TL;DR: Durable generates AI business websites, with Launch at $22 a month billed yearly and a free website preview with 300 AI credits in total. Taskade Genesis builds a living app instead: agents, automations, live workspace data, and 100+ integrations from one prompt. Free Forever, Pro $10/mo billed annually. Try Taskade Genesis free →
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| Capability | Durable | Taskade Genesis |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing (starting) | Free (durable.site preview, 300 AI credits total); Launch $22/mo billed yearly, $25/mo month to month | $0 Free · $10/mo Pro billed annually (10 seats) |
| Cloneable live demo | ❌ | ✅ |
| Built-in AI agents | Website agents on paid plans | ✅ built-in tools |
| Automation engine | Lead capture and auto-replies | ✅ Durable runtime, 100+ integrations |
| Workspace DNA loop | ❌ | ✅ ▲ Memory · ■ Intelligence · ● Execution |
What is Taskade Genesis?
Taskade Genesis is the AI app builder inside the Taskade workspace. Founded in 2017 by John Xie, Dionis Loire, and Stan Chang, Taskade is a Y Combinator-backed platform serving over a million users. Taskade Genesis is built on Workspace DNA — Memory (Projects), Intelligence (AI Agents), and Execution (Automations) — a self-reinforcing loop where the workspace gets smarter the more your team uses it.
A single prompt can produce a customer portal, an ops dashboard, a CRM, a knowledge base, a form-driven intake tool, or an internal app — reading and writing live workspace data, with custom domains, password protection, email-and-password sign-in via GenesisAuth, and one-click publishing to the Community Gallery.
What is Durable?
Durable is the AI website builder that generates a complete small business site in about 30 seconds. Founder James Clift leads a distributed team with a home base in Vancouver, Canada, and Durable says more than 3,000,000 businesses have been built on it. Around the website it bundles a built-in CRM, online booking synced to your calendar, automatic lead capture and replies, SEO tools, and local directory listings. Durable targets solo entrepreneurs and small service businesses that want to get found, booked, and paid without learning a website builder. One housekeeping note: Durable moved from durable.co to durable.com, and the old domain now 301-redirects to the new one.
Durable at a glance (verified October 2026 on durable.com/pricing): AI-generated business websites with secure hosting, unlimited traffic, a built-in CRM, and bookings, on durable.com (durable.co 301s there). The Free plan is a website preview on a durable.site subdomain with 300 AI credits in total and a CRM for up to 10 customers. Launch is $22 per month billed yearly or $25 month to month, with 1,000 AI credits a month, your own domain or a free one, unlimited bookings, and AI agents that publish blogs, collect reviews, and research competitors. Grow is $41 per month billed yearly or $49 month to month, with 5,000 AI credits a month, unlimited team members, site translation, and 1:1 onboarding. Durable's own FAQ says it is not designed specifically for e-commerce.
Where each tool wins
30-second business site — Durable
If the goal is a single marketing site for a freelancer or solo business, Durable is purpose-built for that workflow.
AI apps with real backend — Taskade Genesis
If the goal is a working application — a portal, a dashboard, a CRM, a customer intake system, an internal tool — Taskade Genesis ships the deployed app with backend, AI agents, automations, and integrations connected from the first prompt.
Getting found on Google and in AI answers — Durable
Durable's paid plans bundle advanced SEO and GEO, keyword research, local business directory listings, and agents that publish blog posts and request reviews. For a local business whose main goal is to be discovered, that marketing kit around the site is the real value.
Running the work after the lead arrives — Taskade Genesis
Once a lead books or fills in a form, the work moves into projects, tasks, follow-ups, and handoffs. Taskade keeps that work in one workspace with multiple project views, AI agents that know your projects, and automations that move each lead to the next step.
Use both: a Durable site that feeds a Taskade Genesis app
Many small businesses keep Durable as the public website and run everything behind the site in Taskade. Durable gets the visitor in the door. Taskade Genesis runs the intake, the qualification, the follow-up, and the job itself. Here is a concrete setup you can copy:
- Build the intake app. Prompt Taskade Genesis with "Build a client intake portal for a home cleaning business with a quote request form, a job tracker, and a status page." Taskade EVE builds the app on top of a project that stores every request.
- Link it from Durable. Point the main button on your Durable site to the app's shareable URL. Visitors see your Durable site first and land in the Taskade Genesis app when they request a quote.
- Add an automation. Each quote request lands in the project as a new task, so the Task Added Trigger starts a flow. An Ask Agent with Structured Output step gives the request to a "Quote Assistant" agent that reads your price list project and returns an estimate with fixed fields.
- Reply and schedule. A Gmail Send Email action sends the draft estimate to the client. A Google Calendar Create Event action books the site visit, and a Slack Send Channel Message action tells the crew.
- Close the loop. The quote request already lives in the project as a task, and the agent records its estimate there with its built-in project tools. The agent sees the full history the next time that client returns.
| Step | Tool | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Visitor finds you | Durable | SEO, directory listings, and the website bring in traffic |
| Visitor requests a quote | Taskade Genesis app | The request lands in a Taskade project as a new task |
| Lead is qualified | Taskade agent | Agent reads your price list and drafts an estimate |
| Client gets a reply | Gmail connector | Estimate goes out from your own inbox |
| Visit is booked | Google Calendar connector | Event is created on the crew calendar |
| Team is notified | Slack connector | Summary is posted to the jobs channel |
Automation webhooks need Pro or above. The task trigger, agent step, and connector actions above run on Taskade's built-in automation runtime with automatic retries and a Runs tab for every execution.
The Workspace DNA advantage
Durable's mental model is "AI generates a marketing site, the visitor reads it." The Taskade Genesis mental model is Workspace DNA: a self-reinforcing loop between three pillars.
- Memory (Projects) — Your team's docs, tasks, files, and structured data become the substrate every agent reasons over. Read How Workspace DNA Works.
- Intelligence (Agents) — AI Agents v2 with persistent memory, built-in tools, custom tools, and the option to embed publicly inside any Taskade Genesis app.
- Execution (Automations) — durable workflows triggered by external events (Slack, Gmail, Stripe, GitHub, Calendly, webhooks, schedules) that read from Memory and act through Intelligence — then write the results back into Memory. The loop closes.
Durable generates a business website. Taskade Genesis generates a continuously running system where every action a team takes makes the workspace smarter and the next app faster to build.
Pricing comparison
| Plan | Taskade Genesis | Durable (verified October 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free Forever: 3 Taskade Genesis apps, 1 agent, 2 workspace members, unlimited projects | Website preview on a durable.site subdomain, 300 AI credits in total, CRM for 10 customers |
| Entry paid | Pro $10/mo billed annually ($20 monthly), 10 seats, unlimited apps | Launch $22/mo billed yearly or $25/mo month to month, 1,000 AI credits/mo |
| Team | Business $25/mo billed annually ($50 monthly), unlimited seats, custom domains | Grow $41/mo billed yearly or $49/mo month to month, 5,000 AI credits/mo, unlimited team members |
| High capacity | Max $100/mo billed annually ($200 monthly) | No higher published tier |
| Enterprise | $250/mo billed annually ($500 monthly), SCIM, bring your own model key | No published Enterprise tier |
Durable's tiers are metered in AI credits, so the monthly credit allowance is the variable to check against how many blog posts, edits, and agent runs you expect. Taskade's plans are flat per workspace with AI credits included, and the free tier carries no expiry. Durable's rates above come from durable.com/pricing in October 2026, where the yearly toggle advertises a 15% saving.
Choose Taskade Genesis if
- You want to ship a working app, not a static marketing site
- You need AI agents that persist, have tools, and can be embedded for customers
- You need workflow automations across Slack, Gmail, Stripe, HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion, Shopify, and 100+ other tools
- You want one flat subscription that includes hosting, agents, automations, and team collaboration
Choose Durable if
- You are a solo freelancer or small business owner who needs a professional website live in minutes, with hosting, SEO, and a free domain handled for you
- You want local SEO, directory listings, review requests, and blog posts produced by website agents so customers find you on Google and in AI answers
- You want a built-in CRM and online booking bundled with the site, without wiring anything together
Frequently asked questions
Is Taskade Genesis a Durable alternative?
When the job is a working app — portal, dashboard, CRM, internal tool — yes. When the job is a quick small business website with SEO and bookings, Durable remains the better fit.
How does Taskade Genesis pricing compare to Durable?
Taskade is Free Forever, then Pro at $10/mo billed annually for 10 seats and Business at $25/mo billed annually for unlimited seats. Durable Launch is $22/mo billed yearly ($25 month to month) and Grow is $41/mo billed yearly ($49 month to month), as listed on durable.com/pricing in October 2026.
What does the Durable free plan include?
A website preview on a durable.site subdomain, 300 AI credits in total, and a CRM for up to 10 customers. Your own domain and the website agents start on Launch.
Does Durable have AI agents?
Yes, on Launch and Grow. Durable's agents publish blog posts, collect reviews, research competitors, and answer business questions for your website. Taskade agents are general-purpose teammates you configure with instructions, knowledge, and built-in tools.
Does Taskade Genesis include AI agents and automations?
Yes — AI Agents v2 with built-in tools, plus durable workflows across 100+ bidirectional integrations.
Can I use Durable and Taskade Genesis together?
Yes. Keep Durable as the website, link its main button to a Taskade Genesis intake app, and let a Taskade automation qualify, reply, schedule, and notify the team through Gmail, Google Calendar, and Slack.
Which AI models power Taskade Genesis?
Taskade Genesis runs frontier models from top AI labs, with TSK-Auto as the default. Paid plans pick OpenAI GPT, xAI Grok and open-weight models built in, with no key, and on Pro and up you can bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Google Vertex AI key (BYOK).
Can I publish a Taskade Genesis app to a custom domain?
Yes — email-and-password sign-in via GenesisAuth is available on every plan, including Free; password protection is available on Pro and above; custom domains are available on Business+ plans.
Build without permission
Durable gives small businesses a fast website. Taskade Genesis gives every team — operators, founders, engineers, marketers — a workshop where apps come out finished, hosted, and ready for users.
- Build with Taskade Genesis → — One prompt, one deployed app
- Browse the Community Gallery — Clone apps shipped by other Taskade Genesis builders
- Read the Workspace DNA explainer — How Memory, Intelligence, and Execution work together
Explore Taskade Genesis
- AI App Builder — Build complete apps from one prompt
- AI Website Builder — Sites in seconds
- AI Agent Platform — Digital teammates that work 24/7
- Workflow Automation — AI-powered business automation
- Vibe Coding — Natural language app creation
Build without code
- AI App Generator — Full apps from prompts
- AI Dashboard Generator — Business dashboards
- AI Website Generator — Sites in seconds
- AI Form Generator — Smart intake forms
- Browse Community Apps — Clone and customize
Related reading
- The Build Without Permission article — Our manifesto
- How Workspace DNA Works — The architecture
- Origin of Living Software — The future of apps
- Best Vibe Coding Tools in 2026 — AI coding tools compared
- Vibe Coding for Non-Developers — Build apps without code
- AI Tools Built With Taskade Genesis — Real apps from the gallery