4496 4625	3360 3333	1045 1183	91 109	74.73 % 72.06 %	23.24 % 25.58 %	2.02 % 2.36 %
Tuta	4555 4627	3614 3649	852 872	89 106	79.34 % 78.86 %	18.70 % 18.85 %	1.95 % 2.29 %
Juno.com	4497 4702	3583 3704	819 880	95 118	79.68 % 78.77 %	18.21 % 18.72 %	2.11 % 2.51 %
Mailfence	4639 4838	3688 3852	862 883	89 103	79.50 % 79.62 %	18.58 % 18.25 %	1.92 % 2.13 %

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