You can't really compare Divi with Elementor because the target audience is different. There is some overlapping, but Divi is essentially built for developers while Elementor is target towards DIY users. For example, let's take the pricing. Last year I built 13 websites. I didn't pay a dime for Divi theme nor will my clients because I got the lifetime option years ago, but I would have paid $199 if I chose Elementor and for every next year my clients would have paid $49/year. So for a developer Divi is the clear winner here, while for a new DIY user Elementor might make sense as they need only the basic functions. Or let's take some of the other criteria you had. In terms of interface you prefer the left sidebar. In Divi you can put it left, right or have it as a popup. Just because you don't know how to use it, it doesn't mean it's a clear win for Elementor. Besides, a lot of developers including myself prefer skeleton mode, not visual editor. Elementor doesn't have that at all. Last but not least, you didn't even mention the core features such as Divi library (incl. import/export, global elements etc.) which is why a lot of developers prefer Divi in the first place. You also mentioned Elementor add-ons and 3rd party themes, but you didn't mention any Divi plugins that upgrade its functionality tremendously. I get it, you prefer Elementor while I prefer Divi and that's fine. However, if you make a review then it would be great if you get someone who is advanced Divi user to present its pros. Most of the videos like this are one sided. And I know my comment is pushing Divi, but if I was doing a comparison I would get an expert from both sides to state their case.
Very well said i also noted that in all of his assessment he missed the very basic question that who is using these tools just a DIY guy that is only going to do this one time or a person that does this for a living each day as a Developer/Designer and with that perspective Divi should be the clear winner.
@@hectorhrivera It depends on hosting. I've personally built identical sites in Divi, Elementor & Brizy and with a decent host there's not much difference. I haven't tried with with cheaper shared hosting, but with cloud hosting or VPS makes no difference.
I have built over 50 sites with Elementor and I have used both and quit using Divi because it lacked the features of Elementor. Divi is not for developers more than Elementor. Elementor has over 3 million downloads and is highly popular with developers, like myself. Divi is nowhere near as popular. Divi is slow and clumsy to work with. Elementor has tons of templates and blocks, in fact Envato Elements designed a free plugin for Elementor with well over 100 templates and hundreds of pre-made blocks. Many other themes are available for Elementor with hundreds of templates to choose from like Astra and GeneratePress, to name a few. Divi got left in the dust. Don't know where you got the idea Elementor is for DIY?????
Does the Divi theme help to rank in google ? Just curious to know because it makes backend coding simple but how can google get our site with messed SEO ?
@@shambhurajeshelke6359 yes i was having several articles on page one of google but then due to some reasons, i stoped working on my site. Now, my articles are ranking on 3-5th page of google. Working on then again n i hope i will achieve my position on page one again.
Each time I start with a new website using Divi It is fast but on the end when everything is finished it’s so slow and heavy. Always I have to use wordpress rocket plugin to fix this annoying loading times. It’s like the more you customize the slower it will be because the code it’s too long.
The white elephant in the room is the coding for Divi that makes it a sluggish builder which adversely affects page load speed. for the average site this might not be an issue but for anyone interested in good seo it might be a deal breaker to the more astute technician who has a preoccupation with ttfb. Time to first byte (TTFB) is a measurement used as an indication of the responsiveness of a webserver or other network resource. TTFB measures the duration from the user or client making an HTTP request to the first byte of the page being received by the client's browser.
I think Elementor and Divi are not the same. Elementor is a complete page builder. Divi is a theme with its own page builder. If you use DIVI you are stuck with the theme, if you use Elementor you can choose and need to add a Theme. Elementor has infinite addons and complements from third party developers like Crocoblock so you can fully customize a chosen theme. Divi is almost a close theme with less addons. Elementor is far more superior for me.
Not true. You can use divi builder in any theme. One of the negatives of divi is that if you decide not to use divi builder any more all the extra codding stays with your content.
Ah finally found this video. Since i'm beginner finally i decided to use elementor first. Though i bought divi theme becase someone told me so. After that i got confused for weeks and can't even start editing my website Thank you Dale, regards from Indonesia
Dude your presentation style is amazing. I can’t believe that I actually understood features of Divi (which I am using for client work and unfortunately do not love and do not have fun with) just by watching the video. Sometimes in-depth tutorials take you much longer just to learn something. Especially the sidebar Divi thing I didn’t know about! I really dislike those little windows everywhere. Thank you!!
One thing I like about Divi over Elementor is it has a LifeTime Pro License. I think more and more I need to learn how to use gutenberg as well as html,css,javascript and php. Hopefully I can afford Elementor later on.
Price goes definitely to Divi. You basicly need the pro version of Elementor, because everything else is just a pain in the ass. I am using Elementor, but i am really tempted to switch to divi because of the lifetime deal.
I would think with the way Elementor pricing is going, it might be worth charging more to any customers that insist on it. I have no idea where the price rises are going to stop, but the $199 price in this video is now at $999
@Thijs Mulder I totally agree. To me it is just venture capitalists trying to make their business the top dog to future shareholders. What I would do, is do not use it unless you need to for a specific project. Use the free version on sites where you can, or divi, and only use the paid version of Elementor when you actually need to.
I cant agree with you. In my country i just need to make 3 websites to pay for the most expensive elementor tier. For me its more intuitive and i already learned it
I was a huge Divi fan for a while but if you are not good at coding you will run into huge issues. My business partner loves Elementor. This video has made me download Elementor and give it a chance.
I used to be a Divi builder user but it's been a year that im using elementor. To be honest these days I am loving elementor. There are lots of features like custom header, footer, single post, archive post, dynamic gallery including custom posts, perfect mobile optimization and many more.
Used both.. I have to say elementor was ok for the 1st year or so but when I found out DIVI has a lifetime subscription, That was the deal-breaker for me & I've never looked back since. So to anyone who genuinely loves building multiple websites for clients, DIVI is the best. Plus if you are not living in the USA you will find that every time you renew the subscription depending on what country you live in, It's going to be either more expensive or less than the year before(currency).
Been looking at CMS and the difference between Divi and Elementor, at least you touched on some of the differences. I would be more interested in the exact differences like what will one do that the other will not, rather than the interface differences. Thanks for the Overview.
Round 1 - Having trained a great number of clients over recent years in how to update their pages I can honestly say that Divi is not intuitive. The mouse-over and hover actions are confusing and slow to use. Most users are not designers. They repeatedly have to ask what each icon means and struggle to edit text. Dragging of margins/padding may seem like a good idea but I often have to fix these. I even have colleagues who regularly forget to save text edits (due to having the text dialog open at the same time as inline editing) and then complain that Divi is bugged. Elementor to me feels faster to use and I love the docked side panel. When training clients Elementor they display much more confidence using the interface and they even remember to save their edits! I have been a long time Divi fan but I see myself using Elementor more and more going forward. Edit: stupid spelling, missing word...
I just bought Divi today and attempted to figure it out on my own and ran into every single frustration you identified. I’m going to watch a tutorial and play around some more, so it will probably get better, but I was shocked that such a graphical UI felt so unintuitive. If it continues to frustrate me I may have to just unhappily pay the annual fee for Elementor. Brizy shows promise but feels a bit immature right now.
@@srauly If you wantch tutos how to use it you will save time trying to discover everything by yourself and also you will not feel frustrated like this.
What can be done with DIVI BUILDER can't be created with any other builder. I've used most of the builders on the market for the last 3 years, but Divi is the ultimate solution if you want to make it! I will never use anything but Divi for my personal websites and my client's as well :)
@@Moon1tt On RU-vid are many tutorials on how to use Divi :) Also, my company makes premade layouts/child themes for any kind of businesses to let you only import your texts and photos and to start your website with ease :)
Your recommendation should be use what's best for the job. I've built with Elementor with their theme, Astra, Beaver Builder, Divi whatever makes the job easier. :)
For me - it came down to cost because I don't do this as a business (a pipe dream.. maybe) Divi is miles cheaper than Elementor. So it was no contest. Would love to have the option of playing around with both, but *that* I definitely cannot afford. so Divi it is - and there are times when I think ... hmm.. that's getting a bit too fiddly for a builder that purports to be easy as heck. But their support has been brilliant and it is cool.... Thanks for the comparison. Funny how so many YTs stay relevant for long time.
What about ease of use and simplicity? Elementor needs a ton of learning and it's building from the backend so you can't see what your doing in the moment. On the other hand Divi is front end building drag and drop and you can see what your doing immediately
Elementor is not a back end builder. I use both Elementor and Divi (most Thrive Architect though) and Elementor is the clear winner to me and I am talking the FREE version.
You are forgetting one major issue that Divi has. I am talking about the shortcode mess which means that if you want to switch from Divi to anything else then be prepared to clean up all the shortcode mess it leaves behind. Elementor does not have this issue.
That's not really accurate. Yes, Divi does use shortcodes, but let's stick to the facts here. 1) You can't switch from one builder to another even with Elementor. Take off Elementor and install Beaver builder. None of the content gets magically into Beaver builder modules. You still need to rebuild the site. 2) How many people actually switch page builders, especially if you have Divi? There isn't much you can't do with Divi and every decent developers knows how to write custom code when needed. Even if Elementor has a feature that Divi doesn't then with the next release it's the other way around. Responsible businesses don't switch their builder over 1-2 features that are soon to come. 3) Regarding shortcodes, there are plenty of ways to remove all shortcodes. If you don't know SQL then you can use plugins. I know people keep banging on this shortcode point, but in reality it's not an issue. Besides, most websites use 10+ plugins so sooner or later you will use shortcodes anyway.
Why change from Divi theme to any other, you can easily just copy another theme's design bit by bit... reasonably fast. Choose the closest template OR just quickly manually change the layout, etc.
Personally, I've used both and prefer Elementor. With my experience with Divi, it was buggy and didn't work as smoothly as Elementor. Elementor just works the way you would expect it to.
The best is to code your website because it's gonna be lighter and you can implement any feature or design you want. No limit. Whith a page builder you are limited to its features and the code is heavier. BUT if you can't or don't want to code or don't have time to learn, Elementor has plenty of features to make great websites and the code is not that heavy, lighter than with Divi anyway. Your can start selling cheap Elementor or Divi websites once you are confortable with them and study the code for a later use if you want. Clients don't know anything about website developement anyway.
So much rivalry in the comments! I'd've never imagined that a video like this could spark so much controversy... It all depends on the viewer's background and there are people out there that need, use and love this video. You've got my voice for sure! Thanks for putting it together, man!
If you are a designer looking longterm should you be concerned about Divi going away? That is, with a one time $249 price tag how can they stay in business? Or, maybe they have another way of generating sustainable income?
I have had lifetime with divi now for about 5 or so years. They haven’t gone away yet, I get all updates free and their customer service is great although I haven’t had to use it lately.
If I have a basic website built using a WP theme, can I simply add Elementor as a plugin and continue making changes to the existing webpages from there, or do I have to start building new webpages from scratch in Elementor?
Elementor will change the prices soon (begin march). It will not longer be 1000 sites but 25 for the same price. Also the support will change. 1000 sites will be 500 dollar (per year!). And still (and probably never) a lifetime payment. Only if you buy the 200 dollar version you will keep the 1000 sites as long as you pay that yearly plan. So, choose fast
@Thijs Mulder well it's maybe "only 25" but if you already have 25 clients that pay you for maintenance. You can easily upgrade to a expensive plan without losing profit. Elementor is in my opinion still better
I've used both Elementor and Divi and I prefer Divi for the extended ability to do more customizations. I don't like Elementor's user interface when it comes to editing areas. Too choppy and not user friendly, imo. I also have some background in coding so that's a key factor I look into when choosing a page builder. I've been using Webflow but for managing client sites, I'm liking Divi so far. And you just can't beat the lifetime price!!
Hello, my name is Diego and I have three questions 1) If you had to design the best possible ecommerce in Woocommerce, which meets the high performance requirements and other features of Google Lighthouse and Google Ads, which of these two platforms would you choose? and 2) I don't use Wordpress, should I install and learn wordpress first before using any of these two applications? 3) The plans that are paid allow to design pages that if I then leave the subscription they will continue working or will I always have to depend on a user license? Thank you very much for answering so many questions !! Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Please i don't know if you can answer this question in time. I need to create websites but not host Gator, because I stuck to complete my website is to much for me how to create websites without host Gator. Please help me
I feel you should have covered page load performance as one additional point of comparison. Neither Divi or Elementor is particularly good at generating optimised page loads, but Divi is by far the worst. Given that Google has announced that page load time will be a future metric for ranking sites in searches, Divi has to be the looser all round. Elementor is definitely the builder of choice for beginners but to recommend a builder that produces bloated and slow loading sites for the more advanced is not sensible. If someone has experience there are other options that might be more challenging but should not present any issues for someone with experience.
It is a good topic to discuss ... but deepening the web is not for everyone, we are not all interested in being experts in this, many are photographers, or designers, illustrators, modelers, publicists ... and being honest many web projects are not It requires you to be an expert, with knowledge of weights and optimization of photos, and correct configuration of hosting will be more than enough for the majority of projects where you are asked for a commercial website ... for a product or for an event or service, I think that with elementor it is more enough not to have to go asking for help from programmers who often have less notion of web design than a graphic designer because they are so focused on their world of programming and custom-made systems that ... I think yes there is a niche for each project ... elementor and wordpress is a great alternative for those who do not want to deepen the programming issue but we do need commercial websites and functional ... optimizing loads is our responsibility.
@@theredmaster_superbee I agree. "deepening the web" is not the focus of my comment. I have been a code Jockey for literally decades and I avoid it like the plague when setting up websites for clients. Without proper comments and documentation, it is impossible for me to revisit a build let alone have someone else continue work. So, unless there is a specific need for some extra special functionality, deepening the web just doesn't enter into it. So, if you are looking for a page builder that has heaps of free features, free add-ons and won't overly bloat your site (impacting load times) Elementor is my pick. If you want to go deeper (having gained some experience) Divi is not the answer. There are other page builders that are just as feature packed and easy to use as Divi and will produce a much better optimised site without programming/programmers.
@@balhazer if you are going to pay for a builder (i.e Divi) there are at least two others that rank far high in performance. Beaver Builder and the relative new comer, Oxygen are a better direction to head in, that is if you are not happy paying for the pro version of Elementor.
Divi had impressive performance improvements this year. Recently tested Divi and it's as good as Elementor. About 2 years ago I purchased lifetime access to Divi, but because of dismal performance I switched to Elementor. Divi 4.0 is such a huge improvement that I might drop Elementor. Save me a little on annual expenses.
Your video gave me relief. I was about to start working on my NGO's website but was pretty confused but now I feel little confident. Also, if you could just give me some tips for NGO's website I would be thankful.
Elementor is so weak. After using DIVI in the last 3 years I got frustrated with Elementor: no way to modifiy text sizes, a lot of errors like text pasted will be on a white background with no reason, errors in overlapping blocks, errors in drag and drop text blocks into a module,etc. As every thing that is too good to be free Elementor fades in front of DIVI.
DIVI is so much richer and really more capable. But Elementor is much less complex and for some people more than adequate. Results are dependent on who has the best ideas and ability. Not really a comparison of two comparable applications??
Great content for beginners! hello WP guys i need a suggestion! just wanna know which one is best for eCommerce? please guys reply fast. thank all of you.
When you add the Unlimited Elementor Elements plugin and the Envato Elements plugin Elementor surpasses Divi by a long stretch. The Unlimited Elements plugin has hundreds of predefined elements but more significantly you can create your own elements giving you complete control over what can be customized in each element. The Envato Elements gives you almost 2,000 predesigned pages divided up into 100+ sets and hundreds of additional blocks. While I do like the Divi interface for working with the design sets the Envato plugin wins as a tool to come up with ideas and starting points for custom sites....
I just started using divi but seem to have problems with almost everything that seemed promised and easy in the beginning. For instance: they say you can customize your header/menu background colour for sepparate pages. Yet, when I run through their tutorial for this, the customization options shown in the tutorial are nowhere to be found in the actual divi customizer menu. Also, divi's responsive view to show what your site looks like on a tablet or phone simply does not work at all. Might try out Elementor on my next project but first need to get over the loss of money I invested into purchasing divi.
Divi is okay but you need to know a lot of codes because a bunch of stuff doesn’t work properly and you can only fixed them with codes, Even the google Recaptcha badges doesn’t display without writing codes, too many headaches
Great video. Thanks. I've designed and run websites for all but 20 years: for my own F1 fanzines, for rugby, for friends and just to play with. I used various WYSIWYG software - Zara and WebPlus mainly (let's forget my time with Front Page). I moved onto Wordpress three years ago when Serif were dropping WebPlus. I felt limited to an extent, the themes restricting creativity. Then I discovered Elementor. It was a revolution for me. A friend has Divi and I have played with that, and like it, but the free Elementor does everything I need for my two sites, one selling my books, and the other for a club. There's much more than I need, and I would assume that goes for most people. I create WP sites for friends, and Elementor gives them choice without making it difficult for me. I agree that the multi-page template offering is a big bonus for Divi, but only if you're working for someone else. I love messing with individual pages. Templates are great for starters. As you say, it's not clear cut, but the free Elementor is magic. I've got three plugins for it, all free also. It's great. There's a selection of videos on RU-vid and helpful pages on Facebook. I'm not sure there is a big difference between the two. Elementor's business model is to get people on-board with the freebie and then get their return on investment with the pro version. Divi's is to get them paying right from the start and offer concessions. It would appear Elementor's is working better given the downloads. Both are impressive bits of software, which are so far ahead of Gutenberg that there's no contest.
I think you will change your opinion about Gutenberg in about a year or so. And I'm pretty sure your WordPress websites will be made of Gutenberg blocks in the future. It's the direction WordPress is going. Right now it is very time consuming to figure out which blocks to use, but it is already possible to make a decent website by using Stackable, Ultimate addons for Gutenberg, and some other blocks. I already started to make new websites with Gutenberg blocks exclusively because I wish to avoid the hassle of convering to Gutenberg later on. Btw I remember FrontPage too, and GeoCities :)
@@DeRen179 Thanks for your reply. I take your point. A couple of weeks ago, my club website went down after I added a couple of plugins. My hosting service advised me to delete Elementor, which I did, and everything was lovely. I tried to reinstal Elementor but it refused. I had a number of updates pending so I ran with Gutenberg blocks. Then today there was an upgrade to 5.3 and I was impressed. I've decided to run with Gutenberg for the club site. I've got Atomic and Ultimate Blocks. It's improved no end over the year. My only criticism is the use of the name. Gutenberg revolutionised the world with moveable type. I can't see a modification of website software doing the same.
@@WritewheelUK yes a site built by these blocks is also the most lightweight and it is faster than other solutions. It still lacks options but it is doable. Check the plugin "Gutenberg Blocks - Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg" (made by Brainstorm Force -it's the same company that develops the Astra theme). Some beautiful blocks there. Also I'm using a plugin "Editor Full Width Gutenberg" which as name states it enlarges the editor to full width.
Thank you for the insights. What if I want to thread the extra mile for the sake of loading speed and performance ? What framework should I use to build a responsive mobile-first WordPress website? I’ve been studying HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Bootstrap. Am I in the right track? Thanks again!
I’ve been using X theme which uses Cornerstone as the page builder and I absolutely love it. Super usable and quite similar to Elementor in many ways but you can add dynamic content and header/footer customisation in X. And lifetime price! Really not a fan of Divi though but I know it works for lots of people. Who else has used X and can compare with these?
This may be a little off topic, but I would be interested to know if you’ve had any issues with Elementor. Some people are suggesting that Ad companies may have a harder time placing ads on your site if you are using something like Elementor. It appears some people avoid page builders for their posts. Can you tell me what your experience is with this, and have you ever had an issue with getting ads automatically placed from companies like Ezoic/Adthrive? I’m currently setting up my site with Astra and Elementor, and I’m trying to anticipate any future issue I may encounter. I appreciate any feedback you may be able to offer. 🙂
Hi D! Congratulation for your work. Could you please help my with an info? I bought a web theme and I am trying to customise it with cornerstone. It is possible to continued the customise of it, with elementor, or divi? If yes, witch one do you recommend? Thank you a lot, for your time. Regards from Romania, the land of Dracula! :))
I don't understand this comment. Are you suggesting using a bunch of additional plugins and templates to work around the free Elementor's missing pieces? That's a huge pain, a lot of work, and makes for a shakier site where one plugin update can mess up a site. Not speaking as an expert, but as a newb who has been learning just how limited Elementor free really is.
Only problem with Elementor is that its not a theme, so when creating custom headers/footers/navbars you might experience some inconvenience such as changing hover effects/colors in different places. Also custom css for html element disappears whenever you reload the page and talking about custom css - in Divi Builder you can set different css for different devices, when in Elementor you'll have to use @media to set up different values for different screens
