With the current release of Thrive Architect, this is now a very close competition.
If I were building websites for clients, I would go for Beaver Builder because it is very reliable will won’t cause you any headaches down the line.
Also, Beaver Builder is a real page builder with full website builds in mind.
But if I was making just a few websites for myself, you can’t beat the value you get from Thrive Architect.
It is priced better, and it has almost every feature you could want.
Also, Thrive Architect has excellent marketing-focused elements.
Keep in mind that to use any of the templates in Thrive Architect, it will remove your theme’s header and footer on those pages.
20 thoughts on “Beaver Builder Vs Thrive Architect”
Hi my web site is just for info and a presence and i want to up grade from bakery builder as i dont want to learn any more programs and just want something that is easy to use WYSISWYG
Thinking Beaver over Thrive photosinabooth.com.au is the site i want to add it to
What do you think ?
Thrive Architect is a solid builder and it has many elements that work great in making your content look more appealing. Also check out Elementor.
Thrive Architect is without a doubt the best option for marketing or sales purposes. However it does hurt your SEO.
Use Thrive Architect on a subdomain with landing and/or sales pages, but do not use Thrive on pages you want to rank.
For good ranking Genesis is a very good option. Less flexibility, but good clean code. Beaver or Elementor can be useful to bring the required flexibility as they don’t hurt SEO like Thrive Architect does.
Why would it have any different effect SEO wise than any other page builder? Its just words and images on a page, all the same.
Hi,
just my 2 cents 🙂
1/ Thrive Architect already has GLOBAL ELEMENTS – they call it SYMBOLS.
2/ You can load landing page template and copy its HTML (directly from TA). Then insert it into normal SANDWICH page/post and you will get full landing page template, but with header and footer. It is quite easy to do…
Yea that was recently added, and I even made a video on it. I’ll update this post.
It now has global elements called “symbols.”
Which of the site/page builders do you recommend for non-techies who just want to get their own web presence up in a solid way, that is quick, efficient and again solid in its appearance?
I would recommend Elementor because it’s free, it’s awesome, and when you are ready, you can upgrade.
Have you noticed a load speed between the two? I am trying to find a non-bloated faster loading builder.
Both are pretty close. Thrive would have a slight edge.
I am just getting started and this may be a dumb question but would you be able to use both page builders (Thrive Architect and Beaver Builder) on one WordPress site?
Yes, you totally can and many people do.
I’m planning to do the same, but I’m wondering if having both will not confuse my client, since the primary choice for pages and other post types would be Beaver Builder/Themer. I’d use Thrive Architect only for styling options of other Thrive plugins. Or is Thrive Architect not required for other Thrive plugins to work?
OK, I contacted the source, Thrive Themes support, and found out that Thrive Architect isn’t required for their other plugins to run.
Yes I don’t have Thrive Architect on this website, but I have Thrive Leads and Thrive Comments on it.
Hi,
The prices for both plugins are for unlimited time or we have to pay it every year in order to keep our content?
Thanks
Thrive Architect is lifetime updates and 1 year of support. Beaver Builder is 1 year of updates and support, so after a year it will still work perfectly, you just won’t have access to updates.
Thrive Architect is a marketers dream come true.
Yes, that is really its strong suit.