If you’re thinking about an addon plugin to improve your Elementor site, ElementsKit and Essential Addons for Elementor are two popular names. Both are among the most popular Elementor addons. Each has over 2 million active users, and both do a lot of the same things.

So, which one is the best Elementor addon?

TL;DR:

• ElementsKit is a compact toolkit including mega menu, header-footer builder, WooCommerce widgets, and advanced modules all under one roof.
• Essential Addons comes with a lighter footprint and is focused purely on content design.

About ElementsKit and Essential Addons

ElementsKit is an all-in-one Elementor addon built by Wpmet. It’s a complete site-building toolset. In one word, ElementsKit is Elementor on steroids.

The plugin has recently crossed 2 million+ active users. It comes with 100+ widgets, advanced modules like a Mega Menu Builder, Header & Footer Builder, Widget Builder, and a full library of pre-made templates and section blocks. ElementsKit uses a modular architecture, which lets you turn off features you don’t need to keep your site lean.

Top Features:

• 100+ widgets and 20+ modules
• Mega Menu Builder ((most in-demand feature)
• Header & Footer Builder built-in
• 1000+ pre-made section blocks and 98+ ready pages
• Works with Elementor Free and Pro
• Built-in WooCommerce widgets (Category List, Mini Cart, Product Carousel, Product List)
• Advanced features: parallax, sticky content, conditional content, cross-domain copy-paste, and more.

On a different note, WPDeveloper develops Essential Addons for Elementor. It’s one of the largest third-party widget libraries available for Elementor. It’s focused primarily on giving you more design elements to work with inside the Elementor editor.

Essential Addons also serves 2 million+ customers, and holds the record for one of the most users of third-party Elementor addons. It offers 55+ free widgets and 40+ Pro widgets, covering everything from post grids and data tables to WooCommerce elements and form stylers.

Top Features:

• 100+ free and pro widgets combined
• Largest widget library for Elementor
• Clean integration with the Elementor editor
• Modular asset loading (only loads CSS/JS for widgets on the page)
• Popular widgets: Data Table, Advanced Accordion, Instagram Feed, Content Timeline, Post Grid
• WooCommerce compatible
• 100+ ready-made blocks (Pro)

ElementsKit vs. Essential Addons: Highlights

Feature	ElementsKit	Essential Addons
Total Widgets	100+	100+
Free Widgets	50+	55+
Mega Menu Builder	✅ Yes	❌ No
Header & Footer Builder	✅ Yes	❌ No
Widget Builder	✅ Yes	❌ No
Pre-built Templates	1K+	3K+ (Templately powered)
WooCommerce Widgets	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Parallax Effects	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Sticky Content Module	✅ Yes	❌ No
Conditional Content	✅ Yes	❌ No
Cross-Domain Copy Paste	✅ Yes	❌ No
Modular Asset Loading	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Works with Elementor Free	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Active Users	2M+	2M+
Free Version Available	✅ Yes	✅ Yes

Deep Dive: 5 Areas Where the Difference Is Clear

Let’s have a closer look at the areas that actually matter.

1. Mega Menu Builder

This is ElementsKit’s most defining feature. It lets you create fully custom, Elementor-powered mega menus with columns, images, widgets, WooCommerce category lists, and icons directly in your nav.

On the other hand, Essential Addons has no comparable mega menu feature. For a complex navigation structure, you’d need an extra plugin to fill this gap. 

2. Header & Footer Builder

For a built-in Header & Footer Builder module, you can select ElementsKit. The tool lets you design fully custom headers and footers without any theme restrictions.

Essential Addons doesn’t include a header/footer builder. You have to use your theme’s default header and footer, or install another plugin. But it adds complexity to an otherwise streamlined setup. 

3. All-in-One Architecture

Regarding the architecture, ElementsKit provides bundles of widgets, modules, and features such as image masking, advanced sticky, a widget builder, and more, along with a template library. If reducing your plugin count matters, ElementsKit is the cleaner, more consolidated choice for your WordPress stack. 

Read this step-by-step guide on how to use a template in Elementor with ElementsKit

Meanwhile, Essential Addons is primarily a widget library. For conditional content, advanced layout control, custom headers, mega menus, etc., you’ll need to install additional tools alongside it.

4. Advanced Modules

Both plugins offer useful modules that enhance Elementor’s functionality, but they focus on different areas.
ElementsKit offers a broader set of advanced modules aimed at developers, marketers, and complex website workflows. Modules like Cross-Domain Copy Paste, Conditional Content, Image Masking, Particles, Onepage Scroll, and others add capabilities that go beyond visual enhancements.

However, Essential Addons also provides many handy extensions for improving design and user experience. But it’s a solid choice for straightforward standard Elementor projects.

5. WooCommerce Integration

ElementsKit has dedicated WooCommerce widgets, such as Woo Category List, Woo Mini Cart, Woo Product Carousel, and Woo Product List. You can design any Woo site Mega Menu with these Woo elements professionally.

Essential Addons does offer several WooCommerce widgets. However, without a built-in mega menu builder, you can’t achieve the same deep WooCommerce navigation integration that ElementsKit delivers out of the box.

Pricing Comparison and Value Analysis

Type	ElementsKit	Essential Addons
Free Version	✅ Yes (WordPress.org)	✅ Yes (WordPress.org)
Pro – Single Site	Starts at ~$49/year	Starts at ~$60/year
Lifetime Deal	✅ Available	✅ Available
Refund Policy	14 days	14 days

Let’s analyze the value: ElementsKit is slightly cheaper at the entry level. It offers a compelling deal without cutting corners on features. 
However, you can also choose Essential Addons, which also offer extensive elements and support for you.

Performance Benchmark Data

Both plugins have made serious investments in performance, but there are differences worth knowing:

ElementsKit:

• Uses modular architecture. It enables only the features your site demands.
• You can disable unused widgets and modules. It reduces asset load significantly.
• Advanced features like Parallax, particles, and others add weight when enabled.
• Optimized for Elementor’s asset loading system.

Essential Addons:

• Loads CSS/JS only for widgets present on the current page
• Clean, focused codebase and modules are light
• It’s slightly lighter when using a similar number of widgets
• Doesn’t slow sites down

Best Performer: Both plugins are performance-conscious and won’t slow down your site out of the box. You can disable what you don’t use in either plugin. For simple widget-only use cases, Essential Addons is better. ElementsKit matches up excellently when modules like parallax and particles are turned off.

Use Case Decision Matrix

Use Case	Plugin	Why
WooCommerce store with category mega menu	ElementsKit	Built-in Mega Menu + Woo Category List widget
Blog or content site focused on design	Essential Addons	Larger free widget library, lighter load
Agency building many different sites	ElementsKit	All-in-one, fewer plugins to manage
Site needing custom headers/footers	ElementsKit	Built-in Header & Footer Builder
Multi-site workflow	ElementsKit	Cross-Domain Copy Paste module
Maximum free widgets without paying	Essential Addons	More free widgets than ElementsKit
Full WooCommerce page building	ElementsKit	Complete WooCommerce ecosystem

FAQs

Editor’s Pick

To build a WooCommerce store, run an agency, or want one plugin to handle everything, ElementsKit is my pick.
The plugin wins on scope, depth, and total site-building capability. The Mega Menu Builder alone is worth the price of admission for most sites. Add the Header & Footer Builder, advanced modules, and WooCommerce widgets, and you’re replacing 3–4 separate plugins in one go. For agencies and store builders, it’s simply the smarter long-term investment.