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
64.339 64.932	49.599 50.153	13.283 13.282	1.457 1.497

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 (%)
77.09 % 77.24 %	20.65 % 20.46 %	2.26 % 2.31 %

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	4906 5103	3763 3943	1039 1047	104 113	76.70 % 77.27 %	21.18 % 20.52 %	2.12 % 2.21 %
Elektronics	5247 4961	4073 3866	1055 977	119 118	77.63 % 77.93 %	20.11 % 19.69 %	2.27 % 2.38 %
Entertainment	5049 5086	3918 3899	1019 1062	112 125	77.60 % 76.66 %	20.18 % 20.88 %	2.22 % 2.46 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4855 5102	3723 3963	1013 1018	119 121	76.68 % 77.68 %	20.87 % 19.95 %	2.45 % 2.37 %
Food & Drink	4989 5136	3819 3928	1051 1081	119 127	76.55 % 76.48 %	21.07 % 21.05 %	2.39 % 2.47 %
Home & Garden	4872 4813	3742 3675	1022 1031	108 107	76.81 % 76.36 %	20.98 % 21.42 %	2.22 % 2.22 %
Finance	4798 5025	3841 4057	859 845	98 123	80.05 % 80.74 %	17.90 % 16.82 %	2.04 % 2.45 %
Health	4968 4953	4019 3995	839 846	110 112	80.90 % 80.66 %	16.89 % 17.08 %	2.21 % 2.26 %
Pets	5064 4990	3872 3847	1078 1031	114 112	76.46 % 77.09 %	21.29 % 20.66 %	2.25 % 2.24 %
Sport & Fitness	4916 4946	3751 3810	1050 1018	115 118	76.30 % 77.03 %	21.36 % 20.58 %	2.34 % 2.39 %
Job & Career	4828 4725	3629 3533	1090 1091	109 101	75.17 % 74.77 %	22.58 % 23.09 %	2.26 % 2.14 %
Dating	4994 5071	3652 3680	1221 1282	121 109	73.13 % 72.57 %	24.45 % 25.28 %	2.42 % 2.15 %
Other	4853 5021	3797 3957	947 953	109 111	78.24 % 78.81 %	19.51 % 18.98 %	2.25 % 2.21 %

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	4718 4574	3470 3353	1133 1124	115 97	73.55 % 73.31 %	24.01 % 24.57 %	2.44 % 2.12 %
Outlook Mail	4652 4731	3502 3584	1038 1046	112 101	75.28 % 75.76 %	22.31 % 22.11 %	2.41 % 2.13 %
Yahoo Mail	4641 4397	3548 3385	985 917	108 95	76.45 % 76.98 %	21.22 % 20.86 %	2.33 % 2.16 %
AOL Mail	4789 4653	3647 3547	1028 993	114 113	76.15 % 76.23 %	21.47 % 21.34 %	2.38 % 2.43 %
Mail.com	4609 4754	3613 3721	901 926	95 107	78.39 % 78.27 %	19.55 % 19.48 %	2.06 % 2.25 %
Yandex Mail	4777 4689	3631 3607	1033 980	113 102	76.01 % 76.92 %	21.62 % 20.90 %	2.37 % 2.18 %
GMX Mail	4588 4629	3487 3482	999 1048	102 99	76.00 % 75.22 %	21.77 % 22.64 %	2.22 % 2.14 %
Zoho Mail	4524 4600	3504 3586	920 907	100 107	77.45 % 77.96 %	20.34 % 19.72 %	2.21 % 2.33 %
ProtonMail	4578 4628	3638 3668	839 854	101 106	79.47 % 79.26 %	18.33 % 18.45 %	2.21 % 2.29 %
Custom Mail	4531 4683	3641 3768	787 799	103 116	80.36 % 80.46 %	17.37 % 17.06 %	2.27 % 2.48 %
iCloud Mail	4482 4593	3315 3406	1068 1080	99 107	73.96 % 74.16 %	23.83 % 23.51 %	2.21 % 2.33 %
Tuta	4533 4570	3592 3628	840 829	101 113	79.24 % 79.39 %	18.53 % 18.14 %	2.23 % 2.47 %
Juno.com	4441 4647	3492 3662	848 869	101 116	78.63 % 78.80 %	19.09 % 18.70 %	2.27 % 2.50 %
Mailfence	4476 4784	3519 3756	864 910	93 118	78.62 % 78.51 %	19.30 % 19.02 %	2.08 % 2.47 %

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