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Elementor Reviews: 4.5/5 — Highly Rated
Elementor is the most popular landing page builder software for the platform that provides full control of every aspect of the landing page design. Numerous templates are available to use or users can create their own from scratch. Users also have the option to integrate third-party tools to get additional functionality. Elementor works with just about any WordPress theme and plugin. Design changes can easily be viewed thanks to the visual builder interface.
| Capabilities |
API
OSS
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| Segment |
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
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| Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based |
| Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
| Training | Documentation |
| Languages | English |
Elementor Pros and Cons
- You can immediately see the changes you make thanks to the visual builder interface
- You’re working with some of the best design templates available
- It works great with most WordPress themes
- There’s a learning curve when you first use the tool
- There are some issues with their landing page’s mobile responsiveness
- It lacks design flexibility in some areas
Elementor’s two plugin plans include “0 One credits” — and credits are what unlock AI generation, image optimization, site accessibility, cookie consent, and email deliverability. So on Essential at €5 and Advanced Solo at €7, that entire half of the feature list is not gated behind a higher tier; it is simply switched off. Elementor’s pricing page is really two products side by side, and the €5 headline belongs to the smaller one.
- What it is: The most widely used website builder plugin for WordPress, now also sold as a hosted all-in-one platform.
- Best for: WordPress users who want visual design control, and — on the One plans — hosting and optimisation bundled.
- Pricing: Essential €5, Advanced Solo €7, One €15, One Agency €36 per month billed annually. Verified July 2026.
- The honest catch: Custom code and CSS, popups, and eCommerce features are all excluded from the €5 plan.
What Is Elementor?
Elementor is the drag-and-drop editor that made WordPress design accessible without touching a theme file. Its Theme Builder, dynamic content, and form builder let you construct headers, footers, archives, and templates visually, and it has become the default recommendation for anyone who wants design control inside WordPress.
The 2026 page splits into two families. Editor Pro plans are the plugin: you bring your own WordPress hosting and get the editor. All in one web creation bundles hosting, AI generation, image optimization, accessibility tooling, cookie consent, and email deliverability into a single subscription measured in “One credits”.
A 30-day money-back guarantee applies across the range.
How Elementor Works
- Two product families — the plugin, and the hosted all-in-one platform.
- Credits are the third meter — 0 on plugin plans, 25,000 and 350,000 monthly on the One plans.
- Sites ladder — 1 site on Essential and One, options up to 25 on Advanced, unlimited on One Agency.
- Widget counts differ — 57 on Essential, 85 on every plan above.
- The One plans state their renewal price on the card itself.
- A 30-day money-back guarantee on all plans.
Elementor Pricing
Captured from Elementor’s pricing page in July 2026 on the euro price list with annual billing.
| Plan | Year one | Renewal | Sites | Credits/mo | Custom CSS | eCommerce |
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| Essential | €60 (€5/mo) | €60 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| Advanced Solo | €84 (€7/mo) | €84 | 1 (3 and 25 available) | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| One | €180 (€15/mo) | €228 | 1 | 25,000 | Yes | Yes |
| One Agency | €432 (€36/mo) | €540 | Unlimited | 350,000 | Yes | Yes |
What actually decides your plan:
- Essential cannot do custom code or CSS. For a design plugin aimed at people who want control, that is the most surprising exclusion on the page — along with the Popup Builder and eCommerce features. Essential gives 57 widgets, the Theme Builder, dynamic content, and forms. Anyone who expects to write a line of CSS needs Advanced Solo at €7.
- Zero credits means zero optimisation features. Both plugin plans show “0 One credits”, and Elementor states that credits unlock AI generation, image optimization, site accessibility, cookie consent, and email deliverability. Those are not tier-gated features you could buy up to — without credits they are unavailable, which is what separates the two families.
- Elementor prints the renewal price, and you should read it. One is €180 in year one and €228 a year afterwards; One Agency is €432 then €540. That is 27% and 25% higher respectively. Stating renewal on the card is genuinely uncommon — several vendors in this category advertise a first-year discount and leave you to discover the real rate — so credit where it is due, but budget from €228.
- The two plugin plans have no promotion at all. Essential and Advanced Solo carry no strikethrough, so €60 and €84 are the standing rates rather than introductory ones.
- Elementor values its own bundled components. The One card lists image optimization at €60/yr, site accessibility at €120/yr, and email deliverability at €60/yr — €240 of stated value inside a €228 renewal. That is Elementor’s own valuation rather than an independent one, but it is at least an arithmetic claim you can check against buying those tools separately.
- One Agency is the agency answer. Unlimited sites and 350,000 monthly credits — 14 times One’s allowance for 2.4 times the price. If you build sites for clients, that ratio is the argument.
Who Should Use Elementor
- WordPress users wanting design control. The clearest case, and why Elementor became the category default.
- Agencies building client sites. One Agency’s unlimited sites and large credit pool is priced for exactly that.
- Small businesses wanting one bill. The One plans fold hosting, optimisation, and accessibility into a single subscription.
- Anyone needing accessibility and cookie consent. Both are bundled on One rather than bought as separate plugins.
It fits poorly for non-WordPress projects, where Webflow or Framer are the right tools; for people wanting to write CSS on a budget, given Essential excludes it; and for high-performance hosting needs, where WP Engine is the specialist.
Honest Pros and Cons
Strengths
- Renewal prices printed on the card, which much of this category hides.
- A genuinely cheap entry point at €60 a year for the plugin.
- The most mature WordPress editor, with the largest template and add-on ecosystem.
- Accessibility and cookie consent bundled on the One plans.
- Unlimited sites on One Agency, priced sensibly for agencies.
- A 30-day money-back guarantee across the range.
Limitations
- Essential excludes custom code and CSS, plus popups and eCommerce.
- Plugin plans get zero credits, so the optimisation suite is unavailable.
- One renews 27% higher than its first-year price.
- Two product families on one page makes the €5 headline misleading.
- Only 57 widgets on Essential, against 85 everywhere else.
- You still need WordPress hosting on the Editor Pro plans.
Elementor Alternatives and How It Compares
- WordPress.com hosts WordPress itself, with its own block editor rather than Elementor’s.
- WP Engine is the managed-WordPress host you would pair with an Editor Pro plan.
- Webflow and Framer give designers more control outside the WordPress ecosystem.
- Wix and Squarespace are the all-in-one builders that require no WordPress knowledge at all.
- 10Web and Duda target agencies managing many client sites, 10Web on WordPress specifically.
- Hostinger bundles cheap WordPress hosting with its own builder.
For a broader survey, browse our website builder directory.
The Verdict
Elementor earned its position as WordPress’s default visual editor, and on the design side it deserves it — the Theme Builder alone removes the need to touch theme files for headers, footers, and archive templates. What has changed is that the pricing page is now two products, and reading it as a single ladder from €5 to €36 will lead you to the wrong plan.
The plugin plans include zero One credits, and credits are what run AI generation, image optimization, site accessibility, cookie consent, and email deliverability. Those features are not something Essential has less of; they are something it does not have. And Essential also excludes custom code and CSS, the Popup Builder, and eCommerce features — which for a €5 design plugin is a real constraint, not a nudge. If you want to write CSS, Advanced Solo at €7 is your floor. If you want the optimisation and accessibility layer, One at €15 is.
Then read the renewal line, which Elementor deserves credit for printing. One is €180 in year one and €228 a year thereafter — 27% more — and One Agency goes €432 to €540. Several products in this category advertise a first-year rate and let you find the real one on your second invoice; Elementor puts it on the card. Budget from the renewal figure, note that the two plugin plans carry no promotion at all so €60 and €84 are simply the price, and if you build for clients, compare One Agency’s unlimited sites against per-site licensing before anything else — 350,000 monthly credits for €540 a year is where its economics actually make sense.
FAQ
How much does Elementor cost?
On the euro price list captured July 2026 with annual billing: Essential €5 per month (€60 a year), Advanced Solo €7 (€84), One €15 (€180 in year one, renewing at €228), and One Agency €36 (€432 in year one, renewing at €540). The two Editor Pro plans carry no introductory discount; the two One plans do, and both state their renewal rate on the pricing card.
What is excluded from Elementor’s cheapest plan?
Essential at €5 a month excludes the Popup Builder, custom code and CSS, eCommerce features, AI generation, image optimization, site accessibility, cookie consent, collaborative notes, email deliverability, and site management. It includes 57 widgets, the Theme Builder, dynamic content, the form builder, and 10 cloud templates for one site. Advanced Solo at €7 restores popups, custom CSS, and eCommerce.
What are Elementor’s One credits?
They are the usage meter for the hosted platform’s optimisation features — Elementor states that credits unlock AI generation, image optimization, site accessibility, cookie consent, and email deliverability. The One plan includes 25,000 monthly credits and One Agency 350,000. Both Editor Pro plugin plans include zero credits, which is why those features are unavailable rather than merely limited on them.
Does Elementor’s price go up after the first year?
Yes, on the One plans, and Elementor says so on the card. One costs €180 for the first year and renews at €228 a year — 27% higher — while One Agency costs €432 then renews at €540, 25% higher. The Essential and Advanced Solo plugin plans have no introductory discount, so their €60 and €84 rates are what you pay every year.
Is Elementor better than Wix or Squarespace?
They solve different problems. Elementor is a plugin for WordPress, so you keep WordPress’s flexibility, portability, and plugin ecosystem — and you take on managing hosting unless you buy a One plan. Wix and Squarespace are self-contained platforms that are easier to start with and cannot be moved elsewhere. Choose Elementor if you want WordPress; choose the others if you would rather not think about WordPress at all.
Compare Elementor with other popular tools in the same category.
When it comes to manipulating web pages without directly modifying source code, Elementor is without a doubt the best option. With it it is possible to use the default fonts that Elementor provides and in the same way, it is possible to make Elementor inherit the fonts of your own theme. On the other hand, being able to edit with Elementor allows you to have a large number of Widgets that facilitate modeling, generating pages of higher quality and stable operation.
It could be a great opportunity to keep your users happy, to eventually provide some functionality of Elementor Pro, to the free version, and thus increase the satisfaction levels of all customers.
It has a very high level of integration with wordpress themes, which greatly facilitates the maintenance of the pages and additionally allows tuning and adjusting the site in such a way that SEO optimization is achieved and the page is positioned correctly. In the same way, the edition of the pages is very simple and does not require investing time in debugging. You simply make the changes and you have the certainty that they will operate correctly.
Elementor allows us to select a structure on our page, this structure can show content in one row and this row can be divided into different parts. Like two sections, three sections, and more in a single row. Then we can drag and drop different elements or components in these rows like images, text, videos, buttons, dividers, forms, HTML, social icons, and more. Then each component we can edit according to our requirements. Even we can control advanced features like margins, paddings, and more.
Sometimes Elementor plugin gets stucks and it doesn't load properly, but that is actually a hosting issue. Because if we increase the PHP memory then it's start loading properly. So according to my experience, this is a hosting error, not an Elementor error. So Elementor is free of errors and issues.
I am using Elementor as a web developer for my own websites and also for the website of my company. We have developed a lot of our pages using the Elementor. Even now I have designed a number of my client's websites using this incredible plugin.
Elementor has all kinds of easy to use features. The blocks and widgets can help you build a powerful site that's easy to use and looks great. It's nice that it works so well and is Wordpress based.
There are just a few things that are still a bit clunky. The layering can make things challenging for non-developers to edit. Background images are probably the most complicated to understand for non-developers.
Ease of website editing for non-developers. Elementor is a really intuitive way for people to edit web content and ensure it all still looks the way you want it to.
Elementor is simple and effective website builder tool which enables to create any kind of websites hassle free. They have all required tools and blocks inside
The individual widget editing option is confusing sometime. Size change and alignment change can be done with drag option
Build your website without any knowledge of coding Create landing pages, submission form very easily Easy to edit website builder Just drag and drop your blocks
Elementor is a "drag and drop" website builder. It also integrates code well for how easy it is to build a website with it. I would recommend it to anyone who needs a beautiful responsive website quickly.
Elementor could have a more user-friendly experience. I love many of the features, but it is sometimes difficult to remember them all. I recommend changing the layout of the sidebar.
It allowed me to create a beautiful and responsive website very quickly. It makes it very easy to update and duplicate pages. Once you have the website designed, maintenance is a breeze.
It's very user-friendly, and it gives you the option to add custom CSS to anything you're creating, so you can make your site truly unique. The Elementor Pro support is stellar as well; if anything's not working on your site the way it should, you submit a ticket to their support team, and they come right in and troubleshoot for you behind the scenes. I had an issue with my footer not displaying properly just the other day, and nothing I tried fixed it. I submitted a ticket to their team, and within two days, it was completely taken care of.
I wish that there were even more options available for custom CSS or for more easily accessing the entire CSS style sheet. For instance, Elementor assigns classes to items that I can't easily see unless I right-click the item when it's not in editing mode and click "Inspect" to see what Google Chrome can pull up for me.
It makes website building soooo much easier. I can now do most of the heavy lifting of website building without getting a web developer involved in the front-end portion.
I first tried Elementor free, then I quickly switched to the paid version! There are so many elements and good tools for creating a website. It's a simple and intuitive builder, I recommend it 100%
The only elements that I find less good on Elementor is that the paid elements, which are still very interesting, cannot be tested before paying, i.e. test for free for a limited time, because at the price that costs the premium version, it could be useful to test before.
I am self-employed, and I work to make websites, Elementor helps me to be much faster for the realization of site, and helps me to meet the expectations of my customers with their many tools.
We can do our work properly by elementor. Elementor is a very much useful plugin and i love it very much.
I have no dislike. Elementor is always best
We can do our website design by elementor properly . Elementor Makes a website great and beautiful.
Elementor has really become the Gold Standard IMO for visual builders in WordPress. The Guttenberg (hopefully I spelled that correctly) blocks were a nice addition and if you're looking to get by with barebones it's a great starting point, but if you grow and want full functionality without coding and more you'll probably end up going with Elementor. I've used Elementor since they first came out. At one point I was convinced they were at the heart of a slow speed site and stepped away, rebuilt the site from scratch and stayed away for about six months. During that time I came to find out it wasn't really Elementor but the site design and general. So I went back, installed Elementor on the newly revised site and didn't have any issues. Bottom line if a site is designed well Elementor will not have a negative impact. Ultimately when used appropriately it offers amazing versatility on the number of things you can do with a WordPress Site.
I don't have any strong dislikes of Elementor that I can think of. At this stage, they have worked out the small issues over the years and are very active on updates. The one thing I do wish they had was a quick jump back to the main dashboard rather than the post dashboard from the front end designer, but that's a small thing
Simple web design in corporation with WordPress. It's 'Form' element also integrates well via webhooks allowing you one less plugin to install for that purpose if you use automation like Konnectitz or Pabbly, etc..
It is one of the best website builders used in WordPress. The best thing about Elementor is that it is very easy to use and very user friendly. The drag and drop system makes it awesome.
The pricing is quite high and there should be more templates available for all kinds of small businesses.
It helps to make an entire website easy with some clicks only. It saves time alot.
Elementor is one of the best website builder out there. All you have to do is just start dropping the elements on the page and see your design come to life. It is so easy to create mobile responsive designs and you can control almost every aspect of it. You can upload custom icons, fonts, svg files or even lotte animations. You can easily create basic website in a matter of hours even if you are a beginner. It is so damn easy to use. There are thousands of tutorial available around the web and the support is just awesome. Been using Elementor for around 3 years now and I have created over 60+ websites with it. It makes my job a lot easier and I can be as creative as I want.
Even though Elementor is the one I prefer, doesn't mean that it has no downsides. The issue which I face most often is compatibility with other plugins. Although the market is updating and updating but still if you are create complex websites and you need multiple plugins for some specific functionality, chances are you might run into compatibility issues
I am a Web Designer and all of my client website are designed using Elementor. Basic website? Blogs? Ecom? Everything can be done with elementor. It makes everything so easy and all you have yo do is just drag and drop elements and be creative.
What I love the most about Elementor is that it made WordPress an option for me. Through WordPress with Elementor, I have built several websites with different complexities. Elementor is an excellent tool for no coders; it has many options that allow you to create the page you need, whether it is a simple Landing Page or a complete E-commerce. If it weren't for Elementor, I would not be able to use WordPress. Also, it is compatible with a lot of different plugins and configurations. Elementor also has its developer for menus, headers, and footers which simplifies one of the most challenging features WordPress has.
I have been using Elementor for more than two years now, and I haven't found a single area of opportunity. I recommend it for no coders.
I have built different websites: landing pages, e-commerce, registration pages, pop-ups, among others.
I like this plugin personally, osm features easy to use and the custome designs solutions for the website.
As per my point of view if you want to work more with more features then you need to upgrade the plugin with paid version. And that's the only one issue,
Blogger Post website designs
What I really like about Elementor is the amount of functionality it provides in its free version. Generally, for anything free, one can expect a limited experience or an unsatisfactory one. This is not the case with Elementor. Elementor provides almost anything an amateur website manager would need, with easy drag and drop controls. Of course, if you are knowledgeable with HTML and CSS, you are able to add custom code to further enhance the layout and design of your website. Elementor leaves the choice to you, letting you choose how your website looks, without having to pay a developer hefty fees for something you don't want.
There's nothing I really dislike about Elementor. It fits my expectations, and I will continue using it on my sites and client sites running WordPress. One thing to mention though is that Elementor loads unnecessary CSS and design elements for every page you edit with Elementor. In other words, this can make your website a tad bit slower. However, this can be fixed via caching and removing the unnecessary elements where possible.
People have great ideas of launching websites to help others or to contribute to a cause. However, many of them do not make this a reality due to their thinking that websites can only be made if the person has ample coding skills. This is no longer the case, especially with a page builder like Elementor. Elementor has allowed me to present my business idea to the world, with an easy to navigate and clean-looking layout. In fact, my entire website is built with Elementor; the majority of the landing pages were created by my team using Elementor.
My favorite part about Elementor is the drag and drop feature on the widgets. When creating a landing page or a blog, it's very easy to pull the widgets across and customize it.
It was overwhelming at first, but once you know how to navigate your way around and know how to use each tool, it gets easier and easier.
Designing landing pages, websites, blogs has never been easier. I've experience working without Elementor on WordPress and I find it more difficult without it.
Very easy to use Excellent UX and interface Constantly improving
Nothing. This is an all around solid website builder.
Fixing problem websites without needing to mess with code. Decluttering sites that are plugin heavy. Modernization of outdated sites.
Elementor is easy to use and it's a DIY plugin for WordPress websites. It makes designing so convenient and with only drag and drop, we can add lots of webpage elements and can do designing things very easily.
some time alignment problems occur when designing the page and some more free templates should be there in the library. Premium plan pricing should be less and elementor version updates should not affect the websites.
I am a software developer and don't know the web designing task and sometimes I need a website designing on an urgent basis so I normally use elementor for fast and easy creation of website designing.
It's a DIY tool for page building on a WordPress platform and it has various tools available for page creation. there is no need for any programming language to use elementor. from menu creation to page edit and from content management everything is very flexible to work and the best thing with elementor is that you can build responsive pages without writing a single line of code.
Some HTML alignment issues are with elementor and if we are using our own set of code for styling purposes it behaves differently. Pricing should be less because most of the useful tools are available in premium version.
I can easily customize my website any time on the WordPress platform and as its DIY tool. Any kind of UI and UX design, I can build with the use of this tool. really it's very important for WordPress.
I love that Elementor gives me a very intuitive, drag and drop interface for building web pages. I don't have to know any code. I can see everything exactly how it will look. It's actually kind of fun. There's also a ton of options to make your page engaging- not just text and pictures.
It can be a little annoying that things will display differently based on the size of your monitor if you don't use the correct settings. Also, there are some pieces I would like to customize more, but it's a fair trade-off for things being so easy.
We have been able to move away from one person with a lot of technical knowledge making any updates to our website to a small group of people with little technical knowledge making changes. This has released the bottleneck we experienced by having everything on one person's shoulders.
You can design anything, literally any page, without doing a single line of code on WordPress. I can't even think of my single day without elementor. Element offers a bunch of features to it's free plan which can help you to build any website very easily. Whether it is a landing page or a company website, elementor is always a lifesaver. It saves time, with less effort and skill! I build over 50 websites for my clients with Elementor. Another thing, there are some free & paid addons available in the market as well which makes elemetor stronger.
The only thing I dislike about Elementor is it makes the website slow! If you're a newbie, you can make a website with elementor by watching some short tutorials on youtube. But when you live the website, you'll see elementor made the website's speed much lower. So you need to optimize your website images, minify the codes and fix some other factors to make the site faster.
Firstly I can build a wordpress website having ZERO coding knowledge. I can make beautifully designed pages for my website with it's dashboard with just some few clicks. I don't need to hire a professional developer now, because I believe anyone can develop a wordpress website with Elementor.
Simple and intuitive interface, even a person who just installed this plugin immediately understands what you need to do, and can create a beautiful website for your needs. There are a lot of settings and possibilities,from simple layout to the creation of pages with beautiful animation.
In a year of using this plugin, I haven't found anything I don't like. I liked it from the first minute I tried it. If it had been faster, it would have been even better.
Creating my shop, with the help of Elementor, I managed to set it up and get it done in a short time, even without having any experience of such a thing before, which allowed me to start selling quickly.
Easily to use, many integrations and functions
Many integrations are paid, and sometimes we have some bugs.
website development without the need for codes
I love the drag and drop features of Elementor and the fact that I can create dynamic, responsive, and engaging high-end websites and I don't need to know code... although code helps turn the dial up to 11.
It sometimes is a little slow loading and there are some features I feel should be built-in but require additional plugins to achieve. A more comprehensive designing options for login screens would be nice as well.
I am creating a number of websites for both me and my clients. I am using it to build story-driven experiences that compliment the video content that I produce.
A professional website can be easily built with so many available customisable templates. It is easy to work with and a great tool.
Considering the yearly subscription for pro, the prices are expensive whereas there are other web builders that provide lifetime access.
Elementor is the website builder that I used for building wordpress websites for a lot of clients. It has helped me come out with satisfactory websites.
It is easy to use and has a lot of widgets to get the best result. The widgets allow you to do everything you want to do on your website
There is a problem with a few WordPress plugins that doesn't work well with elementor
I can build many versions of the landing page for my funnel in a few minutes
Everything! Its a true drag and drop builder that is intuitive and easy to use! Granular controls on each view for web, tablet, and mobile make this a game-changer for anyone looking for a pixel-perfect design.
Somtimes the control in elementor is confusing because of the theme, not really an elementor issue but there is a learning curve on how certain design elements are controlled at the theme level vs Elementor.
All aspects of web design are easy with elementor. From page building, to mobile design, and productivity.
Elementor has been a game-changer for our business. We build all of our websites in Elementor now. It is user-friendly, intuitive, and has all of the features we need.
We don't have any complaints about Elementor. Whenever we have an issue or a question, we reach out to them and they are quick to respond. No complaints here!
Ease of use is a big plus. It takes a couple of minutes of playing around to learn how to do something new within the program. Everything is streamlined and looks great.
The best part of elementor is the drag and drop feature which allows me to create a professional-Looking posts and pages. The interface of elementor is so user-friendly even a noob can create a web page in just a min.
Sometimes when I am working on any page it lags, and the scroll doesn't work properly as well.
Firstly, we don't need to hire any web developer to create the page on elementor. There are 80+ elements or content we can use to create our web page including lottie, popup-buttons and much more.
Quite user-friendly to start building a website. Also elemetor pro has very many features.
Basic elementor can have some more features to build a website with options.
I didn't face any problem with elementor. Infact, it was one of the easiest tool to use to start creating a webpage. Would highly recommend to anyone who is looking to build a basic webpage on their own.
I like that you don‘t have to be a software engineer to use Elementor. After one or two basic training sessions, you can easily figure everything out and push the limits to make a really great website!
It takes forever to load, sometimes! Especially when you‘re on an older model computer, it‘s not extremely compatible. And not ALL the elements are very user-friendly.
I use Elementor at my work in order to write blogs and create pages for the website. Although saving some templates can help save time, I like that I‘m able to start fresh and not have to follow a pre-made template every time!
