The best Duda alternative for agencies that want the store and the list included
Duda is built for agencies and priced for them, starting at $19/mo with no free plan, e-commerce as a paid add-on and no email marketing at all. Grigora includes the store and the newsletter in every plan, from $12/mo, with white label available as a plan of its own.
Last updated August 2026
Duda is a well-made agency platform: fast sites, solid client management, a mature white-label product and a widget builder that lets teams ship reusable components. What it is not is complete. There is no free plan, e-commerce is an add-on on top of the plan price, and there is no email marketing in the product at all, so every client who needs a newsletter needs a second vendor. Grigora bundles the store and the list into a lower base price and sells white label as a plan.
- A store included in the plan rather than sold as an add-on
- A newsletter and subscriber list in the same subscription
- A lower entry price, and a free plan to start on
- Moderated comments and directories built into the CMS
- White label as a plan rather than the top of a ladder
- •Run a high-volume agency with mature client-management needs
- •Rely on its widget builder and reusable component workflow
- •Need its team permissions and multi-site dashboard at scale
Duda alternatives at a glance
How Grigora and the other main Duda alternatives compare on the essentials.
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| Platform | Best for | Free plan | Starting price | Sales commission | Export your site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grigora | All-in-one sites and agency resale | Yes | From $12/mo | 0% (processing only) | |
| Duda | Agencies managing many client sites | No (14-day trial) | From $19/mo | 0% (processing only) | |
| Wix | Templates and app market | Yes (Wix ads) | From $17/mo | 0% (processing only) | |
| Squarespace | Design-led sites | No (trial) | From $19/mo | 2% on Basic, 0% on Core+ | Partial |
| Webflow | Designer-grade builds | Yes | From $15/mo | 0% (2% on Ecommerce Standard) | Partial |
| WordPress.com | Blogs and content sites | Yes (ads) | From $4/mo | 0% (processing only) |
List pricing (billed annually) as of August 2026; payment-processor fees apply to all. Duda e-commerce is a paid add-on on top of the plan. Verify current pricing on each provider's site.
Why people switch from Duda to Grigora
The friction points Duda users hit most often, and how Grigora handles them.
The store is an add-on
Every client who starts selling makes their site more expensive, which is an awkward conversation for an agency that quoted a monthly price.
There is no email marketing at all
Duda does not sell one. Any client who wants a newsletter needs a second vendor, a second bill and a second integration to maintain.
No free plan to prototype on
A 14-day trial is not the same as being able to build a pitch site and leave it up while a client decides.
Nothing comes with you
Duda offers no meaningful export. Moving a client off the platform means rebuilding the site from scratch.
What Duda does well
- Excellent agency tooling: client permissions, team roles and multi-site dashboards
- A mature white-label product
- Widget builder for reusable components across client sites
- Fast, well-optimised published sites
Where Duda falls short
- No free plan, only a 14-day trial
- E-commerce is a paid add-on rather than part of the plan
- No email marketing product at all
- No meaningful content or site export
Grigora vs Duda at a glance
The differences that actually move your monthly bill.
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Grigora vs Duda: feature by feature
A category-by-category breakdown, pricing, AI, design, e-commerce, email, SEO, performance, and support.
Pricing & value
Grigora winsDuda's ladder starts at $19 a month for one site with no free plan, and reaches $149 a month for white label covering four sites. Grigora starts at $12 with a free plan below it, and includes in the base price two things Duda charges for or does not sell.
| Feature | Grigora | Duda |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $12/mo | $19/mo (Basic) |
| Free plan | Yes | No, 14-day trial |
| Multi-site plan | $45/mo for 5 sites | $52/mo for 4 sites (Agency) |
| White label | $199/mo White Label plan | $149/mo for 4 sites |
| Store in that price | Paid add-on |
Takeaway: Compare like for like and Duda's plan price is only part of what a client site costs.
E-commerce & online store
Grigora winsDuda sells e-commerce as an add-on layered onto the plan, which means every client who sells anything raises the monthly cost of that site. Grigora includes the store on every plan, including Starter.
| Feature | Grigora | Duda |
|---|---|---|
| Store included in the price | Paid add-on | |
| Catalog, variants and stock | ||
| Digital and physical products | ||
| Platform commission | 0% | 0% (processing only) |
| Cost to add selling to a client site | None | Add-on fee per site |
Takeaway: On Duda, selling is a line item per site. On Grigora it is already in the plan.
Newsletter & email
Grigora winsDuda has no email marketing platform. Clients who want a newsletter get a form that pipes into whichever third-party tool the agency has integrated, on that tool's separate bill. Grigora includes the list, the campaigns and the automations.
| Feature | Grigora | Duda |
|---|---|---|
| Email included | 2,500 to 25,000 subscribers | |
| Campaign builder | Included | Third-party platform |
| Automation and segmentation | Included | Third-party platform |
| Signup forms tied to the site | Forms plus integration | |
| Professional inbox | From $5/mailbox | Separate provider |
Takeaway: Every Duda client that mails its audience is on someone else's platform to do it.
White label & agencies
Even matchAn honest category. Duda's agency tooling is genuinely strong: client permissions, team roles, a multi-site dashboard, a widget builder for reusable components and a mature white-label product, and at $149/mo its White Label tier undercuts Grigora's $199/mo. Grigora's advantage is per-site scope rather than operations depth or white-label price.
| Feature | Grigora | Duda |
|---|---|---|
| Resell under your own brand | $199/mo White Label plan | $149/mo plan |
| Client permissions and team roles | Basic roles | Best in class |
| Multi-site dashboard | ||
| Reusable component builder | Widget builder | |
| Store and newsletter per client site | Included | Add-on and third party |
Takeaway: Duda runs an agency better. Grigora delivers a more complete client site for less.
Blog, CMS & directories
Grigora winsDuda's blog and its content collections are workable, and comments are not part of the product. Grigora ships blogging, categories, author profiles, structured directories and moderated comments as core features.
| Feature | Grigora | Duda |
|---|---|---|
| Blog editor depth | Full CMS editor | Solid blog |
| Structured collections and directories | Built in | Content collections |
| Built-in comments and moderation | Included, with admin replies | |
| Categories and author profiles | Limited | |
| AI blog writing | AI assist |
Takeaway: Close on structured content. Grigora adds the comment layer Duda does not sell.
AI features
Grigora winsDuda has added AI assistance for copy and section generation inside its editor. Grigora starts the whole site from a prompt and includes far larger credit allowances.
| Feature | Grigora | Duda |
|---|---|---|
| AI first-draft site from a prompt | Section and copy assist | |
| AI page and product copy | ||
| AI credits included | 15,000 to 250,000 | Limited |
| AI blog writing | Limited |
Takeaway: Duda uses AI to fill in a site. Grigora uses it to produce one.
SEO & site speed
Even matchCredit where it is due. Duda's page performance is genuinely one of its selling points, and its SEO controls are complete. Grigora matches on delivery and adds a large free SEO toolkit and IndexNow submission.
| Feature | Grigora | Duda |
|---|---|---|
| Meta, schema and sitemap controls | ||
| Page speed out of the box | Managed delivery | Strong |
| IndexNow submission | ||
| Free SEO tools suite | 210 tools | |
| URL structure control |
Takeaway: Comparable on the site itself. Grigora adds the tooling around it.
Ease of use & setup
Grigora winsDuda's editor is fast and predictable, built for people who make websites for a living. Grigora is built for the case where the first draft should already exist before anyone opens the editor.
| Feature | Grigora | Duda |
|---|---|---|
| Time to a first live draft | Minutes | Hours |
| AI site generation | Assisted | |
| Templates included | 131 | Large library |
| Client editing experience | Visual, on the page | Strong, with permissions |
| Mobile editing |
Takeaway: Duda is faster for a professional. Grigora is faster from a standing start.
Ownership, export & support
Grigora winsNeither platform hands over the design. Duda has no site or content export of consequence, which makes leaving expensive. Grigora supports content import and export.
| Feature | Grigora | Duda |
|---|---|---|
| Export blog and CMS content | ||
| HTML or CSS export | ||
| Move a client site elsewhere | Content moves | Rebuild required |
| Support | Email, priority on higher plans | Chat and email |
Takeaway: Both are closed platforms. Only one of them lets you take the content with you.
Grigora vs Duda pricing
Duda prices per site and sells the store separately. Grigora includes it.
Website, newsletter & store in one plan
Annual rates shown. Month-to-month is higher. The CMS, newsletter and store are included on every plan, with 0% platform commission on any gateway.
Agency plans, add-ons on top
Duda pricing billed annually, August 2026. There is no permanent free plan, only a 14-day trial. E-commerce is a paid add-on on top of the plan, and there is no email marketing product.
Grigora Starter at $12/mo covers a website, CMS, newsletter and store. Duda Basic at $19/mo covers the website, and the store and the newsletter are extra.
The real cost: Grigora vs Duda
Duda's plan price is the floor. Count the add-on and the email platform every client eventually asks for.
| What you pay for | Duda | Grigora |
|---|---|---|
| Base plan | $19 to $149/mo | $12 to $45/mo (all-in) |
| Online store | Paid add-on per site | Included |
| Email marketing | Third-party platform | Included (2,500 to 25,000 subs) |
| Comments on posts | Third-party embed | Included |
| SEO tooling | Third-party tools | 210 free tools |
| Additional sites | Beyond four, charged per site | Up to 5 on Business |
| Professional email inbox | Separate provider | From $5/mailbox (optional) |
Grigora vs Duda, side by side
Both are built for people who make sites for a living. Only one includes the store and the list.
Is Grigora the right Duda alternative for you?
Where Grigora is the strongest Duda alternative, by use case.
Best Duda alternative for small agencies
White label as a plan, with a store and a newsletter already inside each client site rather than billed on top.
… for freelancers
Duda's entry tier is $19 for one site with no free plan. Grigora starts at $12 and has a free plan to prototype on.
… for clients who sell
Adding commerce should not raise the monthly cost of the site. On Grigora it does not.
… for content-led client sites
Blogging with categories, author profiles and moderated comments, without adding a third-party comment embed.
Which one is right for you?
Choose Grigora if…
- You want the store and the newsletter in the base price
- A free plan and a $12 entry point matter to how you sell
- Your client sites publish and need comments
- You want the store and newsletter inside every client site
- You would rather not integrate a separate email platform
Choose Duda if…
- •You run a high-volume agency and live in the client dashboard
- •The widget builder and reusable components are core to your workflow
- •Team permissions at scale matter more than what is bundled per site
How to switch from Duda to Grigora
Duda does not offer a meaningful export, so plan on rebuilding rather than transferring. The AI builder makes that far quicker than it sounds.
- 1
Start your Grigora site
Describe the business in a sentence and the AI generates a first-draft site with pages, layout and copy.
- 2
Copy the content across
Duda has no full export, so pull your text and images from the live site and paste them into the Grigora editor as you go.
- 3
Rebuild the key pages
Home, services, about and contact are quick to reproduce in the block editor, usually better than the originals.
- 4
Set up the list and the store
Import your subscribers into the built-in newsletter, and add products to Grigora Commerce with no add-on fee.
- 5
Point your domain and redirect
Connect your domain and redirect old Duda URLs so existing rankings carry over, then cancel the Duda plan.
Why people look for a Duda alternative in 2026
Duda is not a weak product. It is a narrow one, aimed squarely at agencies that build and manage many client sites, and it does that job well. The reason people go looking is almost never the editor. It is what the plan price does not include.
The store costs extra, per site
E-commerce on Duda is an add-on layered on top of the plan. For an agency that quoted a client a monthly figure, the day that client decides to sell something is the day the maths changes. Platforms that include the store simply do not have that conversation.
There is no email marketing
Not a limited one, none. Duda builds websites, and every client who wants a newsletter, a welcome series or a campaign needs a separate platform, integrated through forms and billed separately. For an agency, that is another vendor relationship per client.
There is no free plan and no way out
A 14-day trial is short for pitching work, and Duda offers no meaningful export, so a client site built there stays there or gets rebuilt. Both facts push cost onto the agency rather than the platform.
How Grigora compares
Grigora bundles rather than upsells. The website, the CMS with directories and moderated comments, the newsletter and the store are one product on one subscription, and the entry price sits below Duda's with a free plan underneath it.
One plan per client site
Starter at $12 a month billed annually includes the site, the CMS, a newsletter with 2,500 subscribers, and a store with no platform commission on your own gateway. The nearest Duda equivalent is Basic at $19, plus the commerce add-on, plus an email platform.
Where Duda still wins
Agency operations. Client permissions, team roles, the multi-site dashboard and the widget builder are more developed than Grigora's equivalents, and a large agency running dozens of sites will feel that difference daily. If you are running five client sites rather than fifty, the bundled scope matters more than the dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
For freelancers and small agencies that want the store and the newsletter included rather than sold separately, Grigora is the strongest all-in-one Duda alternative: website, CMS, newsletter and store in one plan from $12/mo, with White Label available as a plan. For high-volume agencies that live in client-management tooling, Duda remains strong.
Duda starts at $19/mo billed annually for Basic, then $29/mo for Team, $52/mo for Agency covering four sites and $149/mo for White Label covering four sites, as listed in August 2026. There is no permanent free plan, only a 14-day trial, and e-commerce is a paid add-on on top of the plan.
Not in the plan price. Duda sells e-commerce as a paid add-on layered on top of your plan, so each client site that sells costs more per month. Grigora includes the store on every plan, including the $12/mo Starter.
No. Duda does not sell an email marketing product, so newsletters mean integrating a third-party platform with its own subscription. Grigora includes email marketing with 2,500 to 25,000 subscribers depending on plan.
Not in any meaningful way. Duda does not provide a full site or content export, so moving off the platform means rebuilding. Grigora supports content import and export, so your posts and pages can move with you.
Yes. White Label is available as a plan, so you can resell the platform under your own brand and pricing, and every client site includes the CMS, newsletter and store without add-ons. Duda's client-management and team-permission tooling is more mature if you run a large agency.
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