# Elementor: how AI models rank it, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 14 judge labels across 2 categories by 8 of 14 models. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/elementor/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landing pages and interactive content | 2% | 12 | 18% | 11 |
| Content management systems for marketing sites | 0% | 52 | 100% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "the WordPress + Elementor combo gives you the most flexibility and the lowest ongoing cost" (MiniMax M2.5, Landing pages)
- "Choose Elementor if you already use WordPress and want to keep costs down." (Perplexity Sonar, Landing pages)
- "Elementor (free version) is a great low‑cost option for landing pages" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Landing pages)
- "Best If You Already Use WordPress: Elementor (Free Version)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Landing pages)

## And against it

- "amateur page-builders (like Elementor or Divi, which cause code bloat and slow down B2B sites)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Marketing CMS)
- "relies heavily on third-party plugins for SEO, forms, security, and page-building (e.g., legacy Elementor or Divi setups)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Marketing CMS)
- "complained about slower page load times and performance issues, and Elementor can cause conflicts with other plugins" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Landing pages)
- "Over-reliance on visual page builders (like Elementor or Divi) can lead to messy, slow-loading code" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Marketing CMS)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Landing pages and interactive content: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 31 → 12 of 69.
- Content management systems for marketing sites: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 16 → 52 of 55.

## The company

Elementor plugin; https://elementor.com; Ramat Gan, Israel; founded 2016. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Elementor's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: A leading website builder for WordPress, powering over 22 million sites and 13% of the web. (https://elementor.com/)
- For: Professionals, creatives, and businesses (https://elementor.com/)
- Price stated: free website builder (https://elementor.com/)
- Starting price: 60/year (https://elementor.com/pricing/)
- Free plan or trial: no-cost Editor tier (https://elementor.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 60000 (https://elementor.com/)
- Customers named: Bloomreach, Time, CNN, Disney, Rollingstone, National Geographic, Billboard, No

## What it publishes

Every page elementor.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 354 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 121 pages, 12 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- case study: 3 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- webinar or virtual event: 3 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-19
- conference or event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-06-28
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-01
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-02-24
- glossary or explainer: 29 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-06-06
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-03-04
- Recent: 2026-09-23 case study: Mcp webgate case study https://elementor.com/blog/mcp-webgate-case-study/
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Elementor mcp launch https://elementor.com/blog/elementor-mcp-launch/
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: Elementor mcp beta https://elementor.com/blog/elementor-mcp-beta/
- Recent: 2026-08-21 blog: Ai website builder for wordpress https://elementor.com/blog/ai-website-builder-for-wordpress/
- Recent: 2026-08-21 blog: Ai wordpress plugin https://elementor.com/blog/ai-wordpress-plugin/
- Recent: 2026-08-21 blog: Wordpress ai plugin https://elementor.com/blog/wordpress-ai-plugin/

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.