Elementor vs Squarespace

Elementor and Squarespace both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Elementor (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Squarespace (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 36). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Elementor is ahead of Squarespace. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Squarespace is slightly ahead of Elementor. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Elementor is clearly ahead of Squarespace. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Squarespace is clearly ahead of Elementor.

Elementor carries 10,938 GitHub stars across 67 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 45 external contributors on record. Squarespace shows 2,038 stars across 98 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Elementor's footprint is roughly 5.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Elementor is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Squarespace looks better where momentum is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.