Elementor vs Plasmic (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Plasmic grades higher than Elementor: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Elementor grades higher on ease of use. Plasmic grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Elementor
Drag-and-drop page builder plugin and hosting for WordPress
Plasmic
Visual builder that plugs into your own React codebase
Which one is for you
Pick Elementor if
- Fits if your site is already on WordPress and you'd rather not edit code
- Works for freelancers building client sites, as Expert covers 25 sites for $17 a month billed yearly
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you don't want to look after WordPress, plugins and hosting at all
- Not for you if you like paying month to month, since Pro and One plans are billed yearly only
- Tight if you buy Essential, which stores no form entries and has no popups, custom code or store widgets
- Watch out: Elementor Host is a separate subscription that renews at list price and doesn't include a Pro license
- Watch out: One's $180 first year rises to $228, and its AI and email features run on monthly credits
Pick Plasmic if
- Fits if your team has React developers and wants marketers editing pages
- Works for a free start with up to 3 collaborators
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you have no developers, as it plugs into a React codebase
- Tight if you want the badge off: that is the $39 Starter plan
- Pricey if you need A/B testing or scheduled content, which start at $399 a month
- Watch out: only yearly-billed prices are shown, and extra collaborators cost $20 to $40 each
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAElementorFair | 2.4GPAPlasmicFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGraded against its alternatives, Divi and the hosted builders. Advanced Solo, the plan with stored forms, popups and store widgets, is $7 a month for one site, billed $84 a year. That's the editor alone: Elementor Host is $15 a month in its first year, taking one site to about $22. | BThe free plan has unlimited projects, but the first paid step is $39 a month yearly, in the dearest tenth ($29 and up). |
| Free plan and trial | CThe free plugin has no time limit and builds real pages with the core widgets. But the theme builder and popups are Pro, and nothing goes live until you pay someone for hosting, since Elementor's plans don't include it. | BA free plan with 3 collaborators, unlimited projects, custom domains and deploys elsewhere, with a Plasmic badge on hosted sites. |
| Features | CVisual editing with responsive controls, a theme builder for the whole site, forms, popups, WooCommerce page design and AI on the One plans. The gap is the one the listing names: it needs a WordPress site, and no editor plan includes hosting. | CVisual building tied to your code, but A/B testing and scheduled content start at $399 a month, and SSO and white labelling are Enterprise. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. The editor is drag-and-drop with global styles, but first you need WordPress running on a host, then the plugin, then Pro, so there's real setup and a learning curve. Elementor Host takes out the hosting step for another fee. | DNo rating on record, and it assumes a React codebase and developers. |
| Platforms and integrations | BIt runs in the browser inside WordPress, works with WooCommerce and Google Analytics, and Elementor MCP connects sites to Claude, Codex and Cursor. No desktop or phone app is listed. | BWeb only, with Figma, Supabase, Contentful, Shopify and GraphQL plus an API. |
| Best for | designing WordPress sites visually | a visual builder inside your React codebase |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Elementor and Plasmic. How we grade
Price against what you get
Elementor starts at $5 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Plasmic starts at $39 a month and scores 2.0.
Elementor scores higher and starts $34 a month lower. Of the other website and landing page builders on the chart, 3 score higher than Elementor for less, and 52 score higher than Plasmic for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Elementor also covers templates and forms.
- Plasmic also covers a/B testing.
At a glance
| Elementor | Plasmic | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $5 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($60 a year) | $39 per month, billed yearly |
| Free plan | The free Elementor editor plugin for WordPress, with drag-and-drop tools, key widgets and core site-building features. You supply WordPress and hosting. | 3 collaborators, unlimited projects and headless CMS, custom domains on Plasmic hosting and deploys to other servers. Plasmic-hosted sites show a Plasmic badge. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Elementor Ltd. | Plasmic, Inc. |
| Price read from | elementor.com | plasmic.app |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Elementor
- Elementor needs a WordPress site; the plugin and Pro plans do not include hosting, and Elementor Host does not include a Pro license.
- Pro and One plans are billed annually, with no monthly option on the pricing page, and come with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Essential stores no form submissions and has no popups, custom code or ecommerce widgets.
- Elementor Host is a separate subscription, from $15 a month billed annually for one site ($180 the first year), and renews at list price.
Plasmic
- Pricing is by collaborator count: the free and Starter plans cap at 3 and Pro at 10, with $20 per extra collaborator on Pro.
- A/B testing, scheduled content and custom targeting start at Scale, which is $399 a month billed yearly.
- Only yearly-billed prices are shown; the page says yearly billing saves 20% but gives no monthly-billed figures.
- SSO, white-labeling and embedding are Enterprise features sold through sales.
Key features
Elementor
- Visual drag-and-drop editor
- Pages are designed visually inside WordPress, with responsive controls for desktop, tablet and mobile and global styles for fonts and colors.
- Theme Builder and dynamic content
- Pro plans design headers, footers and templates for the whole site and pull WordPress content into them. Custom fields and post types start on Advanced Solo.
- Forms and popups
- A form builder sends leads to marketing tools and stores submissions from Advanced Solo up, where the popup builder is also included.
- WooCommerce store design
- Ecommerce widgets lay out WooCommerce product, cart and checkout pages. They are not included in Essential.
- AI and Elementor MCP
- One plans generate code, copy, images and layouts from prompts using monthly credits, and Elementor MCP connects sites to Claude, Codex and Cursor.
- Elementor Host
- Managed WordPress hosting on Google Cloud with a CDN, daily backups, staging and a free domain for the first year, sold apart from the editor plans.
Plasmic
- Visual editor on your stack
- Developers register code components as building blocks, and non-developers assemble pages from them without a developer ticket.
- Data connectors
- Built-in connectors cover sources such as Supabase, Contentful and Shopify, and any HTTP or GraphQL endpoint can be connected.
- Figma import
- A plugin turns Figma designs into code in Plasmic Studio.
- Headless CMS and hosting
- A built-in headless CMS and Plasmic hosting with custom domains come on every plan, or a project can deploy to your own servers.
- Branching and multiplayer
- Teams work on isolated branches, review and merge, and edit together with comments. Version history runs from 14 days on Free to 180 days on Scale.
- Plasmic AI
- An AI assistant is included from Pro, labeled Beta on the pricing page.
Plans
Elementor
Free$0
The basic Elementor editor plugin with drag-and-drop tools and core widgets, installed on your own WordPress site.
Essential$5
per month for 1 site, billed annually ($60 a year)
57 Pro widgets, Theme Builder, 10 cloud templates and forms without submission storage. No popups, custom code or ecommerce features.
Advanced Solo$7
per month for 1 site, billed annually ($84 a year)
85 Pro widgets, popups, custom code and CSS, ecommerce features and custom fields. Advanced is the same for 3 sites at $9 a month ($108 a year).
Expert$17
per month for 25 sites, billed annually ($204 a year)
Everything in Advanced across 25 sites, with storage for 5,000 cloud templates.
One$19
per month for 1 site, billed annually ($228 a year)
Editor Pro plus 25,000 monthly credits for AI, image optimization, accessibility, cookie consent and email delivery. First year advertised at $180.
One Agency$45
per month for unlimited sites, billed annually ($540 a year)
One for unlimited sites with 350,000 monthly credits shared across client sites. First year advertised at $432.
Plasmic
Free$0
3 collaborators, unlimited projects, community forum support and a Plasmic badge on hosted sites.
Starter$39
per month, billed yearly
Everything in Free with 3 collaborators, plus removal of the Plasmic badge, a custom favicon and AI support chat.
Pro$103
per month, billed yearly
4 collaborators included, up to 10 at $20 each extra, priority support and unlimited access to Plasmic AI (Beta).
Scale$399
per month, billed yearly
8 collaborators included, up to 30 at $40 each extra, content creator mode, A/B testing, scheduled content and custom targeting.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom collaborators and roles, SSO and domain capture, white-labeling and embedding, SLAs and dedicated support.
Ways to pay less
Elementor
- Other savings
Birthday sale: 21% off the first year of One
The pricing page shows One at $180 for the first year instead of $228, and One Agency at $432 instead of $540. Both renew at the regular yearly rate. No end date is given.
Plasmic
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
The pricing page labels its yearly toggle as a 20% saving; the plan prices it shows are the yearly-billed ones.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Elementor or Plasmic?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Elementor is cheaper to start with: $5 a month, against $39 a month for Plasmic. Elementor starts at $5 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($60 a year), and Plasmic starts at $39 per month, billed yearly.
Which has a free plan, Elementor or Plasmic?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Elementor and Plasmic have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.