It’s uninspiring elements library, content templates and customization options leave a lot to be desired, but more than that, the complete absence of an in-built custom CSS editor makes it a pain in the a** to make your own adjustments on the fly. If you’re looking for an advanced page builder with boundless possibilities, Visual Composer, unfortunately, isn’t the answer. It also lacks customization options that will no doubt force most users into the custom CSS realm, which is probably the last thing you want to be doing as a beginner.įor those reasons, I can’t recommend Visual Composer as the most beginner-friendly option, especially compared to the faster, more intuitive builder, Elementor. Visual Composer isn’t the most complicated page builder you can buy, admittedly, but the the poor design makes everything way more drawn out than it needs to be. Overall, I think Visual Composer is deceptively cheap, and if you want something more “long-term” for your money, there are faaar better options available. And if you do eventually decide to upgrade, the cost is marginal in comparison. It’s not.Įlementor is not only free, but it’s MILES better than Visual Composer in almost every aspect. (Anything outside of that, and your costs will quickly skyrocket.)īut just because it doesn’t cost much, that doesn’t mean it’s the best budget page builder. Budget BloggersĪs I mentioned before, Visual Composer is pretty inexpensive if you’re just looking for a 1 site, personal license. Now that I’ve covered all the different features and functions of Visual Composer, weighing up the pros and cons and giving my experience along the way - let’s talk about YOU.Īs with any tool, Visual Composer isn’t going to be the right choice for everyone, so I’d like to get to the bottom of who exactly this page builder is suitable for. Inline buttons – This seems to be a recurring issue across page builders, but having two buttons aligned next to each other (inline) proved virtually impossible in this case.Gradients – A single section of this design involved a gradient background, and, again, Visual Composer was unable to achieve that without having to use custom CSS.Drop shadows – This rebuild involved plenty of elements with a drop shadow effect, and that was something I was not able to replicate without custom CSS.Background images – Section background images offer practically zero customization, and, in this case, not only was the positioning way off, but I couldn’t even stop the image from repeating itself.Font family – Fonts are inherited from the theme and cannot be altered on a page-by-page basis (though, admittedly, that probably won’t be a requirement for most people.).Container width – The lack of a “container width” option meant I was unable to control how wide my elements were without using left and right margins.Not being able to easily resize images without knowing and scaling down dimensions is a bit of a joke.īutton presets – The buttons have very limited control in a sense that everything from size, padding and even color settings are predefined. Resizing images – This was probably the biggest issue I faced.Glitch-free – I actually expected Visual Composer to be a little glitchy with this rebuild, but surprisingly, I didn’t run into any problems that weren’t caused by setting limitations.Margins – The default margins were easy to remove and it always left images flush with the edges - which is exactly what I was going for in this case.
That way, it would give us (and you) a much clearer comparison of what each tool is capable of in practical terms.Īs for the page, we settled on Trello’s product tour page because it’s an excellent example of a modern layout that makes good use of different elements.Ĭheck out the video to see how I got on with Visual Composer: Rebuilding Trello’s Homepageįor each page builder I review as part of this series, we decided it’d be a great idea to recreate an existing page using each tool.
#Visual composer review and is it worth it license#
That said, you’ll need a separate license for every website you use it on, and if that happens to be a clients site, it quickly becomes the most expensive page builder in that list. Looking at how it’s competitors are priced, you can get a better idea of where this plugin sits in the market Page BuilderĪs you can see, Visual Composer is the cheapest page builder that we’ve looked at so far. Unlike other page builders, the difference between the two licenses aren’t the number of installs, but whether or not you’ll use it for personal, or commercial purposes.
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