A Durable alternative that can actually sell
Durable and Stooplight both get a small business online fast. The difference is what your site can do once it's up. Here's the honest comparison.
Prices last checked: Durable September 28, 2026Why people switch
A real store and event tickets.
Durable's plans aren't built for selling products or tickets. Stooplight Pro has a shopping cart for up to 50 products, gift certificates and services, plus paid tickets with phone door check-in, all paid straight into your own Stripe account.
A lower price.
Durable Launch is $25/mo and Grow is $49/mo. Stooplight Basic is $9.99/mo, and Pro, with the store and tickets, is $34.99/mo.
More say in how it looks.
Durable gives you very little design control. Stooplight has 12 templates, 12 color sets and 23 fonts, over 18,000 combinations, and you can switch looks anytime.
The starter plans
Stooplight Basic against Durable Launch, Durable's cheapest paid plan. Prices are month to month; in parentheses is Durable's per-month price if you pay for a year up front. Stooplight has one price either way.
| Feature | Stooplight Basic$9.99/mo | Durable Launch$25/mo ($22 annual) |
|---|---|---|
| Full hosted site, your own domain | ✓ | ✓ |
| Site builds itself, live in minutes | ✓ ~15 min, guided setup | ✓ |
| Instant email alert on every lead | ✓ | ✓ |
| Visitor stats included | ✓ anonymous, no cookies | ✓ |
| FAQ section you edit yourself | ✓ | build it manually |
| Run everything from a phone | ✓ the whole dashboard | ✓ |
| Version history & undo publish | ✓ | — |
| Design freedom | 12 templates × 12 color sets × 23 fonts — 18,000+ looks | minimal control |
The plans that take money
Stooplight Pro against Durable Grow, the plan you'd need at Durable to sell online.
| Feature | Stooplight Pro$34.99/mo | Durable Grow$49/mo ($41.65 annual) |
|---|---|---|
| Sell products with a cart | ✓ up to 50 products | — invoices only |
| Platform's cut of your sales | 0% your own Stripe; card fees only | — |
| Event tickets + door check-in | ✓ QR scan from a phone, live seat counts | — |
| Online events with gated join links | ✓ personal links, auto check-in | — |
| AI that answers your visitors | ✓ from your site's own info, 24/7, saved conversations | AI auto-replies to leads no website chat listed on their plans |
| Automatic post-event feedback | ✓ | — |
| Gift certificates & services | ✓ receipts carry your redemption note | — |
| Appointment booking | connect any scheduler Cal.com, Calendly, Square, Google | ✓ included |
| Advanced shipping (zones, carriers) | — pickup, flat rate, free-over | — |
| Where the money lands | your Stripe account | your Stripe (invoices) |
When Durable is the better choice
We'd rather you pick right than pick us.
Pick Durable if what you want is marketing autopilot — an AI writing your social posts and blog — more than a site that sells things. Their CRM is deeper than our lead inbox.
Want the three-way view? See Stooplight next to Wix, Squarespace and Durable.
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