Upgrade your tool kit with Breakdance - the game-changing visual site builder and leading alternative to Elementor.
Thousands of Elementor users have already switched to Breakdance.
“I jumped at it from the first announcement. I have used it constantly and truly I find it really refreshing compared to the stale Elementor.”
“It's a great balance between the simplicity of Elementor for non-developers but with the power features of Oxygen for those that want them.”
“This is certainly going to kick Elementor off the top spot - fantastic builder that is so easy to use!”
“Being a WordPress developer myself, and also being a fan of Elementor, I can tell that Breakdance is a huge step forward for high-performance websites.”
“This is the future. Been using Breakdance and it's better than Elementor in my opinion.”
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited Site License Available | yes | no |
| Price | $199.99/yr Unlimited Sites | $399/yr 1000 Sites |
| Elements Included | 145+ | 86 |
| Refund Policy | 60 days | 30 days |
| Feature Completeness | A+ |
B
Elementor often requires third-party, paid add-ons for features that are native in Breakdance.
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I've created about 100 sites and will never return to Elementor again. Perfect workflow, incredible site speed and tons of tools to get what you can imagine. The best builder on market.
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Included Elements | 145+ | 86 |
| Header Builder | included | not included |
| Menu Builder | included | not included |
| Post Loop Builder | included (A+) | included (A) |
| Form Builder | included (A+) |
included (B)
Elementor’s multi-step form styling options are limited, and it does not have conditional form field logic.
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| Multi-step Forms | included (A+) |
included (B+)
Elementor has 7 controls dedicated to styling multi-step forms. Breakdance has 50+ controls dedicated to styling multi-step forms.
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| Popup Builder |
included (A+)
Breakdance's Popup Builder is far more flexible with placements, conditions, etc.
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included (A) |
| PHP Code Blocks | included | not included |
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Element Studio
Element Studio is the world's first visual IDE for element development.
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included | not included |
| Tooltip Element | included | not included |
| Lottie Animation Element | included (A) |
included (A+)
Elementor's Lottie element has more controls like lazy loading, choice of renderer (SVG/Canvas)
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| Masker Element | included |
not included
Elementor allows you to setup masks on some elements, but doesn't have a dedicated Masker container, making it more limited.
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| Table Of Contents (TOC) Element |
included (A+)
Breakdance has far more configuration options for its TOC element.
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included (B) |
| Hover Swapper Element | included | not included |
| Facebook Elements (Like, Share, Embed) | included (A+) |
included (A)
Elementor is missing a share button for Facebook.
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| Twitter Elements (Tweet, Embed) | included (A+) | not included |
I can get the exact design I want without the need to add custom CSS or JS.
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| Woo Elements | 37 | 25 |
| Global Woo Styles | yes |
limited
Elementor mostly relies on your theme for site-wide WooCommerce styling.
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| Product Loop Builder | yes | no |
| Filter by Price | yes |
yes
Breakdance gives you far more design control over WooCommerce filtering widgets via its Woo Widgets element.
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| Filter by Rating | yes |
yes
Breakdance gives you far more design control over WooCommerce filtering widgets via its Woo Widgets element.
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| Filter by Attribute | yes |
yes
Breakdance gives you far more design control over WooCommerce filtering widgets via its Woo Widgets element.
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| Checkout Builder (Granular) | yes | no |
| Cart Builder (Granular) | yes | no |
| Dropdown Mini Cart | yes | yes |
| Off-canvas Mini Cart | yes | yes |
| Account Page Customization | yes |
limited
Both Breakdance and Elementor give you customization options for the account page, but Breakdance gives you far more.
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| Order Tracking Customization | yes | no |
| WooCommerce Conditions | yes | no |
| WooCommerce Cart Quantity Condition | yes | no |
| WooCommerce Cart Value Condition | yes | no |
| WooCommerce Cart Weight Condition | yes | no |
| WooCommerce Customer Order Count Condition | yes | no |
| WooCommerce Customer Total Spend Condition | yes | no |
| WooCommerce Customer Purchased Product Condition | yes | no |
Breakdance is awesome. I’ve built sites in Elementor (painful) and I’ve tried Bricks, neither come close. Dead easy, super fast, no need for lots of plugins for functionality or speed. Give it a go.
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| CSS Flexbox | yes | yes |
| CSS Grid | yes |
yes
Elementor's CSS grid implementation is basic, missing features like grid templates, grid child settings, etc.
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| Section Element | yes |
no
Elementor's "Container" element can be swapped to a section tag, but it's a div by default.
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| Grid & Grid Template | yes | no |
| Grid Auto Columns | yes | no |
| Grid Auto Rows | yes | no |
| Grid Auto Flow | yes | yes |
| Grid Child > Grid Column | yes | no |
| Grid Child > Grid Row | yes | no |
| Grid Child > Grid Area | yes | no |
| Grid Child > Justify Self | yes | no |
| Grid Child > Align Self | yes | no |
My websites are stable for the first time. With Elementor there was always something to correct. Icons that "magically" disappeared from my page, etc. A lot of problems that Breakdance does not have.
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-step Forms |
yes
Breakdance has 50+ controls dedicated to styling multi-step forms
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yes
Elementor has 7 controls dedicated to styling multi-step forms.
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| Quiz Forms |
yes
Breakdance's Form Builder has the features you need to build complex forms for quiz-like funnels and questionnaires.
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no
No conditionals in Elementor, which means you can't show certain things based on their answers. Additionally, there's no action that allows conditional redirects like Breakdance's JavaScript action.
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| Email Subscribe Forms | yes | yes |
| Registration Forms | yes | no |
| Login Forms | yes | yes |
| Horizontal Forms |
yes
In Breakdance, you can set the form to horizontal with one toggle.
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yes
In Elementor, you have to manually manipulate column widths to achieve horizontal forms.
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| Drag & Drop File Upload Area | yes |
no
Technically, Elementor's browser native file input allows you to drag files onto it, but it's not the attractive upload area with instructions that Breakdance's file upload drag & drop option provides.
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| Dynamic Field Values |
yes
Breakdance allows you to insert data from the database into form fields to pre-populate them.
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yes |
| Accessibility | A+ |
B+
Elementor doesn't display required asterisks by default and doesn't have an accessible way to hide field labels.
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| Honeypot Spam Protection | yes | yes |
| Custom Placeholders | yes | yes |
| Conditional Fields | yes | no |
| Hidden Fields | yes | yes |
| Global Form Styles | A+ |
F
Elementor has some global styling controls for forms, but many of them do not apply to forms built with their Form element.
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| Form Customization Options | A+ | C |
| Drag & Drop Form Builder Interface | yes | yes |
| Unlimited Email Actions After Submit | yes |
no
Elementor only allows you to send 2 emails at most on form submission.
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| Trigger Popups On Submit | yes | yes |
| Pass URL/UTM Parameters | yes | yes |
| Custom JavaScript Actions | yes | no |
| Conditional Form Actions |
yes
In Breakdance, you can choose to execute form actions based on the values in the form fields.
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no |
| Integrations | A+ | A |
| Form Submission Management | yes | yes |
| Conditional Redirects |
yes
Breakdance's JavaScript action allows you to perform conditional redirects, pass field values in the URL, etc.
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no |
| Export Submissions To Spreadsheet | yes | yes |
Loving Breakdance! I was able to kill off so many Elementor plugins and addons by switching.
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated Header Builder | yes | no |
| Overlay Headers | yes | no |
| Sticky Headers | yes | yes |
| Conditional Headers | flexible | limited |
| Automatic Header Layout |
yes
Breakdance's Header Builder automatically lays your header's contents out horizontally.
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no |
| WP Menu Element | yes | yes |
| Custom Menu Builder | yes | no |
| Insert Custom Menu Buttons | yes | no |
| Insert Any Element In Menu | yes | no |
| Custom Designed Dropdowns | yes | no |
| Menu Accessibility |
A+
Breakdance's menu elements have been rigorously fine-tuned for accessibility.
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A |
| Vertical Menus | yes | yes |
| Accordion Menus | yes | no |
| Mega Menu Builder | yes | no |
| Custom Menu Areas | yes | no |
| Off-Canvas Mobile Menus | yes | no |
| Dropdown Mobile Menus | yes | no |
Breakdance is everything Elementor could've been if they would actually care about and listen to their customers, instead of being so money driven. I switched to breakdance over a year ago for all my projects and never once looked back.
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Gradients | yes | no |
| Global Text Colors | yes | yes |
| Global Heading Colors | yes | yes |
| Global Link Colors | yes | yes |
| Global Background Color | yes | yes |
| Custom Global Color Palette | yes | yes |
| Global Typography Styles | yes | yes |
| Global Form Styles | yes |
limited
Elementor has some global form field options, but they don't apply to all forms on the site, and are quite limited.
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| Global Form Typography Styles | yes | no |
| Global Form Messages Styles | yes | no |
| Global Form Submit Button Styles | yes | no |
| Global Form Stepper Styles | yes | no |
| Global Form Styles Apply To WooCommerce Forms | yes | no |
| Global Container Styles | yes | yes |
| Global Stylesheets | yes | no |
| Global JavaScript | yes | no |
| Global Transition Duration | yes | no |
| Global Woo Colors | yes | no |
| Global Woo Typography | yes | no |
| Global Woo Button & Link Styles | yes | no |
| Global Woo Form Styles | yes | no |
| Global Woo Spacing Styles | yes | no |
| Global Woo Notices Styles | yes | no |
| Global Woo Sale Badge Styles | yes | no |
| Global Woo Product Images Styles | yes | no |
| Global Woo Widgets Styles | yes | no |
| Global Woo Wrappers Styles | yes | no |
| Global Woo Tables Styles | yes | no |
| Global Woo Products List Styles | yes | no |
| Global Woo Payment Box Styles | yes | no |
Breakdance is so much better than all the marketing hyped website builders out there like Elementor and Divi.
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| Fallback Values | yes | yes |
| Prepends & Appends | yes | yes |
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Dynamic Data Sources
Sources can vary depending on the number of fields registered via ACF and Metabox. Numbers here represent built-in data source options.
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76 | 31 |
| Custom PHP Data Source | yes | no |
| Shortcode Data Source | yes | yes |
| URL Parameter Data Source | yes | yes |
| Advanced Custom Fields Integration |
A+
Breakdance's ACF integration includes advanced features like support for repeater fields and flexible content fields. Elementor requires an add-on for these features.
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B |
| Metabox Integration | native | third-party |
| Repeater Field Support | yes | no |
| ACF Flexible Content | yes | no |
| Post Loop Builder | yes | yes |
| Instant Accordion Layout for Loops | yes | no |
| Instant Carousel Layout for Loops | yes |
no
Elementor has a dedicated Loop Carousel element for displaying loop items in a carousel.
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| Dynamic Data API | yes | yes |
| Custom PHP Conditions | yes | no |
| Element Conditions API | yes | no |
| Combine Multiple Dynamic Data Points | yes | no |
Best website page builder out there. Blows the doors off Elementor.
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| Accessible Menu Elements | yes | yes |
| Keyboard Navigability | A+ | B+ |
| Can Edit Element Markup | yes | no |
| Uses Proper ARIA Attributes | yes |
yes
The elements we tested in Elementor appear to use proper ARIA attributes. Third-party elements may differ.
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| Custom Attributes | yes | yes |
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Dynamic Image Alt Text
Without dynamic image alt text, updating alt text for images used in your design requires you to manually edit each image across your entire site, one by one.
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yes
Breakdance will automatically pull the updated alt text from the media library when loading images.
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no |
| Visual Focus Indicators | yes |
sometimes
Elementor's visual focus indicators are less consistent and rely on theme styles, which may be unpredictable.
|
I did not have to read any documentation or watch any videos to start building. It was obvious from the start. The UI is very impressive and fast.
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| Keyboard Shortcuts | yes | yes |
| Element Presets | yes | no |
| In-builder Navigator With Search | yes | no |
| Create New Posts Without Leaving Editor | yes |
pages only
Elementor allows creating new pages only, but Breakdance allows you to create posts of any type.
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| Create New Popups Without Leaving Editor | yes | no |
| Create New Templates Without Leaving Editor | yes | no |
| Create New Global Blocks Without Leaving Editor | yes | no |
| Edit Template Settings In Navigator | yes | no |
| Edit Popup Settings In Navigator | yes | no |
| Filter Navigator Search By Post Type | yes | no |
| Sort Navigator Search Results | yes | no |
| Copy & Paste Styles | yes | no |
| Copy & Paste Individual Control Sections Between Elements | yes | no |
I love every step of this breakdance journey. I’ve made this my preferred builder for many websites. Can’t wait until I can fully replace Elementor.
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
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Modify Native Elements
Breakdance's Element Studio is a visual IDE allowing you to modify any built-in element and create your own without extensive coding knowledge.
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yes | no |
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Visually Build New Elements
Breakdance's Element Studio is a visual IDE allowing you to modify any built-in element and create your own without extensive coding knowledge.
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yes | no |
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Bundle Custom Elements as Plugin
Breakdance's Element Studio is a visual IDE allowing you to modify any built-in element and create your own without extensive coding knowledge.
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yes | no |
| Live PHP Editing | yes | no |
| PHP WP_Query for Loops | yes | no |
| Custom PHP Conditions | yes | no |
| CSS Selector Management | yes | no |
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Conditional CSS
Applying conditions to a code element allows you to output CSS conditionally.
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yes | yes |
| Developer Docs | yes | yes |
| Element Conditions API | yes | no |
| Dynamic Data API | yes | yes |
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JavaScript APIs
Interact with sliders, galleries, popups, and other dynamic elements via JS.
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yes | no |
I've moved 90% of my clients to Breakdance, including my design studios. Best thing I've done.
| Breakdance | Elementor | |
|---|---|---|
| Blank Page Size (Uncompressed) | 42 KB | 587 KB |
| Designed Page Size (Uncompressed) | 247 KB | 1.1 MB |
| Lazy Loading |
yes - precise control
Breakdance natively includes the ability to lazy load images and videos.
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yes - globally |
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Video Embed Posters
A video embed poster is a placeholder for video embeds that only loads the embed code once the placeholder is clicked.
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yes | no |
| Loads Only Needed Assets |
yes
Breakdance only loads the files needed for the elements used on the current page, eliminating extra bloat.
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no |
| Fast By Default |
yes
On modern hosts, Breakdance performs well out of the box without additional performance plugins or optimization measures.
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no |
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Divception
'Divception' refers to the addition of extra, unnecessary divs when outputting elements.
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| jQuery Independent | yes | no |
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Themeless
When using a visual page builder, themes add extra bloat.
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yes
Breakdance is themeless by default.
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no |
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Bloat Eliminator
Bloat eliminator options allow you to prevent the loading of built-in WordPress bloat.
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yes | no |
“I have tried my hand at other builders, and Breakdance is by absolute far the easiest to understand without any tutorials.”
“You hit a home run with this one on so many levels. I am moving all my sites to Breakdance.”
“This is THE BUILDER! I have so much pleasure working with Breakdance.”
“Breakdance elements have a stunning look right out of the box. With so many beautiful elements, it’s pretty easy to make a professional website while keeping installed plugins to a bare minimum.”
“As an SEO guy and non web developer, I've gotta say that Breakdance ticks the boxes. It’s easy and quick to design.”
“If you're looking to quickly and easily build high-performing sites for your clients, Breakdance is a great option.”
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