[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":166},["ShallowReactive",2],{"comparison-beefree":3,"i-lucide:arrow-up-right":159,"i-lucide:arrow-right":164},{"id":4,"title":5,"bestFor":6,"body":13,"comparison":102,"competitor":123,"description":124,"extension":125,"faq":126,"heading":139,"meta":140,"navigation":141,"path":142,"reviewedAt":143,"seo":144,"sources":145,"stem":155,"summary":156,"verdict":157,"__hash__":158},"comparisons\u002Fcompare\u002Fbeefree.md","Beefree alternative: MySigMail Card vs RGE Studio and Beefree SDK",[7,10],{"product":8,"useCase":9},"Card","You want a free, inspectable editor on your own infrastructure — for your team or embedded in your product — and can supply storage and delivery integrations yourself.",{"product":11,"useCase":12},"RGE Studio \u002F Beefree SDK","You need a maintained cloud workspace for a multi-person email team, or a commercially supported SDK and its plan-based capabilities fit your budget.",{"type":14,"value":15,"toc":93},"minimark",[16,21,34,37,41,44,47,51,58,61,65,72,75,79,82],[17,18,20],"h2",{"id":19},"first-the-name-beefree-is-now-rge-studio","First, the name: Beefree is now RGE Studio",[22,23,24,25,29,30,33],"p",{},"If you searched for a \"Beefree alternative\", the product map changed under you in May 2026: Beefree's web builder moved into the Really Good Emails platform as ",[26,27,28],"strong",{},"RGE Studio",". Beefree remains the company, and ",[26,31,32],{},"Beefree SDK"," remains its separately priced embeddable editor.",[22,35,36],{},"That rebrand is worth pausing on, because it illustrates the structural trade of every hosted design tool: the vendor can rename, repackage or reprice the product your workflow depends on, and your only input is reading the announcement. Card takes the opposite trade. It is an open-source (AGPL-3.0) application you deploy yourself — nobody can move, rebrand or sunset the editor running on your own infrastructure.",[17,38,40],{"id":39},"what-card-gives-you","What Card gives you",[22,42,43],{},"Card is a free visual email editor built with Vue and TypeScript, developed in the open since 2022. It ships 78 drag-and-drop blocks on a block → row → cell → atom document model, exports responsive HTML for any sending platform, and round-trips editable JSON so designs stay revisable. There is no account and no cloud: templates live in your browser's local storage, and durable backup is a JSON export you store wherever you like.",[22,45,46],{},"The same application covers both jobs Beefree splits into two products. Deployed at a company URL, it is your team's editor. Integrated into your own product, it is your embedded builder — under AGPL-3.0 when your use complies with that licence, or under a commercial licence for closed-source embedding.",[17,48,50],{"id":49},"the-honest-comparison-with-rge-studio","The honest comparison with RGE Studio",[22,52,53,54,57],{},"RGE Studio is a maintained hosted workspace: shared projects, brand controls, approvals, a large template library and integrations. If your bottleneck is many contributors working against deadlines, that layer has real value — and Card does not provide it. What Card removes is the meter attached to it. RGE Studio's free plan caps you at 10 designs, ",[26,55,56],{},"6 exports per month"," and a two-version history; unlimited usage starts at $30 per month per plan tier, with business features at $160.",[22,59,60],{},"Card has no export counter, no design cap and no version paywall. The cost you take on instead is operational: hosting a static app, arranging storage for exported JSON, and wiring your own handoff into the sending platform.",[17,62,64],{"id":63},"the-honest-comparison-with-beefree-sdk","The honest comparison with Beefree SDK",[22,66,67,68,71],{},"For product teams, the arithmetic is starker. Beefree SDK starts at ",[26,69,70],{},"$400 per month"," and scales to $3,000; hosting the editor inside your own cloud is reserved for the $6,000-per-month Enterprise tier. In exchange you get a supported, documented SDK with vendor-managed infrastructure — a real benefit if editor engineering is a distraction you are paying to avoid.",[22,73,74],{},"Embedding Card costs licence compliance instead of subscription fees: the source is open, self-hosting is the default rather than the top tier, and your engineers own upgrades and the bridge into your product's storage and auth. Both editors preserve editable design data, but the formats are editor-specific — whichever you pick, test a full load-edit-save-reopen-export cycle before committing.",[17,76,78],{"id":77},"who-should-switch-and-who-shouldnt","Who should switch — and who shouldn't",[22,80,81],{},"Switch to Card if you are paying (or about to pay) for what is fundamentally an editor, if export caps and cloud storage of your designs chafe, or if SDK pricing puts vendor embedding out of reach. Stay with RGE Studio if a distributed email team genuinely runs on its workspace, and evaluate Beefree SDK if vendor support is a requirement your budget covers.",[22,83,84,85,92],{},"Then verify the claim that matters: open the ",[86,87,91],"a",{"href":88,"rel":89},"https:\u002F\u002Fcard.mysigmail.com\u002Fapp",[90],"nofollow","Card editor"," — no signup — rebuild a production email, export HTML and JSON, and see whether the free, self-hosted option already does the job.",{"title":94,"searchDepth":95,"depth":95,"links":96},"",2,[97,98,99,100,101],{"id":19,"depth":95,"text":20},{"id":39,"depth":95,"text":40},{"id":49,"depth":95,"text":50},{"id":63,"depth":95,"text":64},{"id":77,"depth":95,"text":78},[103,107,111,115,119],{"criterion":104,"card":105,"competitor":106},"Price","Free and open source (AGPL-3.0); optional commercial licence for closed-source embedding","RGE Studio: free plan, then $30–$160\u002Fmo; Beefree SDK: from $400\u002Fmo (as of Aug 3, 2026)",{"criterion":108,"card":109,"competitor":110},"Export limits","Unlimited exports of responsive HTML and editable JSON","RGE Studio free plan: 6 exports\u002Fmo, 10 designs, 2-version history",{"criterion":112,"card":113,"competitor":114},"Self-hosting","Yes — a static Vue + TypeScript app on your infrastructure, at no cost","Only Beefree SDK Enterprise ($6,000\u002Fmo) offers self-hosting in your own cloud",{"criterion":116,"card":117,"competitor":118},"Account and data","No account; templates stay in your browser's local storage and your own backups","Cloud account required; designs are stored in the RGE Studio \u002F Beefree cloud",{"criterion":120,"card":121,"competitor":122},"Team workflow","No built-in cloud workspace — you bring your own review process","RGE Studio offers collaboration, approvals and templates, gated by plan","Beefree","Searching for a Beefree alternative? The builder is now RGE Studio, and the SDK starts at $400\u002Fmo. Card is a free open-source email editor you can self-host and embed.","md",[127,130,133,136],{"question":128,"answer":129},"Is Beefree the same as RGE Studio?","The web builder formerly called Beefree became RGE Studio in May 2026 and lives at reallygoodemails.com. Beefree remains the company name, and Beefree SDK is still its separate embeddable editor product.",{"question":131,"answer":132},"Is Card really free when Beefree SDK starts at $400\u002Fmo?","Yes. Card is open source under AGPL-3.0 — using and self-hosting it costs nothing. A paid commercial licence is only needed to embed Card in a closed-source product.",{"question":134,"answer":135},"Can I embed Card in my own SaaS?","Yes. Self-hosting is Card's default deployment, not an enterprise tier. Use it under AGPL-3.0 when your product complies with the licence, or take the commercial licence for closed-source embedding.",{"question":137,"answer":138},"Can I import RGE Studio or Beefree designs into Card?","No — design formats are editor-specific in both directions. Plan a one-time rebuild of your active templates and keep Card's editable JSON as the source going forward.","The open-source Beefree alternative",{},true,"\u002Fcompare\u002Fbeefree","2026-08-03",{"title":5,"description":124},[146,149,152],{"label":147,"url":148},"Beefree announcement: Beefree is now RGE Studio","https:\u002F\u002Fbeefree.io\u002Fblog\u002Fbeefree-to-rge-studio",{"label":150,"url":151},"RGE Studio pricing","https:\u002F\u002Freallygoodemails.com\u002Fpricing",{"label":153,"url":154},"Beefree SDK pricing plans","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.beefree.io\u002Fpricing-plans","compare\u002Fbeefree","Card is a free, open-source, self-hosted email editor with unlimited exports and no account. 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