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Beefree vs. Stripo: Which email builder is best?

Emily Santos
Emily Santos
Feb 11, 2025
Beefree vs. Stripo: Which email builder is best?
Beefree vs. Stripo: Which email builder is best?

The rise of no-code email design tools has made it astronomically easier for anyone to create professional campaigns without any knowledge of HTML or email development. 

Beefree and Stripo are among the best email design platforms in the game. But how do the two compare, and which one is a better fit for your business? Well, that depends on what you’re looking for. 

How do Beefree and Stripo compare in terms of ease of use and user interface?

When it comes to email design, Beefree and Stripo are leading solutions that enable users, regardless of design skills, to craft engaging campaigns easily. 

Both editors are sophisticated and advanced, allowing you to drag and drop multiple content types such as images, videos, banners, forms, GIFs, and more. For more advanced users and needs, both platforms allow you to add custom HTML blocks for interactive elements such as countdown timers, polls, and questionnaires. 

Beefree not only enables users to design high-quality, on-brand emails, but it also allows for the creation of landing pages. This means that customers can craft comprehensive 360° campaigns, consisting of emails and landing pages with a consistent look and feel, in just a few minutes.

Users can generate a landing page from an email with one click and vice versa, making creating cohesive multi-channel communications effortless. Users can host landing pages within Beefree or export them to their preferred sending platform.

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Email templates

Both platforms offer a wide range of templates. Beefree’s catalog, however, has a more extensive library of 1,700+ templates covering various use cases, industries, seasons, and landing page designs.

Within the Beefree catalog, you can find matching email and landing page pairings and curated collections to help users and teams create complete email marketing sequences. 

Editor capabilities

Beefree Stripo
Drag and drop
WYSIWYG editor
Landing page builder
Gamification via HTML Built-in
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Advanced design capabilities 

Stripo and Beefree are both no-code drag-and-drop builders that enable quick email design. 

For many, Stripo has a steep learning curve. Some of its more robust features, such as AMP, require a higher level of expertise since they are not universally supported by all email clients.

Beefree, on the other hand, has a notably simpler learning curve, allowing users to produce emails in minutes, regardless of skill level. For more experienced email creators or mid-size organizations needing more advanced design and customizable emails, Beefree offers dynamic campaigns, multilingual designs, custom subdomains and domains, custom merge tags, and more. 

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Another differentiating feature between Beefree and Stripo is their brand controls. Beefree gives users stronger brand controls, an element crucial for those juggling multiple clients, brands, and business units. 

In Beefree, the Styles section allows you to set up the brand styles per workspace so that every new email or landing page will be created with the company's brand guidelines. In Stripo, the Brand Guideline Kit is simply a PDF, and the styles covered do not directly impact the editor experience.

In Stripo, you cannot set default brand colors, typography, or other design defaults, making it harder for users to comply with brand guidelines.

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AI 

Stripo and Beefree have been early adopters of AI, but their capabilities have a few differentiating features. For instance, Beefree’s AI Assistant can 

Stripo’s AI writing assistant can be used for subject lines, preheaders, and writing email copy. 

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Customer support and resources

Support quality is a common concern, with users seeking information on the availability and responsiveness of customer service, as well as the quality of available resources like tutorials and documentation. Both Stripo and Beefree offer a few methods of support depending on your plan. However, Beefree takes it one step further for Business and Enterprise customers, assigning a dedicated Customer Success Manager to support onboarding and beyond. 

More recently, Beefree launched their Beefree Academy with video tutorials and certifications to help users get the most out of their builders. 

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How do Beefree and Stripo handle integrations with email service providers?

Email builders are excellent tools, but they work best when seamlessly integrating with your existing tech stack. Stripo and Beefree offer a variety of ways to export your emails to your sending platform of choice, including:

  • Downloading HTML
  • copying and pasting HTML,
  • or downloading as a PDF

Stripo has integrations with over 80 ESPs. As for Beefree, you can export to any sending platform using the “Customer Connector” option that leverages Webhooks and Zapier to send your design’s HTML to any ESP, CRM, MAP, and everything in between. This wide range of integrations ensures seamless connectivity with existing marketing tools, facilitating efficient campaign execution.’

In addition, Beefree also has 22 native integrations that allow for seamless exporting between Beefree and your favorite tools. 

Integrations

Beefree Stripo
Native integrations Connect to any ESP 80
Download HTML
Copy and paste HTML
Download as PDF
Custom connector

How do the pricing models of Beefree and Stripo compare?

The limitations of the free plan for both platforms vary. For instance, Stripo limits access to its template catalog, while Beefree offers full access for all plans. Some other limitations of Stripo’s free plan include: 

  • 5 test emails per day, 
  • 4 exports per month with limits on its exporting options.
  • 1 user 

Beefree follows a “start for free, upgrade as you grow” pricing structure that allows users and their teams to scale as needed. Their free plan includes: 

  • 6 exports per month with no limitations on integrations 
  • Unlimited users
  • Access to collaborative features such as design-specific commenting.

Free plan

Beefree Stripo
Exports 6 per month 4 per month
Exporting options Unlimited options Limited
Template catalog Unlimited access Limited access
Users Unlimited 1

Stripo’s paid plans are as follows: 

  • Basic ($20/m): Recommended for “solo email creators.”
  • Medium ($45/m): Recommended for “small teams.” Limited to only 5 projects. 
  • Pro ($95/m) Recommended for “big teams.”
  • Prime: Contact 

Beefree’s paid plans are as follows::

  • Professional ($30/m): Best for teams of 2-3
  • Business ($160/m): Best for organizations who are scaling their email production
  • Enterprise (Custom): Best for large organizations with complex email needs.  

How do the collaboration features of Beefree compare to Stripo’s

Collaboration is key whether you’re a team of one working with multiple clients or 10 managing numerous clients and brands. 

Stripo offers basic collaboration features such as user roles, permissions, and real-time co-editing. Beefree provides all of these and more. For mid-size and larger teams, Beefree stands out for its ability to help streamline email creation, organize assets, and enforce strong brand controls — essential for efficient teamwork in larger teams.

One of Beefree's stand out in-app collaboration tools is a review-for-approval workflow. Team members can easily submit designs for review, track approval status, and incorporate feedback seamlessly. 

Moreover, Beefree enables real-time push notifications into your existing project management and communication tools using Webhooks, further helping to facilitate clear communication amongst teams. 

Beefree's existing and fully integrated collaboration tools provide a more comprehensive and immediate solution for mid-size organizations seeking efficient email creation and collaboration capabilities.

Collaboration tools

Beefree Stripo
User roles & permissions
Real-time co-editing
In-app approval workflows
Design-specific commenting Available on all plans Limited to higher-tier plans
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Which email builder is best for you? 

We’ve heard from many customers that they find the Beefree builder more intuitive and enjoyable to use, but what truly sets us apart is the fact that we don’t just offer a great builder experience but provide your team with a range of powerful tools to optimize your workflow so you can create on-brand, error-free designs.

With Beefree, you can access powerful collaboration features (like built-in commenting and approval workflows) or options to pre-set your brand styles in the builder — functionality that more sophisticated teams love (and that isn’t available in Stripo.)

While Stripo’s pricing is lower than Beefree, many customers who try both tools end up selecting Beefree because they find that the ease of use of our builder and the powerful collaboration and quality control features are worth the extra cost. 

Luckily, both solutions offer a free plan to help you get started, so try it for yourself. Try Beefree for free, and happy designing!

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Comparing Beefree vs. Stripo: FAQ 

Which platform is more suitable for mid-size business Stripo or Beefree?

Beefree is better suited for mid-sized organizations who need more sophisticated design tools to streamline their email creation process and bring different teams together. While Stripo is a capable email builder, Beefree offers flexible pricing options, robust integrations, and advanced collaboration features perfect for mid-size organizations seeking an efficient and scalable email design tool.

Can I use Stripo and Beefree for landing page creation?

Beefree supports both email and landing page creation with its design tools. Stripo primarily focuses on email design and does not offer dedicated landing page creation features.

What are the key differences in features between BeeFree and Stripo?

The key differences between Beefree and Stripo lie in their feature sets and capabilities. Stripo has built-in features that are ideal for those with more email design and HTML expertise. On the other hand, Beefree is suitable for email creators with varying skills, empowering even those less tech savvy to create personalized and on-brand campaigns. This level of accessibility makes it the perfect choice for teams prioritizing efficiency, smooth collaboration, and an increase level of productivity.

How do Stripo and Beefree handle email testing?

Stripo and Beefree offer built-in email testing features, allowing users to preview emails on different devices and email clients, ensuring that designs render correctly across various platforms.


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If you’re using Salesforce Account Engagement (formerly Pardot), you’ve likely hit a wall with its native email editor. Whether you’re a nonprofit, a growing SaaS company, or an enterprise with multiple brands, the common complaint is the same:

"Pardot is just way too restrictive for our needs."

"The collaboration part just isn’t happening smoothly. It is too hard to involve writers and designers effectively."

 "It isn’t like we were doing anything overly creative—it just doesn’t give us the flexibility we needed."

Let’s face it: as powerful as Pardot is on the automation side, its design capabilities often fall short. And Salesforce doesn’t seem in a rush to improve them. If you’ve been trying to get more from your marketing emails—faster, better, more on-brand—it’s time to consider a better way.

Beefree isn’t a replacement. It’s the perfect addition to your workflow

The good news is that you don’t have to abandon Pardot. It is excellent at what it’s built for—automation, CRM integration, lead scoring, and financial compliance. 

But when it comes to design and collaboration, the limitations start to pile up. Whether it’s because of its clunky editor, lack of customization, or the time spent fixing buttons and web fonts (insert eye roll). 

Pairing Beefree with Pardot doesn’t just improve how your emails look, it transforms how your team works. This pair is especially perfect for: 

  • Healthcare & Financial Services: where compliance and approvals are non-negotiable.
  • SaaS, Consumer Brands, and Professional Services: where keeping brand consistency across touchpoints is critical.
  • Higher Ed, Manufacturing, Real Estate: where teams juggle multiple departments, audiences, and localizations.
  • Nonprofits: where lean teams need to move fast 

Teams from all walks of life all come to Beefree looking for the same thing: a fast and flexible email design solution that seamlessly integrates with their tech stack (without slowing their team down).

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From chaos to control: Why teams choose Beefree

Now that you know what Beefree is, it’s time to talk about how it can help. 

When email production feels scattered (we’re talking files everywhere, last-minute edits, branding inconsistencies), it’s not just frustrating, it’s risky. It opens the door to real mistakes: off-brand messaging, broken layouts, missed approvals, or worse, emails that get flagged for non-compliance.   

1. Keeps your team organized with Workspaces

Instead of one cluttered space where everyone shares the same templates and folders, Workspaces allows you to manage email assets across brands, departments, and regions in unique environments. 

  • Create separation without silos: Marketing ops can manage everything in one platform, while individual teams work independently within their own workspace. It’s the best of both worlds.
  • Prevent cross-team mixups: With workspace-specific templates and permissions, there’s no risk of someone accidentally launching a healthcare email from the real estate workspace.

2. Allows you to move faster without sacrificing brand integrity

Beefree empowers teams to scale production while keeping every email perfectly on-brand.

  • Style Kits: Automatically apply your brand’s fonts, colors, and design settings to every email in a workspace
  • Saved Rows: Save your most-used content blocks (like hero sections, testimonials, or product features) and reuse them across campaigns.
  • Synced Rows: Make a global update, like changing your holiday promo footer or legal disclaimer, and Beefree automatically applies it to every email using that row. 

3. Helps you catch mistakes before they go live

Beefree helps your team build error-resistant emails with features designed to catch issues before they go live. 

  • Smart check: Beefree’s Smart Check automatically checks your designs and alerts you of any red flags, such as missing links, heavy images, and large HTML files, so you can fix them before they cost you. 
  • Built-in approval flows: Ensure the right eyes are on every email. No more chasing approvals in Slack or email threads.

Learn more about sending error-free emails with Beefree: https://beefree.io/blog/error-free-emails-beefree

4. One click export from Beefree to Pardot

With Beefree’s native Pardot integration, your team can export emails with confidence. What you see in Beefree is exactly what your audience gets in Pardot. No weird spacing. No layout issues. No surprises.

Real results: How USC Marshall scaled campaign production with Beefree

In 2020, Dwayne Rice, Senior Associate Director of CRM Management at USC Marshall, was juggling comms for 11 graduate programs. Each had its own drip campaigns, deadlines, and unique audiences.

“I needed an efficient process to crank out emails,” he said.“But Pardot’s editor was slowing us down.”

By switching to Beefree, Dwayne’s team was able to build reusable templates and modular elements—cutting production time and removing the need for third-party vendors.

“Beefree has enabled us to create content efficiently enough to bring multiple processes in-house and discontinue relationships with several vendors, saving time and money.”— Dwayne Rice, USC Marshall

Read the full case study

Stop letting Pardot’s email builder hold you back

From higher ed to healthcare, SaaS to nonprofits—teams across industries are making the switch to Beefree not to replace Pardot, but to complete it. With Beefree you can:

  • Design polished, responsive emails in minutes
  • Collaborate seamlessly with writers, designers, and stakeholders
  • Export to Pardot with full confidence

Start building better emails for Pardot today — Try Beefree for free

Or if you're a non-profit, apply for a $1,000 annual credit!

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Frequently asked questions about using Beefree with Pardot

1. How does Beefree integrate with Pardot?

Beefree serves as an external email design tool that integrates seamlessly with Pardot. Users can design emails in Beefree and export them directly to Pardot as new templates or update existing ones. This integration streamlines the email creation process by allowing for more flexible and visually appealing designs than Pardot's native editor.

2. Does Beefree provide analytics for email performance?

Beefree focuses primarily on email design and does not offer built-in analytics. However, once emails are exported to Pardot, users can leverage Pardot's robust analytics and reporting tools to track performance metrics such as open rates, click-through rates, and conversion rates.

3. How does Beefree enhance email design capabilities for Pardot users?

Beefree offers a no-code, drag-and-drop email builder that allows users to create visually appealing emails without HTML knowledge. It integrates seamlessly with Pardot, enabling users to export their designs directly into the platform, thereby overcoming Pardot's design limitations .​

4. What collaboration features does Beefree offer compared to Pardot?

Beefree offers robust collaboration features that surpass those in Pardot, including:

  • real-time design-specific comments
  • role-based permissions
  • approval workflows

all available directly within the email design environment. These tools make it easier for teams to co-create and review content without switching platforms. In contrast, Pardot’s collaboration tools are more limited and typically rely on Salesforce’s broader ecosystem for team coordination.

5. Does Beefree support features like AI copywriting or mobile optimization?

​Yes, Beefree supports both AI-driven copywriting and mobile optimization features. Its AI Writing Assistant enables users to:

  • generate email and landing page content or revise existing copy
  • create alt text for images
  • translate content to different languages

Additionally, Beefree's Mobile Design Mode allows for editing of mobile-specific styles, such as:

  • text alignment
  • padding
  • font size
  • and more

to ensure responsive and user-friendly designs across devices.

6. Can Beefree help maintain brand consistency better than Pardot?

Yes, Beefree helps maintain brand consistency more effectively than Pardot through its Brand Style Guidelines feature, which lets teams lock in brand colors, fonts, and content blocks across all email designs.

Users can also create reusable templates and design systems that ensure uniformity, even across multiple teams or clients. While Pardot offers some branding controls, it lacks the same level of built-in visual governance and flexibility found in Beefree’s design-focused environment.

Send Error-Free Emails with Confidence Using Beefree

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We’ve all been there: You craft the perfect email, hit “send”, and just as you settle into the satisfaction of a job well done, someone slacks you: “Hey, something doesn’t look right with that campaign.” 

If this sounds familiar, you should know that you’re not alone: According to the 2025 Really Good Email Survey “90% of email marketers say they have a history of noticing mistakes in their emails after they’ve hit the send button.

This becomes especially common when your team constantly juggles multiple campaigns or makes edits until the last minute. Sadly, even the smallest mistakes don’t just slip through the cracks; they cost you.

Luckily for us all, mistakes can be avoided. And no, not by lighting a Pre-Send Protection Candles™ and hoping for the best. But rather by equipping your team with the right tools that work with your team – not slow them down. Let’s talk about it!

Building your team’s safety net for mistake-free emails with Beefree 

When everyone involved in the email creation process is aligned and supported by smart systems, executing mistake-free emails becomes second nature. Instead of scrambling to do damage control, you’ll want to set up the tools and processes that help your team focus on what they do best: creating emails that connect, convert, and confidently represent the brand.

In this article, we’ll discuss how you can use Beefree to: 

  • Reduce human errors 
  • Implement systems of checks and balances 
  • Establish guardrails & frameworks for on-brand email design

1. Catch mistakes before they happen with Smart Check

Missing links that lead nowhere? Forgotten subject lines? HTML emails that get clipped in Gmail? It’s easy to make little mistakes that derail your campaign’s performance. 

Learn more about Smart Check → 

Beefree’s Smart Check automatically checks your designs and alerts you of any red flags so you can fix them before they cost you opens, clicks, or conversions. Think of Smart Check as your built-in QA partner who will catch:

  • Missing links
  • Heavy images that could slow down email load times
  • Missing subjects & preheaders that impact engagement
  • Missing alt text on images that hurt your email’s accessibility
  • Large HTML files that might affect deliverability (or get clipped in Gmail)

2. Keep every email on-brand with built-in guardrails 

Most of us don’t nail the perfect campaign on the first try. Great emails are a team effort. However, when multiple teams are involved in the email creation process, branding can quickly go off the rails. 

A misused font, clashing colors, or buttons that are too small to click don’t just make emails look disjointed—they can damage your brand’s credibility.

With Beefree’s Advanced Style Kit, you can set clear, predefined guidelines for fonts, colors, spacing, and more—so every design starts on the right foot. Once configured, all new emails automatically inherit your brand styles, reducing the need for constant oversight and minimizing errors.

Advanced user permissions let you lock down specific design elements, giving you full control over what can (and can’t) be edited. That means anyone on your team—regardless of design expertise—can confidently create emails that look and feel like your brand.

3. Empower your team to create with confidence with reusable content

When your team isn’t bogged down by the cumbersome process of creating content from scratch (or fear of going off-brand), they can move faster—and with far more confidence.

With Saved and Synced Rows, you can provide your team with pre-approved content blocks—like headers, footers, and other commonly used design elements—that they can use in their designs without creating them from scratch. That ensures design consistency, eliminates redundant work, and makes email creation a lot faster.

Learn more about Saved Rows → 

4. Ensure your team is aligned with centralized reviews and approvals:

Creating the perfect email often takes a team of designers, copywriters, marketers, and other team members working together. But when multiple people are involved, endless back-and-forth and feedback scattered across multiple conversations and channels can slow things down, lead to miscommunication, and ultimately cause mistakes. 

With Beefree’s built-in commenting, your team can collaborate and share feedback where the work is actually happening—right inside the builder. And if you’d like to involve external reviewers into the review process, you can do that as well. 

Learn more about commenting → 

Plus, with Beefree’s built-in Approval flow, you can ensure your designs are reviewed and approved by the right stakeholders. Stay aligned with real-time notifications on design changes, lock edits on approved content, and get a clear view of project status for smoother team collaboration and high-quality results.

Learn more about Approvals →

5. Need an additional pair of eyes? Use the power of AI to support your team

Take some weight off your team's shoulders and use AI to support them in the final stretch. Whether it’s catching typos, flagging inconsistencies, or suggesting optimization, AI can be a saving grace when deadlines are creeping in.

For those times when you can’t remember the difference between “there, their, and they’re,  Beefree’s  AI Writing Assistant is there to help. This eager-to-learn helper can  review your copy for grammatical errors, tone of voice, and even share suggestions for making it just a bit more compelling. Our AI Writing Assistant can also seamlessly translate content or automatically generate ALT text for images to enhance the accessibility of your emails. 

Learn more about AI-powered content creation in Beefree →

The tangible cost of email mistakes

Mistakes don’t just impact performance; they slowly erode credibility. What starts as a small oversight can be a massive inconvenience for your readers, sending them straight to the unsubscribe button. As for your team, mistakes chip away at their confidence. Instead of brainstorming for the next campaign, they’re scrambling trying to figure out how to do damage control.   

When done right, email is a powerful tool for connecting with your audience. But a single mistake can unravel that connection and undermine trust.

  • A missing or broken links can interrupt your subscribers’ journey to conversion, negatively impacting campaign performance.
  • A missing subject lines means your emails won't stand out in the inbox, hurting your open rate
  • An awkward typo might signal a lack of attention to detail
  • An off-brand design can make your brand look disorganized
  • An email that gets clipped in Gmail because it’s too big means some subscribers might never see the full email content.

Design error-free emails and send with confidence with Beefree 

Beefree helps teams of all sizes create polished, on-brand emails—without the risk of costly errors. With built-in safeguards, streamlined approval flows, and collaboration tools that keep everyone aligned, Beefree acts as your team’s system of checks and balances. From first draft to final sign-off, you’ll have everything you need to send with confidence, build trust, and get results.

Try Beefree's Business for free for 15 days and get access to all of Beefree’s tools that help you catch mistakes, streamline collaboration, and send with confidence every time. Or schedule a call with one of our experts to discover everything Beefree can support your team.

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