Monstroid2 vs Avada vs Divi: Which is “The One”?
In case you’re new to web design, but you need a website and you heard lots of times following names: Monstroid, Avada, Divi, I bet you have a lot of question as for which of themes will be the best for your company/personal website.
Before we start we need to clarify a few moments, first of all, these are all multipurpose themes, on the basis of any of these three you can build literally any website. In terms of universality this is cool, because, in the beginning, your website can be quite simple 5 to 10 pages, but eventually your business will start growing and you will require building additional landing pages (that will be the part of your sales funnels), maybe you will need a forum, a store, a job board, or anything else.
All these themes will be able to cover your business needs, but still, there are certain peculiar features that these themes have, and this is what we’re going to discuss in this piece.
Installation Process
In this part, I’d like to show you the differences and similarities in the installation of these WordPress themes. Monstroid2 has a little bit different approach to installation.
A few years ago with the release of the Monstroid theme, Zemez introduced its onboarding system. Basically, it’s a plugin which installs all theme’s component in a hassle-free way.
Monstroid2 The installation process may look quite long, but it’s a lot more comprehensive than the other two.
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Avada
Now let’s see how we can install Avada theme.
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Divi
And here comes Divi installation.
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Here I’ve presented screenshots of the installation process of these three themes, as you can see during the Monstroid 2 installation the wizard installed all theme’s components making it look exactly as it is on demo, while Avada and Divi require additional steps from the user to install (child) theme, plugins and sample data.
Overall result
Monstroid – ★★★★★
Avada – ★★★
Divi – ★★★
How Many Additional Designs are There?
Each of these themes has a bunch of additional themes, blocks and skins one can use.
| Monstroid2 | Divi | Avada |
Monstroid2 is updates once every week starting from its launch. Each update will provide you a new set of blocks, skins, and pages. |
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Once in a while Elegant Themes giveaway additional layouts for free, if you choose Divi theme don’t forget to keep track on their update. |
When talking about the design of skins/child themes you need to know that Avada and Divi themes were created more than 3 years ago and most of their additional designs look really outdated.
Overall result
Monstroid – ★★★★★
Avada – ★★★
Divi – ★★★
How to Customize These Themes?
| Monstroid2 | Divi | Avada |
| Elementor Builder
Currently Elementor is the most popular WordPress pagebuilder, it supports multitude of WordPress theme apart from other two from this post. |
Fusion Builder
Fusion builder is a custom developed backend visual page builder that is much appreciated by thousands of people. |
Divi Builder
Same as previous item, Divi’s page builder was custom built by Elegant Themes company. For the last few years it entered the list of top pagebuilder, but was gradually dislodged by Elementor builder. |
Overall result
Monstroid – ★★★★★
Avada – ★★★
Divi – ★★★★★
What Plugins are Included?
| Monstroid2 | Divi | Avada |
The set of Jet plugins complements and vastly extends functionalities of Elementor builder. * |
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* – As you know plugins are the weak spot of WordPress, the more plugin you install, the more glitchy your website will become eventually. Zemez team made their JETs extremely optimized, meaning that their effect on performance on the website (page speed) is minimal.
Overall result
Monstroid – ★★★★★
Avada – ★★★
Divi – ★★★
Support & Updates Options
| Monstroid2 | Divi | Avada |
| The updates are the most interesting thing in Monstroid2 template, its updated once every week. Each update will deliver new skins and block for free.
The support is available via chat, phone and tickets. Both support and updates are provided lifetime to every Monstroid2 owner. |
The Avada theme comes backed by lifetime free updates and 6 month of free support. | Divi owner can get support via live chat, ticket or forum.
Lifetime plan gives you access to everything for a lifetime, while yearly provides users with updates and support for 1 year only. |
Overall result
Monstroid – ★★★★★
Avada – ★★★
Divi – ★★★★
Ecommerce
| Monstroid2 | Divi | Avada |
| Monstroid2 theme comes with a full set of WooCommerce pages. The most important thing here is the JetWooBuilder with its help one can create custom single product pages. | Avada is 100% compatible with WooCommerce allowing the user to open an Avada-based without many efforts. | Divi theme is also compatible with WooCommerce but unfortunately, most of the child themes design look quite outdated, meaning that a store built with Divi child themes may not follow the latest design trends. |
Overall result
Monstroid – ★★★★★
Avada – ★★★★
Divi – ★★★
Pricing & Licensing
| Monstroid2 | Divi | Avada |
| $75
The Monstroid2 theme is released under the single site license, developer license is rumoured to be introduced in fall 2018. |
$60 – regular license $2950 – extended licenseThe Avada theme is released under two types of license.Regular license Use, by you or one client, in a single end product which end users are not charged for.Extended license Use, by you or one client, in a single end product which end users can be charged for. |
$89 or $249 yearly
Both Divi memberships allow building an unlimited number of websites. |
Overall result
Monstroid – ★★★★
Avada – ★★★★
Divi – ★★★★★
Monstroid VS Avada VS Divi Infographics
In case you’re keen on infographics you will love this comparison table where we’ve highlighted various features of these themes in a single table.
Guys, as you can see Monstroid2 themes wins in all of these categories, if you want to find reviews from real people you’re free to check out the reviews section at Monstroid2 product page. But still, each of these themes covers its own niche being a perfect product for a specific group of people.
Until next time, guys!
