Duda review

Duda is a hosted website platform for professionals building and managing client sites. It combines a visual editor, templates, reusable elements and global themes with tools for SEO, conversion, bookings and ecommerce. It also targets agencies that want to manage client work and present a branded platform of their own.

The feature set extends beyond standard site building. Duda says its Vibe interface can generate websites and full-stack web apps from chat prompts. SEO and AEO tools cover search optimization and AI visibility monitoring. Teams can also use role-based permissions, Zapier, MCP and REST APIs to manage users and automate projects.

Pricing starts at $19 per account per month on an annual plan, billed upfront, or $25 month to month, according to the pricing page. There is no free plan; Duda lists a 14-day trial. The main question for buyers is whether agency workflow and client management justify the plan limits and the commitment to a hosted, proprietary platform.

Duda’s clearest advantage is that it is built around professional client work, not just one person making a personal site. The visual editor, reusable elements and global themes give teams a shared way to build and manage sites. White-labeling and role-based permissions are relevant when an agency wants clients or staff working inside a branded, managed setup.

The pricing page lists a defined progression by team size and workload:

• Basic is $19 per account per month annually or $25 monthly, with one core project, 150 monthly AI credits and up to 1,000 site pages.
• Team is $29 annually or $39 monthly, with one core project, three team seats and unlimited client seats.
• Agency is $52 annually or $69 monthly, with four core projects, six team seats and up to five custom templates.
• White Label is $149 annually or $199 monthly, adding a white-label experience to the Agency plan’s listed project and seat limits.

Annual rates are monthly equivalents and charged upfront; the pricing page describes them as 25% off. Vibe, automation options and built-in booking and ecommerce features may reduce the need to assemble separate tools, though some of those services can cost extra.

The plans have concrete ceilings. Basic and Team include one core project; Agency and White Label include four. Basic and Team cap sites at 1,000 pages, while Agency and White Label list up to five custom templates. Those limits can make the advertised per-account price less useful for agencies with many active builds. Additional Website Builder projects start at $14 per month, and ecommerce or bookings may require extra purchases; the pricing page does not list those prices.

AI visibility monitoring is also a separate add-on, not a listed inclusion in the core plans. It starts at $19 per month for one project and 20 prompts; the listed Enterprise Lite tier is $300 per month for 50 projects and 1,250 prompts.

Switching deserves scrutiny. Duda is hosted and proprietary, and commenters in a Reddit thread warned that moving away could mean rebuilding elsewhere. One commenter said custom functionality beyond the out-of-box product required Duda’s team and became expensive. Those are individual reports, not proof of what every migration or custom request will cost, but they point to a real dependency. Developers who want to control the codebase may also find a page builder a poor fit.

Duda’s listed plans start at $25 per month, or $19 per month billed annually. Annual plans are charged upfront; the listed monthly equivalent is 25% lower. There’s a 14-day free trial, but no free plan.

The jump from Team to Agency is $30 monthly, or $23 on annual billing. That buys three more core projects (four total), three more team seats (six total) and up to five custom templates. White Label costs $199 monthly or $149 annually, adding a branded platform. Basic and Team include one core project; Team adds three team seats and unlimited client seats. The listed plans include 150 monthly AI credits, while page caps are 1,000 on Basic and Team.

AI Visibility is extra: plans run from $19 to $300 monthly, with project and prompt caps. Additional website-builder projects start at $14 monthly. Ecommerce and Bookings may require paid subscriptions, but prices aren’t listed, so budget beyond the headline plan price.

Duda is a hosted platform for building and managing client sites, so switching means checking more than whether page content can move. Before committing, inventory your templates, forms, bookings, store data, SEO settings and client workflows, then confirm what can be exported and what must be rebuilt. The published material does not document Duda’s export options or migration process; don’t assume those details.

The lock-in concern is real enough to weigh: Duda’s own verdict notes proprietary-platform lock-in, and its agency features—white labeling, client seats and project management—may make a later move more involved. That’s a risk to assess, not proof that every migration is difficult. We don’t have Reddit posts or comments in the published material, so we can’t credibly say what users report as their reasons for leaving. Ask Duda for export and account-closure details before moving client sites, and test portability with a representative site before shifting a whole portfolio.