mailtrap and SendGrid Email Deliverability Comparison

In this comparison, the deliverability of mailtrap and SendGrid 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
71.601 71.595	58.020 56.977	10.738 11.590	2.843 3.028

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 (%)
81.03 % 79.58 %	15.00 % 16.19 %	3.97 % 4.23 %

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	5457 5599	4551 4601	723 803	183 195	83.40 % 82.18 %	13.25 % 14.34 %	3.35 % 3.48 %
Elektronics	5566 5565	4594 4451	781 862	191 252	82.54 % 79.98 %	14.03 % 15.49 %	3.43 % 4.53 %
Entertainment	5505 5483	4463 4368	825 895	217 220	81.07 % 79.66 %	14.99 % 16.32 %	3.94 % 4.01 %
Cosmetics & Beauty	5475 5550	4412 4421	829 900	234 229	80.58 % 79.66 %	15.14 % 16.22 %	4.27 % 4.13 %
Food & Drink	5593 5506	4660 4509	728 785	205 212	83.32 % 81.89 %	13.02 % 14.26 %	3.67 % 3.85 %
Home & Garden	5480 5540	4574 4516	720 791	186 233	83.47 % 81.52 %	13.14 % 14.28 %	3.39 % 4.21 %
Finance	5521 5409	4333 4165	939 990	249 254	78.48 % 77.00 %	17.01 % 18.30 %	4.51 % 4.70 %
Health	5505 5405	4381 4235	883 927	241 243	79.58 % 78.35 %	16.04 % 17.15 %	4.38 % 4.50 %
Pets	5527 5395	4554 4359	786 818	187 218	82.40 % 80.80 %	14.22 % 15.16 %	3.38 % 4.04 %
Sport & Fitness	5435 5705	4348 4470	863 987	224 248	80.00 % 78.35 %	15.88 % 17.30 %	4.12 % 4.35 %
Job & Career	5437 5520	4263 4267	925 1012	249 241	78.41 % 77.30 %	17.01 % 18.33 %	4.58 % 4.37 %
Dating	5446 5526	4241 4257	941 998	264 271	77.87 % 77.04 %	17.28 % 18.06 %	4.85 % 4.90 %
Other	5654 5392	4646 4358	795 822	213 212	82.17 % 80.82 %	14.06 % 15.24 %	3.77 % 3.93 %

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	5503 5348	4144 3956	1081 1108	278 284	75.30 % 73.97 %	19.64 % 20.72 %	5.05 % 5.31 %
Outlook Mail	5628 5456	4473 4223	932 965	223 268	79.48 % 77.40 %	16.56 % 17.69 %	3.96 % 4.91 %
Yahoo Mail	5432 5540	4387 4391	843 919	202 230	80.76 % 79.26 %	15.52 % 16.59 %	3.72 % 4.15 %
AOL Mail	5567 5714	4468 4483	854 953	245 278	80.26 % 78.46 %	15.34 % 16.68 %	4.40 % 4.87 %
Mail.com	5625 5508	4581 4406	818 863	226 239	81.44 % 79.99 %	14.54 % 15.67 %	4.02 % 4.34 %
Yandex Mail	5488 5447	4338 4234	904 964	246 249	79.05 % 77.73 %	16.47 % 17.70 %	4.48 % 4.57 %
GMX Mail	5478 5398	4540 4415	742 782	196 201	82.88 % 81.79 %	13.55 % 14.49 %	3.58 % 3.72 %
Zoho Mail	5461 5510	4536 4478	729 810	196 222	83.06 % 81.27 %	13.35 % 14.70 %	3.59 % 4.03 %
ProtonMail	5492 5586	4608 4631	687 774	197 181	83.90 % 82.90 %	12.51 % 13.86 %	3.59 % 3.24 %
Custom Mail	5591 5466	4682 4485	718 769	191 212	83.74 % 82.05 %	12.84 % 14.07 %	3.42 % 3.88 %
iCloud Mail	5465 5572	4178 4238	1017 1095	270 239	76.45 % 76.06 %	18.61 % 19.65 %	4.94 % 4.29 %
Tuta	5393 5511	4483 4486	724 807	186 218	83.13 % 81.40 %	13.42 % 14.64 %	3.45 % 3.96 %
Juno.com	5478 5539	4602 4551	689 781	187 207	84.01 % 82.16 %	12.58 % 14.10 %	3.41 % 3.74 %

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