Brandberry

At a glance

• Best for: creative agencies, studios, freelancers, and portfolios that want a bold, dark, modern, animation-rich design

• Made by: treethemes (Elite Author on ThemeForest)

• Price: $69 one-time (ThemeForest Regular License), including future updates and 6 months of support

• Signature: a dark, modern creative look from an Awwwards Site of the Day winning designer, built entirely on Elementor with a full theme builder

• Track record: a newer release with 300+ sales, rated 5.0 from early reviews, and actively updated (last update April 2026)

• Builders & commerce: built on Elementor (Gutenberg optimized), 100+ bundled widgets, 120+ template blocks, WooCommerce ready

The verdict

Brandberry makes a strong first impression, which is exactly the point for the creative audience it targets. It comes from an Awwwards Site of the Day winning designer, and it shows: a dark, bold, modern aesthetic with high-end visuals and smooth motion, built for agencies, studios, and portfolios that want to look expensive. Everything is designed around Elementor, so you get full visual control without touching code, backed by a proper theme builder and a deep set of custom widgets. The honest context to keep in mind is that this is a newer release with a shorter track record than long-established themes, though the early reviews are perfect and the update cadence has been steady.

Design, our gate, first

This is where Brandberry earns its place, and earns it easily. The design pedigree is real: an award-winning designer behind a confident dark, modern, creative look that reads current and premium rather than generic. The 9 starter sites are tailored for agencies, freelancers, and creative portfolios, and a library of 120+ custom blocks, with both light and dark versions, lets you assemble pages that hold that high-end feel. GSAP-powered animations, scroll reveals, parallax, and Lottie support add the kind of motion creative brands expect. The honest note for your gate: this is a specialized, animation-forward, mostly dark aesthetic, so it is a deliberate style pick for creative and portfolio work rather than a neutral base for any project. For its lane, the design quality is a genuine standout.

Performance

Brandberry is built on Elementor and leans on rich animation, so real-world performance depends partly on restraint, but the theme gives you the tools to keep it in check. It ships with asset and CSS loading optimizations and feature controls so you can switch off anything you do not use, and a recent update made the demo sites load about 35 percent faster. The realistic read: keep your media optimized and disable unused features, and it performs well for a visually rich creative theme; pile on every animation and heavy image, and, like any builder theme, it will slow down. The optimization options are there if you use them.

Pricing & licensing

Brandberry is a one-time purchase on ThemeForest. The Regular License is $69 and covers a single site whose visitors are not charged, while an Extended License at a much higher price covers paid end products. The price includes future updates and 6 months of support from the author, which can be extended for an added fee. Worth noting: the author recently raised the price in response to marketplace revenue-share changes, so the figure may move over time; confirm the current number on the listing. There is no subscription and no recurring cost.

What we love / what to watch

Love: a genuine design standout from an award-winning designer, a bold and modern creative aesthetic with premium motion, a full theme builder plus 100+ widgets and 120+ blocks for real flexibility, steady active updates, and strong early reviews.

Watch: it is a newer release with a shorter track record and a small review base so far, the dark animation-forward style is specialized rather than all-purpose, it is built around Elementor so real speed depends on how you build, and support is a solo operation with reply times of roughly one to three days.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Brandberry cost?

Brandberry is a one-time $69 purchase on ThemeForest (Regular License), which includes future updates and 6 months of support.

Who is Brandberry best for?

Creative agencies, studios, freelancers, and portfolio sites that want a bold, dark, modern, animation-rich design that looks premium.

Does Brandberry require Elementor Pro?

Brandberry is built entirely on Elementor and includes 100+ of its own widgets that cover much of what Pro offers. Elementor Pro is listed as compatible, so check the listing if you rely on specific Pro-only features.

Is Brandberry fast?

It includes asset optimizations and feature controls, and a recent update sped up its demos by about 35 percent, but as an animation-rich Elementor theme, real speed depends on how you build.

Bottom line

For agencies, studios, freelancers, and anyone building a creative or portfolio site that needs to look premium, Brandberry is one of the more genuinely design-led choices available, carried by real award-winning design pedigree. It is younger than some options and unmistakably built for a bold, modern creative style, but for that audience it delivers a striking result with the tools to stay flexible.