The WordPress page-builder market is crowded, and the fastest one on paper is rarely the fastest one in practice. DOM weight, inline styles, and the sheer amount of JavaScript each builder ships are what actually matter.
In 2026 the winners are still the ones that stay close to native WordPress: GeneratePress, Kadence, and Blocksy. Elementor is the most flexible but the most expensive in terms of Core Web Vitals — turn on every feature and you watch LCP collapse.
Our recommendation for a new WordPress site: Kadence with the block editor, nothing else. You give up some visual flexibility and you get back a site that passes Core Web Vitals without a caching plugin.