The Elfsight Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Elfsight in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Elfsight
The Insider’s Guide
Library of 90+ website widgets, from popups to reviews and feeds
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among popup and widget tools, read from Elfsight’s own pages.
Made by Elfsight, SL · checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Elfsight’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Elfsight’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 2 of the 12 other popup and widget tools we grade
Elfsight sells a library of more than 90 website widgets, of which the popup is one: others include Google and other review feeds, Instagram and social feeds, an AI chatbot, WhatsApp chat, form builders, countdown timers, event calendars and cookie consent banners. Widgets are set up in a live editor and pasted into almost any site builder. Each widget type is bought on its own and priced by monthly views, or all of them together in an all-apps pack.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Elfsight, taken from its own pages and our grades.
The popup itself is basic, though, and each app is priced on its own unless you buy the all-apps pack.
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Best for popups alongside reviews, feeds and chat
They paste into almost any site builder.
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Paid plans start at $5 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $5 per app / month for up to 5,000 views, billed yearly.
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There is a free plan
1 widget of one app on unlimited websites, 200 views a month, with Elfsight branding; the widget switches off for the month past that.
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It runs on Web
Web.
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Popup builder
Popups for sales, sign-ups, feedback, welcome messages and abandoned carts, shown on chosen pages with time and action triggers and a set frequency.
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90+ other widgets
Review feeds from Google, Amazon, Tripadvisor and others, social feeds, an AI chatbot, chat buttons, forms, booking, galleries, maps and cookie consent.
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Live editor and templates
Configure each widget in a no-code live editor from templates, and try any of them in a demo before signing up.
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A 2.2 GPA, above 2 of 12
That is against the other popup and widget tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
To replace Elfsight 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.
Elfsight at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $5 per app / month for up to 5,000 views, billed yearly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Elfsight, SL
- Category
- Popups & Website Widgets
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for popups alongside reviews, feeds and chat
Elfsight is a library of 90+ website widgets, and the popup is just one of them: there are Google review feeds, social feeds, chat buttons, forms and cookie banners too. They paste into almost any site builder. The popup itself is basic, though, and each app is priced on its own unless you buy the all-apps pack.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Graded on the popup app alone. Every widget load counts as a view, so a site-wide popup on a site with 20,000 visitors passes Pro's 50,000 views. Premium is $20 a month billed yearly ($24 monthly), a touch above the cheapest popup tools here. Other widgets cost extra. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Free forever, but just 1 widget and 200 views a month, with Elfsight branding, and the widget switches off for the month once it hits that. A popup on a site with real traffic is done on day one. |
| Features | C | Set beside its listed alternatives, which is fairer for a library of 90+ widgets: the popup handles sales, sign-ups, feedback and cart reminders on chosen pages, with time and action triggers. No A/B tests or email-tool links on record, so it's the basics. |
| Ease of use | C | No rating on record. Each widget is set up from templates in a live editor and pasted in with a short code, and support will install it for you on paid plans. Easy, but you're still building it. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, but widgets install on 100+ platforms, including Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, WordPress, Shopify and Framer, or any HTML site. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Elfsight is for
- Great if you're on Squarespace, Wix or Webflow and want widgets without code
- Handy when you need a popup plus a Google reviews feed or a chat button
- Good for agencies, with projects and collaborators from Pro
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you want to A/B test popups, as nothing on record says this one can
- Tight if you're on the free plan, which stops at 200 views a month
- Not for you if traffic spikes worry you, as a widget switches off for the month at its view limit
Good to know
Good for
- Small sites that need a popup plus reviews, a feed or a chat button
- Squarespace, Wix and Webflow users adding features without code
- Agencies building widgets for many client sites
Worth knowing
- Single-app plans cover one widget type; a popup and a review feed are two subscriptions unless you buy the all-apps pack.
- The free plan allows only 200 views a month, and any plan's widget is switched off for the month once its view limit is reached.
- Every widget load counts as a view, including loads through a share link.
- Plans can be refunded in full for any reason within 14 days.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$5
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Elfsight has a free plan. Paid plans start at $5 per app / month for up to 5,000 views, billed yearly.
A popup on a site with real traffic is done on day one.
Free
$0
1 widget, 200 views a month on unlimited websites, Elfsight branding and bug-fix support only.
Basic
$5
per app / month for up to 5,000 views, billed yearly ($6 monthly)
Up to 3 widgets of one app, such as Popup, with no branding or ads and basic support.
Pro
$10
per app / month for up to 50,000 views, billed yearly ($12 monthly)
Up to 9 widgets of one app, 3 projects, 1 collaborator and priority support.
Premium
$20
per app / month for up to 150,000 views, billed yearly ($24 monthly)
Up to 21 widgets of one app, 9 projects, 3 collaborators and live chat support.
Enterprise
$30
per app / month for up to 300,000 views, billed yearly ($42 monthly)
50 widgets and an account manager. Higher tiers: 600,000 views for $40, 1.2 million for $60 and unlimited for $80 a month yearly.
96 Apps Pack
$15
per month for 5,000 views per app, billed yearly ($18 monthly)
Every Elfsight app with 3 widgets each. Larger packs: $30 a month for 50,000 views per app, up to $240 for 400 widgets per app.
The free plan
1 widget of one app on unlimited websites, 200 views a month, with Elfsight branding; the widget switches off for the month past that.
Read from elfsight.com on Oct 18, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Yearly billing saves 17% to 29%
Basic is $5 a month billed yearly against $6 monthly, Pro $10 against $12, and Enterprise T1 $30 against $42.
Stated on elfsight.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
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Place it runs: Web
Library of 90+ website widgets, from popups to reviews and feeds. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: templates, no-code, forms, chatbots, popups.
No A/B tests or email-tool links on record, so it's the basics.
- Popup builder
- Popups for sales, sign-ups, feedback, welcome messages and abandoned carts, shown on chosen pages with time and action triggers and a set frequency.
- 90+ other widgets
- Review feeds from Google, Amazon, Tripadvisor and others, social feeds, an AI chatbot, chat buttons, forms, booking, galleries, maps and cookie consent.
- Live editor and templates
- Configure each widget in a no-code live editor from templates, and try any of them in a demo before signing up.
- Works on 100+ platforms
- Widgets install with a short code on Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, WordPress, Shopify, Framer and other builders, or any HTML site.
- Projects and collaborators
- Paid plans from Pro group widgets into projects and let collaborators work on them, useful for agencies.
- Installation help
- On paid plans, Elfsight's support team will help install a widget on your site at no extra cost.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Squarespace
- Wix
- Webflow
- WordPress
- Shopify
- Framer
- Elementor
- BigCommerce
Elfsight is made by Elfsight, SL.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
2/12
Other popup and widget tools it is graded above
Elfsight's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 2 of the 12 other popup and widget tools we grade, and level with 4.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 0 of 12) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 1 of the 11 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 13 popup and widget tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Elfsight’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 12
- CFree plan and trialAbove 3 of 12
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 12
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 12
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 12
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 12 popup and widget tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Elfsight is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Elfsight 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: 6 of the 12 other popup and widget tools grade higher. It costs $60 a year.
What you could make
- Popups, forms and templates: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A builder that other people can use without writing code.
- A chatbot builder hooked into the messaging apps.
- It plugs into other products, Squarespace, Wix and Webflow among them.
- Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
- Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.
What this rests on. Elfsight’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
POWR, Popupsmart, Poptin, Getsitecontrol and Hello Bar
The 5 tools Elfsight is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.4GPA
POWR
Free plan · from $4.83/mo
Library of 60+ website widgets, from popups and forms to feeds.
- Elfsight also covers chatbots.
- 2.4GPA
Popupsmart
Free plan · from $32.50/mo
No-code popup builder with AI drafting and 500+ templates.
- Elfsight also covers chatbots.
- Popupsmart also covers a/B testing.
- 2.4GPA
Poptin
Free plan · from $19/mo
Popups and embedded forms, with email campaigns and automations.
- Elfsight also covers templates, no-code and chatbots.
- Poptin also covers marketing automation, email campaigns and a/B testing.
- 2.8GPA
Getsitecontrol
Free plan · from $19/mo
Popups, bars, forms and surveys, with email campaigns built in.
- Elfsight also covers templates, no-code and chatbots.
- Getsitecontrol also covers marketing automation, surveys, email campaigns and a/B testing.
- 2.2GPA
Hello Bar
Free trial · from $29/mo
Top bars, popups and slide-ins for collecting leads on any site.
- Elfsight has a free plan. Hello Bar does not, though it has a free trial.
- Elfsight also covers no-code and chatbots.
- Hello Bar also covers a/B testing.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Elfsight free?
Elfsight has a free plan. 1 widget of one app on unlimited websites, 200 views a month, with Elfsight branding; the widget switches off for the month past that.
How much does Elfsight cost?
Elfsight lists 6 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Elfsight work on?
Elfsight is available on Web.
Does Elfsight offer any discounts?
Elfsight publicly lists the following: Yearly billing saves 17% to 29%.
Does Elfsight have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Elfsight is listed for Web.
Does Elfsight have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Elfsight is listed for Web.
Is Elfsight open source?
Elfsight is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
What does Elfsight integrate with?
Elfsight's listing names Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, WordPress, Shopify, Framer, Elementor and BigCommerce.
Who makes Elfsight?
Elfsight is made by Elfsight, SL.
What are the alternatives to Elfsight?
The closest alternatives to Elfsight in our directory are POWR, Popupsmart, Poptin, Getsitecontrol and Hello Bar.
How does Elfsight compare with other popup and widget tools?
Elfsight's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 2 of the 12 other popup and widget tools we grade, and level with 4.
Is Elfsight good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Elfsight C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 1 of the 11 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Elfsight?
To replace Elfsight you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Elfsight’s own pages on Oct 18, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 18, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Elfsight's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Elfsight, SL. Prices change, so check elfsight.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
2,281
Tools graded, in 73 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
2,281
tools graded
73
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Elfsight, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/elfsight
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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- Poptin Insider's GuidePopups and embedded forms, with email campaigns and automations2.4 GPA
Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Elfsight’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; anything paid for is labelled, and no one can pay for a grade. Elfsight is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Elfsight, SL. Prices and plans change: check elfsight.com before you buy.