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 SendGrid than for mailtrap.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
65.240 64.136	50.398 49.496	13.343 13.214	1.499 1.426

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 (%)
77.25 % 77.17 %	20.45 % 20.60 %	2.30 % 2.22 %

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	5144 4940	3942 3791	1089 1042	113 107	76.63 % 76.74 %	21.17 % 21.09 %	2.20 % 2.17 %
Elektronics	5097 5186	3976 3998	1002 1069	119 119	78.01 % 77.09 %	19.66 % 20.61 %	2.33 % 2.29 %
Entertainment	4972 5106	3825 3964	1026 1030	121 112	76.93 % 77.63 %	20.64 % 20.17 %	2.43 % 2.19 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5020 4814	3906 3704	996 994	118 116	77.81 % 76.94 %	19.84 % 20.65 %	2.35 % 2.41 %
Food & Drink	5074 4943	3899 3809	1053 1022	122 112	76.84 % 77.06 %	20.75 % 20.68 %	2.40 % 2.27 %
Home & Garden	4840 4852	3707 3732	1032 1013	101 107	76.59 % 76.92 %	21.32 % 20.88 %	2.09 % 2.21 %
Finance	5019 4958	4029 3966	866 893	124 99	80.27 % 79.99 %	17.25 % 18.01 %	2.47 % 2.00 %
Health	4997 4960	4040 4002	845 855	112 103	80.85 % 80.69 %	16.91 % 17.24 %	2.24 % 2.08 %
Pets	5068 5020	3904 3857	1049 1053	115 110	77.03 % 76.83 %	20.70 % 20.98 %	2.27 % 2.19 %
Sport & Fitness	5024 4910	3885 3742	1018 1050	121 118	77.33 % 76.21 %	20.26 % 21.38 %	2.41 % 2.40 %
Job & Career	4771 4867	3565 3650	1105 1114	101 103	74.72 % 74.99 %	23.16 % 22.89 %	2.12 % 2.12 %
Dating	5104 4833	3694 3542	1299 1178	111 113	72.37 % 73.29 %	25.45 % 24.37 %	2.17 % 2.34 %
Other	5110 4747	4026 3739	963 901	121 107	78.79 % 78.77 %	18.85 % 18.98 %	2.37 % 2.25 %

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	4516 4712	3314 3466	1112 1129	90 117	73.38 % 73.56 %	24.62 % 23.96 %	1.99 % 2.48 %
Outlook Mail	4739 4643	3592 3482	1043 1050	104 111	75.80 % 74.99 %	22.01 % 22.61 %	2.19 % 2.39 %
Yahoo Mail	4427 4550	3389 3485	940 965	98 100	76.55 % 76.59 %	21.23 % 21.21 %	2.21 % 2.20 %
AOL Mail	4710 4714	3568 3619	1026 986	116 109	75.75 % 76.77 %	21.78 % 20.92 %	2.46 % 2.31 %
Mail.com	4794 4518	3752 3528	936 900	106 90	78.26 % 78.09 %	19.52 % 19.92 %	2.21 % 1.99 %
Yandex Mail	4688 4813	3594 3646	992 1057	102 110	76.66 % 75.75 %	21.16 % 21.96 %	2.18 % 2.29 %
GMX Mail	4597 4500	3470 3404	1022 1000	105 96	75.48 % 75.64 %	22.23 % 22.22 %	2.28 % 2.13 %
Zoho Mail	4658 4566	3631 3545	921 916	106 105	77.95 % 77.64 %	19.77 % 20.06 %	2.28 % 2.30 %
ProtonMail	4591 4557	3647 3626	838 832	106 99	79.44 % 79.57 %	18.25 % 18.26 %	2.31 % 2.17 %
Custom Mail	4670 4515	3774 3635	786 778	110 102	80.81 % 80.51 %	16.83 % 17.23 %	2.36 % 2.26 %
iCloud Mail	4601 4603	3413 3405	1077 1103	111 95	74.18 % 73.97 %	23.41 % 23.96 %	2.41 % 2.06 %
Tuta	4704 4562	3733 3625	858 838	113 99	79.36 % 79.46 %	18.24 % 18.37 %	2.40 % 2.17 %
Juno.com	4751 4367	3746 3461	888 807	117 99	78.85 % 79.25 %	18.69 % 18.48 %	2.46 % 2.27 %
Mailfence	4794 4516	3775 3569	904 853	115 94	78.74 % 79.03 %	18.86 % 18.89 %	2.40 % 2.08 %

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