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
63.318 63.763	50.377 48.627	12.086 14.148	1.393 1.517

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 (%)
79.56 % 76.26 %	19.09 % 22.19 %	2.20 % 2.38 %

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	4783 5052	3791 3843	902 1128	100 123	79.26 % 76.07 %	18.86 % 22.33 %	2.09 % 2.43 %
Elektronics	4905 4831	3933 3712	904 1058	102 118	80.18 % 76.84 %	18.43 % 21.90 %	2.08 % 2.44 %
Entertainment	4998 4928	3975 3748	980 1120	101 118	79.53 % 76.06 %	19.61 % 22.73 %	2.02 % 2.39 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4737 5169	3770 3952	882 1129	116 122	79.59 % 76.46 %	18.62 % 21.84 %	2.45 % 2.36 %
Food & Drink	4617 4895	3647 3714	912 1094	95 120	78.99 % 75.87 %	19.75 % 22.35 %	2.06 % 2.45 %
Home & Garden	4836 4846	3828 3669	944 1102	116 114	79.16 % 75.71 %	19.52 % 22.74 %	2.40 % 2.35 %
Finance	4687 5029	3831 3930	785 1020	99 124	81.74 % 78.15 %	16.75 % 20.28 %	2.11 % 2.47 %
Health	5034 4894	4112 3867	854 954	109 102	81.68 % 79.02 %	16.96 % 19.49 %	2.17 % 2.08 %
Pets	4993 5017	3976 3813	962 1116	111 124	79.63 % 76.00 %	19.27 % 22.24 %	2.22 % 2.47 %
Sport & Fitness	4969 4830	3933 3686	953 1089	107 122	79.15 % 76.31 %	19.18 % 22.55 %	2.15 % 2.53 %
Job & Career	5014 4652	3909 3450	1040 1120	115 111	77.96 % 74.16 %	20.74 % 24.08 %	2.29 % 2.39 %
Dating	4912 4736	3761 3479	1093 1175	117 111	76.57 % 73.46 %	22.25 % 24.81 %	2.38 % 2.34 %
Other	4833 4884	3911 3764	875 1043	105 108	80.92 % 77.07 %	18.10 % 21.36 %	2.17 % 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, mailtrap is better than SendGrid.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	4582 4707	3539 3472	991 1154	114 120	77.24 % 73.76 %	21.63 % 24.52 %	2.49 % 2.55 %
Outlook Mail	4660 4784	3641 3620	978 1099	99 109	78.13 % 75.67 %	20.99 % 22.97 %	2.12 % 2.28 %
Yahoo Mail	4753 4589	3765 3508	927 1011	111 113	79.21 % 76.44 %	19.50 % 22.03 %	2.34 % 2.46 %
AOL Mail	4566 4500	3627 3398	882 1033	100 108	79.43 % 75.51 %	19.32 % 22.96 %	2.19 % 2.40 %
Mail.com	4696 4714	3790 3636	847 1004	97 109	80.71 % 77.13 %	18.04 % 21.30 %	2.07 % 2.31 %
Yandex Mail	4585 4643	3632 3521	904 1066	101 107	79.21 % 75.83 %	19.72 % 22.96 %	2.20 % 2.30 %
GMX Mail	4760 4574	3773 3450	937 1073	107 101	79.26 % 75.43 %	19.68 % 23.46 %	2.25 % 2.21 %
Zoho Mail	4625 4886	3700 3725	857 1097	95 110	80.00 % 76.24 %	18.53 % 22.45 %	2.05 % 2.25 %
ProtonMail	4507 4464	3646 3454	787 938	97 109	80.90 % 77.37 %	17.46 % 21.01 %	2.15 % 2.44 %
Custom Mail	4804 4727	3904 3657	846 984	106 116	81.27 % 77.36 %	17.61 % 20.82 %	2.21 % 2.45 %
iCloud Mail	4565 4605	3542 3400	943 1120	103 114	77.59 % 73.83 %	20.66 % 24.32 %	2.26 % 2.48 %
Tuta	4525 4628	3641 3589	803 983	99 114	80.46 % 77.55 %	17.75 % 21.24 %	2.19 % 2.46 %
Juno.com	4631 4703	3746 3654	817 967	103 110	80.89 % 77.70 %	17.64 % 20.56 %	2.22 % 2.34 %
Mailfence	3059 3239	2431 2543	567 619	61 77	79.47 % 78.51 %	18.54 % 19.11 %	1.99 % 2.38 %

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