A Brief – and Fun! – Comparison of Pagebuilders for WordPress

WordPress is meant to be accessible to all, and that means users of all different levels of expertise.  Page Builders (plugins and themes) are a wonderful tool when you don’t have the time or knowledge to code your site to look exactly as you want.

This reviewer probably says it best:

Divi is the KING when it comes to EASY!

Although it has some drawbacks, Divi is probably my favorite page builder (I have some experience with Beaver Builder, X theme, Themify and CMS Masters theme/page builder)

Positives:

• $89/year or $249 forever 

• Can be used as a theme or a plugin

• Lots of online tutorials, Facebook pages & groups, 3rd party plugins
• Lots of free layout packs (and plenty great ones for sale!)

Downsides

• It’s shortcode based so sometimes that can be a problem if you want to switch themes or page builders.  (not a huge deal if you can simply cut and paste out your content, or use a plugin like Shortcode Cleaner.
• Slows load time – not a lot but a little.  It’s a case of too much wonderfulness  (not a huge deal if you are sensible with your images, get good hosting and limit server calls, but still it is a factor sometimes)

Reviews of Divi