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
75.883 75.185	58.419 57.581	15.646 15.855	1.818 1.749

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

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

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

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