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Elementor Vs Gutenburg

Can we recall a period when WordPress was operated without page builders?

You may have heard these two names many times in the last few years if you’re a WordPress user. We use them to control and modify the look of your WordPress site. In such cases, you are already knowledgeable about them. Elementor and Gutenburg are both based on the same basic concept. These builders install on top of WordPress and transform your site into an attractive one.

In this article, we’re going to cover two of the most popular page builders Elementor and Gutenberg. But the information I’ll provide here is based on my personal opinion and experience.

Let’s have a glance at some basic information about both page builders.

Statistics
Elementor
Gutenberg
Pricing Free (Core Plugin) Free
Active Installations 5+ Million
300k+
Supported WordPress Version 5.0 or higher 5.9 or higher
Tested Up to 6.1.1 6.1.1
Supported PHP Version 7.0 or higher 5.6 or higher
Supported Languages 59 54

You should consider a few things before you make any of these choices…

The main features and points discussed below will probably help and encourage you to choose the best page builder to create an extraordinary website.

Key Differences of Elementor and Gutenberg

Elementor is a page builder, while Gutenberg is a block editor. But, what distinguishes a page builder from a block editor? It’s not so much in practice for ordinary users, however, there are some differences in the given points.

  • Elementor provides additional page design possibilities, whereas Gutenberg is more dependent on your WordPress theme. A page builder is like building an entire page, but a block editor is just one way to add elements to an existing page on a WordPress site with an existing theme.
  • Elementor makes use of widgets, whereas Gutenberg makes use of blocks. Although both plugins include a lot of helpful widgets and blocks, elementor wins this contest in comparison.
  • Gutenberg pages are still inspired by the overall theme of your site. With Elementor, you may adjust the fonts, colors, and other design elements on a page without changing the main look of the site.
  • Gutenberg integrates everything directly into WordPress. As Gutenberg is well-liked by WordPress, so all plugin authors include Gutenberg blocks in their plugins/themes. However, those blocks are introduced by the plugin/theme authors. While in elementor, you may be missing the same widgets, but you can utilize their shortcodes.

Flexibility to Design Custom Layouts

The goal of Elementor and Gutenberg is to give users complete control over website customization. As I already indicated, these page builders provide a wide variety of widgets. You can quickly and easily create some unique WordPress layouts using these capabilities. Let’s go over some main features differences elementor and Gutenberg have.

Features
Elementor
Gutenberg

WYSIWYG Editor

Yes

Yes

Drag and Drop Option

Yes

Yes

Template Library

300+ page templates, 100+ website kits 50+ widgets

Contains a few very basic patterns

Responsive Editing

Yes

Yes
(Depends on activated theme)

Live Editing

Yes

Yes

Website Kits

Yes

No

Import/Export

Yes

Yes

Landing Page Templates

Yes

No

Pop-up Templates

Yes

No

Header and Footer Builder


Yes


No

Form Builder

Yes

No

404 Page Template

Yes

No

Global Fonts and Colors

Yes

Yes

Colour and Effects

Yes

No

Motion and Animation

Yes

No

Ease of Use

Let’s talk about just how easy it is to use Elementor or Gutenberg.

Since both Elementor and Gutenberg are WYSIWYG editors; so it automatically introduces changes on the screen as you make them. Elementor has an edge as it displays the complete page template layout side by side, on the other hand, Gutenberg only displays widget changes.

Building Page with Elementor and Gutenburg

Now let’s compare the page-building capabilities of Gutenberg and Elementor.

It is simple to create a page using Elementor. Simply drop items onto the central area by dragging them from the left panel. Due to the use of drag & drop, it is fairly intuitive.

As you can see, each page may be customized in a huge variety of ways. More crucially, by acquiring an Elementor Pro subscription, you may access much more.

The Gutenberg editor also looks user-friendly and closely resembles the WordPress core experience. A number of blocks are displayed on the left and can be moved around to give your pages greater functionality.

Advanced Features

How advanced are the features in Elementor and Gutenberg?

Overall, Elementor is probably a bit more advanced, because it is designed to be self-contained. There is a drag-and-drop live editor, workflow optimization, landing page creation, integration with marketing tools, and a lot more. You can also add dynamic content, motion effects and custom styles.

In contrast, Gutenberg relies on the rest of the WordPress ecosystem, such as themes and plugins. While you can get most of the same features as Elementor.

A glance at Performance

As you may have seen, the speed of your website is essential, especially for your visitors, as people’s patience has decreased in the modern world. Several tests have revealed that, on average, Gutenberg is faster than Elementor. Because Elementor is an additional layer to WordPress with lots of additional features than Gutenberg therefore Gutenberg would dominate in the contest for two reasons.

  • Default part of WordPress
  • Less no. of Features
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Gutenberg displays your website faster than Elementor, which means viewers can read your content more quickly without having to wait for your website to load. However, keep in mind that Elementor is significantly faster than the majority of other page builders available in the market.

Pricing

WordPress includes Gutenberg, which is free. In contrast, Elementor includes a free version that you can use on as many websites as you like. You can only access simple widgets and templates, though. You should upgrade to one of Elementor’s price plans if you require or desire access to premium features.

Support & Assistance

This is one of the most important aspects that provide plugin users with security and assurance. I have personally viewed the statistics of Elementor and Gutenberg on wordpress.org and found elementor resolved 196 issues out of 236 whereas Gutenburg resolved 19 out of 39.
Moreover, elementor carries 5694 (5 star Reviews) as compared to this, Gutenberg has only 773.

Note: This statistic was lastly updated on 13 February 2023.

Hence, Elementor responds to people more quickly and fixes the errors as per wordpress.org stats. However, both plugins feature thorough documentation that enables users to receive immediate assistance.

Conclusion

I have just finished all the key aspects of Elementor and Gutenberg in this article for your convenience. What’s your opinion on them? You already know that putting these two sides by side is like putting Batman and Superman against each other.

If you have any questions regarding the comparison, kindly let me know by leaving a comment on this post.

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