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
75.185 75.883	57.581 58.419	15.855 15.646	1.749 1.818

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 (%)
76.59 % 76.99 %	21.09 % 20.62 %	2.33 % 2.40 %

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	5837 5963	4437 4546	1273 1277	127 140	76.02 % 76.24 %	21.81 % 21.42 %	2.18 % 2.35 %
Elektronics	6010 6002	4600 4662	1268 1193	142 147	76.54 % 77.67 %	21.10 % 19.88 %	2.36 % 2.45 %
Entertainment	5923 5767	4570 4427	1217 1196	136 144	77.16 % 76.76 %	20.55 % 20.74 %	2.30 % 2.50 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5687 5849	4350 4533	1193 1172	144 144	76.49 % 77.50 %	20.98 % 20.04 %	2.53 % 2.46 %
Food & Drink	5844 5864	4458 4503	1250 1220	136 141	76.28 % 76.79 %	21.39 % 20.80 %	2.33 % 2.40 %
Home & Garden	5734 5642	4384 4306	1217 1204	133 132	76.46 % 76.32 %	21.22 % 21.34 %	2.32 % 2.34 %
Finance	5731 5836	4565 4668	1041 1022	125 146	79.65 % 79.99 %	18.16 % 17.51 %	2.18 % 2.50 %
Health	5818 5787	4653 4662	1037 989	128 136	79.98 % 80.56 %	17.82 % 17.09 %	2.20 % 2.35 %
Pets	5837 5847	4437 4494	1262 1217	138 136	76.02 % 76.86 %	21.62 % 20.81 %	2.36 % 2.33 %
Sport & Fitness	5733 5781	4345 4456	1246 1182	142 143	75.79 % 77.08 %	21.73 % 20.45 %	2.48 % 2.47 %
Job & Career	5747 5626	4281 4169	1338 1327	128 130	74.49 % 74.10 %	23.28 % 23.59 %	2.23 % 2.31 %
Dating	5685 5974	4108 4319	1437 1523	140 132	72.26 % 72.30 %	25.28 % 25.49 %	2.46 % 2.21 %
Other	5599 5945	4393 4674	1076 1124	130 147	78.46 % 78.62 %	19.22 % 18.91 %	2.32 % 2.47 %

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	5574 5221	4050 3834	1380 1276	144 111	72.66 % 73.43 %	24.76 % 24.44 %	2.58 % 2.13 %
Outlook Mail	5462 5479	4073 4125	1255 1225	134 129	74.57 % 75.29 %	22.98 % 22.36 %	2.45 % 2.35 %
Yahoo Mail	5304 5230	4022 3999	1159 1107	123 124	75.83 % 76.46 %	21.85 % 21.17 %	2.32 % 2.37 %
AOL Mail	5594 5433	4257 4108	1204 1189	133 136	76.10 % 75.61 %	21.52 % 21.88 %	2.38 % 2.50 %
Mail.com	5286 5580	4095 4346	1078 1107	113 127	77.47 % 77.89 %	20.39 % 19.84 %	2.14 % 2.28 %
Yandex Mail	5635 5471	4238 4172	1265 1176	132 123	75.21 % 76.26 %	22.45 % 21.50 %	2.34 % 2.25 %
GMX Mail	5294 5383	3973 4056	1202 1196	119 131	75.05 % 75.35 %	22.70 % 22.22 %	2.25 % 2.43 %
Zoho Mail	5421 5433	4174 4211	1119 1092	128 130	77.00 % 77.51 %	20.64 % 20.10 %	2.36 % 2.39 %
ProtonMail	5263 5334	4160 4222	984 984	119 128	79.04 % 79.15 %	18.70 % 18.45 %	2.26 % 2.40 %
Custom Mail	5237 5464	4196 4394	917 933	124 137	80.12 % 80.42 %	17.51 % 17.08 %	2.37 % 2.51 %
iCloud Mail	5332 5390	3931 3977	1287 1283	114 130	73.72 % 73.78 %	24.14 % 23.80 %	2.14 % 2.41 %
Tuta	5336 5469	4216 4328	998 1006	122 135	79.01 % 79.14 %	18.70 % 18.39 %	2.29 % 2.47 %
Juno.com	5160 5495	4059 4329	976 1025	125 141	78.66 % 78.78 %	18.91 % 18.65 %	2.42 % 2.57 %
Mailfence	5287 5501	4137 4318	1031 1047	119 136	78.25 % 78.49 %	19.50 % 19.03 %	2.25 % 2.47 %

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