Avada or Elementor with Themeasy, which should your next site run on?
By Felipe Lima, founder of Themeasy · Last checked
Avada has more than a million sales on ThemeForest: one theme with its own builder, 113 prebuilt websites and six bundled premium plugins. Themeasy comes from the same marketplace, made by an Envato Elite author with 6,400+ customers, and it makes a different bet. Build on Elementor, the free builder with 10+ million active installs, and get 24 finished themes, GSAP motion and an AI in one plan.
The short answer
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Choose Themeasy if…
you want your pages in Elementor rather than in one theme's shortcodes, and 24 themes, GSAP motion, a template library and an AI that builds whole sites, on every site you run for one annual price.
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Choose Avada if…
you want a one-time purchase for a single site, a theme that bundles forms, sliders and marketing tools, or you already know Avada's builder well.
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There are two Avadas now.
Since May 2026, Avada Classic stays on ThemeForest with a lifetime license, and Avada One is a yearly subscription. Avada's AI comes only with Avada One Pro.
Avada beside Elementor and Themeasy
Area by area. Themeasy's column covers its paid plans and premium themes on free Elementor; Avada's covers Avada Classic and the Avada One plans.
| Area | Elementor + Themeasy | Avada |
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| The builder | Elementor, free on WordPress.org with 10+ million active installs, extended by the Themeasy plugin. | Avada's own Live Builder, with 120+ design elements. Avada stores page layouts as shortcodes. |
| Theme builder | A visual theme builder with twelve section types and display rules, store areas included, on Themeasy themes. | The Layout Builder, for headers, footers, page title bars and the 404, search and archive layouts. |
| Where a site starts | 24 premium themes, each its own design concept, with their demos. | 113 prebuilt websites, all inside the one Avada theme. |
| Template library | 600+ Themeasy Library templates, inserted in one click from the Elementor editor (Pro and Agency). | Avada Studio, with 600+ content blocks to drop into a page. |
| Motion | Themeasy Motion on GSAP, with entrance, hover, text and scroll animations. Container effects on a Themeasy theme add parallax and sticky columns. | Scroll, mouse and infinite motion effects on columns, a Lottie element and a scroll progress element. |
| Widgets and elements | 128 Themeasy widgets, beside Elementor's own. | The design elements, plus form, off-canvas and mega menu builders. |
| AI | Themeasy AI: your own Claude builds a complete site, and the plugin installs it. Included in Pro and Agency, with no credits. | Avada AI builds and edits pages in the Live Builder and writes copy, with 5,000 credits a month, in Avada One Pro only. Avada Classic has no AI. |
| WooCommerce | Ajax product filters, quick view and variation swatches, plus a template for every store page, on a Themeasy theme. | Layouts for the shop, product, cart, checkout and thank-you pages. Wishlists and abandoned cart recovery come with Avada One Pro. |
| Sites | Unlimited on every plan. | Classic covers one site per license. Avada One covers 1, 5, 50 or 1,000 sites by plan. |
| Price | Widgets $89/yr, Pro $119/yr, Agency $199/yr (launch prices). One theme $59 once, for one site. | Classic is $69 once on ThemeForest, with 6 months of support. Avada One runs from $49/yr (Essential, one site); Pro, with the AI, from $99/yr. |
| Ownership and lock-in | Your pages live in Elementor, so another Elementor designer can take them over. | Layouts are Avada shortcodes, and an element you switch off shows as plain code on the front end. |
| If the subscription ends | Pages and content stay yours after the paid year. The plugin drops to its free features, and a theme bought outright keeps working. | Avada One sites keep working, while updates, support, imports and the AI stop. The Classic license never expires. |
The Avada column comes from its maker's own pages, read on 9 November 2026: Avada pricing, Avada on ThemeForest, Avada One and Avada Classic compared, A new chapter for Avada, Avada AI, Layout Builder, Prebuilt websites, WooCommerce, Column motion effects, Avada Builder shortcodes, Avada Builder options. The Elementor + Themeasy column comes from our own feature pages.
Themeasy is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by ThemeFusion, the maker of Avada, or by Elementor.
Every theme and every site, on one plan
A ThemeForest license covers one theme on one site. Themeasy Pro covers every Themeasy theme, the AI and every site you run, for one annual price.
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24 themes, not one
Each Themeasy theme is its own design for a real business, so you are not bending one design to fit every client.
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Elementor underneath
Your pages live in a builder with 10+ million active installs, so your skills and add-ons carry from site to site.
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Motion on GSAP
Scroll, entrance, hover and text animations, set from the Elementor panel without code.
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Themeasy AI
Describe the site, or pick a Library template, and your own Claude builds it on a Themeasy theme.
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The living library
600+ templates from library.themeasy.co, inserted from the editor, with new ones added all the time.
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Every site covered
Unlimited sites on every plan, with no license to buy per domain.
Where Avada is the better pick
You want to buy once, for one site. Avada Classic is $69 once on ThemeForest, with a license that never expires and six premium plugins bundled, Slider Revolution and ACF Pro among them. A single Themeasy theme is $59 once for one site, without those plugins.
You want marketing tools inside the theme. Avada One Pro adds experiments, emails, contacts and campaigns, and WooCommerce sales tools such as wishlists and abandoned cart recovery. Themeasy leaves those to plugins made for them.
You already know Avada's builder. Years of Avada habits are worth something. If your sites run well on it, keep them there, and try Themeasy on the next one.
Avada's prices beside Themeasy's
Avada sells a one-time license on ThemeForest and yearly plans on its own site, priced by the number of sites. Themeasy's plans are yearly and cover unlimited sites.
Elementor + Themeasy
- Widgets All content widgets, animated
- $89/yr
- Pro The whole toolkit, every theme
- $119/yr
- Agency The toolkit, under your brand
- $199/yr
- One premium theme One site, a perpetual license
- $59 once
Launch prices, billed once a year. Every plan covers unlimited sites. See every plan
Avada
- Avada Classic On ThemeForest, one site, 6 months of support
- $69 once
- Avada One Essential 1 to 1,000 sites, no AI
- $49 to $399/yr
- Avada One Pro 1 to 1,000 sites, AI with 5,000 credits a month
- $99 to $499/yr
As listed on its pages, checked on 9 November 2026. See Avada's pricing
Questions, answered
Is Avada better than Elementor?
They are different kinds of tools. Avada is a theme with its own builder, and its pages live in that builder. Elementor is a builder that runs on many themes, and Themeasy adds 24 themes, GSAP motion, 128 widgets and an AI to it. Pick Avada for one all-in-one theme; pick Elementor with Themeasy to keep your pages in Elementor.
What's the difference between Avada Classic and Avada One?
Avada split in May 2026. Avada Classic stays on ThemeForest as a one-time purchase with a lifetime license. Avada One is a yearly subscription sold on avada.com and priced by the number of sites; its Pro plans add the AI, the marketing tools and the sales tools.
Does Avada have AI?
In Avada One Pro, yes. Avada AI builds and edits pages in the Live Builder, writes copy and makes images, with 5,000 credits a month and booster packs for more. Avada Classic from ThemeForest does not include it. Themeasy AI comes with Themeasy Pro and Agency, and your own Claude plan does the thinking.
Can I move an Avada site to Elementor?
Avada stores page layouts as shortcodes for its own builder, so plan to rebuild the pages in Elementor. Start from the Themeasy theme closest to the site, or let Themeasy AI build a first version from your brief.
Who makes Themeasy?
Felipe Lima, an Envato Elite author whose ThemeForest themes have 6,400+ customers. Themeasy is the next step from that work: themes, a plugin, a template library and an AI, built together for Elementor.
Read our storyIs there a site limit with Themeasy?
As many as you run, on every plan, Free included. The plans differ in what they include, never in a site cap.
Can I try Themeasy before I pay?
Yes. The Widgets plan starts with a 3-day free trial. You add a card at checkout and pay nothing that day; unless you cancel within the 3 days, the first year ($89) is charged when the trial ends. Pro and Agency are bought directly and carry a 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked.
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Divi or Elementor with Themeasy, which should you build on?
Divi is one company's theme, builder and AI, with a lifetime option. Themeasy puts themes, GSAP motion, a template library and AI on free Elementor for $119 a year.
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Astra or a Themeasy theme, which should your Elementor site run on?
Astra is a light base theme for any builder, with starter templates. Themeasy themes come finished for Elementor, with GSAP motion, 128 widgets, a library and AI, on unlimited sites.
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Do you need Elementor Pro?
Not if you build on a Themeasy theme: the theme builder, the widgets, WooCommerce and the motion run on free Elementor. Pro still wins on other themes, native forms and trigger popups.
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Every theme, every site, one plan
24 Themeasy themes with GSAP motion, 128 widgets, the template library and Themeasy AI, on free Elementor and unlimited sites. Or own one theme for $59.