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An open-source alternative to Stripo Plugin

Both put a drag-and-drop email editor inside your product. They differ on who runs the editor, and on what your bill is counted against — Stripo meters the emails your users design. Everything below is checkable against public sources.

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Templatical vs Stripo Plugin

  • Pricing

    Templatical

    No fee, on any tier

    Stripo Plugin

    Free, then $100 or $550 per month, plus Enterprise

  • What is metered

    Templatical

    Nothing. No counter on templates, users or exports.

    Stripo Plugin

    Unique emails designed per month: 100 free, 400 on Startup, 15,000 on Business

  • Going over

    Templatical

    Not applicable

    Stripo Plugin

    $0.50 per extra unique email on Startup, $0.10 on Business

  • Branding removal

    Templatical

    Default. No branding to remove.

    Stripo Plugin

    From Startup ($100/mo) up; the free plan carries Stripo branding

  • Custom blocks

    Templatical

    Unlimited, defined in your own code

    Stripo Plugin

    From Business ($550/mo) up

  • Image storage

    Templatical

    Yours. The editor calls your onRequestMedia hook.

    Stripo Plugin

    30 GB free, 200 GB on Startup, unlimited from Business

  • Who runs the editor

    Templatical

    You. The editor ships in your bundle and runs in your page

    Stripo Plugin

    Stripo. Server components run on their infrastructure; self-hosting is an Enterprise option

  • Source access

    Templatical

    Full source in a public repository

    Stripo Plugin

    Not published

  • Licence

    Templatical

    FSL-1.1-MIT, converting to MIT two years after each release

    Stripo Plugin

    Commercial subscription

  • Dedicated support

    Templatical

    Community, via GitHub

    Stripo Plugin

    Dedicated Slack channel on Enterprise

  • Output format

    Templatical

    MJML and JSON

    Stripo Plugin

    HTML and CSS, exchanged with your platform

Best fit

Which one you should pick

The table is the detail; this is the decision. If a reason in the right column is a requirement for you, buy their product — it is the better fit and we would rather you knew.

Choose Templatical if

  • You do not want a monthly counter on how many emails your users are allowed to design.
  • You want custom blocks and unbranded output without those sitting behind separate paid tiers.
  • You want the editor running in your own bundle without an Enterprise contract to get it there.
  • You want portable output. Templatical exports MJML, an open standard with an MIT implementation you can run yourself.
  • You want the full source, and a licence that becomes MIT two years after each release.

Choose Stripo Plugin if

  • You want a large ready-made template library and premium designs your users can start from.
  • You would rather someone else operated the editor, with hosting and storage handled for you.
  • You want AMP and interactive modules maintained by a vendor rather than built in-house.
  • You want built-in image editing and stock content bundled with the editor.
  • You want a commercial vendor with a dedicated support channel rather than an open-source project.

Try it before you weigh any of this

The playground runs the real editor with no signup. If it does not fit your product, none of the rest matters.

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Verified on 8 August 2026 against the plans published at stripo.email and the plan comparison in their support centre. Pricing and features change — check their site for current terms.

“Not documented” means we found no mention of the capability in their public documentation or marketing on the verification date, not that it is impossible to build.

Sources:stripo.email/pluginsupport.stripo.email: plan comparison

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This page is a snapshot, not a standing claim — including what we say Stripo Plugin does better. If anything here is out of date or wrong, open an issue.