RGE Studio vs Campaign Monitor
We give RGE Studio a 2.0 GPA and Campaign Monitor a 2.4, out of 4.0. Campaign Monitor grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
RGE Studio
Drag-and-drop email and landing page designer, formerly Beefree
Campaign Monitor
Email marketing for small businesses, nonprofits and agencies
How we grade them
| 2.0GPARGE StudioFair | 2.4GPACampaign MonitorFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGraded against its own alternatives, since it designs emails rather than sending them. Professional is $25 a month billed yearly ($30 monthly) for 2 users, with extras at $15. That's around Klaviyo's $20 and twice Mailchimp's $13, and you still pay one of them to send. | CLite is $11.70 a month for 500 contacts on yearly billing, or $13 monthly, right around the middle of what email tools charge. It's $117 a month billed monthly at 10,000 contacts, and unlimited sends need Essentials at $27.90. |
| Free plan and trial | CThe free Starter plan has no end date, but it stops at 10 designs and 6 exports a month and keeps only the last 2 versions of each. Fine for the odd project, not a weekly newsletter for long. There's also a 15-day Business trial. | CNo free plan, but there's a 30-day trial for up to 500 contacts and 500 emails. Long enough to build and send a couple of campaigns, but it's a trial, not a plan you can stay on. |
| Features | DNext to its alternatives it does one slice of the job, and does it well: drag-and-drop emails, dark mode preview, synced rows, approvals and pre-send checks. But it doesn't send. Lists, sending and automation all stay in a separate email platform. | BA drag-and-drop builder with over 100 templates, templates made from your website, journeys, RSS and transactional emails, engagement segments, dynamic content and reports that drop bot clicks. That's the whole job, plus proper agency sub-accounts. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Over 1,600 templates help, but it's a web app where the work is building the email itself, then setting up brand styles and the connection to your sending platform. | CNo App Store rating on record and no phone app. Marketing Studio can draft a branded email from your site, which helps, but there are still lists, journeys and segments to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with one-click export to Salesforce Marketing Cloud, HubSpot, Marketo, Braze, Mailchimp and Klaviyo, plus Canva, or plain HTML. No desktop or phone app, so a B at most. | BWeb only, with Salesforce, Shopify, WordPress, Unbounce, Intercom, OptinMonster, AdRoll and Zapier, and an API. No desktop or phone app keeps it at a B. |
| Best for | designing on-brand emails your platform will send | agencies sending polished emails for clients |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: RGE Studio and Campaign Monitor. How we grade
Price against what you get
RGE Studio starts at $25 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Campaign Monitor starts at $11.70 a month and scores 2.7.
Campaign Monitor scores higher and starts $13.30 a month lower. Of the other email marketing and newsletter tools on the chart, 20 score higher than RGE Studio for less, and 1 scores higher than Campaign Monitor for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- RGE Studio starts at $25 per month for up to 2 users, billed yearly ($30 billed monthly). Campaign Monitor starts at $11.70 per month for up to 500 contacts, billed annually.
- RGE Studio has a free plan. Campaign Monitor does not, though it has a free trial.
- RGE Studio also covers templates and no-code.
- Campaign Monitor also covers marketing automation, forms and email campaigns.
At a glance
| RGE Studio | Campaign Monitor | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $25 per month for up to 2 users, billed yearly ($30 billed monthly) | $11.70 per month for up to 500 contacts, billed annually |
| Free plan | Starter plan: up to 10 designs, 6 exports a month, the landing page builder, a custom subdomain, 2 reusable blocks and the last 2 versions of each design. | None |
| Free trial | 15-day free trial of the Business plan | 30-day free trial for up to 500 contacts and 500 emails |
| Web | ||
| Made by | BEE Content Design, Inc. | Marigold |
| Price read from | reallygoodemails.com | campaignmonitor.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
RGE Studio
- Marketing teams that design emails outside their sending platform
- Brands and agencies that need approvals and locked brand styles across many designers
- Teams moving between email platforms that want designs they can take along
Campaign Monitor
- Agencies sending email for several clients under their own brand
- Small businesses and nonprofits with polished newsletter designs
- Teams that want unlimited users on every plan
Worth knowing
RGE Studio
- It is an email designer, narrower than the email marketing tools around it: lists, sending and automation stay in a separate email platform or CRM.
- The free Starter plan stops at 10 designs and 6 exports a month and keeps only the last 2 versions of a design.
- Paid plans include 2 users; more cost $15 a month on Professional and $35 on Business, and extra Business workspaces cost $45 a month.
- Beefree renamed this builder RGE Studio and moved it to the Really Good Emails site; Beefree SDK, for embedding the builder in other software, is sold separately.
Campaign Monitor
- Lite caps sends at 5 times the contact tier each month; Essentials and above have no cap.
- Phone support, send time optimization and section locking need Premier, from $153.90 a month billed annually.
- The drag-and-drop website builder costs $10 a month on Lite and Essentials.
- Lists over 50,000 contacts are priced through sales.
Key features
RGE Studio
- Drag-and-drop email builder
- Build with rows and content blocks, adjust a mobile layout separately, preview dark mode, and add custom HTML, merge tags and display conditions.
- Templates and landing pages
- Start from more than 1,600 email and landing page templates, turn a page into an email and back in one click, and host pages on a custom subdomain.
- Brand controls and synced rows
- Set brand colors and fonts once, lock rows such as legal footers, and use synced rows that update in every design when edited.
- Reviews and approvals
- Comment on a design, run it through an approval workflow and lock it once approved; Enterprise adds multi-step approvals.
- Export to your sending platform
- Push designs in one click to Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Account Engagement, HubSpot, Marketo, Braze, Mailchimp or Klaviyo, or copy the HTML or download a ZIP.
- AI assistant and Smart Check
- AI drafts copy and alt text and checks typos and translations; Smart Check flags missing links, missing alt text, low contrast and oversized files before export.
Campaign Monitor
- Email builder and templates
- A drag-and-drop builder with over 100 templates, custom-coded HTML imports and branded templates generated from your website's URL.
- Marketing Studio and AI tools
- Marketing Studio drafts a branded email from your site and a goal. AI Writer, AI Email Booster and AI Segment Mapper help with copy, review and segments.
- Automated journeys
- Pre-built journeys, date-based Campaign Series, RSS-triggered emails and transactional emails, with volume tied to the plan's limits.
- Segments and personalization
- Engagement segments, dynamic content, custom fields, a preference center and countdown timers; send time optimization comes with Premier.
- Agency accounts
- Client sub-accounts under one admin account, private labeling, a markup on the base price billed through Campaign Monitor, and shared templates.
- Reporting
- Marketing Monitor benchmarks, campaign scores, real-time world-map reporting and a filter that drops bot clicks from results.
Plans
RGE Studio
Starter$0
For occasional projects: up to 10 designs, 6 exports a month and up to 3 custom templates, with users but no roles.
Professional$25
per month for up to 2 users, billed yearly ($30 billed monthly)
Unlimited designs, exports, folders and reusable blocks, user roles and the AI writing assistant. Extra users $15 a month.
Business$134
per month for up to 2 users, billed yearly ($160 billed monthly)
Adds 2 workspaces, approval workflows, a QA assistant and advanced brand controls. Extra users $35 a month, workspaces $45.
EnterpriseCustom
Multi-step approvals, advanced user restrictions, Okta SSO, a customer success manager and custom connectors.
Campaign Monitor
Lite$11.70
per month for up to 500 contacts, billed annually ($13 monthly)
Sends 5 times the list a month, unlimited users, AI Writer, automations and transactional email. Price rises with the list: $117 a month billed monthly at 10,000 contacts.
Essentials$27.90
per month for up to 500 contacts, billed annually ($31 monthly)
Unlimited sends, automated emails and AI features, priority support, inbox preview and Marketing Studio. $182 a month billed monthly at 10,000 contacts.
Premier$153.90
per month for up to 500 contacts, billed annually ($171 monthly)
Phone support, send time optimization, engagement segments, section locking, team templates and the website builder. $300 a month billed monthly at 10,000.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom annual contract, a dedicated account manager, multi-brand accounts, deliverability monitoring and invoice or PO billing.
Ways to pay less
RGE Studio
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
The pricing page labels yearly billing 2 months free: Professional is $25 a month billed yearly against $30 monthly, and Business $134 against $160.
Campaign Monitor
- Annual discount
10% off with annual billing
Campaign Monitor's pricing page takes 10% off Lite, Essentials and Premier billed yearly: Lite at 500 contacts is $11.70 a month instead of $13.
