CommonSpot is a Web platform that includes a content management system, an application development framework, marketing solutions, and social media features from PaperThin, Inc, a privately held, MA-based company. PaperThin's customers span multiple industries, including: government, healthcare, higher education, and association/non-profit sectors.
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Divi
Score 9.4 out of 10
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More than just a WordPress theme, Divi is a website building platform that replaces the standard WordPress post editor with a new visual editor. The vendor states it can be enjoyed by design professionals and newcomers alike, and is designed to give users the ability to create spectacular designs with ease and efficiency.
$89
per year
Duda
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Duda, the eponymous platform from the company in Palo Alto, is a web design platform for companies that offer web design services to small businesses. The company serves customers from freelance web professionals to digital agencies, all the way up to the large hosting companies, SaaS platforms and online publishers.
$25
per month
Pricing
CommonSpot
Divi
Duda
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Divi
$89
per year
Divi Pro
$277
per year
Divi Lifetime + Pro Services
$297
today + 212 each following year
Basic
$25
per month
Team
$39
per month
Agency
$69
per month
White Label
$199
per month
Custom
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CommonSpot
Divi
Duda
Free Trial
No
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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Lifetime subscriptions are also available for a one time fee.
25% discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
CommonSpot
Divi
Duda
Features
CommonSpot
Divi
Duda
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
CommonSpot
7.0
1 Ratings
16% below category average
Divi
8.7
8 Ratings
6% above category average
Duda
8.6
9 Ratings
5% above category average
Role-based user permissions
7.01 Ratings
8.78 Ratings
8.69 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
CommonSpot
6.3
2 Ratings
21% below category average
Divi
8.7
10 Ratings
11% above category average
Duda
8.8
9 Ratings
12% above category average
Code quality / cleanliness
6.01 Ratings
8.17 Ratings
9.38 Ratings
Admin section
6.52 Ratings
9.210 Ratings
9.09 Ratings
Page templates
7.02 Ratings
8.610 Ratings
8.89 Ratings
Library of website themes
7.01 Ratings
8.110 Ratings
9.09 Ratings
Publishing workflow
7.02 Ratings
10.08 Ratings
8.88 Ratings
Form generator
4.01 Ratings
6.710 Ratings
8.08 Ratings
WYSIWYG editor
00 Ratings
10.09 Ratings
9.09 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design
00 Ratings
9.210 Ratings
8.29 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
CommonSpot
7.7
2 Ratings
3% above category average
Divi
7.2
9 Ratings
3% below category average
Duda
7.7
9 Ratings
3% above category average
Content taxonomy
7.52 Ratings
8.48 Ratings
7.49 Ratings
SEO support
7.02 Ratings
6.28 Ratings
8.69 Ratings
Bulk management
8.01 Ratings
4.75 Ratings
6.88 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions
7.01 Ratings
8.08 Ratings
7.29 Ratings
Community / comment management
9.01 Ratings
9.06 Ratings
8.37 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Duda is great for agencies. There is a good client management area. It's even good for small businesses. They can choose a template and build out their own site. It's easy to customizes a website from a barebones template. There are many customizations in the each widget. The pricing is good for all size businesses. There is no tech headache with updates and backups.
I think CommonSpot's greatest strength is its ease of use. It's relatively intuitive in it's usage, so it therefore makes it easy to train new people to use it.
Within my usage of it, our options were limited, which again added to it's ease of use.
Commonspot needs to improve on its authoring feature. It is impossible to author on more than one page at a time . (One must always click on "View work on all changes") before switching between pages otherwise, the changes will not be saved.
CommonSpot does not support sharing the definition of any custom element or any template layouts. Therefore, one must recreate these in each site.
In Commonspot, a user who has to manage content in multiple sites will have to log in to each site to see and act on any actions.
The load time of the builder could be faster. On some websites it takes a long time to load, and may crash the page. (I believe they've said they're working on this stability issue.)
Warnings on updates if they're difficult for some sites to run. I have one website that has crashed more than once from Divi's theme updates. I always back it up before the update so I restore the site, but this is still a bit of an inconvenience.
Integrated (or more clearly marked) tutorials within the builder. I migrate site maintenance and ownership to clients after the site is complete and some could use refreshers within the builder on what happens where i.e. the difference between a section, row, module.
I had no previous background in content management, and found it very easy to use. If I could figure it out, I am pretty certain that just about anyone else could as well.
Again, this platform has to be one of the easiest web development sites I have ever used in my life. From creating pages to linking buttons, hiding pages, and more, it makes it so much easier to develop websites for clients, including forms and custom membership login portals. It really is the best.
I can't speak to why my agency selected Duda, but I can say from personal experience that building a website in Duda is much easier, and backed by better support than any other website builder I've used. Duda allows me, as a web designer, to still create great looking and unique websites. I find that other platforms, while they may provide nice templates, make it very difficult to deviate from the guardrails they put in place. Through the years, even the most basic site that I've built in Duda is significantly better than those built in other platforms
I was working in a religious institution and based upon our usage and audience, there was no ROI to speak of. Our usage was more for providing information than having any type of interaction. In that instance, it worked very well.