BEE Pro design templates
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Web browser (OS agnostic)About BEE Pro
BEE Pro is a cloud-based email marketing solution designed to help businesses, agencies, freelancers, nonprofits create, edit and store content in a centralized repository. Teams can organize and distribute work in multiple projects and invite colleagues or clients to review, collaborate and approve designs.
It includes a drag-and-drop editor, which lets stakeholders communicate by leaving notes or comments on ongoing threads, search for project-related conversations and resolve threads once the design is finalized. Agencies can create separate accounts to manage emails, pages, clients, users, content and styles specific to brands. Additionally, administrators can specify and allocate editing, review and approval rights and permissions among users based on th...
42 Reviews of BEE Pro
Average User Ratings
Overall
4.86 / 5 stars
Ease-of-use
5.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Likelihood to Recommend
Not likely
Very likely
December 2020
Alex from Propel
Verified Reviewer
Company Size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Internet
Time Used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
5.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
5.0
Functionality
5.0
December 2020
Best email design product I've used to date.
It allows the most basic of member of my team to create emails with ease.
Pros
I love how easy it is to create and export emails.
Cons
Wish they had a direct integration with Marketo but exporting and copying into Marketo isn't difficult.
Reasons for Switching to BEE Pro
Marketo email design is terrible and needed to find something better.
Response from MailUp Group
Replied December 2020
Hey Alex, thanks so much for the kind words! As for Marketo, we do get a lot of requests, so it might be something to look more into in 2021. Please reach out if you have specific suggestions or requirements on that front. Thanks again!
December 2020
Ryan from Paysafe Group
Company Size: 501-1,000 employees
Industry: Financial Services
Time Used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
4.0
Value for money
4.0
Customer support
4.0
Functionality
5.0
December 2020
Best Designer Focused Email Design Tool
I love it. After using a handful of email design tools professionally, and testing over 30 template builders, I can say that this template builder is the best all-around option for a small team with different levels of technical/design saavy. Probably ideal for users with a small amount of web/graphic design.
Pros
My favorite aspect of the software is it's flexibility in design. The ability to make granular changes to rows, content boxes, etc is a breath of fresh air.
Cons
I've found that it can be a bit buggy at time. It's never been a very big deal, but removing some of the consistent bugs would make the experience feel a bit smoother. For example, the rendering of font sometimes has issues. For non-standard font, sometimes the difference between bold and normal is almost impossible to detect. This isnt the case on all templates, so I'm not sure if this is user error, or just a minor bug.
Reasons for Choosing BEE Pro
BEE Pro provided greater flexibility in customization. The free templates were also a great perk.
Reasons for Switching to BEE Pro
I wasnt happy with the limitations of MailChimp's template builder. The inablity to control row characteristics and the font management limited our design goals.
Response from MailUp Group
Replied December 2020
Thanks for the detailed feedback, Ryan. Really appreciated. If you have more details about the bugs that you have run into, please reach out. For example, we'd love to take a closer look at some of the issues you've had with fonts. Thanks again!
December 2020
Peggy from Bennett Elia
Company Size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Design
Time Used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
4.0
Value for money
4.0
Customer support
4.0
Functionality
4.0
December 2020
More design options than competitors
It can be quirky, but once you learn the program it’s easy to use. I can usually accomplish the look I’m going for.
Pros
I’ve used BeePro for a few years. I chose it because I have more control over design than in other programs.
Cons
It doesn’t have a direct export to several of the email programs we use.
Reasons for Choosing BEE Pro
Design control and options.
Response from MailUp Group
Replied December 2020
Hey Peggy, thank you for your feedback. We'd love to know more about the email programs that you would like to see a more direct integration with. Do not hesitate to reach out when you have time. Thanks again!
December 2020
Jason from BLUEDOG
Company Size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Financial Services
Time Used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
5.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
5.0
Functionality
4.0
December 2020
A great product with only minor flaws
It's been great. I don't think any of our products do the thing they are intended to do quite as well as BEE Pro. There's still room for improvement, but the complains we have are few and far between. None are a deal-breaker.
Pros
It is easy to use and ensures that your emails will display as intended across email services and clients. We build 100% of our email templates in Bee Pro.
Cons
The visual builder and settings can be a little wonky at times. Depending on the plan you have, it may be difficult to find the right templates with limited organizational options.
Reasons for Choosing BEE Pro
It wasn't really an either/or decision. We still use Mailchimp, but we don't use their email builder.
Response from MailUp Group
Replied December 2020
Hi Jason, great to hear that using BEE Pro as an add-on to Mailchimp has worked well so far. With regard to improving template organization / management, if you have more feedback, certainly share it with us. Thanks again!
December 2020
Sarah from FreeBalance
Company Size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Financial Services
Time Used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
Ease-of-use
5.0
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
2.0
Functionality
5.0
December 2020
Amazing product I’ve been using for years!
AMAZING! The detail and thoroughness of my work has been highly revered at work as well as my personal portfolio projects.
Pros
It’s front-end based, plus true constant updates to functions makes this software easier to use each time.
Cons
Only the background image is full width. I wish that an update could include for in-line image blocks to do the same.
Reasons for Choosing BEE Pro
Amazing product and great price!
Reasons for Switching to BEE Pro
This software was more flexible and customizable and easy to use.
Response from MailUp Group
Replied December 2020
Hi Sarah, thanks so much for the kind words and for having been a customer for many years. In your review you indicated that the support you received wasn't stellar. If you have feedback for us there, please let us know. Thanks again!
