Mailgun and mailtrap Email Deliverability Comparison

In this comparison, the deliverability of Mailgun 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 Mailgun than for mailtrap.

Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost
147.018 148.061	120.269 119.183	20.997 23.420	4.850 5.535

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. Mailgun beats mailtrap in this comparison.

Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
81.81 % 80.50 %	14.28 % 15.82 %	3.30 % 3.74 %

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, Mailgun is the clear winner.

Category	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Clothing	11146 11347	9325 9317	1411 1617	336 378	83.66 % 82.11 %	12.66 % 14.25 %	3.01 % 3.33 %
Elektronics	11588 11531	9575 9394	1576 1737	363 382	82.63 % 81.47 %	13.60 % 15.06 %	3.13 % 3.31 %
Entertainment	11484 11184	9388 9022	1642 1782	378 405	81.75 % 80.67 %	14.30 % 15.93 %	3.29 % 3.62 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	11348 11416	9260 9135	1606 1805	386 464	81.60 % 80.02 %	14.15 % 15.81 %	3.40 % 4.06 %
Food & Drink	11297 11392	9432 9357	1480 1649	336 403	83.49 % 82.14 %	13.10 % 14.48 %	2.97 % 3.54 %
Home & Garden	11225 11377	9338 9378	1469 1657	366 377	83.19 % 82.43 %	13.09 % 14.56 %	3.26 % 3.31 %
Finance	11110 11464	8916 8991	1770 1953	403 491	80.25 % 78.43 %	15.93 % 17.04 %	3.63 % 4.28 %
Health	11143 11433	9015 9090	1671 1885	359 450	80.90 % 79.51 %	15.00 % 16.49 %	3.22 % 3.94 %
Pets	11190 11402	9294 9284	1508 1743	313 388	83.06 % 81.42 %	13.48 % 15.29 %	2.80 % 3.40 %
Sport & Fitness	11415 11360	9211 9072	1734 1868	396 426	80.69 % 79.86 %	15.19 % 16.44 %	3.47 % 3.75 %
Job & Career	11418 11353	9079 8916	1796 1984	450 474	79.51 % 78.53 %	15.73 % 17.48 %	3.94 % 4.18 %
Dating	11134 11399	8901 8947	1754 1999	410 480	79.94 % 78.49 %	15.75 % 17.54 %	3.68 % 4.21 %
Other	11520 11403	9535 9280	1580 1741	354 417	82.77 % 81.38 %	13.72 % 15.27 %	3.07 % 3.66 %

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, Mailgun is better than mailtrap.

Provider	Emails Sent	Emails Inbox	Emails Spam	Emails Lost	Inbox (%)	Spam (%)	Lost (%)
Gmail	11410 11346	8852 8683	2006 2200	478 520	77.58 % 76.53 %	17.58 % 19.39 %	4.19 % 4.58 %
Outlook Mail	11537 11543	9245 9158	1762 1954	436 455	80.13 % 79.34 %	15.27 % 16.93 %	3.78 % 3.94 %
Yahoo Mail	11116 11266	9021 9077	1602 1809	379 397	81.15 % 80.57 %	14.41 % 16.06 %	3.41 % 3.52 %
AOL Mail	11233 11435	9160 9144	1621 1837	366 462	81.55 % 79.97 %	14.43 % 16.06 %	3.26 % 4.04 %
Mail.com	11347 11581	9327 9350	1565 1798	373 427	82.20 % 80.74 %	13.79 % 15.53 %	3.29 % 3.69 %
Yandex Mail	11391 11231	9175 8856	1763 1898	408 479	80.55 % 78.85 %	15.48 % 16.90 %	3.58 % 4.26 %
GMX Mail	11195 11632	9349 9539	1483 1724	313 397	83.51 % 82.01 %	13.25 % 14.82 %	2.80 % 3.41 %
Zoho Mail	11426 11291	9485 9255	1542 1651	346 391	83.01 % 81.97 %	13.50 % 14.62 %	3.03 % 3.46 %
ProtonMail	11352 11207	9506 9237	1434 1576	339 381	83.74 % 82.42 %	12.63 % 14.06 %	2.99 % 3.40 %
Custom Mail	11100 11658	9300 9587	1381 1673	322 408	83.78 % 82.24 %	12.44 % 14.35 %	2.90 % 3.50 %
iCloud Mail	11208 11333	8830 8754	1906 2088	433 486	78.78 % 77.24 %	17.01 % 18.42 %	3.86 % 4.29 %
Tuta	11491 11150	9577 9139	1523 1614	352 360	83.34 % 81.96 %	13.25 % 14.48 %	3.06 % 3.23 %
Juno.com	11212 11388	9442 9404	1409 1598	305 372	84.21 % 82.58 %	12.57 % 14.03 %	2.72 % 3.27 %

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