Emergent vs Durable
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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Describe a web or mobile app in chat and let AI agents build and publish it
AI website builder for small businesses with CRM, bookings and SEO tools.
- Free access
- Emergent: Free access
- Durable: Free access
- Paid from
- Emergent: USD 20 per month; $17 per month on annual billing
- Durable: USD 22 per month
- Plans listed
- Emergent: 4
- Durable: 3
- Public API
- Emergent: Not confirmed
- Durable: Not confirmed
Where Emergent and Durable differ
- Pricing checkPrices confirmed for Emergent; pricing review due for Durable.
- PlansEmergent lists 4 plans and Durable lists 3.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Emergent | Fact | Durable |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableFree · USD 0 | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · USD 0 |
| USD 20 per month; $17 per month on annual billingStandard · $204 a year | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 22 per monthLaunch · billed yearly · USD 25 billed monthly |
| Free ($0, 10 credits); paid plans from $20 a month | Pricing model | Free plan; paid Launch and Grow |
| 4 | Plans listedDiffers | 3 |
| Not confirmed | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not required |
| Not confirmed | Open source | No |
| What it is for | ||
| Non-developers and small teams who want to turn a described idea into a working web or mobile app prototype | Built for | All-in-one AI websites for small service businesses |
| Website builders | CategorySame | Website builders |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Oct 17, 2026 | Pricing checkDiffers | Pricing review due · Sep 24, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
Emergent
Prices confirmed · Oct 17, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- StandardUSD 20 per month; $17 per month on annual billingUSD 204 a year
- ProUSD 200 per month; $167 per month on annual billingUSD 2,004 a year
- Business and EnterpriseCustom
Durable
Pricing review due · Sep 24, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- LaunchUSD 22 per monthbilled yearly · USD 25 billed monthly
- GrowUSD 41 per monthbilled yearly · USD 49 billed monthly
Strengths and limits
Emergent
Strengths
- Free way to try it: The Free plan costs $0 and includes core platform features, so you can see how a described app turns out before paying.
- Cost guardrails: The help center describes a per-session budget that pauses the agent and a low-balance email alert at 20% of the monthly allowance.
- Credits you buy do not expire: The help center says one-time top-up credits never expire, while subscription credits refill each cycle.
Limits to plan around
- Free cannot publish: The help center says the Free tier cannot publish to production, and a published app needs at least 50 credits to start.
- Credit spend is hard to predict: The help center says a single prompt can cost from a handful of credits to hundreds, so the 100 credits on Standard can go in a few large requests.
- Content may be used for model training: The Terms say Emergent may use your content, including code, to train its AI models unless you opt out, which the Terms say is free on any plan.
Durable
Strengths
- Free trial run: The Free plan costs $0 and lets you generate and preview a site, try SEO basics, a small CRM and limited AI images and chat before paying.
- Business tools in one place: Website, CRM, bookings, payments, reviews and SEO and GEO tracking are documented inside one dashboard.
- Domain included on paid plans: Launch and Grow can register a domain through Durable, shown as up to $20 and up to $40 in value.
Limits to plan around
- Tight Free allowances: Free is limited to 5 images and 10 AI chat messages per month and 10 customers, and keeps the Durable badge.
- Limited code access: The pricing FAQ says Durable does not offer extensive HTML customization, and no website export is documented in the help center reviewed.
- Domain transfer conditions: A domain bought through Durable needs three consecutive months of active subscription before it can be transferred out.
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