mailtrap and SendGrid Email Deliverability Comparison

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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
64.767 65.185	50.335 50.153	13.133 13.533	1.299 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. mailtrap beats SendGrid in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
77.72 % 76.94 %	20.28 % 20.76 %	2.01 % 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, mailtrap is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	4817 5061	3743 3889	984 1054	90 118	77.70 % 76.84 %	20.43 % 20.83 %	1.87 % 2.33 %
Elektronics	5044 5043	3967 3919	980 1007	97 117	78.65 % 77.71 %	19.43 % 19.97 %	1.92 % 2.32 %
Entertainment	5093 5009	3959 3816	1037 1073	97 120	77.73 % 76.18 %	20.36 % 21.42 %	1.90 % 2.40 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4928 5165	3823 3989	994 1056	111 120	77.58 % 77.23 %	20.17 % 20.45 %	2.25 % 2.32 %
Food & Drink	4971 5126	3835 3916	1039 1094	97 116	77.15 % 76.39 %	20.90 % 21.34 %	1.95 % 2.26 %
Home & Garden	4860 4941	3751 3776	1008 1057	101 108	77.18 % 76.42 %	20.74 % 21.39 %	2.08 % 2.19 %
Finance	4863 4994	3923 4012	850 860	90 122	80.67 % 80.34 %	17.48 % 17.22 %	1.85 % 2.44 %
Health	5070 5103	4102 4121	870 869	98 113	80.91 % 80.76 %	17.16 % 17.03 %	1.93 % 2.21 %
Pets	5092 5124	3947 3911	1037 1090	108 123	77.51 % 76.33 %	20.37 % 21.27 %	2.12 % 2.40 %
Sport & Fitness	5019 4949	3859 3797	1061 1030	99 122	76.89 % 76.72 %	21.14 % 20.81 %	1.97 % 2.47 %
Job & Career	5019 4643	3801 3435	1115 1105	103 103	75.73 % 73.98 %	22.22 % 23.80 %	2.05 % 2.22 %
Dating	5066 5001	3725 3629	1231 1261	110 111	73.53 % 72.57 %	24.30 % 25.21 %	2.17 % 2.22 %
Other	4925 5026	3900 3943	927 977	98 106	79.19 % 78.45 %	18.82 % 19.44 %	1.99 % 2.11 %

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	4705 4467	3484 3273	1116 1084	105 110	74.05 % 73.27 %	23.72 % 24.27 %	2.23 % 2.46 %
Outlook Mail	4682 4749	3528 3602	1067 1046	87 101	75.35 % 75.85 %	22.79 % 22.03 %	1.86 % 2.13 %
Yahoo Mail	4750 4588	3659 3513	994 970	97 105	77.03 % 76.57 %	20.93 % 21.14 %	2.04 % 2.29 %
AOL Mail	4614 4540	3543 3433	975 999	96 108	76.79 % 75.62 %	21.13 % 22.00 %	2.08 % 2.38 %
Mail.com	4654 4832	3682 3771	882 952	90 109	79.11 % 78.04 %	18.95 % 19.70 %	1.93 % 2.26 %
Yandex Mail	4758 4701	3652 3574	1014 1021	92 106	76.75 % 76.03 %	21.31 % 21.72 %	1.93 % 2.25 %
GMX Mail	4704 4503	3605 3390	1004 1019	95 94	76.64 % 75.28 %	21.34 % 22.63 %	2.02 % 2.09 %
Zoho Mail	4650 4711	3644 3628	912 977	94 106	78.37 % 77.01 %	19.61 % 20.74 %	2.02 % 2.25 %
ProtonMail	4425 4501	3550 3552	787 840	88 109	80.23 % 78.92 %	17.79 % 18.66 %	1.99 % 2.42 %
Custom Mail	4638 4741	3743 3784	804 846	91 111	80.70 % 79.81 %	17.34 % 17.84 %	1.96 % 2.34 %
iCloud Mail	4496 4564	3360 3364	1045 1091	91 109	74.73 % 73.71 %	23.24 % 23.90 %	2.02 % 2.39 %
Tuta	4555 4795	3614 3785	852 899	89 111	79.34 % 78.94 %	18.70 % 18.75 %	1.95 % 2.31 %
Juno.com	4497 4717	3583 3724	819 885	95 108	79.68 % 78.95 %	18.21 % 18.76 %	2.11 % 2.29 %
Mailfence	4639 4776	3688 3760	862 904	89 112	79.50 % 78.73 %	18.58 % 18.93 %	1.92 % 2.35 %

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