Duda vs. Shopify

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Duda
Score 8.9 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.
$19
per month
Shopify
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Shopify is a commerce platform designed for both online stores and retail locations. Shopify offers a professional online storefront, a payment solution to accept credit cards, and the Shopify POS application to power retail sales.
$29
per month
Pricing
DudaShopify
Editions & Modules
Basic
$19
per month
Team
$29
per month
Agency
$59
per month
Custom
Contact Sales
Shopify Lite
$9
per month
Basic Shopify
$29
per month
Shopify
$79
per month
Advanced Shopify
$299
per month
Shopify Plus
2,000
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DudaShopify
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
DudaShopify
Top Pros

No answers on this topic

Top Cons

No answers on this topic

Features
DudaShopify
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.9
4 Ratings
9% above category average
Shopify
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.6
4 Ratings
12% above category average
Shopify
-
Ratings
API9.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.8
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Shopify
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG editor9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.6
4 Ratings
15% above category average
Shopify
-
Ratings
Content taxonomy8.74 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Duda
-
Ratings
Shopify
8.6
137 Ratings
10% above category average
Product catalog & listings00 Ratings9.5137 Ratings
Product management00 Ratings8.6135 Ratings
Bulk product upload00 Ratings8.7116 Ratings
Branding00 Ratings8.8135 Ratings
Mobile storefront00 Ratings8.8131 Ratings
Product variations00 Ratings8.9128 Ratings
Website integration00 Ratings8.5128 Ratings
Visual customization00 Ratings8.0134 Ratings
CMS00 Ratings7.9110 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Duda
-
Ratings
Shopify
7.8
130 Ratings
2% above category average
Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings7.8121 Ratings
Checkout user experience00 Ratings7.8128 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Duda
-
Ratings
Shopify
9.6
132 Ratings
15% above category average
eCommerce security00 Ratings9.6132 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Duda
-
Ratings
Shopify
8.4
134 Ratings
9% above category average
Promotions & discounts00 Ratings9.1129 Ratings
Personalized recommendations00 Ratings8.432 Ratings
SEO00 Ratings7.6125 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Duda
-
Ratings
Shopify
8.1
135 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-site management00 Ratings6.719 Ratings
Order processing00 Ratings9.8133 Ratings
Inventory management00 Ratings7.8132 Ratings
Shipping00 Ratings7.8125 Ratings
Custom functionality00 Ratings8.5125 Ratings
Best Alternatives
DudaShopify
Small Businesses
Divi
Divi
Score 10.0 out of 10
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Image Relay
Image Relay
Score 9.5 out of 10
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
DudaShopify
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(4 ratings)
8.6
(150 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(15 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
DudaShopify
Likelihood to Recommend
Duda
For both service, and a variety of ecom needs, Duda delivers!
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Shopify
Shopify has low barriers to entry so it's a great store for new businesses and small to medium size businesses who have a limited product amount and are interested in building a site from scratch that is centered around the buying experience. However, if you're a larger to enterprise company and want to incorporate an e-commerce element to your site, then they are still a possible solution but be prepared to hire a firm to help you implement and connect to your site in a seamless way because without a developer, it's near impossible.
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Pros
Duda
  • Seamless customer experience during page approval process
  • Highest score in core web vitals when compared to other CMS platforms
  • Duda will allow you to build websites faster, training team members and clients on the platform is a breeze
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Shopify
  • Managing products and Sales using a very user friendly platform.
  • Apps that make marketing really easy and effective.
  • Directly linking platforms like Instagram and Titkok and managing content that is posted on the sites.
  • Fast customer service.
  • Customer Analytics, allows me to see what type of products should I sell more.
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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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Shopify
  • The main drawback that I am facing in Shopify for a long time is that their sales analytics system is not up to mark. As I am using Shopify to run different stores for my organization it does not get updated after-sales and does not provide the right analytics about the product strength and number of sales.
  • Secondly, Shopify has different apps which are best to run the store on max strength but they are very much costly like inventory management, generating multiple discount codes, and more robust customizable editing.
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Likelihood to Renew
Duda
No answers on this topic
Shopify
Nothing we have used in the past or have seen thus far even comes close to offering what we get with Shopify Plus, especially for the price. You cannot even come close to getting what we are getting at the price we pay. We are beyond thrilled and Shopify Plus meets and exceeds all of our needs and expectations. We love it!
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Usability
Duda
No answers on this topic
Shopify
I think most people are able to suer Shopify that have used a computer. There are some features that take a bit longer to learn. If you are not a creative person it may be a bit more difficult to learn the website customization, but with a help guide or tutorial it will only take a few tries to understand how to work the interface
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Support Rating
Duda
No answers on this topic
Shopify
In terms of support I give Shopify a 9 out of 10 because they're always very friendly and thorough, and they personally can't solve my problem for me they always point me in the proper direction with the proper information I need to move forward
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Implementation Rating
Duda
No answers on this topic
Shopify
Just start now and make the switch, the sooner the better. You will love it and it is really a simple process
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Alternatives Considered
Duda
Much easier for non-tech team members to work on building and maintaining websites. Previous Adobe-based websites clients have been very happy with Duda. Overall, clients can do a lot more on their own, if they choose, than with other website platforms we have used, or that clients have used through other providers.
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Shopify
The old platform that I used could not help us to meet our requirements. It was not helping us properly, then I got to know about Shopify and started using it. After 1 month [of] usage of Shopify we could understand that this is the best platform [for E-commerce] to make better sales and goodwill. Shopify helped us to get a proper idea of the analytics of the website. Shopify [supports] most of the [applications] and helps us to make better results.
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Return on Investment
Duda
  • In the time it would have taken to build one website on WordPress, I built three on Duda.
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Shopify
  • It got the store up quickly so the client could start selling. She was previously selling products on Etsy and Facebook and wanted to consolidate everything onto one website, so the main thing Shopify solved was to reduce the store owner's time in managing all her products on multiple sites. Also, we had previously built a website on Wix with all the custom functionality and branding she needed - a truly great, high-end website - but it performed so slowly that it was unusable. So the speed at which Shopify can be set up and then works on the page is appreciable.
  • The website was manageable by the client - she could figure the system out herself after a while so she saved money on costs for hiring developers. She did have to hire developers to customize some of the plug-ins but costs are all relative; it wasn't a high investment compared to building a full e-commerce website. With the complexity and size of her product base and the functionality and branding she wanted to have in a website, and the potential of her business, she would have needed to invest well over $10,000 to get to where she really needs to be. In the end she kept the budget under $5000.00.
  • Costs kept climbing with plug-ins having to be added with everything. My client became more involved in building the website and began to try multiple plugins, and she did not have the skill base to evaluate the plugins functionalities so she chose plugins that did not do everything she needed, and then ended up paying the plugin developers to customize the plugins. So on one hand, it's pretty amazing to be able to bring up an e-commerce website as quickly as a week or so, but on the other hand if you need anything customized or deeper functionality in regards to product searching and filtering on the web page, and management on the backend, it quickly goes beyond the skills of the average person to manage, and above their expected budget as well. In the end my client really did not get anything close to the functionality for the website we had originally envisioned.
  • Shopify was the easiest way we could find to bring the client's products to a global market. We evaluated several other platforms and the functionality simple did not seem to be adequate, so Shopify seemed like the only solution that could do enough of what we needed and still stay within this client's budget. Really the problem in this project was not platform per se but that the budget wasn't large enough. Shopify managed to provide a solution for an ecommerce store with thousands of products on a tiny budget, so in the sense of pure functionality it provided the best value of all the platforms we evaluated. The solution still isn't big enough for this client's business though so, without having insights into this client's post-build sales results, my guess is that because her new website did not make her products easier to sort through, and she likely didn't have much more budget left to invest in SEO and other marketing of the website, her sales probably didn't increase substantially as a result of having built the website. So I think this project all in all did not likely have a high ROI.
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