#1 most frequent
United States of America
56.4%92,235 installations of 163,505
What is Duda?
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.
Categories & Use Cases
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Top Performing Features
Admin section
The admin page is easy to navigate and use.
Category average: 7.9
Mobile optimization / responsive design
The CMS helps users build webpages that work well on mobile devices – whether m-dot pages or responsively designed pages.
Category average: 8.5
Publishing workflow
The software allows users to set up a custom workflow for updating the website, including approval processes.
Category average: 8.2
Areas for Improvement
Availability / breadth of extensions
There is a broad library of extensions, plug-ins, modules or add-ons that allow users to easily customize their websites without building custom code.
Category average: 6.9
Internationalization / multi-language
The software supports multiple languages, countries, currencies, etc.
Category average: 7.7
Page templates
The CMS has standard webpage templates or types of web pages (e.g. homepage, article page, interior page, blog page, etc.); users can also build custom templates.
Category average: 7.9
Who Buys & Uses Duda
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
14.6%23,865 installations of 163,505
#3 most frequent
Australia
7.5%12,338 installations of 163,505
Pros
- User-friendly interface simplifies website building
- Wide selection of templates and design options
- Efficient website creation process
Cons
- Limited customization options for certain elements
- Integration challenges with external platforms
- Occasional glitches and bugs within the CMS
Duda has outperformed other CMS platforms
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I used Duda to build website for clients. These would be independent soloprenereurs and non profit organizations. They don't have a team to help make software updates, so Duda is the perfect CMS solution for them. I have used many CMS platforms over the last 15 years and I find Duda to be very user-friendly.
Pros
- Professional templates to choose from
- Great account plans for agencies
- Easy CMS
- Good pricing
- Great customer service
Cons
- The CMS is glitchy at times
- Need to clear cache in browser to fix glitch issues
- Need ability to have global elements
- Would like the ability to change templates and keep content
Return on Investment
- I can build out sites fast which means more websites in on month
- Easy to hand over to the client
- Peace of mind for liability of a website being down.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Wix, WordPress and Squarespace
Other Software Used
Dubsado, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe PhotoShop, FreshBooks
10/10 Great Service
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Duda to create custom websites for clients. I have also integrated several different things within the Duda platform. I also create custom forms for events and have used many of the editing tools in Duda. It is also a good tool to make custom web apps for clients, I like how the mobile site can be so different from the desktop.
Pros
- Easy editing
- Easy url custom
- Easy hosting
Cons
- Some items could be easier to customize
- Could be easier to integrate with different paltfroms
- Easier client sharing
Return on Investment
- Duda has allowed our team to function quicker
- Duda has allowed us to have more clients
- Our clients are happier with their sites now
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Wix
Other Software Used
Slack, ActiveCampaign
Great website building SaaS platform
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are a small digital agency, WSI franchised, and we build websites for S&M businesses. We use Duda since 2018 and have around 30 active websites. It is a feature rich, easy to use, consistent, flexible and very secure platform, which makes our building process and client management quick and efficient. Its customer support is helpful, and of course the resulting websites are modern, beautiful, elegant and very easy and quick to create and maintain. All in all is a great SaaS platform!
Pros
- 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
Cons
- Platform costs have been recently ramping up
- It’s native e-commerce option is still lagging
- Many new features come at extra costs
Return on Investment
- Allows building websites very fast (even in 1 or 2 days!)!
- Learning and mastering the platform is quick and easy
- Provides a stable revenue source from licensing and maintenance
- Allows client investments to focus on new SEO-driving content instead of technical maintenance or platform upgrading
Usability
Alternatives Considered
WordPress, Wix, Square Online and Odoo
Other Software Used
HubSpot CRM, Semrush, HighLevel
A Drag-and-Drop Website Builder That Actually Works
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are a authorized whitelabeler of Duda. Our agency uses Duda as an easy-to-use offering for clients that don't quite fit the scope of our larger offerings. We use the platform as a way to capture small business clients with smaller budgets and offer them a powerful, intuitive, and developer-free website experience without the cost of a full-on custom WordPress or HubSpot CMS implementation.
Pros
- Flexibility in Designs
- Intuitive Interface
- Customer Support
- Third Party Widgets
Cons
- Builder Bugs
- Some Widgets Aren't Useful
Return on Investment
- Duda has helped our agency capture additional personas by allowing us to offer a lower-cost alternative to our core offerings.
- We have over 100 Duda websites in our dashboard, many of which are small businesses that would not be clients without this offering.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Wix, GoDaddy and Squarespace
100 recommend Duda
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
we use Duda to design and manage websites for clients.
Pros
- Easy to use interface
- Really like the client management
- Lots of ready made templates and predesigned sections to use.
Cons
- Apply design from one element to another.
- The personalization feature isn't as easy to use as the rest of the design UI
Return on Investment
- Makes it easy for use to update client sites or give them permissions to make updates themselves. Helps lessen support tickets.
- So far no downtime issues.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Squarespace, GoDaddy Digital Marketing Suite, WordPress and Wix
