As web developers, we had the chance to explore Breakdance, a feature-rich WordPress page builder, and found it to be an efficient and powerful tool for building websites. Breakdance offers an intuitive visual editor, which allows us to create responsive, fast-loading websites using a drag-and-drop interface. It provides a balance between user-friendliness and advanced functionality, making it ideal for both beginners and experienced developers.
Visual Builder: Is it Fast, Flexible, and Intuitive?
At the heart of Breakdance is its visual builder, which provides a clean drag-and-drop interface for quick and effective page creation. This builder allows us to visually organize and customize layouts without writing code, which significantly speeds up the development process. However, it’s also robust enough for more advanced users, with deep customization options available for elements like typography, spacing, animations, and interactions.
We particularly appreciated how the builder is intuitive, making it easy to onboard even non-technical users. Clients can make updates and edits to their websites independently, which cuts down on support requests and empowers them to maintain their own sites.
Range of Elements for Comprehensive Website Building
The page builder provides a library of over 145 elements in the pro version (and 80 elements in the free version), which includes everything from basic blocks like buttons, images, and forms to more complex elements like sliders, accordions, and pricing tables. These elements are highly customizable, allowing us to adjust every aspect of the design to fit specific brand guidelines or functionality needs.
For eCommerce sites, it includes WooCommerce integration that allows us to fully control product listings, checkout processes, and cart pages directly within the builder. This is a valuable feature for developers who often need to customize online stores without relying on multiple plugins.
Website Performance and Loading Speed
One of our biggest concerns when using page builders is the potential for website bloat and slow load times. Breakdance addresses these issues by generating clean, optimized code that ensures fast page loads. With built-in performance optimization, the platform reduces the number of unnecessary scripts and styles, making the site run smoothly without compromising on design or functionality.
We also found that the global styles and settings allow us to maintain consistent designs across multiple pages while minimizing redundant code. This focus on performance ensures that websites built with this new page builder not only look good but also perform very well, which is crucial for SEO and user experience. Remember: A slow website will cost you a lot of money.
Features for Advanced Customization of your WordPress Website
Although Breakdance caters to users of all skill levels, it offers several developer-friendly tools that make it stand out from other page builders. The custom code blocks allow us to inject our own HTML, CSS, and JavaScript directly into the visual builder. This is particularly useful when working on projects that require advanced customizations beyond what the visual interface provides.
Another cool and essential feature is that Soflyy’s new page builder also supports dynamic data integration, which allows us to create content-rich websites by pulling in information from custom fields, taxonomies, and post types. This feature is invaluable for building complex websites like blogs, directories, or membership sites, where content needs to be dynamically updated.
We also appreciated the ability to save global blocks and templates, which we can reuse across different projects. This saves time by allowing us to create standardized components once and implement them in future projects without having to recreate the designs from scratch.
Responsive Design and Cross-Device Customization
In an increasingly mobile-first world, Breakdance provides robust responsive design tools that make it easy to adjust layouts for mobile, tablet, and desktop views. The ability to customize layouts for different screen sizes ensures that websites look and function perfectly, no matter the device.
A crucial feature is the support for customizable breakpoints, which lets us fine-tune designs for a broader range of devices. This is particularly useful for projects where users might access the site on various screen sizes, including those that fall outside standard breakpoints.
Pricing
If you are in need of a page builder that caters to your needs – maybe if you are an agency that wants to build client websites – you of course need to know about the pricing models.
First things first: Coming from Oxygenbuilder you might think that there is a lifetime deal, right? Wrong. In this case Soflyy opted for a much more sustainable pricing: The subscription model. But don’t worry, breakdance also has a free version with basic features and over 80 Elements to use.
Pricing models
- Free ($0,-): Basic features to build your WordPress websites.
- 80 Elements
- Limited Design Library
- Basic WooCo Integration
- Basic Form Builder
- Basic Popup Builder
- Basic Dynamic Data
- Pro (1 Website) ($99,99/yr): Made to build one website with every pro feature.
- Limited to 1 Website
- 145 Elements
- Full Design Library
- Full WooCo Integration
- Full Form Builder
- Full Popup Builder
- Full Dynamic Data
- Craft With Code
- Import / Export Settings
- Adobe & Custom Fonts
- CSS Class Manager
- All Conditions
- Element Presets
- Pro (1 Website) ($199,99/yr): Made to build one website with every pro feature
- Unlimited Websites permitted
- 145 Elements
- Full Design Library
- Full WooCo Integration
- Full Form Builder
- Full Popup Builder
- Full Dynamic Data
- Craft With Code
- Import / Export Settings
- Adobe & Custom Fonts
- CSS Class Manager
- All Conditions
- Element Presets
- Pro + AI Bundle (249,99/yr): Build unlimited websites with every pro feature and Breakdance AI.
- Unlimited Websites permitted
- 145 Elements
- Full Design Library
- Full WooCo Integration
- Full Form Builder
- Full Popup Builder
- Full Dynamic Data
- Craft With Code
- Import / Export Settings
- Adobe & Custom Fonts
- CSS Class Manager
- All Conditions
- Element Presets
Feature Comparison
If you like us you love comparing feature lists. Do not worry, breakdance has you covered. The full feature and version comparison can be found on their website.
Which subscription do we recommend?
If you are a new agency or web developer, you will need a tool that you can rely on. Buying a license for every client site you will develop is simply a waste of money and your time. We recommend you get yourself the Pro + Unlimited Websites Bundle if you do not plan on using the AI-features.
Who should use Breakdance?
After testing Breakdance, we highly recommend it to web developers and designers looking for a flexible and performance-oriented WordPress page builder. Its combination of an intuitive visual editor, extensive element library, WooCommerce integration, and developer-friendly features make it a versatile tool that can handle a wide range of projects, from simple blogs to complex eCommerce stores.
Breakdance’s focus on performance optimization, dynamic content handling, and responsive design tools ensures that websites built with this platform not only look great but also perform efficiently. Whether you’re a freelancer, part of an agency, or managing multiple client sites, Breakdance provides the tools and flexibility to streamline the development process while maintaining high standards of quality and performance.
For any web developer looking for a comprehensive, powerful WordPress page builder, Breakdance is a tool worth considering.