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 SendGrid than for mailtrap.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
9.079 8.948	7.346 7.254	1.343 1.355	390 339

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 (%)
80.91 % 81.07 %	14.79 % 15.14 %	4.30 % 3.79 %

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	717 729	600 605	93 100	24 24	83.68 % 82.99 %	12.97 % 13.72 %	3.35 % 3.29 %
Elektronics	649 713	542 583	88 102	19 28	83.51 % 81.77 %	13.56 % 14.31 %	2.93 % 3.93 %
Entertainment	717 684	584 553	103 107	30 24	81.45 % 80.85 %	14.37 % 15.64 %	4.18 % 3.51 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	661 667	532 542	97 106	32 19	80.48 % 81.26 %	14.67 % 15.89 %	4.84 % 2.85 %
Food & Drink	735 714	612 590	91 95	32 29	83.27 % 82.63 %	12.38 % 13.31 %	4.35 % 4.06 %
Home & Garden	719 682	599 568	95 91	25 23	83.31 % 83.28 %	13.21 % 13.34 %	3.48 % 3.37 %
Finance	727 697	575 542	121 118	31 37	79.09 % 77.76 %	16.64 % 16.93 %	4.26 % 5.31 %
Health	660 665	519 525	105 106	36 34	78.64 % 78.95 %	15.91 % 15.94 %	5.45 % 5.11 %
Pets	680 664	556 552	98 92	26 20	81.76 % 83.13 %	14.41 % 13.86 %	3.82 % 3.01 %
Sport & Fitness	701 673	550 533	112 111	39 29	78.46 % 79.20 %	15.98 % 16.49 %	5.56 % 4.31 %
Job & Career	776 661	613 528	130 112	33 21	78.99 % 79.88 %	16.75 % 16.94 %	4.25 % 3.18 %
Dating	670 676	524 527	117 116	29 33	78.21 % 77.96 %	17.46 % 17.16 %	4.33 % 4.88 %
Other	667 723	540 606	93 99	34 18	80.96 % 83.82 %	13.94 % 13.69 %	5.10 % 2.49 %

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	712 693	533 519	138 139	41 35	74.86 % 74.89 %	19.38 % 20.06 %	5.76 % 5.05 %
Outlook Mail	725 665	565 522	123 111	37 32	77.93 % 78.50 %	16.97 % 16.69 %	5.10 % 4.81 %
Yahoo Mail	679 675	557 536	102 106	20 33	82.03 % 79.41 %	15.02 % 15.70 %	2.95 % 4.89 %
AOL Mail	674 720	536 574	104 113	34 33	79.53 % 79.72 %	15.43 % 15.69 %	5.04 % 4.58 %
Mail.com	697 654	571 543	97 90	29 21	81.92 % 83.03 %	13.92 % 13.76 %	4.16 % 3.21 %
Yandex Mail	745 716	582 558	123 118	40 40	78.12 % 77.93 %	16.51 % 16.48 %	5.37 % 5.59 %
GMX Mail	642 699	539 582	84 94	19 23	83.96 % 83.26 %	13.08 % 13.45 %	2.96 % 3.29 %
Zoho Mail	686 710	569 587	89 97	28 26	82.94 % 82.68 %	12.97 % 13.66 %	4.08 % 3.66 %
ProtonMail	687 666	571 560	85 88	31 18	83.11 % 84.08 %	12.37 % 13.21 %	4.51 % 2.70 %
Custom Mail	698 637	585 547	90 81	23 9	83.81 % 85.87 %	12.89 % 12.72 %	3.30 % 1.41 %
iCloud Mail	694 719	529 555	126 134	39 30	76.22 % 77.19 %	18.16 % 18.64 %	5.62 % 4.17 %
Tuta	687 692	577 579	88 92	22 21	83.99 % 83.67 %	12.81 % 13.29 %	3.20 % 3.03 %
Juno.com	753 702	632 592	94 92	27 18	83.93 % 84.33 %	12.48 % 13.11 %	3.59 % 2.56 %

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