Maizzle vs Stripo

Maizzle is a free, open-source framework for building HTML emails with Vue and Tailwind CSS. It works in standalone projects, monorepos and existing applications through a Vite plugin. The development server offers live preview, hot module replacement, device resizing, compatibility checks, dark-mode emulation, search and test-email sending. Tailwind configuration is adapted for email, including Outlook utilities and variants for clients such as Gmail and iOS. The framework provides render-tested components including Container, Row, Column, Button, Img, Heading and CodeBlock, with documentation describing more than 30 components. Configurable transformers can inline CSS, remove unused styles, minify output and apply other email optimizations. The CLI scaffolds projects, runs the server, builds templates to HTML and generates plaintext versions. An API exposes render(), build() and serve(). Documentation covers Vite integrations and deployment services including Nodemailer, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Resend, AWS SES and Cloudflare. Output is pure HTML usable with any email service provider. Platforms listed are API, self-hosted and web.

Stripo is an email template builder available on the web and through an API. Its drag-and-drop and HTML editors support interactive content, modular email structures, reusable blocks, custom code, custom fonts, and HTML export. The service includes more than 1,650 customizable HTML templates. Finished emails can be pushed to more than 90 email service providers, exported to Gmail or Outlook, sent to CRMs through Zapier or Webhook, or downloaded as PDF, images, or HTML. Email on Acid integration supports testing across 98 mobile, desktop, and web clients. Teams can assign roles, share previews, and co-edit in real time. The Free plan lasts without a fixed term while the account remains active, but excludes ESP export, colleague collaboration, client rendering previews, and tests to other addresses. It includes two members, four monthly exports, five daily test emails, and ten stored emails. Paid plans start at $20 a month.