Duda vs. Square Online

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Duda
Score 8.6 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.
$25
per month
Square Online
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Square Online (formerly Weebly) is a basic content management system with blogging and eCommerce features. It can be utilized for building standard websites or specialized webpages for online stores.
$13
per month
Pricing
DudaSquare Online
Editions & Modules
Basic
$25
per month
Team
$39
per month
Agency
$69
per month
White Label
$199
per month
Custom
Contact Sales
Personal
$13
per month
Professional
$16
per month
Performance
$29
per month
Free
Free
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DudaSquare Online
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details25% discount available for annual pricing.Pricing decreases when paid annually: Personal - $10/Month Professional - $12/Month Performance - $26/Month
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Community Pulse
DudaSquare Online
Features
DudaSquare Online
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.9
Ratings
10% above category average
Square Online
5.3
Ratings
41% below category average
Role-based user permissions8.90 Ratings5.30 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.6
Ratings
13% above category average
Square Online
6.3
Ratings
19% below category average
API9.10 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language8.10 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.8
Ratings
13% above category average
Square Online
7.5
Ratings
3% below category average
WYSIWYG editor9.10 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.90 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Admin section9.30 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Page templates7.90 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Library of website themes8.30 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design9.30 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Publishing workflow9.30 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Form generator8.50 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Duda
8.6
Ratings
16% above category average
Square Online
6.7
Ratings
9% below category average
Content taxonomy8.70 Ratings6.70 Ratings
SEO support8.60 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Bulk management8.60 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.20 Ratings5.70 Ratings
Community / comment management8.80 Ratings6.30 Ratings
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User Ratings
DudaSquare Online
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(0 ratings)
7.4
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DudaSquare Online
Likelihood to Recommend
Duda is great for small to medium sized websites building, where some level of animation is ok and mostly for presenting online information, and its SEO performance is very good then. But for very large or heavily interactive websites it may not be the best choice.
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Weebly is a great platform if you need a brochure-ware website. It's got some great features and you can't beat how easy it is to use. On the downside, the blog and e-commerce functionality is limited. Although there are several fairly easy to use platforms out there, I use it for many of my clients that are just starting out or need one they can eventually manage and update themselves as their businesses evolve -- which is especially true in the beginning or at the startup of a business. However, it can also scale, since you can create almost any number of pages and add content like audio and video. Additional functionality may be added through embeds.
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Pros
  • Ongoing Education for agencies and users. Anton has done what he does best and turned Duda into a go-to-source for information, ideas, and practical implementation.
  • UX - The ability to create simple yet highly customizable sites.
  • Speed - Sites take much less time to build and maintain, allowing agencies to scale and business owners to spend more time on growing their core revenue channels.
  • Reliability - From technical reliability, reduced down-time to support, Duda is a reliability option.
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  • Weebly makes it easy for users who are not very tech savvy to create a site that looks professional and well thought out.
  • Weebly provides users with a variety of templates for creating new pages quickly and efficiently.
  • The software allows users to make updates to their site and pages quickly and changes are published immediately.
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Cons
  • 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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  • Plugins leave a lot to be desired. Not a ton of custom options and many require additional subscriptions.
  • SEO options are also pretty elementary - if SEO if a focus for you, avoid Weebly
  • Overall templates are pretty boring compared to something you could create on WordPress
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Likelihood to Renew
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Weebly is consistently adding features that line up with our needs. The ease of use makes it the perfect program for us since we have users of multiple age brackets and knowledge of web design. We love that we can give users access to only the pages they are affiliated with
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Usability
Upon using the builder for the first time, I found Duda to be extremely intuitive and easy to figure out, but also has a high skill-ceiling. After 5 years of building in the drag-and-drop builder, I continue to teach myself new tricks and methods to continually improve my process and design capabilities within the platform. I've built dozens of Duda sites and each one is better than the last.
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Very easy to use and intuitive to design after all of our business needs. From the website and POS system to how we represent ourselves internally and to our customers... Square is second-to-none in helping our business and others in our same boat become the kind of businesses we want to be when it comes to our inventory and sales of these kinds of products.
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Alternatives Considered
Duda lets me customize the entire page. With Squarespace, many of the templates were limiting on editing the header and footer. Also in the past, I couldn't change the page title and page header to be different in Squarespace. This was not good for SEO. Wix is good but also a little bulky and glitchy.
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Overall, Weebly is a fantastic app to integrate into the classroom or school setting. I usually give students an option when designing web pages/websites and Weebly is often the choice. However, when it comes to pure blogging and older students learning how to track their digital footprint, I usually lean toward having them use WordPress. But Weebly is simpler with less time needed to get started as opposed to WordPress. Students need to understand simple HTML, embedding other tools/apps, and the basics of web design without the coding/HTML background and Weebly helps support this.
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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
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  • Weebly has saved us a lot of time with site maintenance - if we need to make a change, it's easy to get in and out without spending a lot of time trying to code.
  • Weebly is cost effective, and right now we're getting just about everything we need from the tool so we're saving money (compared to other products).
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