Envato Elements Review: What you need to know!

Envato’s unlimited subscription, Elements, is dedicated to web designers. But is it really worth it? Let’s find out.

Digital resource platforms are multiplying online and the offers are always more tempting: millions of designs, videos and images ready to use for a few euros per month. This is the promise of Envato

, the most famous site in the field.

But is it really worth it? And what is this famous Envato Elements? Read this overview to find out.

A few words about Envato

Envato is the best known “top digital assets” company on the web. Founded in 2008, it now has two subsidiaries and many acquisitions that may speak to you if you are in the digital world:

• tutsplus.com named Envato Tuts+
• Tweety20 Stock
• Milkshake App

Envato is positioned as a provider of “creative” – web resources for creating content online. And there’s something for everyone. Even I, as a web editor, buy themes from Themeforest and plugins from CodeCanyon

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But if it stopped there, it wouldn’t be enough.

Introducing Envato Elements

Envato Elements is the subscription offer that allows you to download all these resources at will. The price depends on the type of subscription you want, I’ll talk about that in more detail below

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Some examples of the many resources available with Elements:

• Video templates
• Sound effects for a mobile game
• Business presentations
• WordPress themes
• Noel fonts

Even cat pictures

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These resources can be purchased individually on the Envato network, but for some, the final price is much more expensive than the subscription. Let’s take a closer look at what’s included in Elements.

Web Themes

One of the benefits of Envato Elements that directly affects me since I regularly buy themes for my sites is getting a deep discount on a good collection of WordPress themes.

Zox News is a theme to create a WordPress news site, it normally costs $50 on Themeforest with Elements it is significantly cheaper.

Of course, there are not only WordPress themes, but also e-commerce themes, HTML templates or Shopify themes. But you should know that there are not all themes. One of my favorite themes, REHub

, is not available in the Envato Elements package.

The graphic templates

These templates are designed to create images from a PSD file. This is a section with tens of thousands of resources for professionals from the GraphicRiver site.

You can find templates for leaflets, flyers, infographics or even logos. Similar things can be found on Placeit

. A restaurant owner will be happy with the menu templates:

A club manager with a customized poster…

And a webmaster with the many UI kits available:

It’s the best when you need a creative in PSD format!

Graphic templates are a resource to save time and money. But if you have the budget, you might as well go to a real graphic designer, his work will be adapted to the needs of your project.

The videos

In the same vein, Envato Elements provides access to quality video files. A video library of over a million elements, ranging from 3D videos to real life scenes:

• Natural landscapes
• Dances
• Smiling faces
• …

In short you find everything! At the same time for more than 2 000 000 videos, it leaves the choice 😄

Videos range from 720p to 4k format with different recording speeds: 24 FPS to over 60. For video intros or templates for social networks, it’s best to turn to Placeit.

Photos & music

If there are hundreds of thousands of videos, there are bound to be at least as many pictures. In fact, there are over 3,000,000 images available through Envato Elements. You can filter the results by color and orientation (landscape or portrait).

These are premium images featuring people, landscapes, animals… Everything you can find on similar sites like Unsplash.

A music section adds to all this many audio clips, jingles and ambient sounds. These songs are for the most part short: between a few seconds and 10 minutes for the longest. The filters are even advanced, the filtering options are the following:

• By genre (blues, celtic…)
• By mood (angry, sweet, funny…)
• By instrument (violin, guitar, banjo…)
• By category (type of voice, tempo)

Point on the licenses

You know as well as I do, everything that revolves around licenses is always a bit tricky to understand. What do you have the right to use freely for a commercial project? Under what conditions? Fortunately, Elements has thought of that.

They’ve created the Envato Elements license under which products downloaded through the “Individual” or “Team” subscription are licensed. This license is designed for all products on the platform. Here’s a look at what you’re allowed to do

when you upload a “digital work” and register it with Envato Elements:

• Use the product for commercial and unique use;
• Use the product worldwide;
• Continue to use a registered product even after unsubscribing (phew).

And a look at what you are not allowed to do:

• Resell or redistribute a product;
• Use a product on an on-demand service;
• Not allowed to print an Elements logo directly on a t-shirt;
• Use music for broadcasting.

All the details of the Envato Elements license are available on this page

. The terms are advantageous, you can freely use a product (under some conditions) for a commercial project.

How much does Envato Elements cost?

The Envato Unlimited Subscription is available in 4 no-commitment plans:

• Individuals – Individuals
• Students – 30% discount
• Teams – 2 or more members
• Company – Customized offer

For the “Individual” package, prices start at €14.50 excl. tax per month for annual billing (€208.80 per year) or €29 excl. tax per month for monthly

billing. If you are a student you can benefit from a 30% discount on the subscription.

If you work in a team, the “Teams” offer is more adapted with preferential rates. From 2 members (12,75€/month and per member) to 5 members (99,45€/month and per member) with decreasing prices. The “Enterprise” offer concerns structures with more than 6 members.

How do I get an Envato subscription?

Are you ready to try your first month of Envato Elements? The process is very simple. The first step is to create a free Envato account by clicking on Login from the home page :

Once you have created your account, click on the pink button to go to the order page:

Once you have paid, you will have access to all the resources listed above and much more.

Conclusion

Envato is a company that is growing very fast. They acquired Placeit some time ago, a very smart move as Placeit is THE digital resource library. Envato Elements is positioned as a solution for professionals.

If you use Elements a few times a month and download images, videos, themes… Whatever you want, the subscription will pay for itself in no time!