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
64.364 64.547	50.801 49.094	12.496 14.120	1.364 1.594

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 (%)
78.93 % 76.06 %	19.41 % 21.88 %	2.12 % 2.47 %

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	4816 5059	3783 3839	935 1121	97 126	78.55 % 75.88 %	19.41 % 22.16 %	2.01 % 2.49 %
Elektronics	5011 4978	3995 3821	932 1057	101 126	79.72 % 76.76 %	18.60 % 21.23 %	2.02 % 2.53 %
Entertainment	5115 5004	4033 3771	1010 1134	101 128	78.85 % 75.36 %	19.75 % 22.66 %	1.97 % 2.56 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	4888 5094	3856 3896	935 1080	113 124	78.89 % 76.48 %	19.13 % 21.20 %	2.31 % 2.43 %
Food & Drink	4803 5062	3762 3823	958 1128	102 125	78.33 % 75.52 %	19.95 % 22.28 %	2.12 % 2.47 %
Home & Garden	4922 4911	3862 3715	980 1105	114 116	78.46 % 75.65 %	19.91 % 22.50 %	2.32 % 2.36 %
Finance	4783 5039	3895 3961	808 972	93 129	81.43 % 78.61 %	16.89 % 19.29 %	1.94 % 2.56 %
Health	5040 4971	4107 3953	851 914	103 113	81.49 % 79.52 %	16.88 % 18.39 %	2.04 % 2.27 %
Pets	5040 5036	3988 3814	972 1105	108 132	79.13 % 75.73 %	19.29 % 21.94 %	2.14 % 2.62 %
Sport & Fitness	5073 4891	3979 3712	1011 1088	105 129	78.43 % 75.89 %	19.93 % 22.24 %	2.07 % 2.64 %
Job & Career	5017 4630	3862 3393	1069 1133	111 114	76.98 % 73.28 %	21.31 % 24.47 %	2.21 % 2.46 %
Dating	4940 4935	3735 3577	1135 1252	111 120	75.61 % 72.48 %	22.98 % 25.37 %	2.25 % 2.43 %
Other	4916 4937	3944 3819	900 1031	105 112	80.23 % 77.35 %	18.31 % 20.88 %	2.14 % 2.27 %

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	4690 4616	3570 3369	1052 1142	111 122	76.12 % 72.99 %	22.43 % 24.74 %	2.37 % 2.64 %
Outlook Mail	4718 4779	3622 3606	1020 1083	94 112	76.77 % 75.46 %	21.62 % 22.66 %	1.99 % 2.34 %
Yahoo Mail	4756 4541	3731 3450	948 1002	104 113	78.45 % 75.97 %	19.93 % 22.07 %	2.19 % 2.49 %
AOL Mail	4666 4511	3663 3386	922 1041	101 115	78.50 % 75.06 %	19.76 % 23.08 %	2.16 % 2.55 %
Mail.com	4691 4781	3767 3683	852 998	94 115	80.30 % 77.03 %	18.16 % 20.87 %	2.00 % 2.41 %
Yandex Mail	4685 4658	3670 3494	950 1075	96 112	78.34 % 75.01 %	20.28 % 23.08 %	2.05 % 2.40 %
GMX Mail	4720 4600	3689 3450	963 1073	101 104	78.16 % 75.00 %	20.40 % 23.33 %	2.14 % 2.26 %
Zoho Mail	4639 4791	3693 3649	862 1055	95 112	79.61 % 76.16 %	18.58 % 22.02 %	2.05 % 2.34 %
ProtonMail	4425 4516	3579 3490	766 923	93 116	80.88 % 77.28 %	17.31 % 20.44 %	2.10 % 2.57 %
Custom Mail	4707 4727	3827 3689	806 926	98 117	81.30 % 78.04 %	17.12 % 19.59 %	2.08 % 2.48 %
iCloud Mail	4615 4569	3520 3361	1011 1114	102 118	76.27 % 73.56 %	21.91 % 24.38 %	2.21 % 2.58 %
Tuta	4526 4715	3643 3647	806 969	93 120	80.49 % 77.35 %	17.81 % 20.55 %	2.05 % 2.55 %
Juno.com	4618 4710	3721 3667	817 940	101 117	80.58 % 77.86 %	17.69 % 19.96 %	2.19 % 2.48 %
Mailfence	3908 4033	3106 3153	721 779	81 101	79.48 % 78.18 %	18.45 % 19.32 %	2.07 % 2.50 %

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