Elegant Themes vs Elementor Comparison 2026
Elegant Themes sells Divi on a licence that covers unlimited WordPress sites for $89 a year, a flat number regardless of how many sites get built on it. Elementor prices per site instead: its entry tier is $60 a year for one site with the theme builder and forms, and Advanced Solo at $84 a year adds popups and custom code, which is where its own guidance says most people actually land. A freelancer or studio building many sites gets a flatly cheaper number from Divi. Somebody building one site for years gets more targeted tiers from Elementor, popups and ecommerce widgets included one step up rather than bundled into an all-or-nothing licence.
At a glance
- Elementor starts cheaper, at $5.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Elegant Themes | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $89 | From $5 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Not stated | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export |
Elegant Themes
Divi, on a licence for unlimited sites
Elegant Themes sells Divi, a WordPress page builder whose licence covers unlimited sites rather than counting them, which is why it has stayed in agencies for a decade. The visual editor works on the front end, so layout changes are made on the page rather than in a preview. A large marketplace of child themes and layouts sits beside it. Divi generates its own markup, and moving a site off it later means rebuilding, which is the cost nobody prices in at the start.
Our note
Buy the $89 tier unless the marketplace credit in the bundle covers something you were already going to purchase, because the bundle's saving is measured against products you may not want. Factor the rebuild cost before adopting Divi for a client site they might later take elsewhere.
Only on this side
- Covers design & graphics
Elementor
Landing pages built inside WordPress
Why people weigh these two
- Elementor instead of Elegant Themes
- Elementor is also a WordPress page builder, but licences start at $5 rather than Divi's flat $89-a-year unlimited-site fee, cheaper for someone building only one or two sites.
- Elegant Themes instead of Elementor
- Elegant Themes licenses Divi for unlimited WordPress sites at $89 a year, which is the cheaper shape once you are building more than one.
Which one should you pick
Pick Elegant Themes if more than a couple of WordPress sites are being built, since the $89 a year licence does not count them. The front-end visual editor suits designing by adjusting rather than specifying exact values. Know before committing that Divi generates its own markup, so moving a client's site off it later means rebuilding rather than exporting.
Pick Elementor if the WordPress install already exists and landing pages need to live at the same address rather than a second platform. Its entry tier is $60 a year for one site, but budget for Advanced Solo at $84 instead, since popups and custom CSS are the two things a landing page tends to need and the gap is two dollars a month. Remember the hosting bill sits separately from either tool; both are plugins, not platforms.
Common questions
- Is Elegant Themes cheaper than Elementor?
- For more than one site, usually yes: Divi's $89 a year covers unlimited sites, while Elementor is priced per site starting at $60 a year for its entry tier. For a single site long-term, the two land close together, and Elementor's tiered features may fit better than Divi's all-in-one licence.
- Does Elementor's cheapest plan include popups and custom code?
- No, those arrive on Advanced Solo at $84 a year, one tier up from the $60 entry plan. Divi's $89 a year licence does not separate features by tier the same way; the split there is between the single Divi Pro licence and the $277 full bundle with marketplace extras.
- What happens if I want to move a site off Divi later?
- It means a rebuild, not an export. Divi generates its own markup, and its own guidance is upfront that this cost is worth factoring in before adopting it for a client site they might later take elsewhere. Elementor does not carry the same warning in its own materials.
- Do either of these include WordPress hosting?
- No, neither does. Both are plugins that assume a WordPress installation already exists, so the real total cost of either one is the licence plus a separate hosting bill.
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