https://us.wordcamp.org/2024/elementor-performance-wins-new-pro-features-and-ai-enhancements/
Summary: Elementor is up to -7 million installs. Recent updates have reduced TTFB by 50% and LCP by 40%. (I’ve noticed this with recent Elementor sites I’ve taken on for optimization and support.)
They’re reducing HTML “bloat” with more judicious use of containers, especially with the help of grid and flex.
The only truly thing I can say about working with Elementor is that I dislike it less than I dislike the block editor. I avoid using either if I possibly can.
That said, Elementor has been famous for its a clear and complete UI and terrible performance. Gutenberg is famous for excellent performance and very difficult interface. But while Elementor is working in performance, Gutenberg decided their UI experience is already perfect and complete.
In my opinion that’s not acceptable. I really don’t want to go to WordCamp2025 to learn Elementor has 25 million users and the Block editor still stinks.
Check out bricks. Better UI and more flexible UI than Elementor. Performance is on par with the block editor.