CommonSpot vs. Duda

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CommonSpot
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
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.N/A
Duda
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
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
CommonSpotDuda
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$25
per month
Team
$39
per month
Agency
$69
per month
White Label
$199
per month
Custom
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CommonSpotDuda
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details25% discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
CommonSpotDuda
Features
CommonSpotDuda
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
CommonSpot
7.0
1 Ratings
16% below category average
Duda
8.6
9 Ratings
5% above category average
Role-based user permissions7.01 Ratings8.69 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
Duda
8.8
9 Ratings
12% above category average
Code quality / cleanliness6.01 Ratings9.38 Ratings
Admin section6.52 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Page templates7.02 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Library of website themes7.01 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Publishing workflow7.02 Ratings8.88 Ratings
Form generator4.01 Ratings8.08 Ratings
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.29 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
Duda
7.7
9 Ratings
3% above category average
Content taxonomy7.52 Ratings7.49 Ratings
SEO support7.02 Ratings8.69 Ratings
Bulk management8.01 Ratings6.88 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions7.01 Ratings7.29 Ratings
Community / comment management9.01 Ratings8.37 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
CommonSpot
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Ratings
Duda
9.2
8 Ratings
17% above category average
API00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.37 Ratings
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User Ratings
CommonSpotDuda
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
CommonSpotDuda
Likelihood to Recommend
PaperThin, Inc
Commonspot is well suited for web content management to be conducted by individuals with low-level web skills.
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Duda
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.
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Pros
PaperThin, Inc
  • 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.
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Duda
  • Very easy to learn and master
  • Builds beautiful, feature rich and easy to maintain cool websites
  • Provides an efficient management platform for agencies
  • Has a very good and responsive support team
  • Is continually expanding features and new add-on partners
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Cons
PaperThin, Inc
  • 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.
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Duda
  • Ecommerce can use some improvement--but this should be taken care of in 2023
  • A more robust app marketplace
  • More custom widgets
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Usability
PaperThin, Inc
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.
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Duda
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.
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Alternatives Considered
PaperThin, Inc
Commonspot works in tandem with Zendesk very well to accomplish tasks an an efficient manner.
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Duda
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
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Return on Investment
PaperThin, Inc
  • 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.
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Duda
  • Much faster project turnaround
  • Easy for non-tech staff to handle some of the work
  • Costs are lower than we were paying for less capabilities before we switched to Duda
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