Elfsight Google Reviews Pricing in 2026: Free to $80 a Month, Metered by Views
Elfsight prices its Google Reviews widget by how often it loads. Here is every plan, how views are counted and what happens when they run out, the settings worth checking, and when a widget alone isn't enough.
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What Elfsight’s Google Reviews widget costs, in short
Elfsight’s Google Reviews widget is free for 1 widget and 200 views a month, with Elfsight branding; paid plans cost $5 a month billed yearly for 3 widgets and 5,000 views, $10 for 9 widgets and 50,000 views, and $20 for 21 widgets and 150,000 views (elfsight.com/google-reviews-widget/pricing, checked September 29, 2026). Enterprise tiers run from $30 to $80 a month billed yearly, from 300,000 views to unlimited. A view is every page load that shows the widget, the allowance is monthly, and when it runs out the widget stops showing until the next period. Paid plans can be refunded in full within 14 days.
For a business that wants its Google reviews on its website and also answered and requested, ReputeMap is the better choice than Elfsight. Its Google-review widget comes with Starter, $29 a month for 5 locations, with no view meter, so it never switches off in a busy month. It shows your newest reviews and true average instead of a filtered selection. And the same plan answers reviews with AI drafts, asks every customer by email or QR code and sends low-star alerts. For a widget alone on a quiet site, Elfsight’s free or $5 plan costs less.
Full disclosure: this page is written by ReputeMap. We make review management software with a built-in Google-review widget, so for a widget alone Elfsight costs less than we do, and the recommendation above is ours. The facts below are from Elfsight’s own pricing page, product page and help center.
Elfsight Google Reviews plans, as published
| Plan | Price, billed yearly | Widgets | Views per month | Projects / collaborators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 | 200 | — (Elfsight branding) |
| Basic | $5/mo | 3 | 5,000 | — |
| Pro | $10/mo | 9 | 50,000 | 3 / 1 |
| Premium | $20/mo | 21 | 150,000 | 9 / 3 |
| Enterprise T1 | $30/mo | 50 | 300,000 | 15 / 3 |
| Enterprise T2 | $40/mo | 100 | 600,000 | 30 / 3 |
| Enterprise T3 | $60/mo | 200 | 1,200,000 | 60 / 3 |
| Enterprise T4 | $80/mo | 400 | Unlimited | 120 / 3 |
The page shows each paid price as a discount on a higher list price — 17% off $6, $12 and $24 for Basic, Pro and Premium, 29% off $42 to $112 for the Enterprise tiers. Every plan allows unlimited websites. The free plan carries Elfsight branding and gets bug fixes only; paid plans are listed as “100% Ad Free” and come with free installation help.
Included on every plan, per the pricing page: review moderation and filters, a star snippet, a button to collect reviews, an AI-generated review summary, several layouts with six card styles, light and dark themes, 12 templates, inline and floating badges, lazy loading, 23 languages, custom CSS and JS, and review images and owner replies. Elfsight’s FAQ puts automatic review translation on Pro and higher.
Billing and refunds: cancel any time from your account; full refund for any reason within 14 days. The FAQ also mentions a 20% welcome coupon offered within 24 hours of signing up. No card is needed for the free plan.
Other widgets: if you want more of Elfsight’s widgets, its 96 Apps Pack costs $15, $30 or $60 a month billed yearly at the Basic, Pro and Premium limits per app.
How far a view allowance goes
Views are page loads, not people. A widget in a site-wide footer counts one view on every page anyone opens; a widget on one landing page counts only that page. Elfsight’s help center says the monthly limit covers the whole app, so every Google Reviews widget you run shares it.
| Where the widget sits | Monthly page loads with the widget | Plan that covers it |
|---|---|---|
| One landing page, quiet month | Under 200 | Free |
| Homepage of a small local business | Up to 5,000 | Basic, $5/mo |
| Site-wide footer, 20,000 page views a month | ~20,000 | Pro, $10/mo |
| Site-wide footer, 100,000 page views a month | ~100,000 | Premium, $20/mo |
If you guess low, the cost is not an overage bill — it is the widget disappearing for the rest of the month, which is worth avoiding on the pages where people decide.
Three Elfsight settings to check
Filters. Elfsight’s FAQ says you can show only 4- and 5-star reviews and hide reviews by keyword or reviewer name. The FTC’s consumer-reviews rule bans implying that the reviews in your site’s review section are all or most of the reviews submitted when negatives are suppressed by rating. Its Q&A adds that picking positive reviews for marketing isn’t covered by that ban but could still be deceptive under Section 5 of the FTC Act if they aren’t representative. Label a curated widget as highlights, or show everything.
The review button. Elfsight’s product page describes a button that offers every visitor the chance to write a review: “Yes” opens your Google page, “No” shows a message from you, optionally with an email link. As a neutral “would you like to leave a review?” prompt, it asks everyone. If you reword it to ask whether the visitor was happy, it becomes review gating, which Google’s policy (merchants may not “selectively solicit positive reviews”) and the FTC warn against. Keep the question neutral, or use a plain link to your Google review form.
Stars in search. The pricing page lists a “star snippet”. Google’s review snippet guidelines say a business’s own reviews shown “through an embedded third-party widget” on pages with LocalBusiness or Organization markup are “ineligible for star review feature”. Treat the widget as proof on the page, not a route to stars in Google.
A few more facts from Elfsight’s FAQ: you connect with a Place ID, address or business name and need no Google API key; new reviews usually appear within 72 hours; and several locations mean several widgets or Elfsight’s All-in-One Reviews widget. How any widget gets its reviews matters — our Google Reviews API explainer covers why Google’s public Places API returns at most five reviews per place.
When ReputeMap is the better pick than an Elfsight widget
ReputeMap’s Google-review widget has six layouts (list, carousel, grid, wall, badge, floating), light or dark, and it is part of review management rather than a product of its own:
| What you want | Elfsight | ReputeMap |
|---|---|---|
| A Google reviews widget, nothing else | Free to $20/mo for most sites | Not the cheap option: the widget comes with Starter, $29 a month |
| No monthly view limit | Enterprise T4, $80/mo | No view limit on any plan with the widget |
| Show only 4- and 5-star reviews | Yes, with filters | Not offered: newest reviews and the true average, always |
| No vendor branding | Paid plans are listed as “100% Ad Free” | Not offered: a small “by ReputeMap” link stays |
| Several locations | Several widgets, or the All-in-One Reviews widget | Included in the plan: 5 locations on Starter, 15 on Growth |
| Answer reviews, ask every customer, get alerts | Not part of the widget | Included |
Where that tips the choice to ReputeMap:
- The widget never runs out. There is no view meter, so a site-wide footer on a busy site costs the same $29 a month; Elfsight’s help center says its widget is deactivated when the month’s views are used up.
- It shows what customers see on Google. Newest reviews and the true average, with no rating filter, so there is no FTC labelling question to manage.
- The reviews behind it get answered. One inbox for every location, AI reply drafts in the language each review was written in, and opt-in Auto-reply for new 4–5★ reviews on paid plans, off until you switch it on.
- Bad reviews reach you first. 1–3★ alerts by email, Telegram or WhatsApp, with the reply draft in the email and a no-login “Review & publish reply →” link.
- More reviews keep coming in. Requests by email and QR code go to every customer, never gated.
If the widget is the last step of a Google review routine, compare ReputeMap’s plans: the widget is included from Starter. Our best Google review widgets comparison covers the rest of the field, including a widget priced per business instead of per view.
Who should stay with Elfsight
- You want a reviews block and nothing else on a low-traffic site: Elfsight’s free plan or $5 a month billed yearly costs less than any review-management plan, and ReputeMap’s widget isn’t on its $19 Solo plan.
- You want other widgets too (forms, social feeds, chat): Elfsight’s apps pack is good value.
If you also need the reviews answered and more of them coming in, start a 14-day free trial of ReputeMap: card required, cancel anytime, about 3 minutes to connect your first location.
Sources (last checked September 29, 2026)
- Elfsight Google Reviews pricing page (elfsight.com/google-reviews-widget/pricing): plans, limits, included features and FAQ.
- Elfsight pricing page (elfsight.com/pricing): the 96 Apps Pack.
- Elfsight Google Reviews widget page (elfsight.com/google-reviews-widget): the review button, filters, sync timing and FAQ.
- Elfsight help center, view limit (help.elfsight.com/article/1089-views-limit-everything-you-need-to-know-new-dashboard): what counts as a view and what happens at the limit.
- Google Search Central, review snippet guidelines: self-serving reviews and embedded widgets.
- FTC, Consumer Reviews and Testimonials Rule: Questions and Answers: review suppression, and selective positive reviews in marketing.
- 16 CFR 465.7, review suppression: the rule text.
- Google’s Maps user-contributed content policy: selectively soliciting positive reviews.
- ReputeMap pricing (reputemap.com/#pricing): ReputeMap’s own plans.
ReputeMap is independent and not affiliated with Elfsight or Google.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Elfsight Google Reviews widget cost?
Elfsight's pricing page for the widget (checked September 29, 2026) lists a free plan with 1 widget and 200 views a month, then Basic at $5 a month billed yearly (3 widgets, 5,000 views), Pro at $10 (9 widgets, 50,000 views) and Premium at $20 (21 widgets, 150,000 views). Enterprise tiers run from $30 to $80 a month billed yearly, up to unlimited views.
What counts as a view on Elfsight?
Elfsight's help center says a view is counted each time someone loads a page with your widget, whether or not they scroll to it. The limit is per month and applies to the whole app, so two Google Reviews widgets, or one widget on many pages, share the same allowance.
What happens when an Elfsight widget runs out of views?
According to Elfsight's help center, the widget is deactivated and no longer visible to your visitors until the views refresh on the next period, or until you upgrade.
Is the Elfsight Google Reviews widget free?
Yes, for 1 widget and 200 views a month, with Elfsight branding and no credit card. That suits a test or a page with very little traffic; a widget in a site-wide footer uses a view on every page load.
Can Elfsight hide negative reviews?
Yes. Elfsight's FAQ says you can filter reviews by rating to show only positive ones, such as 4- and 5-star reviews, and exclude reviews by keyword or reviewer name. If you do, label it as highlights rather than all your reviews: the FTC warns that non-representative reviews in marketing could be deceptive under Section 5 of the FTC Act.
Is ReputeMap better than Elfsight?
For a business that wants its Google reviews shown on its site and also answered and requested, yes: that is our recommendation, and ReputeMap wrote this page. ReputeMap's Google-review widget comes with Starter at $29 a month for 5 locations with no view limit, it shows your newest reviews and true average rather than a filtered selection, and the same plan includes a review inbox, AI reply drafts, review requests by email and QR code, and low-star alerts. Elfsight's widget displays reviews and stops showing once the month's views run out. For a widget alone on a low-traffic site, Elfsight's free or $5 plan costs less.
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