AcyMailing vs Essential Addons for Elementor
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| Feature | AcyMailing v11.1.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 6, 2026 | October 19, 2026 |
| Editions | AcyMailing Starter · AcyMailing Essential ($) · AcyMailing Enterprise ($) | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) |
| Pros | Campaigns, lists and sign-up forms in the admin; Sign-up form shortcode, block and widget; Works with several email sending services | Large set of widgets added to Elementor; Form widgets for Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms and Ninja Forms; WooCommerce product widgets such as product compare |
| Cons | Queue, captcha, automations and bounce handling need a paid licence; Automations and bounce handling need the Enterprise level; Sending depends on cron and the chosen mail service | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Newsletter campaigns, Contact lists, Sign-up form shortcode, Sign-up form Gutenberg block, Newsletter archive block and widget, Elementor widgets, Sending queue configuration ($), reCAPTCHA and hCaptcha on forms ($), Automations with triggers ($), Custom subscriber fields ($), Bounce handling mailbox ($) | Filterable gallery widget, Data table widget, Event calendar widget with Google Calendar source, WooCommerce product compare widget, NFT gallery widget, Twitter and Facebook feed widgets, TypeForm embed widget, Essential Addons admin menu page |
| Integrations | ||
| Brevo, Postmark, SendGrid, Mailgun, AcyMailer sending service ($) | — | |
| Analytics | — | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) |
| Social | — | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA ($) | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.brevo.com, api.postmarkapp.com, api.elasticemail.com, api.mailgun.net, api.eu.mailgun.net, api.sendgrid.com, api.acymailer.com, api.acymailing.com | api.twitter.com, graph.facebook.com, send.wpinsight.com, www.googleapis.com, opensea.io, magiceden.io, api.typeform.com |
| Blocks | 3 | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |