Durable vs Websites.ly

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: Websites.ly — $19/mo vs $22/mo for Durable
Free plan: Both have one
Best fit: Durable: Service businesses going from no website to a live one in an afternoon · Websites.ly: Small businesses that need a brochure site without an agency
Trust score: About even — Durable 94, Websites.ly 96
Status: Both up at our last check — Durable Oct 15, 2026, Websites.ly Oct 16, 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 it

Websites.lyDescribe a site in chat and it writes the pages, with an HTML editor and version history behind it.

Side by side

Fact	Durable	Websites.ly
Category	Website Builders	Website Builders
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$22/mo	$19/mo
Trust score	94 / 100	96 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web
Company	Durable	DevelopingNow, Inc.
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 16, 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

Websites.ly

A site builder that does not trap you in a visual editor - you can drop into the HTML when the chat gets it wrong, and version history means a bad prompt is recoverable. Everything is metered in AI edits, and 250 a month on the entry plan goes quickly during a first build.

Pros

Direct HTML and CSS access alongside the chat builder
Version history to restore an earlier state of the site
Multi-page sites and custom domain connection, not just a landing page
Free tier and a free publishing subdomain

Cons

Metered in AI edits, and the entry plan's 250 disappear fast on a first build
Subscriptions renew automatically and the terms say fees are non-refundable
No API, export path or team collaboration described

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 Websites.ly if you need

Small businesses that need a brochure site without an agency
People who want prompt-built pages but occasional hand edits
Trades with an existing template - restaurants, realtors, contractors