mailtrap and SendGrid Email Deliverability Comparison

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 mailtrap than for SendGrid.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
44.825 44.630	36.495 35.409	6.591 7.341	1.739 1.880

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 SendGrid in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
81.42 % 79.34 %	14.70 % 16.45 %	3.88 % 4.21 %

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	3418 3531	2857 2886	444 517	117 128	83.59 % 81.73 %	12.99 % 14.64 %	3.42 % 3.63 %
Elektronics	3478 3448	2890 2744	477 545	111 159	83.09 % 79.58 %	13.71 % 15.81 %	3.19 % 4.61 %
Entertainment	3429 3446	2793 2717	507 576	129 153	81.45 % 78.85 %	14.79 % 16.72 %	3.76 % 4.44 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	3395 3476	2747 2760	502 576	146 140	80.91 % 79.40 %	14.79 % 16.57 %	4.30 % 4.03 %
Food & Drink	3450 3502	2894 2868	435 510	121 124	83.88 % 81.90 %	12.61 % 14.56 %	3.51 % 3.54 %
Home & Garden	3451 3408	2896 2774	447 494	108 140	83.92 % 81.40 %	12.95 % 14.50 %	3.13 % 4.11 %
Finance	3549 3412	2798 2617	593 632	158 163	78.84 % 76.70 %	16.71 % 18.52 %	4.45 % 4.78 %
Health	3497 3384	2786 2645	554 588	157 151	79.67 % 78.16 %	15.84 % 17.38 %	4.49 % 4.46 %
Pets	3396 3326	2815 2674	468 508	113 144	82.89 % 80.40 %	13.78 % 15.27 %	3.33 % 4.33 %
Sport & Fitness	3395 3524	2727 2753	530 619	138 152	80.32 % 78.12 %	15.61 % 17.57 %	4.06 % 4.31 %
Job & Career	3468 3437	2741 2661	579 640	148 136	79.04 % 77.42 %	16.70 % 18.62 %	4.27 % 3.96 %
Dating	3395 3383	2665 2600	573 618	157 165	78.50 % 76.85 %	16.88 % 18.27 %	4.62 % 4.88 %
Other	3504 3353	2886 2710	482 518	136 125	82.36 % 80.82 %	13.76 % 15.45 %	3.88 % 3.73 %

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 SendGrid.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	3398 3332	2565 2455	660 701	173 176	75.49 % 73.68 %	19.42 % 21.04 %	5.09 % 5.28 %
Outlook Mail	3567 3377	2834 2603	582 611	151 163	79.45 % 77.08 %	16.32 % 18.09 %	4.23 % 4.83 %
Yahoo Mail	3372 3413	2738 2698	509 572	125 143	81.20 % 79.05 %	15.09 % 16.76 %	3.71 % 4.19 %
AOL Mail	3447 3581	2780 2809	522 606	145 166	80.65 % 78.44 %	15.14 % 16.92 %	4.21 % 4.64 %
Mail.com	3544 3414	2907 2740	503 537	134 137	82.03 % 80.26 %	14.19 % 15.73 %	3.78 % 4.01 %
Yandex Mail	3374 3442	2686 2664	550 617	138 161	79.61 % 77.40 %	16.30 % 17.93 %	4.09 % 4.68 %
GMX Mail	3456 3346	2871 2737	459 491	126 118	83.07 % 81.80 %	13.28 % 14.67 %	3.65 % 3.53 %
Zoho Mail	3403 3381	2830 2743	441 506	132 132	83.16 % 81.13 %	12.96 % 14.97 %	3.88 % 3.90 %
ProtonMail	3442 3475	2904 2866	419 494	119 115	84.37 % 82.47 %	12.17 % 14.22 %	3.46 % 3.31 %
Custom Mail	3528 3448	2974 2827	442 491	112 130	84.30 % 81.99 %	12.53 % 14.24 %	3.17 % 3.77 %
iCloud Mail	3495 3557	2690 2691	642 710	163 156	76.97 % 75.65 %	18.37 % 19.96 %	4.66 % 4.39 %
Tuta	3355 3433	2805 2774	440 510	110 149	83.61 % 80.80 %	13.11 % 14.86 %	3.28 % 4.34 %
Juno.com	3444 3431	2911 2802	422 495	111 134	84.52 % 81.67 %	12.25 % 14.43 %	3.22 % 3.91 %

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