WordPress theme comparison
Beam vs Neve
At a glance
- Neve has more active installs: 200K+, against 90+ for Beam.
- On a typical day, Neve is downloaded about 2,117 times, Beam about 0.
- Beam is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.7 from 1,284 reviews.
- Neve was updated more recently: Nov 6, 2026, against Apr 1, 2019 for Beam.
- Neve has been around longer: since 2018, against 2019 for Beam.
Line by line
Neve leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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