# Visual Composer review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Drag-and-drop website builder plugin for WordPress Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Visual Composer is a WordPress website builder with a drag-and-drop editor, a cloud library of elements and templates called the Hub, a theme builder and a popup builder. A free version has a smaller set of elements and templates, and premium plans are priced by the number of websites. - **Category:** Website & Landing Page Builders - **Made by:** Visual Composer Website Builder - **Website:** https://visualcomposer.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a trial of the paid plans, because there is none, only the free version and a demo. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Visual Composer has a free plan, and paid plans start at $49 per year for 1 website. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free version, free forever with no credit card: 30 elements and 10 templates, without the premium theme builder, popup builder or WooCommerce support. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Page builder with 30 elements and 10 templates, without the premium Hub, theme builder or popup builder. | | Single | $49 per year for 1 website | 300+ elements, 200+ templates, theme builder, popup builder, font manager, Insights and premium support. | | Plus | $99 per year for 5 websites | The same premium features for up to 5 websites. | | Accelerate | $149 per year for 20 websites | The same premium features for up to 20 websites. | | Agency | $349 per year for 1000 websites | The same premium features for up to 1000 websites; the page labels the price as new and lower. | | Lifetime | $149 one-time, for 1 website | Two years of support and lifetime updates for one website. | Read from https://visualcomposer.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Visual Composer before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Lifetime license for one website** (Lifetime license): A one-time $149 payment covers one website with lifetime updates and two years of support. Source: https://visualcomposer.com/pricing/ - **30-day money-back guarantee** (Other savings): The pricing page offers a refund requested within 30 days of a new purchase. Source: https://visualcomposer.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **Drag-and-drop editor:** A visual editor with a responsive preview, design options and a row layout system, with no coding required. - **Visual Composer Hub:** A cloud library listing 500+ content elements, templates, blocks and add-ons that are downloaded into a site on demand. - **Theme builder:** Premium plans add a theme builder, archive page builder, global templates, dynamic content and WooCommerce support. - **Popup builder:** Popups for audience capture are built in the same editor on premium plans. - **Insights:** An analysis tool for SEO and page performance is part of the premium plans, alongside a font manager and role manager. ## Good for - WordPress users who want to try a free builder before paying - Agencies that can use the Agency plan across many client sites ## Worth knowing - Visual Composer runs only inside WordPress; the page notes it works on WordPress.com only on the Business plan. - There is no free trial of the premium plans, though a free version and a demo exist; refunds are offered within 30 days. - The plugin keeps working after a subscription ends, but updates, the Hub and support stop. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Visual Composer is a WordPress builder with a drag-and-drop editor, a cloud library called the Hub, a theme builder and a popup builder. The free version has 30 elements, there is no trial of the paid plans, and it runs only inside WordPress. - **Value for money: B.** Single is $49 a year for 1 site, about $4.08 a month, inside the cheaper quarter. Lifetime is $149 for 1 site. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free forever with no card: 30 elements and 10 templates. One person with a small site could live on it. - **Features: B.** Pro has 300+ elements, 200+ templates, a theme builder, a popup builder and a font manager. It covers the job of a WordPress builder. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You build the site yourself in a WordPress editor. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, as a WordPress plugin, with WooCommerce and Unsplash. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Visual Composer's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among website and landing page builders - Visual Composer's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 100 of the 104 other website and landing page builders we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 92 of 104) and worst on ease of use (C, above 6). - Its paid plans start at $4.08 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $11.50 for the category: 8 of the 89 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs 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 Visual Composer 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. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 100 of the 104 other website and landing page builders we grade. It costs $49 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: A crawler that checks every page of a site. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. 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, Unsplash **Tags:** No-code, Templates, Popups, Online store, Site audit ## Alternatives - [WPBakery](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wpbakery): Drag-and-drop page builder plugin for WordPress, sold once. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/visual-composer-vs-wpbakery) - [Elementor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/elementor): Drag-and-drop page builder plugin and hosting for WordPress. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/elementor-vs-visual-composer) - [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-visual-composer) - [Brizy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/brizy): Drag-and-drop builder as a hosted platform or WordPress plugin. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/brizy-vs-visual-composer) - [Divi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/divi): WordPress theme and visual builder sold as a yearly or lifetime plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/divi-vs-visual-composer) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://visualcomposer.com/pricing/ - https://visualcomposer.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/visual-composer Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).