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
64.970 64.658	49.945 49.747	13.532 13.457	1.493 1.454

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 (%)
76.87 % 76.94 %	20.83 % 20.81 %	2.30 % 2.25 %

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	5069 4843	3921 3711	1037 1030	111 102	77.35 % 76.63 %	20.46 % 21.27 %	2.19 % 2.11 %
Elektronics	4956 5066	3829 3936	1009 1021	118 109	77.26 % 77.69 %	20.36 % 20.15 %	2.38 % 2.15 %
Entertainment	4997 5063	3813 3908	1061 1047	123 108	76.31 % 77.19 %	21.23 % 20.68 %	2.46 % 2.13 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5082 4940	3911 3799	1052 1017	119 124	76.96 % 76.90 %	20.70 % 20.59 %	2.34 % 2.51 %
Food & Drink	5121 4982	3910 3793	1093 1075	118 114	76.35 % 76.13 %	21.34 % 21.58 %	2.30 % 2.29 %
Home & Garden	4885 4922	3714 3762	1063 1049	108 111	76.03 % 76.43 %	21.76 % 21.31 %	2.21 % 2.26 %
Finance	4986 4833	4004 3878	859 854	123 101	80.30 % 80.24 %	17.23 % 17.67 %	2.47 % 2.09 %
Health	5064 5019	4078 4046	873 861	113 112	80.53 % 80.61 %	17.24 % 17.15 %	2.23 % 2.23 %
Pets	5145 5067	3945 3871	1080 1079	120 117	76.68 % 76.40 %	20.99 % 21.29 %	2.33 % 2.31 %
Sport & Fitness	4935 5030	3787 3814	1027 1101	121 115	76.74 % 75.83 %	20.81 % 21.89 %	2.45 % 2.29 %
Job & Career	4611 4855	3408 3643	1101 1105	102 107	73.91 % 75.04 %	23.88 % 22.76 %	2.21 % 2.20 %
Dating	5050 5093	3651 3713	1289 1258	110 122	72.30 % 72.90 %	25.52 % 24.70 %	2.18 % 2.40 %
Other	5069 4945	3974 3873	988 960	107 112	78.40 % 78.32 %	19.49 % 19.41 %	2.11 % 2.26 %

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	4569 4773	3357 3494	1109 1158	103 121	73.47 % 73.20 %	24.27 % 24.26 %	2.25 % 2.54 %
Outlook Mail	4754 4689	3604 3523	1051 1062	99 104	75.81 % 75.13 %	22.11 % 22.65 %	2.08 % 2.22 %
Yahoo Mail	4473 4650	3414 3535	953 1009	106 106	76.32 % 76.02 %	21.31 % 21.70 %	2.37 % 2.28 %
AOL Mail	4547 4656	3435 3530	1005 1016	107 110	75.54 % 75.82 %	22.10 % 21.82 %	2.35 % 2.36 %
Mail.com	4722 4552	3686 3558	929 899	107 95	78.06 % 78.16 %	19.67 % 19.75 %	2.27 % 2.09 %
Yandex Mail	4631 4788	3519 3636	1008 1046	104 106	75.99 % 75.94 %	21.77 % 21.85 %	2.25 % 2.21 %
GMX Mail	4530 4719	3396 3584	1042 1028	92 107	74.97 % 75.95 %	23.00 % 21.78 %	2.03 % 2.27 %
Zoho Mail	4641 4561	3576 3515	957 936	108 110	77.05 % 77.07 %	20.62 % 20.52 %	2.33 % 2.41 %
ProtonMail	4655 4551	3674 3606	871 847	110 98	78.93 % 79.24 %	18.71 % 18.61 %	2.36 % 2.15 %
Custom Mail	4671 4618	3740 3705	821 816	110 97	80.07 % 80.23 %	17.58 % 17.67 %	2.35 % 2.10 %
iCloud Mail	4667 4500	3451 3318	1106 1079	110 103	73.94 % 73.73 %	23.70 % 23.98 %	2.36 % 2.29 %
Tuta	4712 4585	3707 3628	891 856	114 101	78.67 % 79.13 %	18.91 % 18.67 %	2.42 % 2.20 %
Juno.com	4667 4449	3677 3511	879 837	111 101	78.79 % 78.92 %	18.83 % 18.81 %	2.38 % 2.27 %
Mailfence	4731 4567	3709 3604	910 868	112 95	78.40 % 78.91 %	19.23 % 19.01 %	2.37 % 2.08 %

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