Complete guide to migrating your Duda website to Gatsby. Leave Duda's per-site pricing makes it expensive at scale behind and get rich plugin ecosystem for data sources (cms, apis, databases). Free migration tool included.
You can migrate from Duda to Gatsby for free using LeaveWP. Enter your site URL, choose Gatsby as the destination, and download your content — posts, pages, and media — in minutes. No API keys, passwords, or CLI tools required. Difficulty: Easy. Estimated time: 10-20 minutes.
Official docs: Gatsby Documentation
Agency-focused website builder with white-label features. Agencies managing multiple client websites with white-label needs, but these limitations push teams toward modern alternatives.
Per-site pricing makes it expensive at scale
This is the most common reason teams migrate away from Duda. Gatsby eliminates this issue entirely.
Smaller template library than Squarespace or Wix
With Gatsby, rich plugin ecosystem for data sources (cms, apis, databases).
Limited third-party integrations compared to major builders
Modern architectures like Gatsby are designed to avoid this from the ground up.
No content export path to move away easily
After migrating, you'll no longer need to worry about this — Gatsby takes a fundamentally different approach.
React-based SSG with GraphQL data layer. Built with JavaScript/TypeScript (React), it's content-rich sites pulling data from multiple sources via graphql.
Rich plugin ecosystem for data sources (CMS, APIs, databases)
Unified GraphQL data layer pulls from any source
Excellent image optimization with gatsby-plugin-image
Pre-renders pages for fast initial load and good SEO
Gatsby is open-source and free to use. You own your code and data with no vendor lock-in. Deploy to any host that supports JavaScript/TypeScript, or use managed platforms like Vercel and Netlify for zero-config deployments.
Side-by-side comparison based on real platform characteristics
| Metric | Duda | Gatsby |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Performance | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 |
| Flexibility | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 |
| Cost | ⭐⭐ 2/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Scalability | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Ecosystem | ⭐⭐ 2/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Language | Proprietary | JavaScript/TypeScript (React) |
| Pricing | $19-74/month | Free (open-source) |
| Open Source | No | Yes |
Ratings are based on publicly available data, documentation, and community consensus as of 2026. Individual experience may vary.
A detailed breakdown of how your Duda content maps to Gatsby
What may need manual attention
Visual layouts and custom animations built in Duda's editor will need to be recreated in Gatsby. The content and text transfers, but the visual design is platform-specific.
Migrate your content in three simple steps
Enter your Duda site URL — LeaveWP connects automatically.
Select Gatsby as destination and choose content options.
Download your migrated content or preview it in your browser.
Migrating from Duda to Gatsby makes the most sense if you're experiencing per-site pricing makes it expensive at scale or outgrowing Duda's architecture. Gatsby is best for content-rich sites pulling data from multiple sources via graphql.
You should migrate if: your Duda site is slow, your hosting costs are climbing, you need more control over your code, or you want to adopt a modern JAMstack architecture.
You might want to stay if: your Duda site benefits from white-label platform — agencies can brand it as their own and you don't have JavaScript/TypeScript developers on your team. Duda is genuinely easy to use, and that simplicity has value.
The migration itself is straightforward with LeaveWP — enter your Duda URL, select Gatsby, and download your content. The more important question is whether Gatsby's architecture fits your team's skills and your project's long-term needs.
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