Gutentor vs Zion Builder
Gutentor
gutentor.com
Zion Builder
zionbuilder.ioSide by side
| Figure | Gutentor | Zion Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.08/mo | $3.25/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 14 | 10 |
| Spec score · WordPress page builders | 8.1 (#21) | 8.9 (#5) |
| Dynamic content | Yes | Dynamic data can populate fields such as featured image, post link, and post description. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free Limits | The free version excludes premium blocks, premium updates, high-priority support, and premium templates. | The free tier includes a visual editor, 50+ core elements, 50+ free blocks, and 10+ templates. |
| Integrations | Gutentor supports WooCommerce products and Easy Digital Downloads products, carts, wishlists, and favorites through its post type blocks. | Zion Builder supports ACF and Meta Box, and its native ACF integration includes ACF fields and ACF repeater fields as repeater providers. |
| Payment Methods | Payments can be made by credit card, debit card, or PayPal. | Accepted payment methods include major credit cards and PayPal. |
| Performance | The documentation says dynamic CSS for normal pages is less than 20kb and that the plugin loads minimal front-end resources. | The builder uses Vue.js, lazy loading, code splitting, Containers and Flexbox, and generates only necessary code to reduce markup and improve loading times. |
| Popup builder | Yes | Modal popups can contain custom content and trigger on page load, scroll, or exit intent. |
| Product type | Gutentor is a WordPress page-building Gutenberg blocks collection and page builder. | Zion Builder is a WordPress plugin with a visual drag-and-drop interface for building websites without coding knowledge. |
| Responsive controls | Yes | The editor provides live responsive control for element sizes and positioning. |
| Paid from | 49 | 39 |
| System requirements | The documented requirements are WordPress 5.0 or later, PHP 7.1 or above, MySQL 5.6 or above, and the Block Editor enabled. | The documentation lists WordPress 4.9.8 or higher, PHP 7 or higher, MySQL 5.6 or MariaDB 10.1 or higher, at least 64M memory, and Zip and GD extensions. |
| Templates | The product provides one-click import for templates and blocks so users can replace the original content after importing. | The product advertises more than 300 pre-designed blocks and templates across free and Pro libraries. |
| Theme builder | Yes | The Theme Builder can create and assign templates for blog, shop, product, archive, cart, checkout and thank-you pages. |
| WooCommerce tools | Yes | Yes |
Plans
Gutentor
- Personal$49 a year
- Professional$99 a year
- Agency$499 a year
- All Access Annual$599 a year
- All Access Lifetime$1,199, paid once
- Personal$149, paid once
- Professional$199, paid once
- Agency$999, paid once
- Personal Annual$49 a year
- Professional Annual$99 a year
Zion Builder
- FreeFree
- Personal$39 a year
- Pro$79 a year
- Extended$169 a year
- Lifetime$249, paid once
- FREEFree
- personal$39 a year
- pro$79 a year
- extended$169 a year
- lifetime$249, paid once
In their own words
Zion Builder
Zion Builder is a WordPress plugin with a visual drag-and-drop editor for building websites without coding. It works with any WordPress theme and lets users adjust element size, color, and position at responsive breakpoints. The free version includes a visual editor, 50+ core elements, 50+ free blocks, and 10+ templates; the product advertises 300 templates across its free and Pro libraries. Its tools cover dynamic content, popups, and WooCommerce page templates for products, archives, carts, checkout, and thank-you pages. The plugin supports Advanced Custom Fields and Meta Box. Zion says its code-generation approach creates only necessary code and reduces markup to improve loading times. Annual plans cost $39, $79, or $169 per year, for one website, three websites, or unlimited websites, respectively; Lifetime costs $249 once for unlimited websites. After a license expires, the plugin continues working, but support and updates stop. Paid customers can get support by chat or support issue, alongside documentation and forums.