ELEMENTOR FREE VS ELEMENTOR PRO

Elementor is a Web builder that permits the users of WordPress to customize and create websites. It offers two versions. Elementor Free and Elementor Pro. 

Elementor free permits you to make changes in the content partially. On the other hand, Elementor pro allows you to edit the whole website. In this article, we are going to compare the following features of both versions:
1. Theme Builder
2. Popup Builder
3. Widgets
4. Executive Templates and Blocks
5. Marketing
6. Integrations
7. Hosting
8. Pricing

THEME BUILDER
Theme Builder is an eminent tool because it permits you to control every part of your website. Elementor Pro offers you to outline your theme elements, footer, header, single product, role manager, posts archive, and all the parts of your website.
Theme Builder is not available in Elementor free.

POPUP BUILDER
Popup Builder is a feature that allows you to create any type of popup like login form, promotion and sale banners, lead capture, announcements, and so forth. Popup Builder permits you to create an attractive menu for your site. Elementor pro also offers prefabricated popup templates to its users.
The popup builder feature is not available on Elementor free.

WIDGETS
A widget is an application that enables a user to perform a certain function or provides access to a service. There are 29 widgets available in Elementor free version. 

Inner Section            Heading                     Image

Text Editor                 Video                          Button

Star Rating                 Divider                       Google Maps

Icon                              Image Box                 Icon Box

Basic Gallery              Image Carousel       Icon List

Counter                       Spacer                        Testimonial

Tabs                              Accordion                 Toggle

Social Icons                Progress Bar             Sound Cloud

Shortcode                   HTML                         Menu  Anchor

Sidebar                        Alert

 

Elementor pro offers 90+ widgets. All the widgets available on Elementor free are also available on Elementor pro.  WooCommerce widgets are also available if you have an activated installed WooCommerce on your WordPress.

Posts	Share Buttons	Post Excerpt
Portfolio	Blockquote	Featured Image
Slides	Facebook-Button	Author Box
Form	Facebook Comments	Post Comments
Login	Facebook Embed	Post Navigation
Animated Headline	Facebook Page	Post Info
Price List	Template	Products
Price Table	Site Logo	WooCommerce Breadcrumbs
Lottie Widget	Site Title	Custom Add to Cart
Call to Action	Page Title	WooCommerce Pages
Media Carousel	Nav Menu	Product Categories
Testimonial Carousel	Search Form	Menu Cart
Reviews	Sitemap	And More
Countdown	Post Title

EXECUTIVE TEMPLATES AND BLOCKS
Elementor pro offers custom-made templates and blocks that will make your website more beautiful. These templates and blocks are designed professionally. Elementor pro offers 300+ templates. These templates will give your website a white-collar look.

Elementor free also offers some pleasing templates. These templates are beautiful enough to attract an audience. There are almost 40 templates available in Elementor free version.

MARKETING
Elementor facilitates you with everything you need to create a successful business website.
By using Elementor pro, you will get more conversions, boosted content marketing, and increased social engagement, best drag and drop landing page builder. Elementor pro offers widgets that target your marketing tools. Some of  them are:

Price Table                             Form                              Call To Action

Social Icons                           Share Buttons              Animated Headline

Testimonial Carousel         Slides                              Countdown

Counter                                  Facebook-Button        Blockquote

Marketing features offered by Elementor free are not so prominent or we can also say that Elementor free does not offer such marketing opportunities.

INTEGRATIONS
By using Elementor pro you can integrate with your favorite CRM and marketing tools. From social platforms to email marketing software, Elementor pro offers a set of integrations for your website business. The most important marketing tools are:

AWeber                                  MailChimp                           Drip

ActiveCampaign                   ConvertKit                            HubSpot

Zapier                                     GetResponse                      MailerLite

MailPoet                                Automizy                             Sendinblue

Following are some social and other networks that can be used for marketing purpose:

Slack                                   Discord                                    Facebook SDK

YouTube                             Vimeo                                       Dailymotion

SoundCloud                       Google Maps                           Adobe Fonts

Google Fonts                     Font Awesome 5                     Font Awesome

Pro license                         Custom Icons Libraries         reCAPTCHA

Elementor free version does not allow us to integrate with marketing tools.

HOSTING

Elementor pro offers the most trustworthy hosting services. Elementor hosting is related to WordPress hosting. Following are the best hosting providers of Elementor pro:

SiteGround                      FlyWheel                          Bluehost

Kinsta                                WP Engine                       HostPapa

uPress                               GreenGeeks                    A2 Hosting

PRICING
Elementor free is of no cost. Elementor pro comes with a price tag. There are different subscription plans offered by the Elementor pro version.
1. 49$ per year for 1 site
2. 99$ per year for 3 sites
3. 199$ per year for 1,000 sites

FINAL WORD
Sometimes, it becomes a difficult decision to choose one of the two versions of the Elementor. It depends on your needs that either you should choose the free version or the pro one.
If you are an executive user and want to develop a professional website, then you should choose Elementor Pro. It gives you more professional features and will help you to fabricate the best business website and will also help you to complete your tasks faster.
If you are an exclusive user or you want to start a business website, then you should go with Elementor Free. It is easier to use and free of cost. It will provide you a good experience. Once you become a little professional, then you can ameliorate to Elementor Pro.

COMPARISON IN TABLE FORM

	Elementor Free	Elementor Pro
Number of Widgets	29	90+
Number of Templates	40	300+
Pricing	Free	Paid
Theme Builder	No	Yes
Popup Builder	No	Yes
WooCommerce Builder	No	Yes
Integrations	No	Yes
Full Site Editor	No	Yes
Marketing Services	Yes	No
Custom CSS	No	Yes
Dynamic Content	No	Yes
Role Manager	No	Yes