Breakdance is a new page builder from the creators of page builder Oxygen. Breakdance is built to be fast as the founders say. When comparing a site performance test between both, Breakdance has way better results.
Elementor has speed as one of its issues. Most websites using Elementor have bad Core Web Vitals LCP, which is now a standard for website speed.
Take a look below for a full breakdown of Elementor vs Breakdance.
Elementor made recent efforts to better suit its clients’ performance, including experimental optimization features and offering static website hosting from its company Strattic, which offers static Elementor support.
For non-developers, optimizing Elementor can be hard, but with a few actions, you can optimize Elementor to rank higher in Pagespeed.
One notable difference between Breakdance and Elementor might be the fact that both have lots of built-in ecommerce blocks but Breakdance ecommerce blocks offer a more granular customizing of elements without the need for other 3rd-party plugins, as seen in this video.
Feature | Breakdance | Elementor |
---|---|---|
Templates | +100 | +5000 |
Widgets | +120 | +150 |
Woocommerce Widgets | +35 | 24 |
3rd-Party Addons | 4 | +25 |
Dynamic Data | ACF, Meta & Toolset | ACF, Meta, Toolset & Pods |
Best Speed | ✔️ | ❌ |
Free version | Yes | Yes |
Ecommerce
One of the main features of Breakdance is its support for Woocommerce. It comes with +35 Woocommerce widgets, including customizing the cart page, account page, and mini cart.
Full list:
- Products list
- Product
- Product Builder
- Related Products
- Upsell Products
- Shop, Cart, Checkout & Account page
- Order Tracking Page
- Mini Cart
- Shopping Filters
- Woo Widgets and Woo Breadcrumbs (Woocommerce system)
Templates
Elementor has orders of magnitudes more templates than Breakdance. With the most popular place being Themeforest. Breakdance has been adding templates to its library.
Plugins
Elementor has one of the largest 3rd-party plugin ecosystems. For Breakdance it’s still a road being built. Check all 2 Breakdance addons:
- Elements Hive offers 13+ free elements, including WebGL Kinetic Typography, Magnetic Mouse Cursor, Link Media Reveal, and WebGL Fluid Simulation Background.
- Destiny offers +30 premium elements.