Vova's Post Grids vs Tabilo: Which Gutenberg Block Plugin Do You Need?

Who This Comparison Is For

If you've landed here, you're probably trying to figure out whether a native Gutenberg block plugin can replace a heavier page builder for a specific layout job. Vova's Post Grids and Tabilo — Table Builder Block are both free, block-based plugins from the WordPress.org repository, but they solve completely different problems: one displays dynamic post queries as a responsive grid, the other builds structured tables with real blocks inside cells. This comparison is for anyone deciding which of these two — or whether either — fits their actual use case.

Pricing Comparison

Both plugins are currently free with no premium tier. Vova's Post Grids is listed on WordPress.org as free and GPL-licensed with no license key, no Pro upsell nag, and no changelog hints of a paid version coming. Tabilo is also free on WordPress.org with no published pricing page or Pro tier as of this writing — though its guide content notes that, given how most WordPress.org block plugins eventually ship a paid upsell, it would be reasonable to expect one down the line, even though nothing is public yet. In short: install either one today at zero cost, but don't plan a purchase strategy around either staying free forever, especially Tabilo.

Feature Comparison

The two plugins aren't really competitors — they're complementary tools that happen to share a "free, single-purpose Gutenberg block" philosophy. Vova's Post Grids is about querying and displaying existing content: it pulls from any public post type (including custom post types like product, event, or recipe), lets you filter by taxonomy, keyword, and date range, and renders the results as a responsive grid with AJAX pagination that avoids full page reloads. Its configuration lives entirely in the block sidebar — columns and spacing can be set per breakpoint without custom CSS.

Tabilo, by contrast, is about building static structured content: tables. Its headline feature is that table cells aren't limited to plain text — you can drop other Gutenberg blocks like images, buttons, lists, headings, and star ratings directly into individual cells. It ships with 40+ pre-built table patterns (pricing tables, comparison grids, booking layouts, data tables) plus two bonus blocks, Star Rating and Icon, aimed at review and comparison content.

Where they diverge most is in what they're missing. Vova's Post Grids has no visual card template editor and no front-end filter UI for site visitors — filtering is set once by the editor, not exposed as an interactive control. Tabilo, meanwhile, isn't built for plain data-heavy tables — a spec sheet with 200 rows of plain numbers is better served by a spreadsheet-style plugin, since Tabilo's value is specifically in mixing blocks into cells.

	Vova's Post Grids	Tabilo — Table Builder Block
Price	Free, no Pro tier, no license key	Free, no published Pro tier yet (may come later)
Best for	Displaying dynamic post queries (blog archives, CPT grids) as a filterable grid	Building structured tables (pricing, comparison, menus, schedules) with rich cell content
Standout feature	AJAX pagination without full page reload, configurable per-breakpoint columns	Ability to drop real Gutenberg blocks (buttons, images, star ratings, icons) inside table cells
Platform	Native Gutenberg block, no page builder runtime	Native Gutenberg block, no shortcode dependency

Bottom Line

If you're trying to display a filterable grid of blog posts, portfolio items, or a custom post type like recipes or case studies, Vova's Post Grids does that job natively without loading a page builder just to make a nicer archive page — its AJAX pagination and per-breakpoint column controls are built for exactly that. If your problem is instead building a pricing table, comparison chart, restaurant menu, or staff directory where each cell needs more than plain text — a button, an image, a star rating — Tabilo's block-in-cell approach is the tool built for that, backed by 40+ ready-made patterns.

For readers who need both — a post grid on one page and a comparison table on another — there's no conflict in running both plugins simultaneously, since neither depends on a shared builder runtime and both are free. The only real caution with either is documentation and maturity: Vova's Post Grids has minimal documentation and less battle-testing around theme.json spacing tokens than core's Query Loop block, while Tabilo's free-forever status isn't guaranteed long-term even though nothing paid exists yet. If budget is the only concern, both cost nothing to try right now.