One of the most difficult decisions when creating a website in HubSpot is which theme to choose, so I bring you the best themes from the HubSpot Themes Challenge 2021, so you can take them as a reference and see which of them could work for your company.
Are you ready to learn about some of the best options for your website in HubSpot? Well, let´s go to the topic and take notes so you know which one or ones would be incredible to redesign your website or launch it.
What are HubSot Themes?
Before I tell you about the best themes in the HubSpot Themes Challenge 2021, I have to briefly explain what a HubSpot Theme is, in case you are not familiar with this powerful tool.
HubSpot themes are sets of templates, modules, and global content used to build websites from within this powerful platform. They can be downloaded from the Marketplace and some default themes are included in the CMS Hub version.
Want to learn more about Hubspot and its themes? In All About HubSpot Themes, we tell you what you need to know.
What is the HubSpot Themes Challenge?
The HubSpot Themes Challenge has been running since 2020 and is a contest through which web developers and agencies are incentivized to create highly functional CMS Hub website themes.
In this edition (2021) there were more than 900 participants from all over the world, among which 26 winner stood out.
The prizes were divided as follows:
- Grand Prize: Best Overall Theme (1 winner)
- First place award (3 winners)
- Second place award (3 winners)
- Third place award (3 winners)
- Bonus prizes (16 winers )
The criteria considered to choose the winners were:
- Design and usability
- Technical optimization
- Functions
- Accessibility
- Originality and Impact
The 10 winning themes of the HubSpot Themes Challenge 2021
Considering all of the above, you are sure that the winning themes of the HubSpot Themes Challenge can be incredible for your website, so I am going to guide you, so that you know them a little more thoroughly and you can use any of them to launch your website soon, or renew it.
1. Ocean (Grand Prize: Best Overall Theme)
Ocean Pro, designed by the Media Source team, led by Bernardo Salazar, is a theme that was made thinking about and based on generating trust in your customers.
It is made up of more than 40 templates with classic sections such as: About, Services, Client, Equipment, Contact, among others, and powerful sections, such as a video library, pillar pages, and more.
Some of the objetives and need that Ocean theme seeks to cover is:
- Excellent user experience
- Great customization options
- Good editing experience
- Flexible modules to adjust them as required
- Accesible settings and options to change the appearance of content
- Large number of designs and styles for all profiles
Among its strong points, the Megamenu stands out, which allows you to create multiple variations and powerful modules to meet the needs of your users.
2. The TURBO Theme (first place)
Szymon Binek took one of the first places whit the TURBO Theme, whose value is focused on the customer experience and loading speed.
This theme brings together all the pioneering features of HS, but in an innovative way, giving users just the right amount of modules to manage and customize their website.
It has 33 modules that can have different functions and contents: products, services, equipment, etc. All give users the freedom to make changes to the design to suit their needs and image.
3. Uranus (first place)
Uranus was placed as one of the first places in HubSpot Themes 2021, and its standard is ease of use and optimized speed; two elements that allow you to take full advantage of HubSpot´s features.
It has a large number of options and modules that allow you to design any website: agency, freelance, designers, blog and much more. One of the creators´ goal is to help businesses increase traffic and convert visitors into customers.
4. Austin (first place)
Austin received one of the first place awards thanks to its easy usability and its 35+ themed pages, which are fully responsive and multipurpose.
It contains different header and footer layouts, offering a lot of customization possibilities.
The main objetive is to allow users to build a website even without knowledge and without obstacles, responding to the different needs they have.
5. March (second place)
March, created by Johannes Ardhy, was built on the premise of showing users everything that can be done through HubSpot and helping them create websites that are not only great looking, but also functional.
It was placed as one of the best themes in the HubSpot Themes Challenge 2021 thanks to its high compatibility with all HubSpot features, such as drag-and-drop headers, styling fields, A/B testing, and more.
March contains 36 templates and hundreds of components, so you can create a fully customized website for your project or business.
6. Conference Theme (second place)
Conference Theme was created by Stephanie O´Gay, an independent developer, to answer the need for event templates, which are not very common in popular Themes.
Winner of one of the second places in the HubSpot Themes 2021, this theme es perfect for creating event microsites, such as conferences, courses, webinars, etc. It has all the necessary templates for it: Agenda, Blog, Contact, Landing Pages and more.
7. Absolut (second place)
Olia Gozha developed Absolut whit the main objective that companies can create unique and recognized websites, with features and a look very different from what is currently in this market.
This theme focuses among other things, on video modules, so that creators or entrepreneurs can stand out from the rest in an original and not so complicated way.
Absolut comes whit 30 pre-built sections and 31 premium modules, which are more than enough to have a modern and functional website in Hubspot, striking the right balance between customization and consistency.
8. Omega (third place)
Omega arose under the idea of demonstrating that much more can be done that is believed with HubSpot and that it is possible to design a personalized website for any brand that is 100% functional and dynamic.
One of its strengths is the pages speed it offers, video backgrounds, and multiple header and footer options.
9. Nucleon (third place)
With a simple design, Nucleon, one of the third place winners, aims to help companies create a website focused on generating opportunities for rapid and scalable growth.
It handles under what any user would like to find in a site: ease of use, high level of customization and good quality and performance.
Its modules are very flexible and, like all the Themes on this list, it is 100% responsive. It includes 13 page templates, 11 system templates, 11 sections and more than 5´modules.
10. Portfolio (third place)
Finally, there is Portfolio, the latest third-place winner, which includes 30+ modules and 30+ pre-designed pages to get you into a great website in no time.
Each one of the modules has advanced settings and layouts: blog, headers, footers and mucho more.
Its focus is, as its name suggest, on the Portfolio module.
Others winning Themes of the HubSpot Themes Challenge 2021 (bonus prices)
In addition to these winning themes from the HubSpot Themes Challenge 2021, I would like to make a quick mention of the bonus winners, who also made outstanding themes and can be useful for a large number of companies or freelancers who want to star with their website.
- Xpand: Designed to display services or products (factories and industrial spaces)
- Generator: Directed toward marketing specialists and companies in the business
- Modern Pro: Commitment to performance, accessibility and customization
- Restaurant Pro: Take your restaurant or food place to the top of the searches
- PixelSushi: Created for builders, designers and marketers of all types of websites
- Restaurant: Design and have your restaurant site ready quickly and easily
- Business Lite: Create a modern web design for your company
- WEM Lite: Developed to build a cheap and clean website in no time
- Versa: Its goal is to offer a lot of flexibility for a wide variety of designs
- TwentyOne: Thinking of all business sites looking for customization under their brand
- Roger That: Betting on giving a modern and nordic approach to websites
- Comptech: Has everything you need to create a B2B SaaS site
- Jake Portfolio: Allow you to quickly showcase your creative work, service ant expertise
- Growth Business: All the necessary templates for any website, in the same Theme
- Milano: Aimed at food, kitchen or restaurant sites that want elegant components
- Mesbiz: Designed for entrepreneurs, small companies and digital agencies looking to reflect their corporate identity
What theme will you choose for your website?
Now that you know the winning themes of the 2021 HubSpot Themes Challenge, have you decided which one to use on your next website or website redesign?
CMS Hub has everything your company needs, so do not think about it too much and see which option is much closer to your brand and what you want to say with your website!
If you have questions or do not know how to implement HubSpot themes to your site, do not hesitate to contact us. At Media Source, we can help you to achieve it in a short time and with high effectiveness.
