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
65.185 64.767	50.153 50.335	13.533 13.133	1.499 1.299

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 (%)
76.94 % 77.72 %	20.76 % 20.28 %	2.30 % 2.01 %

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	5061 4817	3889 3743	1054 984	118 90	76.84 % 77.70 %	20.83 % 20.43 %	2.33 % 1.87 %
Elektronics	5043 5044	3919 3967	1007 980	117 97	77.71 % 78.65 %	19.97 % 19.43 %	2.32 % 1.92 %
Entertainment	5009 5093	3816 3959	1073 1037	120 97	76.18 % 77.73 %	21.42 % 20.36 %	2.40 % 1.90 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5165 4928	3989 3823	1056 994	120 111	77.23 % 77.58 %	20.45 % 20.17 %	2.32 % 2.25 %
Food & Drink	5126 4971	3916 3835	1094 1039	116 97	76.39 % 77.15 %	21.34 % 20.90 %	2.26 % 1.95 %
Home & Garden	4941 4860	3776 3751	1057 1008	108 101	76.42 % 77.18 %	21.39 % 20.74 %	2.19 % 2.08 %
Finance	4994 4863	4012 3923	860 850	122 90	80.34 % 80.67 %	17.22 % 17.48 %	2.44 % 1.85 %
Health	5103 5070	4121 4102	869 870	113 98	80.76 % 80.91 %	17.03 % 17.16 %	2.21 % 1.93 %
Pets	5124 5092	3911 3947	1090 1037	123 108	76.33 % 77.51 %	21.27 % 20.37 %	2.40 % 2.12 %
Sport & Fitness	4949 5019	3797 3859	1030 1061	122 99	76.72 % 76.89 %	20.81 % 21.14 %	2.47 % 1.97 %
Job & Career	4643 5019	3435 3801	1105 1115	103 103	73.98 % 75.73 %	23.80 % 22.22 %	2.22 % 2.05 %
Dating	5001 5066	3629 3725	1261 1231	111 110	72.57 % 73.53 %	25.21 % 24.30 %	2.22 % 2.17 %
Other	5026 4925	3943 3900	977 927	106 98	78.45 % 79.19 %	19.44 % 18.82 %	2.11 % 1.99 %

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	4467 4705	3273 3484	1084 1116	110 105	73.27 % 74.05 %	24.27 % 23.72 %	2.46 % 2.23 %
Outlook Mail	4749 4682	3602 3528	1046 1067	101 87	75.85 % 75.35 %	22.03 % 22.79 %	2.13 % 1.86 %
Yahoo Mail	4588 4750	3513 3659	970 994	105 97	76.57 % 77.03 %	21.14 % 20.93 %	2.29 % 2.04 %
AOL Mail	4540 4614	3433 3543	999 975	108 96	75.62 % 76.79 %	22.00 % 21.13 %	2.38 % 2.08 %
Mail.com	4832 4654	3771 3682	952 882	109 90	78.04 % 79.11 %	19.70 % 18.95 %	2.26 % 1.93 %
Yandex Mail	4701 4758	3574 3652	1021 1014	106 92	76.03 % 76.75 %	21.72 % 21.31 %	2.25 % 1.93 %
GMX Mail	4503 4704	3390 3605	1019 1004	94 95	75.28 % 76.64 %	22.63 % 21.34 %	2.09 % 2.02 %
Zoho Mail	4711 4650	3628 3644	977 912	106 94	77.01 % 78.37 %	20.74 % 19.61 %	2.25 % 2.02 %
ProtonMail	4501 4425	3552 3550	840 787	109 88	78.92 % 80.23 %	18.66 % 17.79 %	2.42 % 1.99 %
Custom Mail	4741 4638	3784 3743	846 804	111 91	79.81 % 80.70 %	17.84 % 17.34 %	2.34 % 1.96 %
iCloud Mail	4564 4496	3364 3360	1091 1045	109 91	73.71 % 74.73 %	23.90 % 23.24 %	2.39 % 2.02 %
Tuta	4795 4555	3785 3614	899 852	111 89	78.94 % 79.34 %	18.75 % 18.70 %	2.31 % 1.95 %
Juno.com	4717 4497	3724 3583	885 819	108 95	78.95 % 79.68 %	18.76 % 18.21 %	2.29 % 2.11 %
Mailfence	4776 4639	3760 3688	904 862	112 89	78.73 % 79.50 %	18.93 % 18.58 %	2.35 % 1.92 %

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