OKZest vs Robolly: the Robolly alternative built for email and agencies
Robolly (robolly.com) is an image generation platform with an API. Teams use it to generate images, PDFs and video through its API, with a template editor and integrations. If developers or automation tools already drive your image pipeline, Robolly can be a good fit.
OKZest is a Robolly alternative for marketing agencies and email marketers who want personalized images with usage counted as images served. OKZest personalizes email images with ESP merge tags. It works across Mailchimp, Klaviyo, and ActiveCampaign. It supports open-time / dynamic image URLs, so creatives can update when a recipient opens the email - even after send. When you need automation, OKZest still has a REST API plus Zapier and Make - but most email campaigns are a single dynamic URL in the template.
Design in a full visual editor, map merge fields, paste the image URL into the email, and each recipient gets their own creative. Add live website screenshots as layers, use fallback text when data is missing, and share templates with your team on plans with multiple seats.
Try before you pay. Robolly offers a 7-day free trial, no card. OKZest's free plan gives you 2,500 watermarked images every month, with no card and no time limit. The free images are for testing only: they carry a heavy watermark, so they let you try OKZest in your email platform but aren't meant for live sends. Remove the watermark by moving to a paid plan.
Choose Robolly if you want a general-purpose template-to-image API for images, PDFs and video. Choose OKZest if you run personalized email campaigns across ESPs and want an editor, merge tags, and open-time images.