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Durable vs hilm

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan
hilm — $10/mo vs $22/mo for Durable
Free plan
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Durable — 94 vs 77 for hilm
Best fit
Durable: Service businesses going from no website to a live one in an afternoon · hilm: Small businesses in Saudi Arabia, the UAE or Egypt that need an Arabic and English site quickly
Status
Both up at our last check — Durable Sep 6, 2026, hilm Oct 15, 2026

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

DurableGenerates a service-business site, then sells the CRM around ithilmArabic-first AI website builder: describe your business and get a bilingual Arabic/English site you edit by asking.

Side by side

FactDurablehilm
CategoryWebsite BuildersPersonal Finance & Budgeting
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$22/mo$10/mo
Trust score94 / 10077 / 100
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyDurableOkflare Inc.
Launched—2025
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

Durable

Aimed squarely at trades and local services that have never had a website, and honest about it — the generated site is a competent one-page brochure, not a design. The reason to pay is the CRM, invoicing and booking bolted around it; judged purely as a page builder it loses to the free tiers of the general-purpose tools.

Pros

  • The free tier is a genuinely usable live site, not a time-limited preview
  • Custom domain registration is included in the paid tiers rather than billed separately
  • The 15% annual discount means month-to-month is not punitively priced, unlike most tools here
  • CRM, invoicing and scheduling in the same subscription remove two or three other bills

Cons

  • The free CRM stops at ten contacts, which any working business passes in a fortnight
  • Generated sites share a recognisable structure, so differentiation has to come from the copy
  • No API and no export path, so the site and the customer records live where they were made
  • Even Grow, the top self-serve tier, meters the assistant and image studio at 5,000 AI credits a month

hilm

hilm is a narrow, sensible bet: a website builder that treats Arabic as the first language rather than a translation, aimed at small Gulf and Egyptian businesses who share their site on WhatsApp. The free tier is enough to get a page live today; Pro is cheap, but the AI editor is in beta and several Pro features are still marked 'soon'.

Pros

  • Arabic-first templates with a built-in Arabic/English switch
  • Free plan publishes a real site with no card and no time limit
  • Pro covers up to three sites and a custom domain at $5–10 a month
  • AI edits are previewed and undoable, and unknown details stay as visible placeholders

Cons

  • Sharara AI is in beta and only on Pro
  • Contact-form inbox, Google detail editing and legal pages are still marked 'soon'
  • Terms and privacy policy were published as drafts not yet in effect
  • Operator's country not found on the site

Which one fits

Choose Durable if you need

  • Service businesses going from no website to a live one in an afternoon
  • Sole traders who want contacts, invoices and a booking link in the same subscription
  • Anyone who would otherwise pay an agency four figures for a five-section brochure site

Choose hilm if you need

  • Small businesses in Saudi Arabia, the UAE or Egypt that need an Arabic and English site quickly
  • Owners who will build and edit from a phone and share the link on WhatsApp
  • Freelancers wanting up to three simple bilingual sites on one cheap account

Durable vs hilm: the questions people ask

Is Durable cheaper than hilm?

On published entry prices, hilm starts lower — $10/mo against $22/mo for Durable. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Durable or hilm have a free tier?

Both: Durable has a free tier, and hilm has a free tier.

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