mailtrap and SendGrid Email Deliverability Comparison

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SendGrid

In this comparison, the deliverability of mailtrap and SendGrid 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 SendGrid than for mailtrap.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
64.136 65.240	49.496 50.398	13.214 13.343	1.426 1.499

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. SendGrid beats mailtrap in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
77.17 % 77.25 %	20.60 % 20.45 %	2.22 % 2.30 %

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, SendGrid is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	4940 5144	3791 3942	1042 1089	107 113	76.74 % 76.63 %	21.09 % 21.17 %	2.17 % 2.20 %
Elektronics	5186 5097	3998 3976	1069 1002	119 119	77.09 % 78.01 %	20.61 % 19.66 %	2.29 % 2.33 %
Entertainment	5106 4972	3964 3825	1030 1026	112 121	77.63 % 76.93 %	20.17 % 20.64 %	2.19 % 2.43 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4814 5020	3704 3906	994 996	116 118	76.94 % 77.81 %	20.65 % 19.84 %	2.41 % 2.35 %
Food & Drink	4943 5074	3809 3899	1022 1053	112 122	77.06 % 76.84 %	20.68 % 20.75 %	2.27 % 2.40 %
Home & Garden	4852 4840	3732 3707	1013 1032	107 101	76.92 % 76.59 %	20.88 % 21.32 %	2.21 % 2.09 %
Finance	4958 5019	3966 4029	893 866	99 124	79.99 % 80.27 %	18.01 % 17.25 %	2.00 % 2.47 %
Health	4960 4997	4002 4040	855 845	103 112	80.69 % 80.85 %	17.24 % 16.91 %	2.08 % 2.24 %
Pets	5020 5068	3857 3904	1053 1049	110 115	76.83 % 77.03 %	20.98 % 20.70 %	2.19 % 2.27 %
Sport & Fitness	4910 5024	3742 3885	1050 1018	118 121	76.21 % 77.33 %	21.38 % 20.26 %	2.40 % 2.41 %
Job & Career	4867 4771	3650 3565	1114 1105	103 101	74.99 % 74.72 %	22.89 % 23.16 %	2.12 % 2.12 %
Dating	4833 5104	3542 3694	1178 1299	113 111	73.29 % 72.37 %	24.37 % 25.45 %	2.34 % 2.17 %
Other	4747 5110	3739 4026	901 963	107 121	78.77 % 78.79 %	18.98 % 18.85 %	2.25 % 2.37 %

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, SendGrid is better than mailtrap.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	4712 4516	3466 3314	1129 1112	117 90	73.56 % 73.38 %	23.96 % 24.62 %	2.48 % 1.99 %
Outlook Mail	4643 4739	3482 3592	1050 1043	111 104	74.99 % 75.80 %	22.61 % 22.01 %	2.39 % 2.19 %
Yahoo Mail	4550 4427	3485 3389	965 940	100 98	76.59 % 76.55 %	21.21 % 21.23 %	2.20 % 2.21 %
AOL Mail	4714 4710	3619 3568	986 1026	109 116	76.77 % 75.75 %	20.92 % 21.78 %	2.31 % 2.46 %
Mail.com	4518 4794	3528 3752	900 936	90 106	78.09 % 78.26 %	19.92 % 19.52 %	1.99 % 2.21 %
Yandex Mail	4813 4688	3646 3594	1057 992	110 102	75.75 % 76.66 %	21.96 % 21.16 %	2.29 % 2.18 %
GMX Mail	4500 4597	3404 3470	1000 1022	96 105	75.64 % 75.48 %	22.22 % 22.23 %	2.13 % 2.28 %
Zoho Mail	4566 4658	3545 3631	916 921	105 106	77.64 % 77.95 %	20.06 % 19.77 %	2.30 % 2.28 %
ProtonMail	4557 4591	3626 3647	832 838	99 106	79.57 % 79.44 %	18.26 % 18.25 %	2.17 % 2.31 %
Custom Mail	4515 4670	3635 3774	778 786	102 110	80.51 % 80.81 %	17.23 % 16.83 %	2.26 % 2.36 %
iCloud Mail	4603 4601	3405 3413	1103 1077	95 111	73.97 % 74.18 %	23.96 % 23.41 %	2.06 % 2.41 %
Tuta	4562 4704	3625 3733	838 858	99 113	79.46 % 79.36 %	18.37 % 18.24 %	2.17 % 2.40 %
Juno.com	4367 4751	3461 3746	807 888	99 117	79.25 % 78.85 %	18.48 % 18.69 %	2.27 % 2.46 %
Mailfence	4516 4794	3569 3775	853 904	94 115	79.03 % 78.74 %	18.89 % 18.86 %	2.08 % 2.40 %

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