The question about which builder to choose is as old as the hills. And often, there are doubts about whether or not to use Elementor builder. Because the new age has come, it is obvious we may have to switch to the Bricks builder?
Let’s compare those two builders’ key features and qualities; I will talk about Elementor Pro, not the free version, when comparing functionality.
Pricing
The situation here is twofold. On the one hand, Bricks has no free version at all, but Elementor does. But Bricks should be compared more with Elementor Pro because such features as dynamic data or loops are simply not available in the free version. On the other hand, if you compare Elementor Pro and Bricks prices, Bricks has a clear advantage here because of its lifetime plans. Let’s compare:
- For Elementor Pro, you will pay $60 per site per year if it doesn’t include WooCommerce widgets and other important functionality. The price for the full functionality for one is $84, up to three sites – $108, and then we have to dive into a tricky Elementor One plan, which renews at a whopping $288 per year for one site, it has AI credits and other features.
There are also plans for developers, where you can get 25 sites for $204 (no AI credits) or $540 with all the AI frills for renewal, and a $100 discount for the first year.
- Bricks costs $79 for one website, $149 for three websites, $249 for unlimited websites, and $599 for a Lifetime plan.
So, for those who don’t want a free builder, Elementor will be a great option, even if the free version doesn’t have some important functionality.
🏆 And the winner is: it’s a draw because, in the long run, Bricks is cheaper with its LTD plan, but Elementor also has a free version.
Beginner Friendliness
Elementor offers a very visual and beginner-friendly interface, even for creating quite complex structures, such as loops. While with Bricks, you’d better know CSS, even if you will not write lines of code, to customize styles, you should understand what you are doing. In Elementor, on the other hand, many things come by default.
For example, displaying a loop in three rows is a very simple task in Elementor, but the querying options are very limited, though. While with Bricks, there are more options to choose from visually, plus you can write PHP. The workflow for creating a template is a bit different and, in my opinion, a bit less beginner-friendly.
🏆 And the winner is: Elementor.
Interactions and Animations
Bricks has powerful settings for actions on different interactions with any element. The list of interaction triggers is huge: hover, blur, click, focus, mouse enter/leave, enter/leave viewport, form success or error, Query AJAX loader start/end, scroll, content load, mouse leaves screen. And there is a huge list of actions, from animations, showing and hiding elements, setting or removing attributes, to adding custom JavaScript snippets or manipulating browser storage. Plus, it has a separate control for pseudo-classes.
Elementor, though, has entrance animations, two mouse effects, and some scrolling effects. In addition, it has a hover state editor for some elements, like buttons. It does offer the Transform controls on hover for any element (Scale, Flip, Skew, Rotate), and entrance animations.
Atomic Editor (V4) has additional interaction controls for its elements.
🏆 And the winner is: Bricks, but it’s almost a draw.
Conditional Logic
Both builders have pretty good conditional settings, and the hidden element HTML doesn’t exist in the source code. However, Bricks has more options when it comes to dynamic data and queries.
🏆 And the winner is: Bricks.
Third-Party Add-Ons and Integrations
It’s quite obvious which one is the winner here. Elementor has been there since 2016; Bricks was initially released in 2021. It has the whole ecosystem around it; there are tons of plugins made specifically for Elementor, and almost every marketing, business, analytical, payment, and other instrument offers integration with Elementor, which Bricks can’t boast of, at least at this moment.
However, the market of add-ons for Bricks is growing rapidly, so it’s promising. Also, it works with key Crocoblock plugins.
🏆 And the winner is: Elementor.
Template Library
Even free Elementor offers some templates for sections and pages, not to mention plenty of them in PRO. Add to it a lot of third-party libraries, and we get a tremendous collection.
Bricks also has a library, but it’s made by the community, which means that not all templates are professional. Also, the number of them is incomparably less, but some of them are really good – check our collection here.
🏆 And the winner is: Elementor.
Bricks vs. Elementor for Dynamic Websites and Custom Content
Both builders support dynamic content – for example, you can display the post title, content, and other objects by clicking on the Dynamic tag / Dynamic data icon on the right of the field.
Both have dynamic loop builders (Bricks is way more powerful here).
But both builders are builders, not CMS or dynamic data tools. Proper data structure is a foundation for a successful and extendable website. So, if you want to create a dynamic website, you will need a dedicated tool for dynamic content, like JetEngine, to create CPTs, custom fields, and relations, then query this data properly, and combine it with powerful tools to display data on the front end.
Here are some core dynamic features of both builders compared, and also compared with JetEngine’s corresponding functionality, as it’s a one-of-a-kind tool for dynamic websites.
| Dynamic feature | Elementor | Bricks | JetEngine plugin for Elementor and Bricks |
| Tool for creating CPT and custom fields | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ powerful visual tool for creating CPTs with meta fields or meta field groups
supports custom meta storage |
| Data relations | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ relations builder for posts, taxonomies, and users |
| Loop builder | ✅ exists, but with very limited querying possibilities | ✅ quite powerful (you will need to write PHP for advanced cases) | ✅ very powerful visual Query Builder and loop template builder supported by both editors (Listing Templates) |
| Conditional visibility | ✅ | ✅ more powerful and dynamic-oriented functionality than Elementor offers | ✅ the most powerful and dynamic-oriented functionality |
| REST API endpoint management | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ dedicated robust REST API module |
| MCP support | ✅ Angie AI plugin, but MCP settings are not available | not yet, but to be released | ✅ MCP settings available (you control them, and a model), with Command Line (agent) functionality. Can work with Angie as well |
Crocoblock Ecosystem Compatibility
Crocoblock integrates with both builders. However, since some plugins are built specifically as Elementor add-ons, Bricks offers a dedicated subscription package, allowing users to pay only for the six key plugins integrated with Bricks, which is more cost-effective than purchasing plugins separately.
This is a detailed breakdown:
New Features and Updates
In this scene, Bricks used to be much faster, but recently Elementor started doing a great job in adding and improving features and, what’s important, working on performance (which was always named as their weak point). They have a public roadmap, so you can check it out.
Of course, Elementor is a big fish, so it needs more time for any maneuvers. Still, it’s good to remember that we live in a fast-paced WordPress world. And Bricks is there to evolve quite fast. But there are some essential things that they are still working on.
🏆 And the winner is: it’s almost a draw. Bricks may have an edge in some areas, as it’s quicker to implement new features and actively listens to community feedback. However, Elementor has recently stepped up its game by releasing updates at a faster pace.
Performance (2026)
Performance is one of the major reasons why Bricks website builder has so many fans. It’s really well-optimized, and it’s easy to get nearly the best results on Google Core Web Vitals without making any effort (of course, it strongly depends on installed plugins, especially those having big libraries, such as WooCommerce). To check and compare how each of the builders influences the site’s performance, I’ve created two websites on the same hosting, same plan, and with the same content and functionality.
The first one has a Hello theme, and Elementor Pro is installed, as well as WooCommerce and JetEngine. I’ve created 10 posts and a homepage with a Listing Grid having these posts.
This is what Pingdom has for this website:
Now, let’s check the situation with Bricks. I use exactly the same content and plugins:
🏆 And the winner is: Bricks had fewer requests and a smaller page size. However, Elementor shows similar loading time and performance grade. Moreover, when checked on Google Page Insights, it shows better grades when it comes to Core Web Vitals. So, for this particular setup, I would call it a draw.
Elementor has 32 basic and more than 80 PRO widgets (including 28 for WooCommerce). Plus, countless additional widget kits as part of third-party add-ons. Such (many of them free) add-ons can extend even the free Elementor to the level that you will get all the imaginable widgets.
Bricks offers 60 elements, 13 for elements for dynamic templates, plus 23 for WooCommerce. As of now, there are not that many third-party add-ons to add more to it (and half of them are not free and cost more than the builder itself). So, the difference is obvious.
Well, Bricks’ authors encourage users to create custom elements, and it’s not that difficult, considering the clear structure and dedicated files for each element. However, you still need some knowledge of PHP to do that.
🏆 And the winner is: Elementor.
Bricks Is a Theme, Elementor Is a Plugin
If you want to use some particular features of a certain theme, you can’t do it with Bricks because it’s a theme itself. While with Elementor, you can combine both.
At the same time, the fact that Bricks is a theme makes its code clean and well-organized to a greater extent. It is actually one of the reasons why Bricks shows such a fantastic performance. The good news is that Bricks elements are convertible to Block Editor (Gutenberg) blocks and vice versa. Also, you can use the power of Block Editor with plugins made for it for certain pages and functionality of the website, and Bricks for other pages and other functionality.
🏆 And the winner is: it depends on your needs.
Which Builder to Use?
Elementor is definitely the right tool for beginner WordPress users because Bricks has a steeper learning curve. Elementor has tons of templates and add-ons, so building websites using it is easy and quick. The community is huge, and the plugin’s ecosystem is rich. But Elementor has its own shortcomings, and for many developers, especially those who prefer a more technical approach, extensive CSS framework support, and a cleaner DOM. With the introduction of Atomic Editor (V4) and Core framework support, the gap is narrowing, but the overall trend remains the same.
Bricks is still more about performance and flexibility, and can be a great option for WooCommerce websites in particular. Also, there are more and more integrations on the way. Its conditional functionality is impressive, and it’s great for highly dynamic websites.
Anyway, the right tool should be chosen depending on the project you are developing.
Elementor vs. Bricks FAQ
You can’t say that because it’s better in terms of out-of-the-box performance, but that’s not all for many websites. Bricks Theme still lacks a lot of integrations and add-ons. So, the future will show whether it will become big on the market or remain more on the niche side.
First of all, it’s not logical; you can use Elementor and Elementor-first themes if you need this functionality. Second, it will cause some unexpected conflicts, glitchy pages, etc. Overall, it’s a very bad idea.
Yes, it will be easy because they have a similar interface, and both are visual.
JetEngine, JetSmartFilters, JetSearch, JetBooking, JetAppointment, and JetFormBuilder (it has its own interface based on Blocks Editor, but there’s a Bricks element to style forms visually). Also, you can use JetProductTables with Bricks.
Yes, and you can use all the features JetEngine has on your Bricks website: create CPTs, custom fields, relations, option pages, use Query Builder, and other advanced dynamic functionality.
Use this guide. While it uses Elementor as an example, the workflow for Bricks is the same. Actually, for most features, the workflow for Elementor and Bricks is the same or almost the same, so you can use guides made for Elementor.
Yes, you can use JetEngine’s Query Builder queries with the native Bricks loop. Switch on the Loop toggle, and select JetEngine Query Builder from the list.
It’s also recommended to use JetEngine’s Listing Template to build loops. After creating a basic loop, apply the custom query you’ve created with Query Builder in the Custom Query section.
Wrapping Up
Bricks and Elementor are worthy rivals. It’s wise to choose the builder for each particular project: Elementor will work best for some, while Bricks is the best choice for others.
In this article, I covered the most essential features of each builder, highlighting their strengths and trade-offs. Ultimately, the best choice depends on your project’s needs – whether you prioritize Elementor’s extensive ecosystem and ease of use or Bricks’ developer-friendly approach. Both tools are evolving rapidly, so staying up to date with their latest updates and improvements is key to making the right decision for your workflow.
