The7vsBetheme

Target Use Cases

Both themes are built for the same broad audience — agencies, freelancers, small businesses, and store owners who need a flexible starting point rather than a niche-specific solution. In practice, however, their emphasis differs slightly.

The7 positions itself squarely at business, corporate, and eCommerce projects, with explicit support for agency sites, portfolios, landing pages, and WooCommerce stores. Its compatibility list is notably developer-friendly: it supports Elementor, Gutenberg/FSE (Full Site Editing), WPBakery, Easy Digital Downloads, Events Calendar, Gravity Forms, and WP EasyCart alongside WooCommerce. That Gutenberg/Block Editor/FSE compatibility is a genuine differentiator for buyers who want to move toward WordPress's native editing future.

Betheme covers the same territory and then some — its use-case list adds Blog & Magazine and BuddyPress 9.x.x support, making it a stronger pick for community-driven or content-heavy sites. Its own BeBuilder page builder is bundled alongside Elementor and WPBakery, giving buyers a third in-house option. Contact Form 7 is also explicitly listed as a compatible plugin, which matters for simpler contact workflows without a premium form plugin.

Feature Breadth

Pre-Built Content

This is where the gap between the two themes is most visible. The7 ships with 75+ pre-made websites spread across its three supported builders — a respectable library that covers most common project types. Betheme counters with 700+ pre-built websites and over 2,000 importable page designs, a volume advantage that is hard to ignore. For buyers who rely heavily on demo-first workflows, Betheme's sheer breadth means a closer starting match for almost any niche.

Page Builder Ecosystem

The7 supports Elementor, WPBakery, and the Block Editor — three well-established tools with large communities, extensive documentation, and third-party add-on ecosystems. Betheme adds its proprietary BeBuilder to that mix. A bundled in-house builder can mean tighter integration and faster load times, but it also introduces potential lock-in: if Muffingroup were to slow BeBuilder development, buyers would have fewer alternatives already inside the theme.

WooCommerce & Plugin Compatibility

The7 is certified against WooCommerce 9.x.x and its changelog references compatibility with WooCommerce 10.8.x, while Betheme's marketplace listing explicitly covers WooCommerce 8.x.x through 10.x.x. Both themes handle standard store builds well. Betheme's explicit multi-version WooCommerce listing gives a slight edge for buyers on older hosting stacks who cannot upgrade WordPress immediately.

Pricing & Value

The7 carries a one-time license price of $49, which includes one year of updates and access to bundled premium plugins. Betheme is priced at $60 — an 18% premium. Whether that extra $11 is justified depends on how much weight you place on the vastly larger demo library and the bundled BeBuilder. For buyers who will spend hours searching for a demo close to their vision, Betheme's library could save meaningful time and more than offset the price difference. For buyers who are comfortable building from a smaller starting point with full Block Editor support, The7's lower price is straightforward value.

Buyer Satisfaction & Sales

Both themes sit at the very top of the WordPress marketplace by volume. The7 has 336,500 total sales and a 4.76/5 rating from 9,300 reviews. Betheme has 336,100 total sales and a 4.82/5 rating from 7,000 reviews. The sales figures are effectively identical — a statistical tie after years on the market. The ratings tell a slightly different story: Betheme's 4.82 average is meaningfully higher than The7's 4.76, even though it comes from fewer reviewers. That gap suggests Betheme buyers report marginally higher satisfaction on average, though both scores represent strong, reliable themes with proven track records.

Maintenance & Long-Term Support

Active, recent updates are a key signal of theme health. The7 was last updated in May 2026 by Dream-Theme, a studio with a long publishing history on ThemeForest. Betheme was last updated in July 2026 by Muffingroup, making it the more recently maintained of the two at the time of this comparison. Betheme's compatibility list also spans a much wider range of WordPress versions (5.6.x through 7.0.x), which speaks to a disciplined backward-compatibility policy — important for agencies managing client sites on varied hosting environments.

Genuine Trade-Offs to Consider

• The7 cons: Smaller demo library means more custom build work; no bundled in-house page builder; slightly lower average rating.
• Betheme cons: Higher price; BeBuilder adds a proprietary dependency; the sheer number of options can create decision fatigue for new users.