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
63.763 63.318	48.627 50.377	14.148 12.086	1.517 1.393

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

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	5052 4783	3843 3791	1128 902	123 100	76.07 % 79.26 %	22.33 % 18.86 %	2.43 % 2.09 %
Elektronics	4831 4905	3712 3933	1058 904	118 102	76.84 % 80.18 %	21.90 % 18.43 %	2.44 % 2.08 %
Entertainment	4928 4998	3748 3975	1120 980	118 101	76.06 % 79.53 %	22.73 % 19.61 %	2.39 % 2.02 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5169 4737	3952 3770	1129 882	122 116	76.46 % 79.59 %	21.84 % 18.62 %	2.36 % 2.45 %
Food & Drink	4895 4617	3714 3647	1094 912	120 95	75.87 % 78.99 %	22.35 % 19.75 %	2.45 % 2.06 %
Home & Garden	4846 4836	3669 3828	1102 944	114 116	75.71 % 79.16 %	22.74 % 19.52 %	2.35 % 2.40 %
Finance	5029 4687	3930 3831	1020 785	124 99	78.15 % 81.74 %	20.28 % 16.75 %	2.47 % 2.11 %
Health	4894 5034	3867 4112	954 854	102 109	79.02 % 81.68 %	19.49 % 16.96 %	2.08 % 2.17 %
Pets	5017 4993	3813 3976	1116 962	124 111	76.00 % 79.63 %	22.24 % 19.27 %	2.47 % 2.22 %
Sport & Fitness	4830 4969	3686 3933	1089 953	122 107	76.31 % 79.15 %	22.55 % 19.18 %	2.53 % 2.15 %
Job & Career	4652 5014	3450 3909	1120 1040	111 115	74.16 % 77.96 %	24.08 % 20.74 %	2.39 % 2.29 %
Dating	4736 4912	3479 3761	1175 1093	111 117	73.46 % 76.57 %	24.81 % 22.25 %	2.34 % 2.38 %
Other	4884 4833	3764 3911	1043 875	108 105	77.07 % 80.92 %	21.36 % 18.10 %	2.21 % 2.17 %

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

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