Hi @asteropes,
1. You can display certain elements on your homepage in columns: portfolio, services, features, members, etc
As for adding columns on your other pages you can use a page builder for that or Gutenberg.
2. You get more features and options, which cannot be found in the free one. It also comes with premium support for one year and free updates and bug fixes.
Some of the premium features include:
-Improved Slider Options – Add more slides, control the appearance, speed & position of slides on the page.
-WooCommerce Support – Create a WooCommerce powered shop. Supports WooCommerce v3.x and upwards
-Responsive design
-Custom Color Schemes & Color Controls – Easily change your site’s color schemes.
-Custom Typography Controls
-Included demo content – you can get your theme to look like the demo
-Lots of extra options for each section, social links, footer columns and many more.
-Page/posts layout options.
-Extend your other page sections: portfolio/services/features, etc
-Reorder Homepage Sections – Re-order your site’s front-page sections in any way you want.
Warmly,
Mihaela