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Functionality
4.7
/5
1.1K
Total features
15
3 categories
Divi features
Common features of Website Builder software
Functionality
4.7
/5
1.1K
Price starts from
89
Per year
Total Features
15
Unique features
Media Library
Auto Update
Functionality
4.4
/5
17.2K
Price starts from
13
Per month
Functionality
4.4
/5
6K
Price starts from
15
/user
Per month
Total Features
104
Features in Common
11
Unique features
Lead Nurturing
Dynamic Content
Mobile Optimization
Contact Database
Stacey S.
Staffing and Recruiting, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Design, Development, Ecom, Content Publication, Affiliate, SEO
Since the early 2000s, I have been a loyal user of Elegant Themes (Divi), and I can't help but appreciate their unwavering commitment to seamless UI integration, top-notch design, and responsive frameworks. Their customer support is nothing short of exceptional, setting a global standard. Having them as part of my team brings me immense satisfaction and joy.
I'm truly at a loss on this one, as I am genuinely amazed by their dedication because they consistently exceed expectations, even in areas that might not be considered their direct responsibility, such as handling hosting errors. Their commitment to going above and beyond is truly exceptional.
Samuel (SammyJ) K.
Marketing and Advertising, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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I design both simple landing pages up to e-commerce solutions for my clients with Divi builder.
It's easy to use and offers a community of 3rd party developers that build beautiful software to add into your projects. When things go wrong, Elegant Themes is as responsive as you could expect them to be, but the ecosystem of 3rd party developers for plugins and child themes are also responsive and in some cases - work with each other to resolve your issues.
It's a robust system so it requires almost everything to be up to date all the time. This has caused random, strange issues that I need help troubleshooting. Also due to its design, if you're not an excellent hosting the builder can get weighted down and run slow in website load times. A CDN is almost always necessary.
Kurt P.
Events Services, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for 2+ years
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I manage multiple sites and train managers to use them on a regular basis. Divi is consistently requires the most training and administrative support. Divi consistently takes longer to do simple edits and results in more errors per edit than any other theme we use. Divi requires a lot of server resources and bandwidth for simple actions, making it slow for admins and punishing mobile end users who may have limited bandwidth/poor connections. A faster server will only help so much - you can't spend your way out of this.
1 - The system uses a layout system/library to allow for shared layout elements - such as headers/footers. Allows for custom elements on each page. 2 - Divi provides a WYSIWYG editor.
1 - Divi was built before WordPress used blocks and was intended to solve some of the sames issues and is incompatible. WordPress blocks are far easier to use and understand. 2 - The WSYWG editor is confusing and SLOW. Save does not always mean save, restore features lie and don't work. 3 - Divi uses separate content for mobile and desktop. A single edit must be made in multiple places. 4 - The layout system/library is hard to use and probably could have been addressed more easily using widgets or other tools provided and supported by the WordPress core. At least you don't have to touch it much. 5 - Divi does not respect boundaries between content and format. It inserts a huge amount of formatting cruft into the content which makes it slow for users. And expensive to impossible to change themes or platforms without starting from scratch. If you expect your project to have a long life, this carries significant future costs/limitations. Divi tries to do things its own way. This means that the user skills learned are not transferable and site content itself is not transferable, and that prior knowledge can't be applied. I wonder if Elegant Themes really wanted to build their own CMS from ground up without WordPress - it has always felt to me like they were trying to write a new CMS on top of another, adding new sins to old, adding redundant layers of processing and administration.
Amanda V.
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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We have absolutely loved it. We used to use Elementor, which isn't bad, but Divi is noticeably better.
The drag and drop is very user friendly, their tutorials are perfect, the support has been great though we have almost never needed it. They regular update the theme and provide a huge library of templates for those who might need them.
Honestly, there isn't anything about Divi that I can complain about. The only downside is that it can sometimes become so large that plugins might occasionally conflict with it but they remedy it quickly every time.
Karolina S.
Graphic Design, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I can easily offer design AND implementation with little to no programming / developing knowledge. I learned some CSS tricks and that seems to be more than enough. It is fast and allows my clients to work on their websites by themselves when small changes are needed. That gives me so much more freedom.
Easy to use for a graphic designer, visual builder is great, maybe sometimes a little bit slow and refreshing during my work. Presets and styles are awesome. I had to spend a little bit of time to really implement it correctly, but once done, it smoothes work immensely. It's great when you have cohesive website layouts and then presets can function as classes. Nice. I love DIVI library and Theme builder - it allows me to do really incredible things with some additional code.
I would greatly appreciate even more native functions that would allow me to resign from additional plugins. It's always painful for the website's speed. Also, I would love to see a little bit more customization in the menu module. A timer for evergreen products - oh, that would be a good one. And of course... the blog. More blog layouts would be a dream, as I can see that clients are slowly getting tired of social media and want to create content for their websites. Also I'm looking forward to see the possibility of defining one's own breakpoints or even adding more breakpoints to the design. As of now, we have three possible breakpoints, but with a very wide range of screen dimensions it would be nice to have a bigger screen included (1920 px +) and for sure - tablet horizontal view and small screens in general. It is always painful to customize menu, images, fonts to fit this area somewhere between 1200 px and 980 px. I still have some issues when customizing WooCommerce with DIVI. Some things still need to be coded manually.Since I purchased WP rocket, it's easy to speed up DIVI, but it would be great to speed it up just a little more.
Monnieh P.
Information Technology and Services, self-employed
Used daily for 6-12 months
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The support is great, you get an answer instantly, so you are never stucked.
Of all the website builders i have seen Divi is the best.There are a lot of high quality templates, and you can not get that value for money anywhere else.
Sometimes it is hard to capture the modules and edit them
Yann I.
Online Media, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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My overall experience with Divi has been a very good one. The tool is solid and brings a lot to the table – and the fact that's being updated and improved on a regular basis doesn't only make it one of the top WordPress builders out there, but also one that, once you've started using, is probably going to be with you for several years.
There are several features I think make Divi an incredible tool. Firstly, there's the library of templates (layouts) you can easily load and use, or customize to add your own branding elements. The user interface is relatively easy to navigate and the Drag-and-Drop approach makes the webpage-building process really intuitive. An additional feature I'm a big fan of is the ability to save and export page templates I have created and would like to use for other pages – and I can even import the exported page template to a different website running on Divi too. Plus, Divi Builder can even be paired and used with a different WordPress theme, which makes it a real Swiss army knife for anyone interested in building a website.
While it's possible to add, customize and resize elements for different devices (e.g. laptop, smartphone, and tablet), I have had issues with this feature in the past. For some reason, some images wouldn't be made completely responsive on a tablet with a portrait orientation...not ideal.
Eva J.
Retail, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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While generally easy to use, for better SEO, may need to know some customization to ensure seamless integration with WordPress. Sheer amount of features means a possible learning curve. Once familiarized, one can customize to one's liking any parts of any pages of the website with different components to suit specific needs.
- Value for money as Divi can be used on unlimited number of sites. - User friendly with intuitive dashboard, ease and simplicity of use - Advanced page building features with a lot of design flexibility, giving users the power to build custom designed websites without needing to know any programming codes and still achieving professional looking websites. Great for beginners in web design and development because it makes building WordPress websites simple and fast.
- Unless one is a seasoned Divi user, Divi can be slow because whenever one adds a new element to a page, it adds extra CSS and JavaScripts to the websites. Divi also has a lot of codes that a site may not even need but cannot remove entirely without breaking the system. This can create multiple issues with Google Core Web Vitals assessment. Loading a Divi website with multiple plugins can take a long time. This may be detrimental for mobile users and may mean poor search engine optimization (SEO). - Divi does not included breadcrumbs by default, hence need to add breadcrumb plugin to the system. - Divi does not generate XML sitemap automatically.
Lia T.
E-Learning, self-employed
Used weekly for 1-2 years
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I honestly couldn't recommend this software, and the team behind it highly enough. I continue to have an amazing journey with the Divi Team and enjoy working on my pages and websites because of them. It has been and I'm sure will continue to be an amazing experience on all fronts because I know it will continue to just get better by the minute. The team is great, the software is great and the whole experience couldn't be better.
The thing I most like about Divi is its ease of use and ever-growing, progressive learning curve. If I think of where I was when I first started, I knew absolutely nothing about building my own website and it is largely with the support of the fantastic team at Divi plus the great templates they have to progressively learn that I have been able to achieve building one. Now I know that with the Divi team, anything is possible, all it takes is a question and they will do their absolute best to answer it thoroughly plus take on board any improvement suggestions I may have. It truly is software with a fantastic team behind it and built with people at its centre which is what makes me feel so confident in using it.
oops I think I answered this in some of the earlier slots. The great thing is that the Divi team is always open to listening and adjusting as required. That's a big part of what makes it so great.
Norbert F.
Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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We have been using Divi for 2 years now and are really impressed. The ability to save templates in the Divi Cloud is also perfect and makes it easier for us to work together as a team and increases our productivity. Another thing that is very important to us and works really sensationally with Divi is the perfect support. If we had a problem, we never had to wait more than 15 minutes for help and so far all challenges have been solved perfectly. Thank you Divi :)
the many templates that are available and the simple handling of the pagebuilder - perfect support!
The picture gallery could be a little better - more styles, and features...
Davide B.
Newspapers, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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All in all I’m very happy with this theme. I’ve been able to overcome almost every obstacle and issue or to find an acceptable alternative since it’s very flexible and the span of your creativity is the biggest limitation :)
Divi has a real lot of pro’s: it’s powerful, feature packed, has a great library of ready made templates with import / export capabilities, has a great customer service (YMMV but 9/10 has been helpful if not super helpful). Even a novice can get the basic stuff done easily in no time, but on the other hand an expert can benefit of very deep customisation features, ability to add custom code and many other advanced features. The best part is that, being widely used, on the web you can find myriads of tutorials, helpful websites, templates to download, forums and the like. This is of great help for the less experienced users since you can seek or ask for help and be reasonably sure to find an answer since the theme is so widely used.
Divi is very powerful and feature packed, and that might negatively affect builder and website speed on cheap/ low tier hostings. With a reputable one, however, you can tune your website to be very performant (using third party plugins and custom coding you can easily reach 90-100 in pagespeed scores). Deep under the hood customisation might be difficult sometimes since it’s very large and convoluted
Markus W.
Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I use Divi for about 5 years, so the evolution of Divi was and is amazing.
We mostly use figma or xd to develop the UX/UI design of the website an its very easy to implement the design in Divi. The broad range of modules/functions etc. makes it very easy, the new included AI helps sometimes for creating content. With the VIP support all problems (mostly caused by me or my team 😅) are solved within minutes.
It' s like every software – there's always that little fear, when updates are released ...
Charles H.
Media Production, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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After using other visual builders, I chose Divi as the software to invest in for my growing Web Design business. The leadership at Elegant Themes is committed to future development which enforces my choice to invest in the platform
Divi has a great customer support team readily available via chat plus well-documented training videos and blog posts to learn basic and advanced features. Additionally, there is an extensive group of 3rd party developers offering solutions and training for all aspects of the software easily accessible online.
The learning curve takes a long time but as noted above, everything I needed to become an expert user is available to lean as quicky as you like.
Patrick M.
Architecture & Planning, self-employed
Used daily for 6-12 months
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Truly fantastic to the point where I wrote management at Elegant Themes to thank them for how they structure support, and how it's allows me to quickly put together a site that meets my organizational needs.
The WordPress DIVI (Extra) theme allows me to take advantage of WordPress's innate ability to display categorized content in a much more sophisticated manner - like any major newspaper we read online. I find DIVI (Extra) relatively easy to use, but what really makes the difference is their excellent customer support. Staff at Elegant Themes are super helpful and enabled me to get a solid website up and running far quicker than I could have done by myself. There is a huge psychological benefit for me to know that I can reach out to DIVI staff when I need to and get a response in a timely manner. Sometimes it's a matter of minutes. Very occasionally (when they're really busy) I get an email a few hours later. It does not matter, however. in that they always are able to provide a solution that keeps me moving forward at goodhumanhabitat.org.
DIVI is so feature rich and has everything I need. There's really nothing that jumps out at me regarding things I like least. In a few cases, I'm surprised I need custom CSS to solve a problem, but it's no big deal because there is always knowledgeable staff available to help.
Levi D.
Graphic Design, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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Aside from the not so good aspects, Divi theme is an absolute heavy lifter for me as a designer with not enough developer experience. Divi works and when it seems like it doesn't, Divi tech support staff is always there for me ready not only to answer my inquires, but also roll up their sleeves and go inside my website fixing stuff I have no idea how to fix. Their support team is absolutely amazing and I always had a wonderful experience chatting with them. It's a soul relief to know someone "up there" is with you the whole time when you need help. Thank you Divi.
The multitude of modules and customization options and the fact that you can assign classes and IDs to target them with CSS styling in the custom CSS.
I wish the Sliders had more customization options and features such as built in possibility to integrate other modules inside each slide, without the need for third party plugins or coding. Other than that, I'm sure Divi will add more animations to both page scrolling and modules reveal.
Jay M.
Internet, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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Overall thoughts about Divi are: It is worth the money, It will speed up your build time make you more productive and the premade templates help you create an amazing website fast.
Divi is very easy to set up and get started building your website. The documentation is detailed and complete.The user interface is simple and easy to use.You can build custom layouts, headers, body, footers and more.YOu can save any page or layout you have made to reuse on the current website or a different website that you are using Dive to build it with.
Divi seems to slow down the website load speed a little. The load time of the builder could be faster at times.
David M.
Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I started building websites in 2020. At first, I tried custom themes, but they were very expensive (you need to hire a developer, and you depend on him for the whole project). Then, I used 2 other famous builders to try different options. I've migrated all these websites to Divi or I'm in the process of migrating them to Divi. I have large multinational websites built with Divi, and large e-commerce stores too. For more complex websites you'll need to buy some extras from the Marketplace (which is great, and it really has everything you need for big projects) or to hire a developer, but the underlying technology under everything is Divi for sure. For personal blogs, travel blogs, or small e-commerce websites, the basic subscription is more than enough. And the Support team, what can I say? They are amazing. I have only words of appreciation for them. This review is just a way to recognize their help and effort.
I love the ability to save a page, section, or layout, export it and use it all over the website, or export it to other websites and save A LOT of time. The builder is extremely intuitive, and there are a lot of online videos that help you in every situation. I just can't be more thankful to Divi, they are the core of my business.
Mega menus are very difficult to achieve in Divi.
Jeremy A.
Design, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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Even with the quirks, I still recommend it and like it. It has helped me and my business out tremendously by keeping costs low and the time to build sites low. My customers like it because it makes it easy for them to make little adjustments without me.
The pricing and licensing are the best. They are coming out with a lot of major updates that are bringing more value to the theme builder. I love the theme builder options of being able to target certain pages for specific templates. It helps speed up the process of building sites so it keeps my rates low for customers. It offers a lot of design options so I can make unique designs quickly.
I don't like how quirky it is. There are some things that are so glitchy that it has become normal to expect from Divi. The header jumping issues are pretty bad. The header building options are very limited. The text options are unreliable. It will add extra lines and spaces randomly. It is slow to initiate the builder and it is very slow when changing responsive screen sizes. Maybe it is because my computer is a little older. :(
Ann A.
Marketing and Advertising, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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Divi is what makes it possible for me to offer WordPress websites to my clients. I'm a marketer and content creator. Not a developer, not a graphic designer. Divi is easy to use and lets me handle the content, development and design, by myself. I don't need to learn to code CSS and HTML, or hire a developer, because Divi offers plenty of options to build a site and I'm not left wishing for more options or running into limitations that would require custom development. I don't need to buy and learn Adobe design products, or hire a designer, because Divi has incredible flexibility and a huge range of design options for any web page - and for anything my clients request. I don't need to manage developers and designers and their projects most of the time. Yet I still have the flexibility to bring them into projects that require development or design skills beyond what I can do myself.
I use Divi for my client websites because it's a theme I can stick with over the years and not have to redo the sites later. Elegant Themes' management is solid and the company is well-run. Their product development adds useful features and impressive innovations at a steady clip and doesn't fall behind the market. My clients consistently find it easy to learn how to add or edit a page themselves on their own site in Divi. Divi's tech support is responsive and helpful. Their videos make it easy to learn and adopt new features on the same day they are released (!) so that I don't fall behind. Their market share is growing, the user groups are growing, the marketplace of add-on products is growing, the number of online training resources is growing. Overall, Divi is a solid and proven business choice. And it's fun to use.
Twice in the last 3-4 years I've encountered super-geeky software conflict issues that have cost many hours of troubleshooting and tech support time, where the source of the problem turned out to be obscure. They don't make it easy to get their advanced support team involved. On one of the issues they declined to speak directly with SiteGround hosting to troubleshoot something together more efficiently, instead leaving me to copy-paste insanely technical info and questions back and forth to the two advanced tech support teams (and SiteGround declined to speak directly to Divi's techs as well...). A better escalation and resolution process for advanced technical issues is needed.
Erik K.
Design, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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I love that Divi is constantly updating and growing. I've been using Divi since 2016 and they have managed to not only make it work the same but do so much more. The level of options in fine tuning designs now over what was available then is mind-blowing to me. They just don't stop adding to it. And their support is always there.
Most theme builders I've used are bulky, boxy. Divi, let's you build on the front end allowing you to see the changes in real time. It's just a very smooth process. You can use the Divi Theme to create just about anything you want without the need for other plugins. It doesn't completely eliminate the need for them. But, unless you're building a store. You can build a very elaborate site using only the builder.
It's really hard to name any cons that aren't nitpicking. I guess the main thing is in their theme templates. There are plenty to use. I often load a template as starting point and then just customize it from there. However, I would love to some over the top templates with more motion. Divi is capable of so much and it would be great to some templates design that have more of a 'wow' factor. The have created templates for almost any business model from profession to quirky. But I feel they need more quirky fun and 'wow' type themes. That being said, Divi is so popular you can find third party templates and plugins that are just as top notch.
Stasha K.
E-Learning, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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I am satisfied with it. My experience is good. The Divi is stable, and I like it more than Elementor. It's just my opinion. I created many websites and landing pages with Divi, and every time is a unique and beautiful feeling to be a creator. I can make a site very fast because of the library option to save my layouts and modes. I love the import-export option as well.
It's easy to manage. There are a lot of valuable options. You don't have to be a connoisseur to use the options, but a designer's prior knowledge of the Divi is recommended. The truth is that with Divi Builder, you can easily make a masterpiece. It has a unique design and simplicity that easily achieves harmony and a popular look. Everything is in the service of good design, and if you are not a person who enjoys creating, there are ready-made templates that you can insert into the page with one click. They are easy to edit. So, Divi is a simple, good-looking, handy Theme, Builder and it has it all ready to help you with your work.
Everything is good when Divi has no strange things between you and your success. If you experience that builder is not equal with frontend look after you exit the builder, you can try some things to fix. You can contact support, but you probably know all the tricks if you have been a user for more than a month. Support won't give you anything you didn't find through Google search. But, you are not alone if you don't mind giving someone access to your site because they will ask for it if you want help, and nothing became helpful before. So, the support is good and, at the same time, maybe not educated enough to help you without admin rights. Divi sometimes has bugs that can be annoying, e.g., you can change the look on mobile, but sometimes Divi changes it also on PC.
Jacalyn R.
Marketing and Advertising, self-employed
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Overall, I have stuck with Divi due to the ease of the drag and drop features and premium feeling of the product. I've used Elementor, WP Bakery, and Buddy Press before, but nothing has been as fluid as Divi. I'm able to easily drag and drop what I need and make dynamic content for viewers to see. My only gripe with it is that it can slow down your site significantly. So if you have a lot of products/content, I would go with Elementor or another program. That being said though when I use Divi I feel that I'm at my most creative level and have more freedom to play around with design and try new things. And if I ever run into any problems, there are always extremely helpful Youtube videos to watch and their own support library too that will help guide you. If you do go with Divi, I do suggest digging around there website for different footer/header layouts as they oftentimes give new designs away for free that match the template library they have perfectly. Saves you lots of time!
The template library is very nice and they are always adding to it, drag and drop is easy to use, importing layouts is fairly simple. Lots of additional plugins can be imported to make the content even more dynamic and eye-catching! (Divi supreme, Divi Next. etc.)
It slows down your website a lot, so make sure that you don't have too much content on the site or it will be incredibly slow. When first uploading the theme, also make sure you activate it and put in your API key (always have it handy) to start uploading layouts. You still need to use some "additional css" to make some changes- like changing the color of the hamburger menu.
Bruno I.
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I had DIVI purchased before I was hired at the company because they announced that we would be climbing a mountain of activity. Today, I can confirm that DIVI is the ideal tool you need to carry inside your digital backpack if you're going to take on your next Web adventure. Yes many things, it doesn't do them, there is no ready-made food, but I can confirm that there is a worldwide technical support staff that is ready to support you at any time of the day or night! If you have to go on an adventure, start with DIVI then by virtue of any other needs you will make your assessments. If you are a Lazy. If you're not a programmer and you're lazy, don't buy this product because it's like a beautiful woman: "You have to get to know her and make sure she'll follow you on your adventures." DIVI is the tool that will allow the world to see how good you are at dealing with Web technology. before deciding to buy or not DIVI, ask yourself how you want the World Wide Web to see you.
It scared me at first. I am not a programmer and so I had serious difficulty figuring out which end of the DIVI ball was up. Thanks to video tutorials and posts from DIVI itself, I was able to untangle Sections, Menus, Modules and lines of code. The thing that I have particularly appreciated is the quality of the World Team that is present at any time of day or night.
Guys, I won't hide the fact that you should simplify the parameters section. No matter how much goodwill one puts into it, sometimes the configuration menus are only understood by the person who made it. I know the programmers well. They don't see beyond their noses. But if someone comes from outside and tells them that beyond their nose there are millions of customers who can't work with that little gem of his, then the intelligent programmer questions himself and changes the dress of his creature So my dear programmers, make the configuration panels so simple that even a child can understand them.
Desmon H.
Marketing and Advertising, self-employed
Used weekly for less than 6 months
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If it weren't for [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] and R[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]. I probably would have given up and moved on to a different site builder. Divi should hire more folks like these two. The rest of the agents I've had have only really seemed interested in telling me to go read a faq. After this is done, and the issue isn't resolved they stall for two hours and log off. Again, thank you [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] and R[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] for being different.
[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] Thrills I think this might start turning into a review of individual folks I work with. Shout out to [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]. These two agents have been the support folks who seem to go the extra mile. I completely left a conversation frustrated once again after two hours of being put on hold repeatedly without any resolution. (I won't say that agent's name, but a terrible experience, unfortunately). Enter [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] who was in stark contrast to the service rep I had received before. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] was not only able to help resolve the issue but teach me a few things that will potentially save me a query in the future. Thanks so much [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]!! Also, thank you [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN].
Divi's support minus [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is terrible. I can't tell you how many agents I've talked to at this point who stall me for 2 hours and then log-off to hand me off to somebody else. I had a person today tell me he couldn't access my site (40 minutes wasted). The next agent got in no problem. I think Divi really has got to vet folks and see if they are able to really provide solutions in real-time. The problem is, Divi itself isn't very intuitive; there are very easy things that can be missed or overlooked because it is not a conventional website builder. Sure, you can circumvent certain things by using CSS, but if I were amazing at code I'd have no reason to even use a builder in the first place. I get there's volume and I'm not the only person that needs help, but signing off without saying anything and repeatedly sending me to look at FAQs that don't apply to certain issues isn't helpful. I think Divi could benefit from having a builder that doesn't hide everything behind drop-down menus that don't always make a ton of sense. I've gotten better because of the agents who have taken the time to really break things down and empowered me to fix things alongside providing instructions, and even videos that I can go back and reference when I need a refresher (agents like [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]). I think Divi needs to make agents like these two the gold standard.
Jeremy B.
Writing and Editing, self-employed
Used weekly for 6-12 months
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In the Age of Web 2.0, a website should look like it belongs in the modern era, and Divi, a WordPress theme designed for aesthetics and flexibility, certainly helps your site get there. It takes the robustness of WordPress and merges it with the front page visual design practices of more artistic web design apps like Wix, and ultimately helps even a novice like myself put together a website that can attract the ideal visitor without ever letting the visitor know that I’m a web design idiot who would never get my site looking this way without Divi’s help. In a word, it gives me a chance to compete online without having to pay a web designer thousands to pull off a similar design. For someone who wants the kind of author page that readers might like to visit but doesn’t have the kind of money to create the best that only a professional could design, Divi does a decent job bridging that gap. And because some professionals also use Divi, well, that means with practice, I can make my site even better without spending another cent. Why wouldn’t I want that?
Because I’m no expert at CSS or HTML, I need a tool that can help me bypass my ignorance while still allowing me to design my web pages the way I want them to look, and Divi’s whole existence is to make that possible. Having a dedicated theme builder that adapts to my needs by allowing me to edit right on the page is both a time saver and sanity saver. Because it integrates with WordPress, it’s also valuable to have a theme that can turn my posts and pages into art, according to whatever theme I’ve established, with just a few tweaks to my page frames. It also helps that it comes with many design options from text layouts to image layouts to all sorts of integrations, not to mention the many plugins designed to enhance Divi’s functionality, and I can’t help but wonder what Divi can’t do for my website (besides creating interesting data tables).
Although Divi does a lot out of the box, it doesn’t do enough without add-on support from other plugins, so the costs can rack up when you start building your site. Fortunately, this will iron itself out over time, but paying for one-year licenses, lifetime licenses, and unlimited site licenses for several plugins can become an exercise in juggling priorities that may prove exhausting in time. For the cost of a lifetime license, it would be nice if it had a few more native integrations that other plugins have to bring to the table for yet another cost. I also find that it can be slow to save and load pages in design mode, and sometimes that means having to reload a page just to get it to open the first time. I’m sure that’s related to hosting more than anything, but it does speak to the need for good hosting, and their recommended host, Flywheel, isn’t necessarily the cheapest provider on the block. I’ve also discovered a critical bug (that I’ve since passed on to Divi, and they’re addressing it, hence my high score for customer service) that can delete themes from pages during saves if too many are active, which doesn’t help those with lots of pages of variable designs. But again, they’re addressing it, so hopefully this is no longer an issue by the time this review goes live. At any rate, they have the kind of customer support team that keeps asking questions until the problem is clear, so I feel confident that this product will suit the majority of my needs in time.