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    CommonSpot

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACommonSpot is a Web platform that includes a content management system, an application development framework, marketing solutions, and social media features from PaperThin, Inc, a privately held, MA-based company. PaperThin's customers span multiple industries, including: government, healthcare, higher education, and association/non-profit sectors.N/A

    Duda

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ADuda, 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.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    CommonSpotDuda
    Editions & Modules
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    Basic
    $25
    per month
    Team
    $39
    per month
    Agency
    $69
    per month
    White Label
    $199
    per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    CommonSpotDuda
    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
    CommonSpotDuda
    Considered Both Products
    PaperThin, Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CommonSpotDuda
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of CommonSpot and Duda
    Feature
    CommonSpot
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Duda
    8.9
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Role-based user permissions7.01 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of CommonSpot and Duda
    Feature
    CommonSpot
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Duda
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Code quality / cleanliness6.01 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Admin section6.52 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Page templates7.02 Ratings7.94 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.01 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Publishing workflow7.02 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Form generator4.01 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of CommonSpot and Duda
    Feature
    CommonSpot
    7.7
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Duda
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Content taxonomy7.52 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    SEO support7.02 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Bulk management8.01 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.01 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.01 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of CommonSpot and Duda
    Feature
    CommonSpot
    -
    Ratings
    Duda
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    13% above category average
    API00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CommonSpotDuda
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    CommonSpotDuda
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PaperThin, Inc
    Commonspot is well suited for web content management to be conducted by individuals with low-level web skills.
    Incentivized
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    Duda
    Duda is great for agencies. There is a good client management area. It's even good for small businesses. They can choose a template and build out their own site. It's easy to customizes a website from a barebones template. There are many customizations in the each widget. The pricing is good for all size businesses. There is no tech headache with updates and backups.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    PaperThin, Inc
    • I think CommonSpot's greatest strength is its ease of use. It's relatively intuitive in it's usage, so it therefore makes it easy to train new people to use it.
    • Within my usage of it, our options were limited, which again added to it's ease of use.
    Incentivized
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    Duda
    • 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
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    PaperThin, Inc
    • Commonspot needs to improve on its authoring feature. It is impossible to author on more than one page at a time . (One must always click on "View work on all changes") before switching between pages otherwise, the changes will not be saved.
    • CommonSpot does not support sharing the definition of any custom element or any template layouts. Therefore, one must recreate these in each site.
    • In Commonspot, a user who has to manage content in multiple sites will have to log in to each site to see and act on any actions.
    Incentivized
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    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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    Usability
    PaperThin, Inc
    I had no previous background in content management, and found it very easy to use. If I could figure it out, I am pretty certain that just about anyone else could as well.
    Incentivized
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    Duda
    Again, this platform has to be one of the easiest web development sites I have ever used in my life. From creating pages to linking buttons, hiding pages, and more, it makes it so much easier to develop websites for clients, including forms and custom membership login portals. It really is the best.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    PaperThin, Inc
    Commonspot works in tandem with Zendesk very well to accomplish tasks an an efficient manner.
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    Duda
    I can't speak to why my agency selected Duda, but I can say from personal experience that building a website in Duda is much easier, and backed by better support than any other website builder I've used. Duda allows me, as a web designer, to still create great looking and unique websites. I find that other platforms, while they may provide nice templates, make it very difficult to deviate from the guardrails they put in place. Through the years, even the most basic site that I've built in Duda is significantly better than those built in other platforms
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    PaperThin, Inc
    • I was working in a religious institution and based upon our usage and audience, there was no ROI to speak of. Our usage was more for providing information than having any type of interaction. In that instance, it worked very well.
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    Duda
    • Much faster project turnaround
    • Easy for non-tech staff to handle some of the work
    • Costs are lower than we were paying for less capabilities before we switched to Duda
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