Gutenberg vs Page Builders (Old School) - Are Page Builders Slow and Bloated?

In this video, we will be testing Gutenberg vs Elementor vs Thrive Architect vs Beaver Builder vs Divi Builder vs Themify vs Seedprod vs SiteOrigin.

I have always been critical about Page Builders because of speed concerns. So I've created this in-depth and detailed Gutenberg vs Old School Page builders to prove the point that Page builders are slowing down your WordPress website.

In unfortunate events, I've decided to drop SiteOrigin from the test because it is not even worth having it as a page builder. It is hard to navigate and it is not intuitive. It is 10 times easier to create a page with Gutenberg Blocks.

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⌚ Time Stamps (Chapters):
0:00 Introduction
1:25 Tests we will do on this video
1:59 How I am going to get accurate results
2:31 Test conditions
3:57 Are the domains hosted on the same server
4:45 What plugins are installed
4:59 What themes are installed on the default WordPress
5:09 Base test
5:32 Point of reference data
5:37 Installing the native themes
5:52 Installing the page builder plugins
6:14 Adding a header and button to a blank page
6:42 Bloat Test
7:53 Bloat Test Result Summary
8:05 Building up the common page from scratch for all page builders
11:43 Testing & Data Recording
13:04 Main Test Result & Analysis
16:06 Outro

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[skdts]

Thanks so much for doing all these things, tests, edits to enlighten us. I found your channel today and after watching your educational contents, couldn't hold myself from subscribing. Best wishes Jack.

[TheSimmoAu]

Gedday Jack, as a small business owner and being tech minded I was open to the challenge of setting up our webpage in house. That was 10 years ago now. I recently started the third round of redoing our site as there are issues with the site and previous choices of WordPress themes and plugins. Elementor seemed to be the best option for ease of use and flexibility however PSI results weren’t encouraging. I’d looked at Gutenberg and it seemed clunky and not very friendly so I continued with Elementor but page speed was bothering me. I started watching your videos and I gave Gutenberg another crack. I cannot thank you enough for your clear and concise tutorials. I actually find Gutenberg quicker to use than Elementor and have almost completed the new site. Watching one of your other videos on what blocks to avoid has my PSI results consistently in the mid to high 90’s. I am using Kadence Theme and Blocks hosted with Cloudways. Keep up the great work cheers mate👍

[darndarn]

Totally agree with your comments about gtmetrix 👍 why use gtmetrix when google ( who are the ones serving up your site in search ) have their own tool . On another note though, speed is vital yes but so is the interaction of the visitors to your site. If google sees little to no interaction on your website then speed won’t matter as google will serve a website that has an over 80 score on speed and tons of interaction compared to a site with a score of 100 but little visitor interaction going on .

Awesome video and I really do appreciate all that hard work you put into this, very very insightful 👍

[buntuscainte]

Great video. Insane amount of work and effort. This video along with the video comparing gutenberg with the new school page builders is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you 👌👍

[DavidWaumsley]

Hi Jack, I commented here about some issues on your Beaver Builder set up that would prevent it getting a top score. I am not sure if you or You Tube deleted it. Beaver Builder can easily get a 98 - 100 score on mobiles creating your test page. If this comment stays up and will explain better.

[carlosa.valdez]

FELICIDADES, QUE GRAN TRABAJO HAZ HECHO 🙏

[drjimbarnes]

Jack, You obviously have a scientific education the way you approach this topic. Well done! I love Gutenberg. You’re right, bit of a learning curve but once you get there it’s 👍

[rob]

I so agree Gutenberg is the right way to do it and now even with FSE themes I even like that idea more then using page builders and fast nobody likes a slow website and also litespeed server is another good upside to have when having a wordpress site. subbed!

[gmknight]

Thank you for this video. I am beginning learning about WordPress and alway thought page builders other than Gutenburg took longer to load and was bloated. I am glad you showed I was right. Also, you taught me how to test this in the future. Thanks again.

[johngerritse]

I appreciatie the work you put into this. I think you make a very good comparison with fair tests. Thanks a lot for this great, informative video. Big thumbs up! More people who design WordPress sites need to see this video.

[megataizack]

Hi jack..love your video but can you make a video about how to make single product page using gutenberg.

[seetnhomes]

That was a lot of work! Thank you for doing this. Great video!

[UltimateBokanator]

Man listen your hard work earned you a sub

[romari]

Test Bricks Builder. Because it does most of its work in the browser itself rather than the server, it may be the fastest of all of these.

[HaifengZhu-pnuq]

Jake, I hope you can make reviews on BeBuilder (Betheme) and Cornerstone (X Theme)

[MartinSvocak]

Thanks for your effort! 👏 I am looking forward to upcoming videos 💪👨‍🏫🤴

[alishehryar]

Keep doing that bro! Success always comes after hard work!

[alexejlitvinec]

Thanks for your work! It would be great to review Bricks builder + theme.

[rjpena]

Great work sir, can you do Gutenberg+Meta or ACF

[BusinessBonheur]

Nice video, very complete and structure, your'e amazing and patient.