Divi vs. Movable Type

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Divi
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
More than just a WordPress theme, Divi is a website building platform that replaces the standard WordPress post editor with a new visual editor. The vendor states it can be enjoyed by design professionals and newcomers alike, and is designed to give users the ability to create spectacular designs with ease and efficiency.
$89
per year
Movable Type
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Movable Type is a Perl-based content management system from Six Apart, featuring the capability to host multiple weblogs and standalone content pages, manage files and user roles, templates, tags, categories, and trackback links.N/A
Pricing
DiviMovable Type
Editions & Modules
Divi
$89
per year
Divi Pro
$277
per year
Divi Lifetime + Pro Services
$297
today + 212 each following year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DiviMovable Type
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsLifetime subscriptions are also available for a one time fee.
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Community Pulse
DiviMovable Type
Features
DiviMovable Type
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Divi
8.7
8 Ratings
6% above category average
Movable Type
5.0
1 Ratings
49% below category average
Role-based user permissions8.78 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Divi
6.5
8 Ratings
18% below category average
Movable Type
6.0
1 Ratings
25% below category average
API9.37 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language3.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Divi
8.7
10 Ratings
11% above category average
Movable Type
6.4
1 Ratings
20% below category average
WYSIWYG editor10.09 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.27 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Admin section9.210 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Page templates8.610 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Library of website themes8.110 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design9.310 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Publishing workflow9.98 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Form generator6.710 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Divi
7.3
9 Ratings
2% below category average
Movable Type
5.6
1 Ratings
28% below category average
Content taxonomy8.38 Ratings9.01 Ratings
SEO support6.38 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Bulk management4.85 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.08 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Community / comment management8.96 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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DiviMovable Type
Small Businesses
ManageWP
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
RWS Tridion Sites
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
DiviMovable Type
Likelihood to Recommend
9.8
(9 ratings)
7.0
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
5.4
(9 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DiviMovable Type
Likelihood to Recommend
Elegant Themes
Divi is great if you build multiple websites for clients; however, I'm not sure it is cost-effective if you only make a single site.
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Six Apart
Is your business an enterprise level business that has more than a half dozen different content types? If so, then you might want to use a dedicated CMS rather than Movable Type. Movable Type is best used on small / medium sized businesses and is not the best solution for a full-fledged CMS. If you're using your content for something other than just displaying a website, then it's probably not for you. Movable Type works great for news/blogging sites. In fact, Daring Fireball, one of the most popular Apple-centric blogs is using Movable Type as its publishing platform.
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Pros
Elegant Themes
  • It has a very easy-to-use and extremely complete block editor.
  • It offers many templates that you can use as a base for your website.
  • Customer service has been fast and effective whenever I have needed it.
  • Tiene un editor de bloques muy sencillo de usar y extremadamente completo.
  • Ofrece muchas plantillas que puedes utilizar como base para tu web.
  • La atención al cliente ha sido rápida y efectiva siempre que la he necesitado
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Six Apart
  • Easy to use straight out of the box, very user friendly with an intuitive interface.
  • Great for team use where there are multiple editors and writers fixing and editing each other's works. It's easy to track who last made the latest edits.
  • Stellar support team and system. I've found that Moveable Type's support system is generally more responsive and helpful than WordPress.
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Cons
Elegant Themes
  • The load time of the builder could be faster. On some websites it takes a long time to load, and may crash the page. (I believe they've said they're working on this stability issue.)
  • Warnings on updates if they're difficult for some sites to run. I have one website that has crashed more than once from Divi's theme updates. I always back it up before the update so I restore the site, but this is still a bit of an inconvenience.
  • Integrated (or more clearly marked) tutorials within the builder. I migrate site maintenance and ownership to clients after the site is complete and some could use refreshers within the builder on what happens where i.e. the difference between a section, row, module.
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Six Apart
  • Especially on the older versions, the limited number of well-developed third-party plugins is problematic for efficiently developing a well-functioning website.
  • Versions of movable type which didn't allow pages to be constructed were difficult to create continuity in design and easily editable pages for our editors.
  • The installation process could be simplified to make it easier for those new to a CMS to install.
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Likelihood to Renew
Elegant Themes
No answers on this topic
Six Apart
I think there are still improvements to be made. I haven't tapped in to the full functionality of the CMS yet but the rating I give it now is only based on what I've been able to use it for
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Usability
Elegant Themes
Divi is overall a great tool to use - I think I would need to spend a little more time to dig into the tool to provide more long term feedback.
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Six Apart
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Elegant Themes
I find Elementor very clunky and find Divi much more intuitive.
Also we purchased a lifetime license for Divi and can use it on unlimited websites, while Elementor there is a yearly subscription per site
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Six Apart
Movable Type can be compared to WordPress. It's easy to use, and I would say Movable Type is actually more user-friendly.
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Return on Investment
Elegant Themes
  • Higher conversion rate
  • Theres no needed more tools
  • Ive got rid of a CTA tool since with Divi i can make them. Is not that easy, but is functional
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Six Apart
  • Provided a blogging platform when we needed one.
  • Helped us compare other blogging platforms as a baseline for what minimums we require and what we don't want.
  • Users often refused to use Movable Type and would go around our official system in order to use my more friendly software.
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