React Email vs Maizzle: Components vs Tailwind for Email

Two modern approaches to email development. React components vs Tailwind styling.

Quick Comparison

Feature	React Email	Maizzle
Syntax	JSX/React	HTML + Tailwind
Price	Free	Free
TypeScript	Native	Via config
Dev Server	Hot reload	Hot reload
Abstraction	Components	Low (HTML)
Style Approach	Inline objects	Tailwind classes
Code Sharing	With React app	Tailwind tokens

Overview

React Email and Maizzle represent modern approaches to email development. Both are free, both produce cross-client HTML, but they match different team preferences and tech stacks.

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React Email Approach

React Email treats emails as React components. If you build web apps in React, emails become part of your component library.

import {
  Html,
  Head,
  Body,
  Container,
  Text,
  Button
} from '@react-email/components';

export default function WelcomeEmail({ name, appUrl }) {
  return (
    <Html>
      <Head />
      <Body style={{ backgroundColor: '#f4f4f4' }}>
        <Container style={{ padding: '24px' }}>
          <Text style={{ fontSize: '24px', fontWeight: 'bold' }}>
            Welcome, {name}!
          </Text>
          <Button href={appUrl} style={{ backgroundColor: '#007bff' }}>
            Open App
          </Button>
        </Container>
      </Body>
    </Html>
  );
}

TypeScript support is built-in. Share types between your app and emails. Test components with your existing setup. The development server has hot reload.

Maizzle Approach

Maizzle brings Tailwind CSS to email. Write HTML with utility classes you already know from web development.

<extends src="src/layouts/main.html">
<block name="template">
  <table class="w-full">
    <tr>
      <td class="p-6 bg-gray-100">
        <h1 class="text-2xl font-bold text-gray-900 m-0">
          Welcome, {{ name }}!
        </h1>
        <a href="{{ appUrl }}"
           class="inline-block mt-4 px-6 py-3 bg-blue-500 text-white rounded">
          Open App
        </a>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</block>
</extends>

Same utility classes as your web projects. Same design tokens. The build process inlines CSS and handles email transformations.

Choosing Based on Stack

If your frontend is React, React Email integrates naturally. Components live alongside your app. You can share utilities, types, and patterns.

If you use Tailwind across projects (regardless of frontend framework), Maizzle maintains styling consistency. Same classes work in both contexts.

Developer Experience

React Email feels more polished. The component library is well-designed. Documentation is clear. Error messages are helpful.

Maizzle has a learning curve around its templating system and build configuration. Once set up, development is smooth, but initial configuration takes time.

Styling Approach

React Email uses inline style objects. Familiar to React developers. Limited utility compared to Tailwind's class-based approach.

Maizzle uses Tailwind classes that get inlined at build time. More expressive, but you need to understand which styles work in email.

The Verdict

Choose React Email if your app is React-based and you want emails to feel like part of your component architecture. Best TypeScript support, cleanest integration.

Choose Maizzle if Tailwind is your styling language of choice and you want consistency between web and email. More setup, but familiar utilities.

For visual building without code, Sequenzy offers integrated email creation with sending and automation.

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