The Elfsight Alternative That Only Builds Store Locators

Elfsight is a widget marketplace: 96 apps, from Instagram feeds to countdown timers, with a store locator among them. It is cheaper than us and needs no map API key. StoreRocket is locator infrastructure: a real location data model, Google Sheets sync, built-in lead capture, heatmap analytics and a REST API.

A locator specialist against one of 96 apps.
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Starting Price

From $25/mo, free trial

StoreRocket

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Free tier, paid from $4/mo billed yearly (Aug 2026)

Elfsight

Monthly View Cap

No view cap on any plan

StoreRocket

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200 free · 5,000 at $4 · 150,000 at $16 (Aug 2026)

Elfsight

Map API Key

Free on trial, your own key once you subscribe

StoreRocket

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Not required (their published claim)

Elfsight

Lead Capture

Built in (Business)

StoreRocket

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Not on their published locator feature list

Elfsight

Overview

What is Elfsight?

Elfsight is one of the biggest widget marketplaces on the web. Their own pricing page counts 96 apps in the pack, and the store locator is one entry in it. Their locator page lists unlimited locations, CSV import and export, real-time open/closed hours, search by address, name or ZIP, photos and logos, multilingual text, custom CSS and JS, and it states plainly that it needs no map API key. Pricing is banded by monthly widget views: free at 200 views, then roughly $4, $8, $16 and $24 to $64 a month as the view allowance climbs. Every paid tier is billed yearly, and those figures are a limited-time 33% sale against a $6 to $112 list (Aug 2026). StoreRocket costs more and asks subscribers to bring their own map key, so if you want a pin map on a small site for a few dollars, Elfsight is the cheaper buy and we will not pretend otherwise. What you get for the higher price here is depth in one thing: structured location records with per-weekday hours and custom fields, CSV/XLS/XLSX import and scheduled Google Sheets sync, lead capture that routes enquiries to store managers, search heatmaps, and a REST API. Their locator page does publish CSV import and live open/closed hours, so we are not claiming those; what is missing from it is the scheduled Sheets sync, the lead capture, the heatmaps and the API (Aug 2026).

Competitor details vary by plan and change over time, so check their site for current pricing and features. Visit elfsight.com

Feature Comparison

StoreRocket vs Elfsight

Side-by-side feature breakdown

Feature StoreRocket Elfsight
Starting Price From $25/mo (Aug 2026) Free tier; paid from $4/mo billed yearly (Aug 2026)
Free Trial 7 days, no credit card Free plan: 200 views/mo, 1 widget
Credit Card to Start Not required Not required on the free plan
Map Providers Google Maps + Mapbox Not disclosed; states no API key needed
Themes & Layouts Multiple themes Ready-made layouts, visual themes, 7+ templates
Lead Capture Business Not on their locator feature list
Analytics & Heatmaps Pro & up Not published
Google Sheets Sync Business (daily sync) Not published
REST API Business Not on their locator feature list
Team Collaboration Collaborator seats on higher tiers
Custom CTAs Customizable CTA buttons per location
Multi-Language All plans (auto-detect on Business) Multilingual (their claim)
Live Store Hours Real-time open/closed from business hours
Custom Fields Not published
CSV/Excel Import CSV import and export
Google Maps + Mapbox Support Not disclosed
Priority Sorting Business (Location Types) Not published
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Why Switch

Why Teams Switch From Elfsight

What you get when you switch to StoreRocket

A Location Record, Not a Map Pin

Elfsight's locator holds what a widget needs: a marker, an address, hours, a photo. StoreRocket stores locations the way a chain runs them, with per-weekday opening hours, custom fields, filters, location types on the Business plan, per-location markers and images, and slugs for every store. That structure is what makes filtering, sorting and reporting possible later, and it is the part a generic widget never has to solve.

Sync, Not Re-Upload

Elfsight publishes CSV import and export. StoreRocket adds scheduled Google Sheets sync on the Business plan, so the team that actually owns the store list edits a spreadsheet and the locator follows, plus CSV, XLS and XLSX import with column mapping. Nobody has to remember to re-upload a file after a store moves.

Lead Capture and a REST API

Built-in lead capture on the Business plan turns a search with no nearby store into a contact you can follow up, routed to store managers by email. The REST API on the same plan lets you push locations from an ERP, PIM or CRM. Neither appears on Elfsight's published store locator feature list (Aug 2026).

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Search Heatmaps, Not Just a View Counter

StoreRocket's analytics (Pro and up) plot real search heatmaps on the map, so you can see the towns generating demand where you have no store. Elfsight's locator page publishes no analytics for the widget at all, and their pricing counts views rather than reporting on them.

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Pricing

They Are Cheaper. We Are Not Metered By Traffic.

More value for your money

Elfsight

From $4/mo billed yearly (Aug 2026)

Worth checking

  • Priced by monthly widget views: 200 free, 5,000 at $4, 150,000 at $16 — every paid tier billed yearly (Aug 2026)
  • The locator is one of 96 apps they maintain
  • Elfsight branding on the free plan
  • No native Store Locator app in the Wix App Market; their Wix page sells a copy-paste embed (Aug 2026)
  • Their 12 Wix App Market apps average 2.4 out of 5, and none of those 12 is the Store Locator (Aug 2026)
StoreRocket

StoreRocket

Free trial, no credit card. Every plan includes unlimited traffic and both Google Maps & Mapbox. See our pricing page for plans.

  • Flat $25 / $39 / $69 a month, no monthly view cap
  • Google Sheets sync plus CSV/XLS/XLSX import (Business)
  • Built-in lead capture routed to store managers (Business)
  • Search heatmap analytics (Pro & up)
  • REST API (Business), Google Maps and Mapbox rendering
  • Capterra 5.0 from 28 reviews (Aug 2026)
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Easy Migration

Switch from Elfsight Without the Headache

We'll help you move everything over from Elfsight: locations, filters, custom fields, and settings. We aim for zero downtime and zero data loss.

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Sign up for StoreRocket

Free trial, no credit card needed.

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Tell us you're switching from Elfsight

Email us or mention it in onboarding. We'll take it from there.

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We help with the heavy lifting

Locations, fields, filters, and settings, we'll guide you through it.

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Trusted by thousands of businesses

Deanne Wong, eSight
"StoreRocket was super easy to install and has all the features and customizations we need to run our business.”
Julian Joy, II Palms Vodka
“Award-worthy customer service, advice and assistance solidified our decision in choosing StoreRocket.”
Bryce S., Purple Innovations
”We needed a new store finder on our site, and StoreRocket was a simple and quick solution. We had it up on our site in minutes, then modified to look exactly like what we wanted within less than a day.”
David M. for Hisense
“It enables me and my web agency to get a store locator up and running on a client's site in a very short amount of time. The support is helpful and friendly and they are willing to go the extra mile to help.”
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FAQ

Elfsight vs StoreRocket

Common questions about switching from Elfsight

Better at store locators, yes, and that is the only claim we will make. StoreRocket gives you structured location records, Google Sheets sync, CSV/XLS/XLSX import, lead capture, search heatmaps and a REST API. Elfsight's locator is one of 96 apps they publish, and their locator feature list covers unlimited locations, CSV import and export, hours, search, photos, multilingual text, ready-made layouts and visual themes, CTA buttons and custom CSS. If that list is your whole requirement, Elfsight does it for less money.
Three cases, honestly. If price is the deciding factor: their locator starts free and paid tiers begin around $4/mo billed yearly, against $25/mo here. If you also want an Instagram feed, a reviews widget and a contact form, one Elfsight subscription covers many widgets while StoreRocket only does locators. And if you cannot or will not create a Google Maps or Mapbox key, Elfsight states its locator requires no API keys, while StoreRocket subscribers supply their own key after the trial. Those are real advantages and we would rather you knew them now than after you paid us.
During your free trial, no, the map runs on our key. Once you subscribe you connect your own Google Maps or Mapbox key and we walk you through it. That is a genuine extra step compared with Elfsight, which says its locator needs no API keys. The upside is that your map traffic is yours: no view bands, no throttling, and the locator does not stop working because a monthly widget-view allowance ran out.
Elfsight bands their price by monthly widget views: free at 200 views with Elfsight branding, then roughly $4 for 5,000 views, $8 for 50,000, $16 for 150,000 and $24 to $64 above that, every paid tier billed yearly and currently a limited-time 33% off a $6 to $112 list (published pricing, Aug 2026). StoreRocket is $25, $39 or $69 a month flat with no view cap, so a busy month costs the same as a quiet one. Check both pricing pages before you decide; these numbers move.
Yes. Elfsight's locator supports CSV export, so export your locations and import the file here with our column mapping tool, which also reads XLS and XLSX. Once the data is in you can connect a Google Sheet and keep it in sync from there. If the list is large or messy, send it over and we will map it for you.
A marketplace has to spread its engineering across every widget it sells. Elfsight publishes 96 apps; the store locator gets its share of that attention. StoreRocket has done nothing but store locators since 2018 and now runs them for more than 1,600 paying customers (Aug 2026), which is why the depth sits in unglamorous places: hours and custom fields, import and sync, lead routing, search analytics, an API. If a pin on a map is all you need, that depth is not worth paying for.

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