The short answer
Durable wins the 30-second website race; CoDuck wins everything after.
For an instant local-business page, Durable is genuinely quick — but it stops at brochure sites and light tools. CoDuck builds real applications with a database, logins, and payments, then keeps them running with logs, backups, and analytics built in.
Feature by feature
What ships built-in, what leans on a third party, and what isn't offered — as of July 2026.
Email sending
Payments
Ops dashboard (logs/analytics/backups)
CLI / agent automation
Database
User auth (accounts on YOUR site)
Hosting + SSL
Custom domains
Full-stack app generation
Code export / ownership
GitHub sync
Free tier / entry price
Where CoDuck is stronger
- Builds real applications, not just pages: database, user accounts, forms, dashboards, and custom logic from a prompt
- Everything pre-wired on one bill — Postgres, auth, email from your domain, your-own-Stripe payments, domains, SSL
- You own the output: readable Next.js code you can export and take anywhere
- Agent-first CLI (@coduckai/cli) — everything the app does is scriptable, unusual in this category
- Ops included: logs, analytics, backups, and a forms inbox without wiring third-party tools
Where Durable is stronger
- Genuinely fast: generates a publishable small-business site in under a minute, no technical knowledge required
- Real free plan — publish on a durable.site subdomain with hosting, SSL, and unlimited traffic at $0
- Bundled business tools beyond the website: CRM, Stripe-backed invoicing, AI marketing and blog generation
- Zero maintenance burden — no code means nothing to break, update, or debug
- Launch plan includes a free custom domain (up to $20 value) and priority live chat support
Choose Durable if…
- You need a simple marketing site for a local or service business and want it live today with zero learning curve
- You want to start free and only pay once the business justifies it
- The bundled CRM, invoicing, and AI marketing tools cover most of what you need to run the business
- You never want to think about code, updates, or hosting details — a closed platform is a feature for you
Choose CoDuck if…
- Your idea needs users to sign up, log in, or store data — that's an app, and Durable can't build one
- You want customers to pay inside your product through your own Stripe account, not just receive invoices
- You want to own and export the actual code instead of renting a site locked to one platform
- You (or your AI agent) want to automate builds and deploys from the command line
- You're an indie builder shipping a product, not a brochure
Pricing
The models differ as much as the products. As of July 2026, Durable offers a free plan (published on a durable.site subdomain), a Launch plan around $22/month, and a Grow plan around $49/month, with roughly 15% off annual billing — pricing is per-site/per-business and covers hosting plus its CRM and marketing tools. CoDuck has no free tier: Pro is $20/month with $20 of AI usage credits, a 100MB database, and 5k emails/month; Plus is $100/month and Studio $200/month with larger credits and limits. Every CoDuck plan includes hosting, database, custom domains, and email on one bill, with AI generation billed from usage credits. If cost floor matters most, Durable wins; if you'd otherwise pay separately for a database, auth, and email provider, CoDuck's flat bill usually comes out simpler.
CoDuck plans: Pro $20/mo · Plus $100/mo · Studio $200/mo — every plan includes hosting, a Postgres database, custom domains, and email sending. See full pricing →
Switching from Durable
- 1
Inventory what your Durable site actually does — pages, contact forms, booking links, invoicing — and note what you wish it did (logins, orders, dashboards). Durable's code can't be exported, so this list is your migration artifact.
- 2
Describe the site and the new functionality to CoDuck in one prompt; it generates a real Next.js app with a database and deploys a live preview URL in minutes.
- 3
Recreate your forms and lead capture — CoDuck's forms inbox and per-project Postgres replace Durable's CRM for capturing and storing leads.
- 4
Connect your custom domain in CoDuck (SSL is automatic) and update DNS from Durable; keep the Durable site live until the new one is verified.
- 5
If you used Durable's invoicing, connect your own Stripe account in CoDuck to take payments directly in your app — CoDuck takes no cut.
Frequently asked questions
Is CoDuck better than Durable?＋
For building actual software — apps with user accounts, a database, and payments — yes, because Durable doesn't do those things at all. For a simple small-business marketing site with the least possible effort and a free starting point, Durable is the better fit.
Can Durable build a real app with a database and user logins?＋
No. Durable generates section-based marketing websites and bundles a CRM and invoicing for the business owner, but published sites have no app database, no visitor accounts, and no custom backend logic. CoDuck creates a Postgres database and built-in user auth for every project.
Can I export my website code from Durable?＋
No — Durable is a proprietary closed platform and you cannot export your site's source code. CoDuck generates a real Next.js codebase that you can read and export at any time.
Does Durable have a free plan? Does CoDuck?＋
Durable has a genuine free plan: you can publish on a durable.site subdomain with hosting and SSL at no cost, as of July 2026. CoDuck has no free tier — plans start at Pro, $20/month, which includes hosting, a database, custom domains, email, and $20 of AI usage credits.
Can I take payments with Durable or CoDuck?＋
Durable lets you send Stripe-backed invoices and get paid by card, ACH, or Apple Pay — good for service businesses. CoDuck wires your own Stripe account into the app itself, so you can build real checkout flows and subscriptions, and CoDuck takes no cut of your revenue.
Should I switch from Durable to CoDuck?＋
Switch when you outgrow a brochure site — when you need customers to log in, store data, or pay inside your product. If Durable's site plus CRM and invoicing still covers your business, there's no reason to move; CoDuck costs more and does more.
Describe it. CoDuck builds it.
A real app with a database, auth, email, payments, and hosting — live on your domain in minutes. Nothing to wire up.
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