Elementor vs. MODX

MODX

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Elementor	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	Elementor is a Wordpress page builder and creative toolkit featuring a drag and drop live editor, 100+ widgets, and tools to landing pages and popups.	$11.99 per month
MODX	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	The MODX Digital Experience Platform provides everything you need to build, host, and maintain amazing websites your way. The vendor says that with MODX CMS and cloud hosting, users have complete control over their creative vision and the experiences they deliver, without restriction or compromise. They can focus more on building great digital experiences, and less on hosting and maintaining. If you ever need help, MODX Professionals are available worldwide and direct support from…	$0

Pricing

Elementor

MODX

Editions & Modules

Lite: $11.99
per month
Basic: $14.99
per month
Business: $24.99
per month
Grow: $32.99
per month
Expert: $149.00
per year

Free: $0
Base: $39
per month
Pro: $99
per month
Business: $349
per month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Elementor	MODX
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Optional

Additional Details

Prices reflect deployment via WordPress. Options are also available for use with WooCommerce. A discount is offered for annual billing.

PAYMENT FORMS MODX Cloud accepts major credit cards and PayPal for your hosting subscription. We can only accept check (cheque) payments on the Enterprise Plan, annually. CANCELLATION You may cancel your MODX Cloud account at any time. Before you cancel you'll be reminded to backup and remove all your live websites and then follow the instructions for cancellation. If you cancel within the first month, we'll provide you with a full refund. REFUNDS If you cancel within the first month, we'll provide you with a full refund. All other cancellations will be effective at the end of your current billing period. We do not provide refunds for remaining days or months on monthly or annual billing.

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Community Pulse
	Elementor	MODX
Considered Both Products	Elementor Michał Kuczek Programmer Chose Elementor In the wordpress environment Elementor is by far the best builder, there are new things coming to market like Breakdance, but their time is still to be decided in the future. Also overall in the entire web builder category, Elementor is unbeatable, having the power of WordPress … Incentivized Helpful? NL Nathan Littleton Director Chose Elementor I prefer it to most of them because it's cost effective and I really like WordPress a really good feature base to build websites on. Bricks is WP-based too, but I find Elementor easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Elementor We initially chose WYSIWUG web builder as the key platform for all website development projects. While we still rate the product almost an 8.5/10, we found much better SEO (Search engine optimization) outcomes through wordpress and accordingly migrated to the same. Going … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Elementor Bricks and Divi Incentivized Helpful? Rachel Garwood Social Media and Web Developer Chose Elementor Elementor is a bit of a different platform than, say, easyTithe, Robly, and Apptivo, but it is comparable to Shopify. I feel like Elementor and WooCommerce are a lot easier to use than Shopify, and it doesn't come with such high fees. For our business, it was no choice! … Incentivized Helpful? James Crook Business Coach at The Health Leader Co Chose Elementor We've used Divi and Enfold as well, both of those have a similar goal for visual editors and usability and work well - but Elementor feels more polished and has great support. Incentivized Helpful? Taylor Hicks Creative Strategist Chose Elementor We weighed Elementor against the classic/native WordPress editor and Gutenberg. Elementor provides more functionality and with a greater ease of use than its competitors. Incentivized Helpful? Daniel Cetina Founder Chose Elementor Actually, we switch to Squarespace after working with Elementor for a year. Squarespace is giving us best results and more freedom to make changes or add new stuff to the site Incentivized Helpful? Kevin Carney Principle Chose Elementor I use Optimize Press on a business website. It has a conceptually similar WYSIWYG page builder. They provide a sales funnel capability with their theme, which is why I use them. Incentivized Helpful? RB Randall Benson Digital Marketing Manager Chose Elementor I have used the built-in Gutenberg content builder and Visual Composer before. Neither of these are truly "front-end" page builders. They allow you to build with blocks the content you want, but you can not see it live as you design it. That is the true value Elementor has … Incentivized Helpful? carlos ibarra Director Operaciones Chose Elementor Thrive leads and thrive architect is a pain to update, they've changed version and name in recent years. I am unable to update because every time there was an upgrade or new release of the plugin it caused issues with my website's functionality which has left me stuck updating … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Elementor I previously used Wix with another company, and when I switched companies, the company I switched to was already using WordPress/Elementor. I could have switched the company to Wix if I had wanted to, but I enjoy the flexibility that Elementor allows, something that Wix isn't … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Elementor I want WP Bakery back. Incentivized Helpful? IS Isabel Sam Owner Chose Elementor I ended up asking Elementor for a refund so I could use another theme. They were quick to refund me and ask what they could do better in the future. I ended up choosing OShine, which worked great for me, but now I wish I would've gone with Oxygen as it seems to be a little tiny … Incentivized Helpful? DM Dennis Maksymov Growth Marketing Manager Chose Elementor Elementor is relatively cheap and easy to use, but comes with a number of performance issues which ruin the experience in the long run. Right now, we've switched to Webflow and Unbounce for the same ease of use, but with improved performance Incentivized Helpful? Oleksandr Torlo Product R&D Manager Chose Elementor We wanted to use WordPress and not depend on the Tilda with annual fees, so we installed wordpress and bought a template on Envato market, and the selected template already had a built-in Elementor, which I just tweaked to fit my needs. Also we don't want to learn a completely … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Elementor Elementor stuck out as the clear leader for their online support and ease of use. Wordpress has started to adopt some of the core features of Wordpress, which means that they must have been good and seen as a clear necessity, but the Elementor still has the clear lead on … Incentivized Helpful? Nuno Reis CIO (Chief Information Officer) Chose Elementor I tried a couple of website builders for Wordpress and Visual Composer was the only other that I considered using. Elementor is a better product like the price difference proves. I will choose Elementor whenever possible because it makes sense from a business perspective. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Elementor Before Elementor, I developed our site using the WordPress plugin Divi. While the editor was great, I found that the site load times (even with image optimization) were unacceptably slow. The Elementor editor is on par with Divi (better in way[s], less intuitive in others), but … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Rutel Creative Director & Owner Chose Elementor Before using Elementor we used Divi by Elegant Themes, and the biggest improvements are in load speed and reduced bloat. Elementor editor loads faster and makes web design a more enjoyable process. I would highly recommend Elementor over Divi. It’s also helpful that Elementor … Incentivized Helpful? Gary Williams President & CEO Chose Elementor We've used everything from Divi to Brizy to Gutenberg and beyond. For us, Elementor ticks all the boxes. Though Divi has its fanbase, it doesn't allow a client to switch easily down the road whereas Elementor does. Divi and Elementor were our final two choices as we went … Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Smith Owner Principal Chose Elementor I am not finding the builders that I have used in the past in the prepopulated area. The builders that we have used in the past include Divi, Beaver Builder, WPBakery, Instapages, as well as the classic editor and Gutenberg. I will say that Beaver Builder is probably a close … Incentivized Helpful? Daniel J. Canto Bonilla Senior Network Manager Chose Elementor I tried Visual Composer and Divvy and no one is at the level of Elementor. It is very intuitive and easy, highly recommend. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Elementor Elementor is relatively inexpensive for the features offered. It's simpler than some competitors and allows teams to play around with site content without overwhelming them with sophisticated features. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Elementor WP Bakery and Divi both serve similar needs, but we have chosen to go full-tilt with Elementor due to the excellent infrastructure, support, and value it brings. Incentivized Helpful?	MODX Philipp Schmidt Owner Chose MODX After having built sites with wordpress, joomla, drupal, october cms, craft cms, magento, presstashop, opencart, os commerce and more it is my number 1 (october cms is 2). Incentivized Helpful? FH Frankie Heath Director of Social Marketing Chose MODX The other company that we looked into was Wordpress and all of the features that it offered our organization. What MODX offered to us from development to everyday use just made more sense for our organization as a whole. Wordpress is still a great CMS platform, just not exactly … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MODX As said before, MODX is a coder's dream because of the flexibility it provides to own your code and has true creative freedom. Because of that, there is a bigger learning curve when it comes to a non-developer trying to iterate on the CMS with content additions and changes. To … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Elementor

MODX

Security

Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
	Elementor 6.9 Ratings 16% below category average	MODX 9.9 Ratings 20% above category average
Role-based user permissions	6.90 Ratings	9.90 Ratings

Platform & Infrastructure

Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
	Elementor 3.0 Ratings 87% below category average	MODX 8.0 Ratings 5% above category average
API	4.00 Ratings	6.10 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language	2.00 Ratings	9.90 Ratings

Web Content Creation

Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
	Elementor 7.9 Ratings 2% above category average	MODX 9.4 Ratings 20% above category average
WYSIWYG editor	7.40 Ratings	9.80 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness	8.40 Ratings	9.90 Ratings
Admin section	9.60 Ratings	8.90 Ratings
Page templates	10.00 Ratings	9.90 Ratings
Library of website themes	9.00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design	6.90 Ratings	9.90 Ratings
Publishing workflow	8.00 Ratings	9.90 Ratings
Form generator	4.00 Ratings	9.90 Ratings

Web Content Management

Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
	Elementor 6.2 Ratings 17% below category average	MODX 9.5 Ratings 26% above category average
Content taxonomy	7.70 Ratings	9.90 Ratings
SEO support	5.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Bulk management	5.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions	6.10 Ratings	8.90 Ratings
Community / comment management	7.00 Ratings	9.90 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Elementor	MODX
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Enterprises	RWS Tridion Sites Score 9.0 out of 10	RWS Tridion Sites Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Elementor	MODX
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (0 ratings)	9.9 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	2.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Elementor	MODX
Likelihood to Recommend	I would recommend this for the ease of use and price. It is a good value for any website developer or designer to be able to create multiple websites a year with super simple coding. If you've got a way to speed up your website without using WP Rocket, then it's even better! I think this software is specifically made for someone with a coding background and would recommend that you have a background with Wordpress to make using this software even easier Incentivized IS Isabel Sam Owner Read full review	In my opinion, MODX is usually the choice of a developer who wants to build out custom designs that create really interesting web pages, but when it comes to being easily used and edited by your marketing team, you can run into a lot of issues and end up making simple changes a more involved process. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Theme builder (header, footer, site parts) Forms, with options for what to do with form submissions after they've been submitted (email, collect , push to EMS) Easy to use widgets for things that would otherwise need coding manually (sliders, carousels, flip boxes etc.) Pre-built templates Dynamic conditions for content display Incentivized NL Nathan Littleton Director Read full review	Custom design capabilities. Works well with plugins. Permission systems for users. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Could definitely use an AI bot for ad-hoc customer queries Very limited Wdgets available in free version - If you have complex pages, go pro Ensure robust internet speed (50 MBPS bare minimum) to be able to operate it. Below 8 GB RAM is not advised Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Content Blocks - I mentioned this as a strength, but it also has its quirks. There are times that things do not function properly within the content blocks we have set up. More Customization - The ability for the average user to customize more without having to know a ton of code. Incentivized FH Frankie Heath Director of Social Marketing Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Elementor is critical to our ongoing success and providing our clients with world-class websites Incentivized David Victorine Lead Developer Read full review	It is the CMS we use the most, not because we know it well but because we literally tried many of other CMS and this one did it for us. However having said we really do not like the one shoe fits all approach. E..g for eCommerce we usually use PrestaShop etc. if a specialized CMS can do a task rather use that. However for a general CMS [MODX] is hard to beat. Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review
Usability	Elementor is one of those website builders that is really easy to get started with. The drag and drop features make it easy to create attractive and creative webpages for even the non-website designer. Some of the features available are not easy to find or easy to discover when you first start using Elementor. Practice makes perfect. Incentivized Ayo Bamgbose Assoc CIPD MSc Online digital business coach Read full review	Great and easy to use for both the coder and the end user. Especially if setup correctly by the coder. Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review
Reliability and Availability	No answers on this topic	We have not had it go down due to bugs etc. especially when comparing it to other cms out there. Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review
Performance	No answers on this topic	Damn its fast. really good page speed out of the box. Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review
Support Rating	There support is slow and at times can be frustrating and this is why many prefer to air out their frustrations within the Facebook group community. I tend to give up as when I'm working on something and something goes wrong I need the help straight away. I do not have the patience to wait anymore. Incentivized Ayo Bamgbose Assoc CIPD MSc Online digital business coach Read full review	Great community support on slack. If you have a paid plugin great support also esp from modmore If you have cloud hosting MODX support is fast and all servers are optimized for MODX Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review
Implementation Rating	The business team has to stick to its core competencies - Our key turning point occured when we delegated webpage design challenges to a tech. firm with specific mandates (including a certain degree of internal control). Once the initial go-live was completed, the agency trained us on internalizing ad-hoc and tactical change work Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Good system Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Compared to other providers, Elementor can be easy to use and learn, allowing you to build professional websites in a fraction of the time it takes to build websites with other sites. The AI feature can help non-tech people to easily understand and build a website that is SEO and Google search compliant. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The other company that we looked into was WordPress and all of the features that it offered our organization. What MODX offered to us from development to everyday use just made more sense for our organization as a whole. WordPress is still a great CMS platform, just not exactly what we were looking for. Incentivized FH Frankie Heath Director of Social Marketing Read full review
Scalability	No answers on this topic	Very scalable. e.g. in the [MODX] manager you can manage multiple websites at once without having to login else where. it is very convenient and this way resources and be easily managed and shared. Philipp Schmidt Owner Read full review
Return on Investment	Our sales have really grown over the past five years of using Elementor. We went from fulfilling less than five orders a month to now 10-15 per months. And we are a small bulk food store with a small audience. We have been able to add plug ins along with Elementor to customize our products, store, and pages. We haven't done as much with SEO and Elementor. I feel like this is one area that we could probably do better. Incentivized Rachel Garwood Social Media and Web Developer Read full review	The positive impact that MODX has had on our organization is that it has allowed us to generate more organic traffic to our site. We are also able to push more paid advertisements to our site on our lead generation landing pages. Incentivized FH Frankie Heath Director of Social Marketing Read full review
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