Duda vs. Squarespace

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
Squarespace
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Squarespace is a CMS platform that allows users to create a DIY blog, eCommerce store, and/or portfolio (visual art or music). Some Squarespace website and shop templates are industry or use case-specific, such as menu builders for restaurant sites.
$16
per month billed annually
Pricing
DudaSquarespace
Editions & Modules
Basic
$19
per month
Team
$29
per month
Agency
$59
per month
Custom
Contact Sales
Basic
$16
per month billed annually
Core
$23
per month billed annually
Basic
$25
per month
Core
$36
per month
Plus
$39
per month billed annually
Plus
$56
per month
Advanced
$99
per month billed annually
Advanced
$139
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DudaSquarespace
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details25% discount available for annual pricing.Personal: $12/month (paid annually) $16/month (paid monthly) Business: $18/month (paid annually) $26/month (paid monthly) Basic Commerce: $26/month (paid annually) $35/month (paid monthly) Advanced Commerce: $40/month (paid annually) $54/month (paid monthly)
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
DudaSquarespace
Considered Both Products
Duda
Chose Duda
Duda is miles ahead, the competitors are all trying to steal their marketshare.
Squarespace

No answer on this topic

Top Pros

No answers on this topic

Top Cons

No answers on this topic

Features
DudaSquarespace
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.9
4 Ratings
10% above category average
Squarespace
6.8
61 Ratings
17% below category average
Role-based user permissions8.94 Ratings6.861 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.6
4 Ratings
12% above category average
Squarespace
6.9
53 Ratings
10% below category average
API9.13 Ratings7.546 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language8.14 Ratings6.434 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.8
4 Ratings
14% above category average
Squarespace
7.7
94 Ratings
0% above category average
WYSIWYG editor9.14 Ratings9.281 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.94 Ratings7.875 Ratings
Admin section9.34 Ratings7.593 Ratings
Page templates7.94 Ratings7.194 Ratings
Library of website themes8.34 Ratings7.491 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design9.34 Ratings8.190 Ratings
Publishing workflow9.34 Ratings7.681 Ratings
Form generator8.54 Ratings7.175 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.6
4 Ratings
16% above category average
Squarespace
6.6
84 Ratings
10% below category average
Content taxonomy8.74 Ratings7.472 Ratings
SEO support8.64 Ratings7.776 Ratings
Bulk management8.64 Ratings6.148 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.24 Ratings5.463 Ratings
Community / comment management8.84 Ratings6.663 Ratings
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DudaSquarespace
Small Businesses
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
DudaSquarespace
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(4 ratings)
8.5
(94 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
DudaSquarespace
Likelihood to Recommend
Duda
For both service, and a variety of ecom needs, Duda delivers!
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Squarespace
Squarespace is one of the best solutions out there for building a website or web experience that looks good, has great functionality and is cost-effective, even for smaller businesses. Although most people in marketing will find most of the elements intuitive, if the creator is struggling with any of the functionality, there are many, many support options and other users who can offer assistance.
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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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Squarespace
  • Stupid simple to use. I know very creative people who cannot code and this is probably the easiest ever platform for them!
  • Pretty website templates and great functionality with showing off portfolios.
  • They've already figured out what are the problems that non-coding people have when creating websites and they've figured out a simple solution for all of it.
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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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Squarespace
  • Customizing the sites can be highly UN intuitive
  • Navigation for editing the sites can be difficult and frustrating
  • Squarespace has different versions and it's hard to know which version you're on. You can't switch after you start making a site with one version.
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Likelihood to Renew
Duda
No answers on this topic
Squarespace
Unless our website requires significantly more functionality in the future, I can't see us terminating our contract
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Usability
Duda
No answers on this topic
Squarespace
It's simple to use for someone who is really good with computers as well as those who are not. I've been using my personal squarespace for years and have also helped clients build a starting page which they are later able to manage theirselves.
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Support Rating
Duda
No answers on this topic
Squarespace
Help is available directly from the back end and uses full sentence searching to find answers to questions others may have asked before. With a ton of articles and support questions documents, it is very likely that your question has been answered. If not each page has the ability to open a direct email to support. Each case has a number and can be followed. Responses are often quick and have links and directions clearly stated
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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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Squarespace
Squarespace was quicker to set up and more accessible to manipulate the theme, pictures, and content. The page layouts are more versatile and fluid. With WordPress, more time-consuming efforts go into making a template work the way you want it to (because of the lack of the drag-and-drop grids that Squarespace has).
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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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Squarespace
  • The cost is reasonably decent. My client says they spent about $20 a month or $240 a year. I asked her if she could add Google AdSense to her blog one day, and they believe they can. They said a custom site would cost them $3000-10,000 depending on who does it. And I agreed, but I found the website they created was on the lower end of that range.
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