# What are the top tools for creating responsive email templates?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hi All,</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Opening a discussion around <strong>top tools for creating responsive email templates</strong>, especially platforms that help teams ship mobile-friendly designs fast with reusable blocks and brand controls. Curious which solutions actually deliver a great experience for both creators and admins. (Pulled from G2’s <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/email-template-builder"><strong>Email Template Builder</strong></a> page.) </p><ol>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/constant-contact/reviews"><strong>Constant Contact</strong></a><strong> – Mobile-responsive templates for quick production:</strong> Offers 200+ professionally designed, mobile-responsive templates—handy for non-designers who need on-brand layouts fast. Does it cover your edge cases (dark mode, Outlook) without custom code? </li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/activecampaign/reviews"><strong>ActiveCampaign</strong></a><strong> – Visual designer with responsive templates:</strong> Drag-and-drop builder plus a central template library; widely used with responsive templates to standardize design across campaigns and automations. How well do roles/permissions support multi-team workflows</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/dotdigital/reviews"><strong>Dotdigital</strong></a><strong> – EasyEditor with responsive markup:</strong> EasyEditor’s templates include up-to-date HTML/CSS for responsiveness, with guidance and inbox testing for QA. Is the out-of-the-box responsiveness enough, or do you still hand-tune sections? </li>
</ol><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Would love feedback from teams using any of these platforms:</p><ul>
<li>Which tool gave the most consistent responsive rendering across clients?</li>
<li>How was the implementation and time to value for your content team?</li>
<li>Any unexpected wins (e.g., reusable blocks, approvals) or pain points (e.g., testing, dark-mode quirks)?</li>
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- Posted at: 10 months ago
- Author title: Content Marketing Specialist
- Net upvotes: 2


## Comments
### Comment 1

One thing I’d compare closely is how well the platform handles reusable modules. For a responsive email, that matters a lot because once you’ve proven a block works across clients, you want to reuse it instead of rebuilding it every time.

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- Posted at: 3 months ago
- Author title: Marketing Executive
- Net upvotes: 1


### Comment 2

&lt;p&gt;I was also looking into free software from this list: https://www.g2.com/categories/email-template-builder/free&lt;/p&gt;

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: 10 months ago
- Author title: Content Marketing Specialist
- Net upvotes: 1


### Comment 3

I did find activecampaign a good fit for this, didn’t have to keep fixing layouts across my devices.

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- Posted at: 2 months ago



### Comment 4

One pain point we hit was that some builders made it very easy to create layouts that looked fine in preview but introduced subtle spacing or alignment problems in real inboxes.

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- Posted at: 3 months ago



### Comment 5

I found that many of these builders feel underwhelming in terms of responsiveness. A template can look great in the editor and still behave weirdly in Outlook or dark mode. Dotdigital felt a bit stronger here because it seems built with that QA reality in mind, not just the design side.

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- Posted at: 3 months ago



### Comment 6

In my experience, Constant Contact is great for getting something mobile-friendly out the door quickly. If your team is mostly non-technical and speed matters more than pixel-perfect control, it gets the job done well, no issues. Where I see it start to struggle is when you hit edge cases and want more control without having to start coding.

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- Posted at: 3 months ago
- Author title: Marketing





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