In this video to review Beaver Builder 2.0
which is a page builder for WordPress I am
in a unique position to review because I use
it on a daily basis so I definitely am and
very much in touch with its strengths and
very much in touch with the weaknesses of
this page builder hi my name is Adam from
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page you’re looking at right here this was
built with a Beaver Builder I do have Beaver
Builder on this site right here the reason
I wanted to make this videos because I actually
use Beaver Builder or not someone that played
around with it for five minutes and then all
of a sudden has all these opinions about it
know I’ve been using this and I’m very much
in touch with where does a great job and where
it could use some improvement and I would
highlight all those in this video so that
you can make the best decision for your circumstances
and in your situation so let’s just jump over
to Beaver Builder’s website now what anything
I do know they’re actually redesigning this
website of theirs which I do think’s going
to be a good idea so let’s take a look at
the pricing so I can kind of explain it now
there’s actually four different versions right
here you see three there’s another one because
there’s actually a free version of Beaver
Builder however it is very stripped down and
it’s probably not what you’re going to want
to use with the Beaver Builder it’s more for
like demo purposes to get comfortable with
the interface there are a lot of people that
do use the free version however I’m going
to tell you that this is really something
where you want the paid version of it they
have these three plans here let me explain
the differences really quick on the standard
plan for $99 this is just the page builder
and you would have to supply your own theme
which is okay because there’s a lot of WordPress
themes that will work perfectly with Beaver
Builder one of them that I’m any use in this
review video and actually show you demo of
Beaver Builder the second option is the Pro
plan it’s $100 more the only difference is
that in includes a theme that Beaver Builder
makes so that it is made to work perfectly
with Beaver Builder now a lot of people that
end up going with this plan they do because
they want to get a theme from them so they’re
only dealing with one company when it comes
to any support that you would need or updates
they tend to go with the Beaver Builder theme
and they get this package right here then
there’s agency package the only difference
is you can actually use this on WordPress
multi site I never really talk about WordPress
multisite because I don’t like using it and
there’s problems and is very difficult and
also with the agency plan you can white label
the page builder so if you are and I think
the theme as well you can white label both
so if you’re building websites for clients
and you don’t want them to see Beaver Builder
here Beaver Builder there you can white label
it make it say whatever you want it to say
that’s a new thing lately people wanting everything
white labeled so these are the three options
here just you know I used to have the Pro
plan now I have the standard plan and I have
my own theme that I use so here we are I set
up a new WordPress installation and what I
want to do right now is give you a quick demo
of Final Cut a little walk-through of the
interface that I want to talk about some of
the strengths and weaknesses of Beaver Builder
so what I’m doing here is I have the Beaver
Builder plug-in installed just a page builder
now for a theme I’m using the free Astra Theme
and it is in the WordPress directory so if
you want to themes add new did a search for
Astra this can pop right up I find that this
is probably the fastest seems that will work
with any page builder but is also very intuitive
so when when I want to create a new page in
I want to use Beaver Builder it’s been a realize
I’m using Beaver Builder and adjust some settings
to accommodate it like it make it full with
and remove the title this is something no
other teams really do and that’s one of the
reasons I’m using Astra another reason is
because I installed this a free plug-in called
Astra starter sites and what that allows me
to do let me show you I can go to starter
sites right here under appearance it allows
me with just two mouse clicks to install any
of these these complete website designs right
here that have been made in build with the
Beaver Builder so literally I just click on
preview click on install and I have a full
website so because of that look at the website
I have all going on right here I’m actually
in the builder right now that’s why you see
all this stuff going on but I’ll explain that
in a moment so that’s why I went with Astra
and Astra starter sites both are free and
I can have a Beaver Builder base website with
just a few mouse clicks now when you install
Beaver Builder there’s gonna be a new option
underneath settings and it’s going to be right
here where it says page builder and this is
where you can pop your license code in in
this is where you would enable Beaver Builder
to be used on different post types so I think
where is that right here post types by default
it only is configured out of the box to work
with pages but if I also want to use it on
blog posts I can click this box right here
and click on say post types if you had any
special custom things going on on your website
you would probably want to come here and enable
Beaver Builder on those pages and there’s
other options here that you can come to for
Beaver Builder but you don’t really spend
much time in here I find most of your experience
with Beaver Builder’s are going to go to pages
or posts you’re in a go ahead here and click
on add new and there’s going to be this option
right here for the page builder and that’s
to tell your theme that you want to build
this with Beaver Builder so let me go ahead
and go into one of these existing pages that
I built and will take a look at the interface
real quick of Beaver Builder so I’m in a go
ahead and click right here it says page builder
this essentially is a Beaver Builder what’s
new what’s really nice the note is some of
the details that the developers have put into
Beaver Builder so if you notice when I’m hovering
over contact or commercial or any of these
and you see page builder you see a little’85
Off to the right of it that let you know that
you actually built this page with Beaver Builder
I really like little touches like that that
are built into the tools I use to make them
smart so I would go ahead and click on page
builder what is can adduce can open this up
the page in the Beaver Builder interface now
I reviewed the first version of Beaver Builder
and I’ve been using Beaver Builder for two
years and when version 2 was just released
a month ago it is brought a lot of new features
and address a lot of the complaints that I
had about Beaver Builder the first version
and it really
but if you notice off to the right of these
options UC keyboard shortcuts I really like
keyboard shortcuts and here is a perfect example
of a great implementation of keyboard shortcuts
because the biggest problem with keyboard
shortcuts is remembering the keyboard shortcut
so over time I’m sure you come here and see
these options right here and get very comfortable
with it one of things I really like is there
is a user interface color option so I can
click right here it says change UI brightness
and now I’m in dark mode I really like dark
mode on most of the things that I use that
has that option so let me just talk about
some of these options right here in the Norman
to show you how you actually start adding
and manipulating content in Beaver Builder
and then I’ll get into the strengths and the
weaknesses of Beaver Builder so here’s the
essay would duplicate I really like how they
had this duplicate option because what I noticed
in a lot of page builders is they don’t have
a duplicate option and a lot of times if you
created something great you’re gonna want
to reuse it and that’s what I like about this
is duplicate layout option preview revisions
they have a fantastic revision manager so
what a revision is as every time you clicked
on the save button now you have a saved revision
that you can go back in time and restore if
you’re testing different designs out and they’ve
really done a good job of implementing the
revisions they did not have this in the first
version of Beaver Builder I have used it several
times and I’ve been very impressed with this
revision option right here layout CSS and
JavaScript I really like this it allows you
to put custom CSS on a page by page basis
the reason you want to do this is because
you might want to just for that page so why
loaded on all the other pages some global
settings right here’85 I take a quick look
at them to notice how fast that popped up
so right here just some CSS selector options
some default margins that you might want to
implement some of the CSS for the global all
the pages you done and Beaver Builder really
come in here that option this is actually
something that’s very nice and a lot of people
you don’t really see this and all the other
page builders as you have control over the
responsive breakpoints so you have it here
for medium devices which is tablets and small
devices which is cell phones so this gives
you more control over when a page on your
website will respond and shrink down to that
next device size of going to click on cancel
and get back into here so that was your global
settings and we already talked about the brightness
that’s to put this into dark mode WordPress
admin just get a kick out of Beaver Builder
you’ve got some help options right here and
here actually never clicked on keyboard shortcuts
this is just going to give you a reminder
of the keyboard shortcuts actually you can
even modify these keyboard shortcuts if you
wanted to do change them to be something else
I have instructions on that over on my website
now if you want to add anything to this page
or post that you’re creating now you’re just
going to go ahead and click on this plus and
it’s going to pop open like this and give
you a list of your modules now they they change
this a lot from version 1 to version 2 there’s
a lot of neat things with it and they have
to really figure out how we can fit all of
these options in this floating box right here
so right here Juergen Inman immediately is
to be given the options of the various modules
we can just drag and drop them anywhere on
your layout so comes with some basic modules
right here which is video heading audio text
editor separator HTML which you’ll drop shortcodes
in or embed code cells are that the common
things are in use that for a button and your
photo options and there is media options and
there’s all these various options here which
are actually very nice now working to have
these tabs appear so if you wanted to click
on arose then it’s gonna take us into our
road layouts if you have templates and you
click on templates it’s gonna show them Beaver
Builder does, some page templates I personally
haven’t found a good use for them I do think
that’s an area that they could really improve
on they do have a bunch of templates some
of them are okay I just find them a little
on the bland and play inside and here is the
grouping of landing pages so I can go here
and switch between the different groups of
landing pages and then right here is saved
this is probably I think my favorite feature
with Beaver Builder is on every different
level you can save and reuse portions of what
you create so you can save your entire page
that’s fine but you can also save a row that
you created and it can have a whole bunch
of things going on and you can save and reuse
that even all the way down to columns and
modules you can save all of that and reuse
it actually let me back up you’re not saving
columns but you can save the content in columns
the modules and reuse it I find this very
useful for me in you can also set different
saved items to be global so that means say
this part right here if I wanted to put that
on every page but then later on sites on 10
pages and I want to change the wording I don’t
have to go to every single page to change
it I can make it global so if I change it
on one page it’ll change on all of the pages
and I would say this is probably one of the
strong suits with a Beaver Builder as some
of the other page builders don’t quite have
this reusability like that you can say things
but you quite don’t quite have the power one
of the other very popular page builders you
can only save and make global a and individual
modules can’t be this whole chunk of design
that you put together could be just as the
little tiny piece which makes it to be kind
of a pain in the rear end but with Beaver
Builder you don’t have those problems so that’s
the Rose right here and let’s just jump back
into modules now one thing I’ll talk about
later some of these add-on packages for Beaver
Builder and what you’re going to do is when
you when you activate those it’s can add some
new modules and new features and typically
the way you’re gonna get to it is there to
be in a different group so on this I have
one of them installed so if I go to group
and I click on it here are those of modules
in the name of it is you ABB and this is the
you a BB modules so you have that there now
I gotta tell you someone that uses a solid
time I don’t sit there and scroll through
modules your images know the name of what
you like in your to click on the little search
here and you just go to do a quick search
for it because to scroll through module after
module after module to little tedious so you’re
to find yourself using this search all the
time I really like that they have this search
option there now I can show you some of these
superpowers behind this new interface and
this is a new interface that works the way
that you wanted to work so let me try to demonstrate
this you see how there’s this kind of marking
right here and when I move my mouse cursor
over it the mouse cursor changes in this is
to indicate that I can click my mouse and
I can literally drag and drop this anywhere
now if I like all right here it snaps right
back but watch this when I start Dragon that
you see on the left of the screen and the
Y and the right of the screen you see those
blue markings and that means I can drag and
Doc this settings panel right there and now
my settings panel will be docked and everything
will be on the right and it will always show
this settings panel and I can do the same
thing to move it off to the right now I really
like this feature and this was one of the
things I didn’t like about the first version
of Beaver Builder it would always tend to
pop things would these pop-up boxes would
just get in the way and I didn’t really like
that one of the side nice things about this
if I want to edit anything so I got this block
of text when I click on it what is going to
do is it’s going to open it up here on the
right in that dock panel so nothing is ever
covering my design now let me show you the
alternative of that so when I undock it and
I let go it’s good to have the pop up right
here in the middle now I can actually move
this anywhere I want and this will pop up
the same and I can even resize it so if I
go ahead and let me click on cancel and now
I want change this bit of text and I click
on it I get this pop up that kind of blocks
of what I am doing and so this is one of the
things that I really like about the docket
you don’t have that problem anymore unless
you wanted she’ll like it you can have it
but I like to keep mine a doctor there on
the left now one of the things when you are
editing anything all the various options that
used to be visible in different tabs they
are now going to be in this options right
here so you see for this particular model
or module it has list item general topography
and anything over three it’s can it be crunched
into a little drop down right here which is
the only other option which is advanced so
there happened to be more option panels for
this particular module they would all be listed
right here and that advance when you find
yourself in a lot because that’s where you
find your spacing for the different items
that you may be in some he undock this and
let me go ahead and click on cancel so we
can see the full design now the way any page
builder works is it’s going to be broken down
into rows and in these rows can have columns
in them and inside those columns Juergen to
place modules of content now on your rose
in your columns you can do different things
in the background you can put back on images
are background colors there’s all these different
things you can do with the background now
when you’re using Beaver Builder you notice
live got my cursor right here and I see two
boxes I see one that is highlighted in blue
and then just above that I see one that’s
highlighted in that gray color this is the
let you know the one in blue is actually a
module that I’m working on in the one in gray
is actually the row that I am in so let me
give you an a a better example so right here
if I click on this right here it’s letting
me know this is a module in a row and when
I go up here that gray is the actual row so
if I want to change any of the settings in
the row I would go ahead and click on the
ranch and is say it says right there row settings
just to make it more obvious for use let me
pull over our row setting so your typical
row settings are just gonna be the width is
in a fullwidth as it contained and when you
scroll down you have the options for the colors
of the elements that are the I’m sorry the
modules I use these different terms all the
time interchangeably modules elements widgets
all of that so it allows you to choose the
colors that are going to be applied to everything
inside of that container and also to set the
background here are background options you
have no background color photo video so it’s
nice to put a background video very easily
you can have a slideshow in the background
that’s a very neat feature a lot of people
use it and you can use it in very subtle ways
there is the parallax effect people like that
a lot in the add-on package that I have installed
it has a background gradient option this is
not something that’s in the default of Beaver
Builder and then there’s more options down
here so these are your typical row options
and to move anything around you have these
little move markers right here and you can
start moving anything anywhere that you wanted
now to save a row or a module it’s super easy
so right here I can click on the ranch and
if you noticed right here there is an option
to save as when I click on it I can give this
a name and I can choose if I want this to
be global or not that some of your power features
to Beaver Builder and that’s pretty much the
user interface right there now one of the
things that they really improved upon with
version 2 is the speed so if you notice when
I click on here it pops up and it gives me
the option to start editing it very very fast
whereas before in version 1 it was actually
very slow and if you didn’t have really good
day are decent performance web hosting environment
it would be even slower in fact this was one
of my biggest complaints on Beaver Builder
version 1 and I’m happy to say that they heard
that from all the people that might’ve brought
it up and they went ahead and made a change
to how the page builder works in order to
make it be near instant just like you saw
then when you’re done with your page you would
go ahead and click on the done button it will
reveal these options to discard your changes
save this as a draft or click on the publish
to publish and when you click on publish you
see it publishes very very fast so that is
Beaver Builder in a nutshell now what we should
talk about though now is some of the strengths
of Beaver Builder and then get into some of
the weaknesses of Beaver Builder first of
all Beaver Builder is built by a solid company
that’s not going anywhere okay they have been
in business I think this came out in 2014
and it’s been very very successful venture
for them we scroll that I think they have
a picture on the bottom there they are so
I’ll let you know that I’ve personally in
person met Justin and I personally in person
met Robbie a few months back and had lots
of talk about Beaver Builder version 2 and
I’ll save me two best things that could be
said about Beaver Builder number one it has
a very reliable team it’s a very reliable
company they are not going anywhere that’s
a huge number two I would say they probably
have the most reliable page builder for WordPress
but there are some reasons all talk about
why when I talk about some of the lid and
the negatives here with the Beaver Builder
the things I can improve upon that’s a nice
way of saying it and I but what I wanted to
say is that if you say you have a web development
company or an agency and people are counting
on you to deliver reliable website solutions
that don’t break that never have problems
that are super reliable I don’t thing never
having problems is even possible but if that
is your situation where there’s a lot riding
on updates not breaking anything I think your
best chance at having the reliability that
you really need is going to be with the Beaver
Builder solution it really is they are so
careful in what they add to Beaver Builder
and how they updated and then the how attentive
they are after an update to fix anything that
might go wrong and you only know this as having
used it for a long time and being part of
the experiencing all the updates and how things
have gone wrong and been fix and I’ll tell
you very few things have ever gone wrong with
a Beaver Builder update in the very few times
something went wrong it was a very minor thing
and it was fixed probably within is six hours
which is pretty fantastic for fixes they get
pushed out that quick so those are the two
biggest strengths of Beaver Builder another
big strength is a product that I didn’t talk
about that they just released maybe seven
months ago it’s a product that I’m using as
well it’s called beaver femur now they have
this banner right here if I click on it we
can take us over to Beaver Themer’s page I
do have a ton of content on it Beaver Themer
it’s kinda one of those things that if you
can grasp what it does you’re just mine blown
right you like wow now I can do so much more
but it’s also one of those things that it’s
kind of hard to describe in a nutshell what
it does you can check out their page right
here if you want to see more about it and
I have a whole playlist on everything that
you can do with it so essentially what is
can allow you to do is there certain parts
of your website that are traditionally built
and controlled from a design standpoint by
your theme in this would be your headers and
your footers your blog posts something called
archive pages and 404 pages okay I might have
hit them all right they’re very good these
are things typically controlled by your theme
but there’s no real easy way to change the
way they look at leisure theme provider has
at all built in and very few themes actually
do so what they did is they said people come
in them saying I want to do this with Beaver
Builder why can I build a header with Beaver
Builder why can I build a footer with Beaver
Builder so what they did is they built a tool
called Beaver Themer that essentially allows
you to do all of this now Beaver Themer is
not cheap it’s an additional purchase is another
hundred and $47 however if you need when Beaver
Builder a Beaver Themer does for you that
prices like nothing I mean nothing I use Beaver
Themer and so I wanted to say strength of
Beaver Builder is that you have the option
of adding Beaver Themer to it and so for more
info on Beaver Themer just go ahead and check
out my videos on Beaver Themer okay so now
that we’ve sugarcoated everything let’s talk
about the things that you probably are watching
this video to know and that are what are some
of the weaknesses that Beaver Builder has
and certainly can be the one that shares that
but it’s not sharing it in a I’m trying to
be mean or harsh or not give these guys are
for a fair shake it’s more these are things
that I wish they would improve but some of
these things they’re not can improve because
that’s not the direction that they’re headed
and that’s okay as well so the first thing
is that in my opinion it’s not even my opinion
it is just what it is they’re very methodical
in the slow to add any new features so if
you’re looking to Beaver Builder you have
to buy it for what it is today and don’t hope
for it to be able to do this fancy thing or
that fancy thing in the future because it
might do that but you do don’t want to bet
any money on that because they’re very methodical
and slow to build in new features and this
is been my experience over the years and that
actually feeds into why the update process
is so reliable a lot of the things that they’re
putting in these updates are things that are
more catering to higher level developers or
mid-level developers there not updates that
are catering to maybe the guy that only has
a couple websites or one website so they’re
very slow to add these in demand of features
actually I just added a new word to it in
demand features and what this is done is it’s
open up 1/3 party add-on marketplace I guess
you could say for Beaver Builder and so essentially
what I’m trying to say is if you want a flashy
fancy really cool meet designwise new feature
for Beaver Builder you’re not can it get it
from Beaver Builder they are going to let
you either use some custom code to do it yourself
or you need an add-on package now these animal
packages are not so expensive there think
it’s what 69 bucks or so they there $69 for
these various add-on packages that I can add
templates and it’s can add a bunch of pre-design
stuff and also some new modules and new enhanced
features we bumped into a couple of those
when we were looking at Beaver Builder just
a second ago now that’s both a pro and a con
I think for Beaver Builder itself and the
problem that I think it is because I think
a lot of these things Beaver Builder should
build because now you’re dealing with two
companies where there’s two different things
that could go wrong so if you had Beaver Builder
and their updates are super reliable but now
you have this third-party plug-in in your
you know they could push out an update and
it can cause a problem and they can kind of
step on top of each other it can be not so
good and that has been my experience there
is two main add-on providers one of them I’ve
had a really good experience with the other
one I’ve installed on my own website and I’ve
had lots of problems with the modules that
it offers that I’ve chosen to use on my website
and I’ve had weird issues with it and I don’t
know what’s wrong and I have to wait for them
to push out an update which takes a few days
and usually the problems are related to different
web browsers so they’ll put a new feature
or just something will just automatically
stop working right and now all of a sudden
on Safari it doesn’t look right but it looks
fine on chrome I run into a lot of problems
like that with one particular add-on provider
not the other one but just this one I’ve had
these various problems so the thing that stinks
about that is I found myself in a situation
where every time I update plug-ins now I’ve
got a go and spot check the front end of clear
clear my cash and then spot check everything
on the front and of my website where I’ve
used those add-on packages that I know have
been problematic his chest and super unreliable
Beaver Builder’s reliable but you know when
they give too much flexibility for these third-party
solutions that come in and just kinda say
will let them build that were not can you
build it you you have these potential problems
and I actually don’t like that aspect of Beaver
Builder really good example of that recently
is Beaver Builder 2.0 just came out and it
doesn’t have something that I think it should
have called in-line editing what in-line editing
is is so for example if I wanted to edit this
text right here in line editing you just click
on it and start editing it with Beaver Builder
doesn’t work like that you would click on
it you wait for pop up you edit the text in
the pop up and I felt very strongly that Beaver
Builder should add in-line editing and they
just kind of let a third-party developer do
it for an additional cost that you know if
you want this in-line editing now you have
to pay this additional cost in order to get
the in-line editing and also I will say that
since that happened Beaver Builder said they’re
going to put in-line editing in Beaver Builder
2.0 which I’m sure will be out in the next
month or several months you’ll have that in-line
editing but I just feel like they should do
more to add these types of features in Beaver
Builder and not have such a dependence upon
these third-party developers because for you
that means additional cost additional preferred
potential problems I’ve experienced it myself
when some of these things could really just
be added to Beaver Builder directly and so
I think that would be probably one of my biggest
criticisms of Beaver Builder now the other
criticism and I’m knocking to be so nice on
this one in this section of the only other
thing that I think is so needs improvement
with Beaver Builder let me get back into the
builder let me just say it and straighten
his harsh and as direct as possible mobile
editing in Beaver Builder completely sucks
in my opinion they are’s mean this is 2018
it should be super easy to create versions
that have lots of the little tweaks you need
in order for to look good on a mobile device
and in Beaver Builder they just I think there’s
one area where they’ve really dropped the
ball you have other page builders that have
dedicated mobile editing experiences on a
per device basis and what I mean by that is
you click a button and now you can see how
it looks on a tablet view and you can start
making all of the changes and have a pretty
accurate representation of what it’s gonna
look like on a tablet and then you can click
on mobile and have a pretty accurate representation
of what it’s gonna look like on a mobile device
with Beaver Builder it’s properly part of
it is these third-party add-on’s and they’ve
got up everybody’s gotta play nice together
but what happens is you you really don’t get
an accurate representation of what it’s gonna
look like on a mobile device it’s like here
let’s just try to replicate the issue right
here so if I go into preview mode I’m I can
jump back into the builder I can go to preview
layout and then we have this option here to
see what it would look like on a mobile device
now I already know this is not how it looks
like on a mobile device herself so we’ve already
got that out of the way that the mobile editor
experience in the preview really stinks and
Beaver Builder here is the tablet view and
here’s the desktop view obviously the desktop
skin to be accurate and there so this is actually
just viewing it I can’t like click on anything
and actually change it here so the thing that
you would think as I can go ahead and just
click on it and start editing it and you know
it what you look at this you like oh my gosh
is a problem the font is too big that’s not
how it actually looks like on a mobile device
though so you really it’s a disaster of a
mobile editing experience because what you
should be able to do is see what it looks
like on a mobile device have it be pretty
accurate and then you could go in there and
start editing things however what you have
to do instead is you have to go module by
module make your edit save it publish it then
view it on a mobile device to see if that’s
actually how it looks it’s it’s pretty bad
it’s pretty bad this is you know this looks
pretty bad right here right but this is not
at all how it looks like on a mobile device
so their mobile preview is really bad so let
me show you where some of the mobile editing
options are on Beaver Builder so the first
mean the main thing you’re in 1/2 a let’s
go to row setting right here so a lot of these
options are to be found under advanced so
go here any part that has this little monitor
you can click on it and you can make a specific
edits to that setting on a per device basis
so we have it here for margins we have it
here for padding and here is actually something
else that’s really cool you can choose to
display a row or certain different parts of
your site on a per device basis is actually
very good feature that they have it’s actually
pretty standard as well so here is the margin
it set to zero but if I click on this and
now looks like a little tablet here and it
goes into the tablet view and if I click on
this again goes into the mobile view and I
couldn’t make changes to these settings right
here and it will be just applied to the mobile
version of your website so now we look here
we say GOT a problem with this and what what
the problem is is this is an accurate representation
of how it looks like on a mobile device and
then is say I didn’t change this font right
here to be something that would look right
on a mobile device and then I went to edit
something else was not to show the mobile
version of that anymore it just you know I’m
expressing a lot of frustration on the mobile
editing of Beaver Builder I don’t want it
get tuned to down this wormhole with it I
just want to say this if you’re considering
getting Beaver Builder go ahead and install
the free version and tested out this mobile
editing experiences can be exactly what I’m
showing you right here and just try to see
how easy it is to get this to look pixel perfect
to how you wanted to look on a mobile device
and on a tablet device and you’re probably
gonna find that it’s it’s a bit on the tedious
side it’s totally doable don’t get me wrong
it’s totally doable except it’s very tedious
to get perfect on a basic layout you’re probably
not can I have so much trouble but on a more
complex layout that you might want to have
a little bit more going on with it it’s going
to be on the tedious side so anyways that
is the mobile editing experience it’s not
that it’s not doable to have a great looking
website for mobile device using Beaver Builder
itches it is good to be a little bit more
work and it’s good to be a little bit more
tedious than I think it needs to be and it’s
one of the areas that I think that they really
need to improve upon just to make it as easy
as possible because a super important to make
sure your website designs look great on all
devices so that’s pretty much going to be
all the cons I’m really going to hit on with
Beaver Builder you can see it’s not major
it’s not like it’s anything that they can’t
improve upon on their own I will say the whole
issue of them adding new features I don’t
think they want to because they’re more interested
in just having it be stable and reliable although
I don’t think adding new features that make
something unstable and unreliable I do though
feel that if you’re in a buy Beaver Builder
buy it for how it is today now lastly I just
want to talk about who I think this is for
Beaver Builder’s for and I think I already
had a lot of that in this video it really
depends on what your goals are or what your
priorities are when it comes to your website
if it’s reliability number one then Beaver
Builder great option for you especially if
you are going to have for client websites
that you manage you might want to have the
path of least resistance there however you
do have to take in consideration that you
probably didn’t need a third-party add-on
which could bring in issues that Beaver Builder
doesn’t really have a lot of control over
now if you’re more interested in modern design
it’s going to be a little harder to get that
out of Beaver Builder without adding any kind
of custom CSS to get really modern design
effects out of it in that case there may be
other page builders that better fit your needs
in fact I have made a video that compares
11 different page builders on all of these
different points so if you want to be exposed
to some of the other options out there that
is definitely something for you to look at
now all of that being said the pros and the
cons when you go to my website it’s built
with Beaver Builder and it’s right here into
what like I said it’s been a great experience
this page right here is built with the Beaver
Builder and I’ve been grateful for Beaver
Builder I’ve been grateful for the Beaver
Themer and really right now if you need those
features that come with Beaver Themer you
have no other choice but to go with Beaver
Builder to have that functionality and that’s
kind of the category that I am in sure there’s
other page builders I look at may have other
features that I really want to but right now
I also have to keep Beaver Builder because
of Beaver Themer so as you can see the purpose
of this video wasn’t really to say you should
go by Beaver Themer Beaver Builder or you
shouldn’t go by Beaver Builder it’s more to
give you information so you can make that
decision for yourself however if you are interested
in buying Beaver Builder I do have a training
course called Beaver Builder essentials it’s
going to basically teach you how to build
a beautiful website using Beaver Builder there
is even a whole section in there on it Beaver
Themer that some you are interested in and
the best part about this course is I give
to you for free if you purchase Beaver Builder
through the link on my website so you can
go ahead and visit the video description box
will be a link it’s been essentially the VP
crafter.com/Beaver Builder it’ll take you
to page that has all the information about
it on how to get access to that course I sell
a $499 so it’s a insane offer if you made
it this far in the video should definitely
have something to give you in return for it
and that is this course when you purchase
Beaver Builder through the link on my website
just to be crafted.com/Beaver Builder so hey
I’d like to hear what you think about Beaver
Builder if you think I got some points wrong
or if I left a few things out pros or cons
go ahead and leave that down below let’s have
a civil discussion though I know people love
their page builders including me but the fact
is there’s a lot of great page builders out
there and no only purpose of this web of this
video is to help you make the best decision
for you and your circumstances based upon
what you want and what your goals are so thanks
are sticking with me to the end thanks watch
this video I’ll see you in the next one brought
in a new interface so first when you go into
a new page with Beaver Builder auger to notice
is this bar here at the type top now off on
the left there’s a drop down right here and
when you go like this you’re going to see
some options that you have like save
12 Comments
Hi Adam,
My self Anil Prayag, I have using beaver builder at my wordpress website, from last month i am unable to edit the content. Even we checked every setting of builder. Our working is stuck due to this builder. Please assist on my concern.
Thank
I would recommend reaching out to the developer.
Maybe they give you priority support, but our experience of their support is beyond a joke.
It takes them roughly 24 hours to respond and when they do, it is only to ask a moronish question, which gets you no further and you then have to write back to explain the situation all over again and wait another 24 hours.
This is not World Class support – It is useless, in our opinion
Thats pretty harsh. This is WordPress software, its sold at a very low cost. A 24 hour response time is typical.
I agree with Bowe, Adam and this is not harsh at all. World Class Support is not in the order of 24 hours and is of no use. I have also experienced the same, weak first line response, which then facilitates another 24 hour wait for a second crack at it –
The product itself is Word Class, but (in my opinion) could do with being better supported.
Laxa
Hey great post and video. Quick question have they changed the mobile editing features?
Yes! They listened and responded FAST. All the issues I had were resolved a long time ago.
As a financial advisor, one of my roles is helping others establish their new businesses. An online presence is obviously necessary. I purchased Beaver Builder because it offered drop and drag capabilities in Word Press. It also appeared to be a cost-effective solution when compared to subscription-based solutions.
This is not the case. Shortly after my license expired, Beaver Builder lost all functionality. The company’s website claims that “Beaver Builder doesn’t stop working just because your license expires.” After a Word Press update, I was left with zero ability to make any changes. In fact, the software doesn’t even start after the change.
When you look at other services, they start with monthly subscription fees running from $5 to $12 a month. Beaver Builder costs $16.66 when you consider that updates are required (and yes, the only solution the company offered was for me to pay for an upgrade). Considering how tight the budget can be for a new business, I can’t justify recommending Beaver Builder.
Yea so after your year is up, you can choose to pay for continued access to support and updates. Beaver Builder will continue to work, but if there is a fundamental change to WordPress or something like that which causes Beaver Builder to no longer work, that is where you would need access to their updates. The renewal cost is reduced though. So if you purchased the $99 Beaver Builder, you can renew for $60.
Very expensive. I’d rather use Avada and get free updates.
Very expensive. I’d rather use Avada and get free updates, particularly if you used UABB plugin which requires additional expense. I have only two client sites using BB & UABB. Not enough to warrant the continuing license fees. I don’t think I’ll ever build another site with a Beaver because I prefer free updates that come with most premium themes!
Yes you can buy single site licenses to themes. The cons are you can only use it on 1 website and they include only 6 months of support. But the pro is access to updates.