# Bricks review (2026): is it worth $79 a year? > Visual site builder delivered as a WordPress theme Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Bricks is a theme for self-hosted WordPress that adds a visual builder for pages, headers, popups, menus and WooCommerce shops. Every plan has the full feature set; plans differ only in how many sites a license covers and whether it renews yearly or is paid once. It is aimed at people who want class-based styling, query loops and custom code alongside the visual editor. - **Category:** Website & Landing Page Builders - **Made by:** Bricks - **Website:** https://bricksbuilder.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want hosting included, as hosting and domain are separate. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Bricks is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $79 per year for 1 website. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** No downloadable demo; a free online playground at try.bricksbuilder.io needs an account. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $79 per year for 1 website | Full feature set, updates, email and forum support and community templates for the term of the subscription. | | Business | $149 per year for up to 3 websites | Same features as Starter, covering 3 websites. | | Agency | $249 per year for unlimited websites | Same features, unlimited websites, and eligible for the Bricks Expert listing. | | Ultimate Lifetime | $599 one-time, unlimited websites | Paid once, with all future updates, features and technical support, unlimited websites and the Bricks Expert listing. | Read from https://bricksbuilder.io/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Bricks before buying. ## Key features - **Visual builder with 149 elements:** Pages are built from elements with class-based styling, global variables and palettes, and custom breakpoints for responsive layouts. - **Query loop builder:** Pull posts, taxonomies and other database content onto a page visually, or write a PHP query, with load-more and infinite scroll. - **Popup, menu and WooCommerce builders:** Mega menus, popups and the shop, cart, checkout and account pages can be designed inside the builder. - **Dynamic data, conditions and interactions:** Content can be shown or hidden by conditions, and triggers and actions can be set for click and hover behavior. - **AI Abilities (experimental):** A compatible external AI client can create and update pages, templates, queries and design resources, which are then editable in Bricks. - **Custom code:** HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP can be added to headers, footers and individual pages. ## Good for - WordPress freelancers and agencies licensing many client sites - Developers who want class-based styling and custom code beside a visual editor - Buyers who want a one-time lifetime option ## Worth knowing - It runs only on self-hosted WordPress; hosting and a domain are bought separately. - If a subscription is cancelled, updates, support and community templates stop, though sites keep working. - Every live WordPress install needs its own license activation, including each subsite of a multisite; local and staging sites do not count. - A 60-day money-back guarantee is stated on the pricing page. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Bricks is a WordPress theme with a visual builder, from $79 a year for 1 site or $599 once. It has no downloadable trial, and every live site needs its own license activation. - **Value for money: B.** $79 a year for 1 website, about $6.58 a month, inside the cheaper quarter ($7.42). The $599 lifetime plan costs more than two years of the middle price. - **Free plan and trial: D.** There is no downloadable demo; a free online playground needs an account, and a 60-day money-back guarantee is not a trial. - **Features: C.** A full builder with the same features on every plan, though it is WooCommerce only for stores. - **Ease of use: D.** No rating on record, and it needs your own self-hosted WordPress. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** WordPress only, with WooCommerce listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Bricks's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among website and landing page builders - Bricks's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 2 of the 55 other website and landing page builders we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 33 of 55) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $6.58 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $12.42 for the category: 11 of the 52 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/website-builders ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Bricks you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 50 of the 55 other website and landing page builders grade higher. It costs $79 a year. - You could make: Templates and popups: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A builder that other people can use without writing code. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WooCommerce **Tags:** No-code, AI features, Templates, Online store, Popups ## Alternatives - [Oxygen Builder](https://toolgpa.com/tools/oxygen-builder): Visual WordPress site builder sold as a one-time license. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bricks-vs-oxygen-builder) - [Elementor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/elementor): Drag-and-drop page builder plugin and hosting for WordPress. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bricks-vs-elementor) - [Divi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/divi): WordPress theme and visual builder sold as a yearly or lifetime plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bricks-vs-divi) - [Beaver Builder](https://toolgpa.com/tools/beaver-builder): Drag-and-drop page builder plugin and theme for WordPress. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beaver-builder-vs-bricks) - [Brizy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/brizy): Drag-and-drop builder as a hosted platform or WordPress plugin. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bricks-vs-brizy) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://bricksbuilder.io/pricing/ - https://bricksbuilder.io/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/bricks Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).