What Is Divi Cloud — and Why Should You Care?
If you’ve ever built a beautiful section in Divi, then spent 20 minutes trying to recreate it on a different website, you already understand the problem Divi Cloud was built to solve. It’s one of those features that sounds almost too simple — save your layouts to the cloud, access them anywhere — but once you start using it across multiple sites, it genuinely changes how you work.
In this Divi Cloud review, we’re going to cover exactly what it does, how it compares to the standard Divi Library, who it’s built for, and whether it’s worth making part of your regular workflow. Spoiler: if you’re managing more than two or three Divi sites, it almost certainly is.
What Does Divi Cloud Actually Do?
Divi Cloud is a cloud-based storage system built directly into the Divi Builder. Instead of saving your layouts, sections, rows, and modules to a local library tied to a single WordPress installation, Divi Cloud lets you save those same elements to a centralized, online account that you can access from any site running Divi.
Here’s what you can save to Divi Cloud:
- Full page layouts — entire page designs ready to drop into any project
- Sections — hero sections, pricing tables, testimonial blocks, footers
- Rows — specific column configurations or styled row combinations
- Modules — individual Divi modules like buttons, forms, or countdown timers with your custom settings saved
The saving process is exactly what you’d expect from Divi — no friction, no exporting JSON files, no importing ZIP archives. You hit Save to Cloud directly from within the Divi Builder, give your element a name and optional category tag, and it’s instantly available on every other site connected to your Elegant Themes account.
Accessing your saved items is just as smooth. Open Divi Cloud from within the Builder, browse or search your library, and click to insert. The layout drops in with all your styles, fonts, and settings intact.
Divi Cloud vs. The Local Divi Library: What’s the Difference?
Before Divi Cloud existed, the Divi Library was the go-to tool for saving and reusing design elements — and it’s still useful. But it has one significant limitation: it’s local. Everything you save to the Divi Library lives inside a single WordPress database. Move to a new site, and all those saved layouts stay behind on the old one.
Here’s a quick breakdown of how the two compare:
Local Divi Library
- Saves layouts to your WordPress database
- Only accessible on the site where they were saved
- Can be exported and imported manually (time-consuming)
- Great for single-site projects or staging environments
- Free and available to all Divi users
Divi Cloud
- Saves layouts to Elegant Themes’ cloud servers
- Accessible from any site running Divi on your account
- Instant sync — no exporting or importing required
- Ideal for multi-site workflows and team-based projects
- Included with an active Elegant Themes membership
The local library isn’t going away, and you’ll probably use both. But for anyone working across multiple projects, Divi Cloud is the tool that actually scales. If you’re not already a member, you can join Elegant Themes here and get access to Divi Cloud along with everything else in the suite.
Real-World Use Cases: Who Benefits Most from Divi Cloud?
Agencies Managing Multiple Client Sites
This is probably the single biggest use case for Divi Cloud, and it’s easy to see why. Agencies typically have a set of go-to design patterns — a header style they love, a services section that converts well, a contact form layout that clients keep requesting. Without Divi Cloud, reproducing those elements on each new client project means either rebuilding from scratch or wrestling with JSON exports.
With Divi Cloud, you build it once, save it, and have it available for every client site you ever work on. Your whole team benefits too, because anyone on your account can access the same shared library. That means consistent design quality across all your projects without anyone duplicating effort.
Freelancers with Signature Design Elements
Even if you’re working solo, you probably have a style. A preferred hero layout, a pricing table format you’ve refined over several projects, a footer with the right legal links and social icons in the right places. Divi Cloud becomes your personal design system — always available, always up to date.
Instead of starting every project from zero or copying from an old client’s site (awkward, and not always clean), you pull in your trusted building blocks from the cloud and customize from there. Projects start faster, look more polished from the beginning, and the overall quality of your work becomes more consistent.
Developers Maintaining Long-Term Client Relationships
If you build a site, hand it off, then return months later for an update, Divi Cloud means your original design elements are still right there in your library. No digging through old backups or trying to remember how you built that particular testimonial section. It’s organized, searchable, and ready when you need it.
Divi Cloud Pricing: What Does It Actually Cost?
Here’s the part that tends to surprise people: Divi Cloud is included with your Elegant Themes membership. There’s no separate subscription tier, no add-on purchase, no usage limits based on how many sites you run it on.
Elegant Themes offers two membership options:
- Annual Access — gives you Divi, Extra, Bloom, Monarch, Divi AI (separate add-on), and Divi Cloud, renewed yearly
- Lifetime Access — a one-time payment that covers everything, forever
For freelancers and agencies doing even a handful of projects per year, the membership pays for itself quickly when you factor in the time saved through Divi Cloud alone. If you’re building sites regularly and want to lock in permanent access, grab the Lifetime license here — it’s genuinely one of the best value purchases in the WordPress space.
It’s also worth noting that Elegant Themes offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, so there’s no real risk in trying it. You can try Divi free for 30 days and see whether the workflow clicks before you commit.
Pros and Cons of Divi Cloud
What We Love
- Seamless workflow integration — saving and loading from the cloud feels native to the Divi Builder, not like a bolted-on feature
- True multi-site flexibility — your entire design library travels with you, site to site
- No file management headaches — forget ZIP files and JSON exports; everything syncs automatically
- Organized and searchable — categorize your layouts with tags so you can find the right element quickly even when your library grows large
- Included in membership — no extra cost makes this a complete no-brainer for existing Elegant Themes members
- Massive time savings at scale — even saving 30 minutes per project adds up to significant hours over the course of a year
Limitations Worth Knowing
- Requires an active ET membership — Divi Cloud isn’t available to users who’ve let their membership lapse, which is a consideration if you’re on the annual plan
- Cloud-dependent — if Elegant Themes’ servers ever experience downtime, you temporarily lose access (though your already-built sites are unaffected)
- Less useful for single-site users — if you only ever run one Divi site, the local library does the job just fine and Divi Cloud’s advantages are less pronounced
Tips for Getting the Most Out of Divi Cloud
Once you start using Divi Cloud, a little organization goes a long way. Here are a few habits that make a meaningful difference:
- Use descriptive names and categories from day one. “Hero Section – Dark Background – Centered Text” is infinitely more useful than “Hero 3” when you’re scrolling through a library of 50+ items.
- Save variations, not just final versions. If you have a section that works great in two different color treatments, save both. Cloud storage gives you room to be generous with your library.
- Build a starter kit. Dedicate an afternoon to building and saving your essential design elements — header, hero, services, testimonials, pricing, contact, footer. Then every new project starts with a running head start.
- Clean up periodically. As your style evolves, old layouts can clutter your library. A quarterly audit keeps things lean and relevant.
The Verdict: Is Divi Cloud Worth It?
After spending real time with Divi Cloud across multiple projects, the conclusion is pretty clear: it’s an essential tool for anyone managing three or more Divi sites. For agencies, it’s practically non-negotiable — the time saved on design reproduction alone justifies the entire Elegant Themes membership cost. For freelancers, it’s the kind of quiet upgrade that makes you wonder how you ever worked without it.
The fact that it’s included in your membership with no additional cost, no usage caps, and no complicated setup makes it one of the most straightforward wins in the Divi ecosystem. The only real “con” — needing an active membership — is barely a con if you’re already a Divi user building sites regularly.
If you’re not yet an Elegant Themes member and want access to Divi Cloud, Divi Builder, and the full suite of tools, start with Elegant Themes today and build your first site in a way that actually scales. Your future self — the one not recreating the same footer for the eleventh time — will be grateful.
