The RGE Studio Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about RGE Studio in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
RGE Studio
The Insider’s Guide
Drag-and-drop email and landing page designer, formerly Beefree
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among email marketing and newsletter tools, read from RGE Studio’s own pages.
Made by BEE Content Design, Inc. · checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from RGE Studio’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on RGE Studio’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.0
GPA, above 0 of the 27 other email marketing and newsletter tools we grade
RGE Studio, the Beefree email builder under a new name, is a drag-and-drop tool for designing HTML emails and landing pages, with more than 1,600 templates, brand controls, reviews and approvals. It does not send email: finished designs are pushed to an email platform or CRM such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud, HubSpot or Mailchimp, or exported as HTML.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about RGE Studio, taken from its own pages and our grades.
But it doesn't send anything, so you're paying for that platform as well.
- 1
Best for designing on-brand emails your platform will send
Then it pushes them to HubSpot, Mailchimp or Salesforce.
- 2
Paid plans start at $25 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $25 per month for up to 2 users, billed yearly ($30 billed monthly).
- 3
There is a 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.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
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.
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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.
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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.
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A 2.0 GPA, above 0 of 27
That is against the other email marketing and newsletter tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
To replace RGE Studio you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
RGE Studio at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $25 per month for up to 2 users, billed yearly ($30 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 15-day free trial of the Business plan
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- BEE Content Design, Inc., since 2014
- Category
- Email Marketing & Newsletters
- Our grade
- 2.0 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for designing on-brand emails your platform will send
RGE Studio, the email builder that used to be Beefree, is for designing good-looking HTML emails and landing pages, with locked brand styles and approvals so a team can't go off-piste. Then it pushes them to HubSpot, Mailchimp or Salesforce. But it doesn't send anything, so you're paying for that platform as well.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Graded 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. |
| Free plan and trial | C | The 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. |
| Features | D | Next 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. |
| Ease of use | C | No 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. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web 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. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who RGE Studio is for
- Great if your designers build emails outside the platform that sends them
- Handy when several people design for one brand and footers and colours must stay locked
- Good for teams switching email platforms who want to take their designs along
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you want one tool to design and send, as this one only designs
- Pricey if you need approvals and workspaces, since they start on Business at $134 a month
- Tight if you're staying free, at 10 designs and 6 exports a month
Good to know
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$25
A month to start. There is a free plan too
RGE Studio has a free plan. Paid plans start at $25 per month for up to 2 users, billed yearly ($30 billed monthly).
Graded against its own alternatives, since it designs emails rather than sending them.
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.
Enterprise
Custom
Multi-step approvals, advanced user restrictions, Okta SSO, a customer success manager and custom connectors.
The 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.
Trying it first
15-day free trial of the Business plan
Read from reallygoodemails.com on Oct 18, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on reallygoodemails.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Drag-and-drop email and landing page designer, formerly Beefree. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, real-time collaboration, templates, no-code.
Lists, sending and automation all stay in a separate email platform.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Salesforce Marketing Cloud
- Salesforce Account Engagement
- HubSpot
- Adobe Marketo Engage
- Braze
- Mailchimp
- Klaviyo
- Canva
RGE Studio is made by BEE Content Design, Inc., and has been around since 2014.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
0/27
Other email marketing and newsletter tools it is graded above
RGE Studio's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 0 of the 27 other email marketing and newsletter tools we grade, and level with 2.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 0 of 27) and worst on features (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $25 a month, against a middle price of $14 for the category: 20 of the 26 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 20 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 28 email marketing and newsletter tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. RGE Studio’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 6 of 27
- CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 27
- DFeaturesAbove 0 of 27
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 27
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 27
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 27 email marketing and newsletter tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. RGE Studio is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace RGE Studio you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 25 of the 27 other email marketing and newsletter tools grade higher. It costs $300 a year.
What you could make
- Templates: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A builder that other people can use without writing code.
- Several people working in it at the same moment.
- It plugs into other products, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Account Engagement and HubSpot among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. RGE Studio’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Mailchimp, MailerLite, Brevo, Klaviyo and Campaign Monitor
The 5 tools RGE Studio is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.8GPA
Mailchimp
Free plan · from $13/mo
Email and SMS marketing with automations, priced by contact count.
- Only Mailchimp lists iOS and Android apps.
- RGE Studio also covers templates and no-code.
- Mailchimp also covers marketing automation, forms, reports and email campaigns.
- 2.6GPA
MailerLite
Free plan · from $12/mo
Email newsletters, automations, sites and paid subscriptions.
- Only MailerLite lists an iOS app.
- RGE Studio also covers templates and no-code.
- MailerLite also covers marketing automation, forms, email campaigns and paid newsletters.
- 2.6GPA
Brevo
Free plan · from $9/mo
Email, SMS and WhatsApp marketing priced by emails sent, with a CRM.
- RGE Studio also covers templates and no-code.
- Brevo also covers sales pipeline, marketing automation, forms, email campaigns and live chat.
- 2.4GPA
Klaviyo
Free plan · from $20/mo
Email, text and push marketing built on online-store customer data.
- RGE Studio also covers templates and no-code.
- Klaviyo also covers marketing automation, forms, reports and email campaigns.
- 2.4GPA
Campaign Monitor
Free trial · from $11.70/mo
Email marketing for small businesses, nonprofits and agencies.
- 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.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is RGE Studio free?
RGE Studio has a 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.
How much does RGE Studio cost?
RGE Studio lists 4 plans. Starter: $0.
What platforms does RGE Studio work on?
RGE Studio is available on Web.
Does RGE Studio offer any discounts?
RGE Studio publicly lists the following: Two months free with yearly billing.
Does RGE Studio have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. RGE Studio is listed for Web.
Does RGE Studio have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. RGE Studio is listed for Web.
Is RGE Studio open source?
RGE Studio is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
What does RGE Studio integrate with?
RGE Studio's listing names Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Account Engagement, HubSpot, Adobe Marketo Engage, Braze, Mailchimp, Klaviyo and Canva.
Does RGE Studio have a free trial?
Yes. 15-day free trial of the Business plan.
Who makes RGE Studio?
RGE Studio is made by BEE Content Design, Inc. It dates from 2014.
What are the alternatives to RGE Studio?
The closest alternatives to RGE Studio in our directory are Mailchimp, MailerLite, Brevo, Klaviyo and Campaign Monitor.
How does RGE Studio compare with other email marketing and newsletter tools?
RGE Studio's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 0 of the 27 other email marketing and newsletter tools we grade, and level with 2.
Is RGE Studio good value for money?
ToolGPA grades RGE Studio C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $25 a month, against a middle price of $14 for the category: 20 of the 26 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of RGE Studio?
To replace RGE Studio you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from RGE Studio’s own pages on Oct 18, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 18, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from RGE Studio's and Beefree's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by BEE Content Design, Inc. Prices change, so check reallygoodemails.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
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Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
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- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what RGE Studio’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; anything paid for is labelled, and no one can pay for a grade. RGE Studio is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by BEE Content Design, Inc. Prices and plans change: check reallygoodemails.com before you buy.