SendGrid and mailtrap Email Deliverability Comparison

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In this comparison, the deliverability of SendGrid and mailtrap 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
64.547 64.364	49.094 50.801	14.120 12.496	1.594 1.364

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

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

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

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