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Durable vs SlateHut

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. Durable publishes a starting price ($22); SlateHut does not. Both have a free tier. Only SlateHut ships a public API.

DurableGenerates a service-business site, then sells the CRM around itSlateHutGenerates a section-based website from a text prompt, then edits it visually.

Side by side

FactDurableSlateHut
CategoryWebsite BuildersWebsite Builders
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$22 month—
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CompanyDurableSlateHut
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 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
  • Grow caps image generation at 500 a month despite being the top self-serve tier

SlateHut

SlateHut is a fast way to get a working, hosted website out of a prompt, with the CMS and form handling most small businesses need already wired in. The free tier is thin (about one AI generation a month) and the paid pricing is not published, so budget-conscious buyers will need to sign up to see real numbers.

Pros

  • Combines generation, visual editing, hosting and forms in one dashboard
  • API access is available on paid plans
  • Free plan needs no credit card to start

Cons

  • Paid plan prices are not published anywhere on the site
  • Free tier's AI credit allowance is small (about one generation a month)

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 SlateHut if you need

  • Non-technical founders who need a live site this week
  • Agencies spinning up simple client sites without custom code

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