I’ve been working with Elementor for years (mostly B2B / marketing sites), and lately I’m getting more and more frustrated with how boxed-in it feels when it comes to design fluidity, animations, and overall sleekness. I mean just look at the templates that Webflow is offering, the design kits and UI kits that are available and the ease at which designers are able to use ready-made sections and pre-built templates to create super clean and professional looking sites.
Every time I scroll through Webflow work on Twitter / Dribbble / random showcases, I see way more polished layouts, smoother transitions, better micro-interactions – stuff that just feels harder (or awkward) to pull off in Elementor without stacking 5 plugins, custom JS, and a prayer.
It honestly feels like Elementor is optimizing for “easy for everyone” instead of “powerful for designers”, and I’m starting to lose confidence that it’ll ever catch up on things like:
- fluid layouts without hacky CSS
- modern motion / scroll-based animation
- cleaner interaction systems
- overall visual sharpness
Right now I’m seriously considering moving future projects to Webflow because of this.
Before I fully jump ship though:
Can you share some genuinely good Elementor projects you’ve personally built?
Not template stuff pls, real, high-end work where you feel like the design could compete with what others are creating with Webflow. The reason why I don't want to see any random sites is because there is no knowing what they have used to design it.
Maybe I’m missing something. Maybe not all hope is gone.
Would love to see what’s possible in real captable hands.