Easy Digital Downloads vs Hello Elementor
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| Feature | Easy Digital Downloads v3.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Hello Elementor v3.5.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 40,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 14, 2026 | August 25, 2026 |
| Editions | Easy Digital Downloads · Easy Digital Downloads Pro ($) | Hello Elementor · Elementor Pro ($) |
| Pros | Built for selling digital downloads, with checkout and customer downloads; Stripe, PayPal and Square payment gateways; Discounts, reports and blocks for checkout pages | Lightweight blank canvas that leaves design to Elementor; Elementor header and footer template support; WooCommerce support included |
| Cons | Subscriptions, recurring payments and recurring revenue reports need Pro; Pro requires a licence key from the vendor | Few built-in design options outside Elementor; Admin and customizer promote the paid Elementor Pro add-on |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Digital product downloads, Checkout and purchase blocks, Discount codes and claims, Stripe payments, PayPal Standard payments, Square payments, Sales and download reports, Email summary of sales, Pro licence connection from the Lite edition ($) | Minimal blank canvas theme setup, Elementor header and footer templates, WooCommerce theme support, Elementor Pro upsell in the customizer |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe, PayPal, Square | — |
| Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun | — | |
| Analytics | MonsterInsights (Google Analytics for WordPress) | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor | Elementor |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 8.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | services.easydigitaldownloads.com, easydigitaldownloads.com, downloads.wordpress.org, challenges.cloudflare.com, www.google.com, api.stripe.com, connect.squareup.com, opencollective.com, ipinfo.io, plugin.easydigitaldownloads.com, static-eu.payments-amazon.com, static-na.payments-amazon.com, sellercentral.amazon.com, payments.amazon.co.uk, payments.amazon.de, www.paypal.com | my.elementor.com |
| Blocks | 16 | — |
| Shortcodes | 14 | — |