Elementor Pro vs Essential Addons for Elementor
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| Feature | Elementor Pro v4.3.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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 | — | 1M+ |
| Last updated | — | October 19, 2026 |
| Editions | Elementor Pro ($) | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) |
| Pros | Forms with actions such as Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign and webhooks; Popups and WooCommerce widgets; Licence and updates handled through the vendor | 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 | Needs a paid licence key to receive updates; Licence is tied to a site domain; a domain change triggers a licence error | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Forms with submission actions ($), Popups with form actions ($), WooCommerce widgets module ($), Atomic form submissions and webhook action ($), Licence key stored and checked against the vendor ($) | Filterable gallery widget, Data table widget, Event calendar widget with Google Calendar source, WooCommerce product compare widget, NFT gallery widget, Twitter and Facebook feed widgets, TypeForm embed widget, Essential Addons admin menu page |
| Integrations | ||
| Mailchimp ($), MailerLite ($) | — | |
| CRM | ActiveCampaign ($) | — |
| Analytics | — | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) |
| Social | — | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms |
| Other | Discord ($) | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea |
| Requires WordPress | 6.8 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | go.elementor.com, my.elementor.com, www.google.com, vimeo.com, cdnjs.cloudflare.com, developers.facebook.com, graph.facebook.com, www.paypal.com, sandbox.paypal.com, api.stripe.com | api.twitter.com, graph.facebook.com, send.wpinsight.com, www.googleapis.com, opensea.io, magiceden.io, api.typeform.com |