Item: Elementor
Rating: 9
Author: Nathan Littleton

Overall Satisfaction with Elementor

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Elementor as a web builder for full websites and landing pages, both for my own businesses and for client businesses. It originally replaced our existing process of creating custom WordPress themes or tailoring purchased themes to suit our needs. Now we build websites/pages mostly from scratch using Elementor. It's used across 50-100 websites, some large, some single pages. We make use of more advanced features such as dynamic data through custom fields and loops.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Theme builder (header, footer, site parts)
Forms, with options for what to do with form submissions after they've been submitted (email, collect , push to EMS)
Easy to use widgets for things that would otherwise need coding manually (sliders, carousels, flip boxes etc.)
Pre-built templates
Dynamic conditions for content display

Cons

Occasional plugin conflicts
Occasional differences in appearance between the editor and live page.
Flexbox building has a deeper learning curve than the previous sections/columns builder. In-editor guidance would be helpful here.
Some options/widgets available in other builders aren't in Elementor, which means additional plugins are sometimes needed.

Return on Investment

Significantly reduced development time
That reduced time is leading is to create better websites as a result.

Usability

It's very good, with the exception of flexbox building as already mentioned. There are certain times where, for example, I can't get an image to be full width on mobile. That could be for any of about 4-5 different reasons, and it's only through trial and error that I seem to be able to fix it. That could easily be my lack of understanding, but clear guidance in the editor would help this, particularly for newer users.

Alternatives Considered

WordPress, Bricks, Squarespace, Wix and Webflow

I prefer it to most of them because it's cost effective and I really like WordPress a really good feature base to build websites on. Bricks is WP-based too, but I find Elementor easier to use.

Key Insights

Do you think Elementor delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Elementor's feature set?

Yes

Did Elementor live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Elementor go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Elementor again?

Yes

Other Software Used

WordPress, MailerLite, Campaign Monitor by Marigold, Zapier, Pabbly

Likelihood to Recommend

Honestly I think it's suitable for most use cases when building web pages/sites - even for more complex sites with dynamic data. I've built sites with several custom post types and advanced loop queries with no significant issues. There might be a steep learning curve if you're completely new to it however - I don't think the flexbox building is that intuitive, even as an experienced web designer.

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