Feature	Free	Pro
Mega menus
Drag and drop mega menu builder (columns and rows)	✓	✓
Flyout (dropdown) sub menus	✓	✓
WordPress widgets inside mega menus	✓	✓
Open sub menus on hover, hover intent or click	✓	✓
Fade and slide sub menu animations	✓	✓
Multiple menus, each with its own settings	✓	✓
Tabbed mega menus		✓
Vertical mega menus		✓
Accordion menus		✓
Sticky menu		✓
Shrink the menu when it becomes sticky		✓
Show or hide items only in the sticky menu		✓
Page overlay (dim the page while the menu is open)		✓
Menu items
Dashicons menu icons	✓	✓
Font Awesome and Genericons icons		✓
Custom icons from the Media Library		✓
Image swap		✓
Menu item badges		✓
Show or hide items by user role or login status		✓
Logo in the menu		✓
Search box		✓
WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads cart total		✓
Shortcodes in menu items		✓
Styling
Theme editor with 100+ settings	✓	✓
Custom CSS	✓	✓
Per-item styling		✓
Google Fonts and custom fonts		✓
Mobile
Responsive mobile menu	✓	✓
Show/hide, slide down or off-canvas mobile menu	✓	✓
Sliding panels for mobile sub menus		✓
Toggle bar designer	✓	✓
Extra mobile toggle blocks		✓
Displaying your menu
Automatic integration with your theme's menu locations	✓	✓
Block, shortcode, widget and PHP output	✓	✓
Integration guides for 200+ themes	✓	✓
Compatibility
Touch and retina ready	✓	✓
Keyboard and screen reader accessible	✓	✓
Lightweight, cached CSS	✓	✓
Support
Documentation	✓	✓
Community support forum	✓	✓
Priority email support		✓

Max Mega Menu Pro is an add-on: install it alongside the free plugin and your menus and settings stay as they are.