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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Duda

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADuda, 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

    MODX

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe MODX Digital Experience Platform provides everything you need to build, host, and maintain amazing websites your way. The vendor says that with MODX CMS and cloud hosting, users have complete control over their creative vision and the experiences they deliver, without restriction or compromise. They can focus more on building great digital experiences, and less on hosting and maintaining. If you ever need help, MODX Professionals are available worldwide and direct support from…

    $39

    per month

    Pricing
    DudaMODX
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $25
    per month
    Team
    $39
    per month
    Agency
    $69
    per month
    White Label
    $199
    per month
    Custom
    Contact Sales
    Free
    $0
    Base
    $39
    per month
    Pro
    $99
    per month
    Business
    $349
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DudaMODX
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details25% discount available for annual pricing.PAYMENT FORMS MODX Cloud accepts major credit cards and PayPal for your hosting subscription. We can only accept check (cheque) payments on the Enterprise Plan, annually. CANCELLATION You may cancel your MODX Cloud account at any time. Before you cancel you'll be reminded to backup and remove all your live websites and then follow the instructions for cancellation. If you cancel within the first month, we'll provide you with a full refund. REFUNDS If you cancel within the first month, we'll provide you with a full refund. All other cancellations will be effective at the end of your current billing period. We do not provide refunds for remaining days or months on monthly or annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    DudaMODX
    Considered Both Products
    Duda
    No answer on this topic
    MODX
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    DudaMODX
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Duda and MODX
    Feature
    Duda
    8.6
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    MODX
    9.9
    3 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Role-based user permissions8.69 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Duda and MODX
    Feature
    Duda
    9.2
    8 Ratings
    16% above category average
    MODX
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    API9.07 Ratings6.13 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language9.37 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Duda and MODX
    Feature
    Duda
    8.8
    9 Ratings
    12% above category average
    MODX
    9.4
    3 Ratings
    18% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor9.09 Ratings9.83 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness9.38 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    Admin section9.09 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Page templates8.89 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    Library of website themes9.09 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design8.29 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.88 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    Form generator8.08 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Duda and MODX
    Feature
    Duda
    7.7
    9 Ratings
    2% above category average
    MODX
    9.5
    3 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Content taxonomy7.49 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    SEO support8.69 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Bulk management6.88 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.29 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Community / comment management8.37 Ratings9.93 Ratings
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    DudaMODX
    Small Businesses
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DudaMODX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DudaMODX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    MODX
    [MODX is well suited for] all websites, from blogs to corporate sites. It is fast scalable and really good. A small site can be build really fast, and a large site can be made extremely scalable. A website redesign is easy to implement with a new template, without having to redo the content. It got great user groups and users and back-office access can be completely customized.
    While ecommerce is possible with some really good plugins I would only use MODX with ecommerce for sites where ecommerce is not the primary role. For pure ecommerce sites rather use a dedicated system like e.g. PrestaShop (i would say the same thing with other ecommerce plugins e.g. WP woo commerce don't do it unless its a site add on.)
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    Pros
    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
    Incentivized
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    MODX
    • Ease of use - the MODX platform is very easy to use for someone who may have limited experience in content management.
    • Content blocks - the content blocks within MODX add to the usability and customization of the website being managed.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    MODX
    • The user interface was confusing at times.
    • Not a plug and play CMS system.
    • The site manager doesn't always run fast.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Duda
    No answers on this topic
    MODX
    It is the CMS we use the most, not because we know it well but because we literally tried many of other CMS and this one did it for us.
    However having said we really do not like the one shoe fits all approach. E..g for eCommerce we usually use PrestaShop etc. if a specialized CMS can do a task rather use that.
    However for a general CMS [MODX] is hard to beat.
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    Usability
    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.
    Incentivized
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    MODX
    Great and easy to use for both the coder and the end user. Especially if setup correctly by the coder.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Duda
    No answers on this topic
    MODX
    We have not had it go down due to bugs etc. especially when comparing it to other cms out there.
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    Performance
    Duda
    No answers on this topic
    MODX
    Damn its fast. really good page speed out of the box.
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    Support Rating
    Duda
    No answers on this topic
    MODX
    Great community support on slack.
    If you have a paid plugin great support also esp from modmore
    If you have cloud hosting MODX support is fast and all servers are optimized for MODX
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    Implementation Rating
    Duda
    No answers on this topic
    MODX
    Good system
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    Alternatives Considered
    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
    Incentivized
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    MODX
    The other company that we looked into was WordPress and all of the features that it offered our organization. What MODX offered to us from development to everyday use just made more sense for our organization as a whole. WordPress is still a great CMS platform, just not exactly what we were looking for.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Duda
    No answers on this topic
    MODX
    Very scalable. e.g. in the [MODX] manager you can manage multiple websites at once without having to login else where. it is very convenient and this way resources and be easily managed and shared.
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    Return on Investment
    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
    Incentivized
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    MODX
    • Increased security permissions of the users and freelancers who worked on our website.
    • Gave our developers the ability to create any page that they wanted with custom code.
    • Hindered our Marketing team's ability to stay on top of our content strategy with changes.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of MODX Manager InterfaceScreenshot of SEO Management - page levelProduct screenshotScreenshot of Easy editing landing pageScreenshot of Edit files directlyScreenshot of Create & edit custom fields