Beaver Builder vs Duda Comparison 2026
Beaver Builder is a WordPress licence: $89 a year at the entry tier, $179 for as many sites as you run. Duda is aimed squarely at people building sites for other people, with client permissions and a white-label editor, from $19 a month billed annually plus $19 a month for every additional published site. The real split is not the base price. It is what happens as the site count grows: flat on one side, metered on the other.
A WordPress builder that leaves clean markup
A site builder aimed at people building for clients
At a glance
- Duda starts cheaper, at $19.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Beaver Builder | Duda | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $89 | From $19 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Paid subscription | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Not stated | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | 14 days |
| API | Not stated | Yes |
Beaver Builder
A WordPress builder that leaves clean markup
Beaver Builder is the WordPress page builder chosen by people who care what happens when it is switched off: content stays as ordinary WordPress content rather than collapsing into shortcodes. Licences are annual and cover unlimited sites from the second tier. The white-label option lets an agency hand a site over without its own tooling being visible. The template library is smaller than the flashier builders, which is the trade for the markup being sane.
Our note
Choose this over Divi or Elementor when the site may outlive your involvement with it, because the shortcode lock-in is the thing that hurts a client two years later. If nobody will ever migrate the site, the cheaper unlimited licences elsewhere are the better arithmetic.
Duda
A site builder aimed at people building for clients
Duda is built for somebody making sites for other people: client permissions, a white-label editor and a per-site price that scales with the number of projects rather than the size of one. Sites are fast and responsive without hand-tuning. The team and white-label tiers are where its actual audience sits, and the cheapest plan is a single site for somebody trying it. Anybody building one personal site will find the agency machinery irrelevant and the price higher than the consumer builders.
Why people weigh these two
- Duda instead of Beaver Builder
- Aimed at the same building-for-clients trade from $19, but as a hosted platform rather than a plugin that keeps content as ordinary WordPress content.
- Beaver Builder instead of Duda
- Beaver Builder does client builds inside WordPress and leaves clean markup, from $89, for studios standing on WordPress rather than a hosted builder.
Which one should you pick
Beaver Builder is for anybody who already has WordPress hosting sorted and wants a builder rather than a client-management platform. The unlimited-site licence is $179 a year total, whatever the site count, with white labelling available from the third tier at $299. There is no trial, only a 30-day money-back guarantee, and nothing here handles client logins or handover on its own.
Duda is for a freelancer or studio whose business is building sites for other people, where client permissions and a white-label editor are requirements rather than extras. Basic is $19 a month billed annually for one project, and every additional published site adds $19 a month on that plan, or $17 a month once you are on Team or above. Count the sites you will actually publish before signing: that per-project charge sets the real bill, and it climbs past Beaver Builder's flat licence quickly.
Common questions
- Which is cheaper for running many sites?
- Beaver Builder, by a wide margin. Its unlimited-site licence is $179 a year total. Duda charges $19 a month, or $17 on higher tiers, for every additional published site on top of the base plan, so the bill grows with each new project.
- Do I need my own hosting for either one?
- Yes, for Beaver Builder. It is a WordPress plugin, so hosting and the WordPress install are separate costs. Duda includes hosting and publishing in its own subscription, with no separate host to buy.
- Which is built for building sites for clients?
- Duda. Client permissions and a white-label editor come with the product, aimed at a freelancer or studio with a steady stream of small sites. Beaver Builder offers white labelling too, but only from its third licence tier at $299 a year, and nothing for client logins.
- Is there a free trial for either?
- Duda gives 14 days of full White Label features with no card required, then a 30-day money-back guarantee after that. Beaver Builder skips the trial entirely and offers only the 30-day guarantee once you have paid for a licence.
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