Priced for one site, not an agency
Duda's plans are built for agencies: a platform price, seat tiers, then a price per site. On Atelier201 each site is €90 a year with everything included, and that's the only number.
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Atelier201 vs Duda
Duda is built for agencies and prices its plans that way. Atelier201 is one plan at €90 a year per site, with unlimited collaborators and your own AI.
Choose Atelier201 if
- You run one site, or a few, and not an agency platform.
- You don't want to pay more for team seats.
- You want MCP without moving up to a $52 plan.
- You want a complete CLI and a Git repository for each site.
- You want to hand a client code they really own.
- You want pages far lighter than the median Duda site.
Stay on Duda if
- You run an agency that resells dozens of sites under its own brand.
- Seat tiers and per-site add-ons don't bother you.
Atelier201 and Duda, side by side
Based on each company's public pages and docs, November 2026. A check means it does the job, a dash that it does so partly or for an extra fee, and a cross that it doesn't, or that we couldn't find it.
| What you need | Atelier201 | Duda |
|---|---|---|
| You own the codeHand it to a developer or an agent, any day | A standard Astro project in its own Git repository | Code access in the editor. The site stays on Duda |
| Export the whole siteHost it anywhere, without asking | Code, content and media, on any plan, even a draft | Limited, as far as we could find |
| Complete CLIFrom an empty folder to a live site, in a terminal | Create, pull, push, preview, publish and roll back | None that we could find |
| MCP server and REST APIEverything the dashboard does, for agents and scripts | Included, on every plan | MCP from Agency, at $52 a month. API on Custom |
| Your own Claude, ChatGPT or GeminiNo second AI bill | Your agent does the work. Its calls cost nothing here | Through MCP, from Agency |
| Built-in AI assistantFor people without their own agent | 1,000 credits a month, 5,000 at sign-up | 150 credits a month |
| CollaboratorsYour team, your clients, your freelancer | Unlimited, at no extra cost | None on Basic, 3 seats on Team, 6 on Agency |
| Edit without AI or codeA new price takes ten seconds | A form made from your content, or click the text on the preview | A visual editor, and a simple one for clients |
| Review before anything goes livePeople and agents work on a draft | Nothing is live until you publish. Share a preview link first | Previews, with client comments from Team |
| Full version historyUndo anything, including an agent's work | Every change is a version. Roll back the live site in one click | None listed on its plans |
| Free draft, no clockPay when the site goes live | Free for as long as you like, with preview links | 14-day trial, then pay |
| Several languagesHreflang and sitemaps follow | Included, with no fee per language | Built in, with automatic translation |
| Lighthouse performance on mobileStatic Astro pages, with almost no script | 100 on the real sites we measured | 54 at the median |
| Ready for AI searchPages ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity can read | Sitemap, llms.txt, JSON-LD and a Markdown copy of every page, by default | Agentic SEO. AI Visibility from $19 a month extra |
| Built-in analyticsVisitors, pages, sources, AI referrals | Included, and sets no cookie | Built in |
| Nothing to maintainNo server, plugin or database on the visitor's path | Static files on Cloudflare's network | Hosted by Duda, with nothing to update |
| A price per siteWhat each extra site costs | €90 a year, the same for every site | A platform plan, plus from $14 a month per extra site |
| White label and client accountsIf you resell to clients | Unlimited collaborators, without white label | Strong, from White Label at $149 a month |
| Selling and bookingsOn a paid add-on plan | Not offered yet | Yes, as an upgrade |
What a year costs
Atelier201
€90a year, or €9 a month
- A team of three, per year
- Included, members are unlimited
- MCP access, per year
- Included
Duda
$228a year on Basic, billed annually, with one site
- A team of three, per year
- $348 (Team)
- MCP access, per year
- $624 (Agency)
Duda prices are in USD with annual billing on, and they apply per account. Atelier201 prices exclude VAT.
Lighthouse performance on mobile
Page weight
JavaScript
Five times lighter than the median Duda page
The median Duda page weighs 1,888 KB, sends 744 KB of JavaScript and scores 54 for Lighthouse performance on mobile. The real Atelier201 sites we measured weigh up to 351 KB, send 8 KB and score 100.
Where the numbers come from
Competitors: HTTP Archive medians, September 2026. Atelier201: three Lighthouse mobile runs on each of two real sites, November 5, 2026, with the heavier site's weight. On real visits, 85.8% of Duda sites pass Core Web Vitals on mobile.
Three differences that matter
Agents on every plan
Duda lists MCP access from its Agency plan, at $52 a month. On Atelier201 the MCP server, the REST API and the CLI come with every plan, and agent calls cost nothing.
Give a client something they own
A Duda site lives on Duda. An Atelier201 site is a standard Astro project in its own Git repository, so a client can take it to any developer or host.
What customers say about Duda
Chosen by us from public reviews and Reddit. Every quote links to its source.
now they are getting sellouts and charging for every little feature.
The support is no good when you have technical difficulties.
A platform that only focuses on paid features, how to nickel and dime its "partner" agencies
Moving from Duda
Your agent or our assistant rebuilds the site from your public pages, as an Astro project. For an agency, you can do this one client at a time.
What comes across
- Text and images, from your live pages
- Each language you already publish
- Your domain, through DNS
- Old addresses, through redirects
What doesn't
- White label and client accounts
- Your store and bookings
- Widgets built for Duda: an agent can rebuild simple ones in code
Read next
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Real Core Web Vitals, page weight and JavaScript for Wix, Squarespace, WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Lovable, Jimdo and more, from HTTP Archive, 2026.
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Wix's plans, what the 50% offer does at renewal, and what a small site costs over two years. Prices read from wix.com/plans, with the fees people report.
Questions
How much does Duda cost?
With annual billing, Basic is $19 a month with one site and no team seats, Team $29 with 3 seats, Agency $52 with 6 seats and four sites, and White Label $149. Extra sites start at $14 a month. Atelier201 costs €90 a year per site before VAT, on one plan.
Is Duda good for a single business?
It works, and its sites do well on real visits, but its plans and tools are aimed at agencies managing many clients. If you run one business site, Atelier201 gives you one simple price, and your own AI can do the work.
Does Duda have an MCP server?
Yes. Duda lists MCP access from its Agency plan, and API access on Custom plans. On Atelier201 the MCP server, the CLI and the REST API are included on every plan.
Is Duda fast?
On real visits, yes: 85.8% of Duda sites pass Core Web Vitals on mobile. Its median page weighs 1,888 KB and scores 54 on Lighthouse. The real Atelier201 sites we measured weigh up to 351 KB and score 100.
Can agencies use Atelier201?
Yes. Invite clients and colleagues with no seat limit, and hand over a normal code project at the end. There's no white label: the dashboard stays Atelier201's.
Is Atelier201 a good Duda alternative for SEO and AI search?
Every Atelier201 site is static HTML built with Astro, served from Cloudflare's network, with an XML sitemap, hreflang, JSON-LD structured data, llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every page. That makes it easy for Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and other answer engines to read and cite, which is what generative engine optimization (GEO) and answer engine optimization (AEO) are about.
Can I build my website with Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini?
Yes. Connect your own AI agent, such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor or Codex, through the MCP server, the CLI or the REST API. It can create the site, edit pages and content, run a build and prepare publishing. Those calls cost nothing on Atelier201, so you don't pay for AI twice. People without an agent can use the built-in assistant.
Do I own my website and its code?
Yes. Each site is a standard Astro project in its own Git repository. You can pull it with the CLI or export code, content and media at any time, on any plan, then run npm ci and npm run build and host it anywhere. There is no vendor lock-in.
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