🆚 LayerSlider vs. Smart Slider

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

WordPress plugin
WordPress plugin

About

LayerSlider is a commercial WordPress slider plugin for creating responsive sliders, animated content blocks, popups, and hero sections without coding.

It features a drag-and-drop visual timeline editor with more than 120 slider and over 90 popup templates, more than 200 slide transitions, 19 built-in skins, and parallax and Ken Burns effects.

Smart Slider is a responsive slider for WordPress and Joomla.

Headquarters

Budapest, Hungary
Győr, Hungary

Website

Pricing

Free version ❌
1 website, annually$29/year
One-time payment$87
Free version ✔️
Pro$49

Categories

WordPress Plugins › Rank #30
WordPress Plugins › Rank #28
Sliders › Rank #10
Sliders › Rank #8

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Smart Slider WordPress plugin is 1.2 times more popular than LayerSlider.
Total websites

Market share

WordPress Plugins
Sliders

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Smart Slider is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and India, while LayerSlider is more popular in Germany, Spain, and Italy.
United States
Germany
Spain
United Kingdom
Italy
France
Australia
India
Japan
Canada

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Smart Slider is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference, while LayerSlider is more commonly used on online shopping, restaurants, and fashion and beauty sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Health
Travel
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#12,610
#15,177
#17,321
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Rank
#6,565
#7,425
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See also

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