Duda vs Squarespace Comparison 2026
Duda prices by the project, from $19 a month, and is built for a freelancer or studio handing finished sites to other people with white-label permissions. Squarespace prices by the site, also from $19 a month but only when billed annually, and is built for a creator making one site that looks considered without much fiddling afterward. Squarespace's Basic plan takes a 7 percent fee on memberships and digital content, dropping to 5 percent on the $29 Core plan. Pick Duda for a stream of client sites. Pick Squarespace for the one site that is yours.
A site builder aimed at people building for clients
Templates that look designed out of the box
At a glance
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Duda | Squarespace | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $19 | From $19 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free trial, then paid | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Not stated | Annual only |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| API | Yes |
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.
Our note
Count the sites you will publish, not the features you want, because the per-project charge is what actually sets your bill here. Against Webflow the split is that this is easier to hand to a non-technical client and harder to push into an unusual layout.
Squarespace
Templates that look designed out of the box
Squarespace is the answer for a creator who wants a site that looks considered and never wants to think about it again. Templates are genuinely well made and the editor stops you breaking them. That constraint is also the ceiling, and its transaction fees on memberships and digital goods are high enough to matter on the cheaper plan.
Why people weigh these two
- Squarespace instead of Duda
- Squarespace has templates that look designed out of the box from $19, the better buy for one personal site than agency tooling.
- Duda instead of Squarespace
- Duda is built for an agency managing sites for clients rather than one site for yourself, starting at $19 with no free tier.
Which one should you pick
Duda is the pick for anybody building sites for other people rather than one for themselves. Basic is $19 a month for the first site, with client permissions and a white-label editor built in, and extra published sites cost $19 a month each rather than requiring a new subscription.
Squarespace is the pick for a creator who wants a single, professional-looking site and never wants to fight a template. Basic is also $19 a month, but only on annual billing, and it carries a 7 percent fee on membership and digital content sales that drops to 5 percent on the $29 Core plan. Anybody selling memberships at real volume should budget for Core from the start rather than discovering the fee after launch.
Common questions
- Are Duda and Squarespace priced the same?
- Both start at $19 a month, but on different terms. Duda's $19 Basic plan applies whether billed monthly or annually. Squarespace's $19 Basic plan requires annual billing, since Squarespace has no true month-to-month option at that price.
- Does Duda charge a transaction fee on sales like Squarespace does?
- The Duda brief does not describe a store transaction fee the way Squarespace's does. Squarespace's Basic plan takes 2 percent on store sales and 7 percent on digital content and memberships, dropping to 0 and 5 percent on the $29 Core plan, on top of standard card processing.
- Which is better for handing a site to a client?
- Duda. It is built specifically around client permissions and a white-label editor, so a freelancer or agency can hand over a finished site without exposing the platform. Squarespace has no equivalent client-handover system, since it assumes the site belongs to the person running it.
- Can I try either before paying?
- Yes, both offer 14 days free. Duda's trial needs no card and includes all White Label features, followed by a 30-day money-back guarantee. Squarespace's 14-day trial lets you build the whole site before choosing a plan.
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