Dorik
A no-code site builder with a CMS, code export, and white-label built for people reselling websites
Dorik is a no-code website builder that combines a block-based visual editor, AI site generation, a CMS with custom fields and collections, membership functionality, code export, and a white-label client dashboard, sold on per-account plans from $29 per month rather than per published site, with unlimited storage and bandwidth on every tier.
Overview
Dorik is the most interesting small vendor in this category because of who built it and what they optimized for. Mizanur Rahman and Anwar Hussain were Elite Authors on Envato selling website templates, and their customers kept asking for a builder to go with them. They started Dorik as a side project in 2019 out of Sylhet, Bangladesh, launched publicly in August 2020, and grew it into a globally used product from a city that appears on no venture capital map.
The template-seller origin explains the product's shape. Dorik is built for people who make websites for other people: white-label client dashboards, unlimited collaborators on the higher tiers, custom domains counted rather than sites, and code export that lets you hand over an actual artifact. Most builders at this price treat agency use as an afterthought; Dorik treats it as the primary case.
Feature-wise it sits above the cheap one-page tools and below Webflow. There is a real CMS with custom fields and collections, so a blog, a case study library, or a directory is achievable. There is AI site generation for a first draft. There are membership and gated content capabilities. And unusually for this price point, unlimited storage and bandwidth on every plan, meaning traffic spikes never generate a bill.
The pricing is where it gets unconventional. Personal is $29 a month, Business $59, and Agency $99, with annual billing dropping those to roughly $20.75, $41.50, and $79 per month. Dorik also sells lifetime deals, at $249 for Personal and $599 for Business, which for a small studio publishing client sites is an unusual and genuinely attractive proposition. There is no free plan, only a seven-day full-access trial.
Best for
Freelancers, small studios, and agencies building sites for clients who want a CMS, white-label branding, code export, and unmetered bandwidth without Webflow's learning curve or per-site pricing, plus small businesses comfortable at $249 a year for a capable multi-page site.
Not the right fit for
- Performance marketers who need A/B testing, dynamic text replacement, or conversion analytics; Dorik is a site builder and has none of that optimization layer.
- Anyone who wanted a free tier to evaluate on, because there is no free plan and the trial is only seven days.
- Solo operators publishing a single simple page, for whom $249 a year buys far more capability than Carrd's $19 a year does but at thirteen times the cost.
- Designers with a demanding visual system, since the block editor is a real constraint and does not approach Webflow's or Framer's fidelity.
- Organizations with procurement or security review requirements; there is no published SOC 2, no SSO, and no enterprise support track from a company of this size.
How it works
- 1
You start from a template, a blank page, or an AI prompt. The AI website generator produces a first-draft site with structure and placeholder copy, which is a starting point rather than a finished product, and you refine it in the visual editor from there.
- 2
The editor is block-based: sections and elements arranged on a responsive layout rather than a CSS-level canvas. That makes it noticeably faster to learn than Webflow and noticeably more constrained, which is the correct trade for the audience.
- 3
Dynamic content lives in the CMS. You define collections with custom fields, design a template bound to them, and Dorik generates pages per item, which covers blogs, portfolios, team directories, and case study libraries without duplicating layout.
- 4
Publishing attaches a custom domain with SSL, and the domain allowance is what your plan buys: one on Personal, three on Business, unlimited on Agency. Storage and bandwidth are unlimited everywhere, so the traffic your sites receive is never a billing event.
- 5
For agency work the two distinguishing capabilities are white-labelling and export. The client dashboard can carry your branding rather than Dorik's, and code export produces a copy of the built site, which means a client engagement can end with a handover rather than a hostage situation.
Feature breakdown
27 features in 5 modulesBuilding and design
Block-based and quick to learn, with AI as a drafting aid rather than a gimmick.- AI website generation
- Describe the business and Dorik produces a structured first-draft site with sections and placeholder copy, included on every paid plan rather than metered as a separate credit pool.
- Block-based visual editor
- Sections and elements arranged on a responsive layout, deliberately simpler than a CSS-level canvas so that a non-designer produces something coherent quickly.
- Template library
- A catalogue of site and section templates reflecting the founders' background as Envato Elite Authors, which is where the design quality comes from.
- Custom code support
- CSS and JavaScript injection for styling overrides, third-party scripts, and structured data that the interface does not expose directly.
- Responsive editing
- Layouts adapt across breakpoints with per-device adjustment, so the mobile view is controllable rather than purely inferred.
- Reusable sections and global elements
- Headers, footers, and repeated blocks are edited once and propagate, which is what makes maintaining a multi-page client site practical.
CMS and content
A genuine content model at a price where most competitors offer a blog and nothing more.- Custom fields and collections
- Define typed collections and generate a page per item, which supports blogs, case studies, directories, product catalogues, and team pages without duplicated layout work.
- Blog with generous limits
- 200 blog posts on the Personal plan and unlimited on Business and Agency, which is far more than a small business site will ever need.
- Page allowances
- 25 pages on Personal and unlimited on Business and Agency, so the entry plan is a real multi-page site rather than a one-pager.
- Membership and gated content
- Restrict pages or collections to logged-in members, which most builders at this price do not offer without a third-party service such as Memberstack.
- Dynamic templates
- One design bound to collection fields generates every item page, with per-item metadata driving individual SEO titles and descriptions.
Agency and white-label
The reason Dorik exists, and the clearest differentiator against every comparably priced builder.- White-label client dashboard
- The editing interface a client logs into can carry your branding rather than Dorik's, included on all paid plans rather than reserved for the top tier.
- Code export
- Export a copy of the built site, which means a client engagement can conclude with a handover and a client is never locked to your subscription; this is rare above the very cheapest tools.
- Collaborator seats
- Ten collaborators on Business and unlimited on Agency, with the Personal plan being genuinely single-operator.
- Custom domain allowances
- One on Personal, three on Business, unlimited on Agency, all with automatic SSL, and because plans are per account rather than per site the arithmetic works far better than Webflow's for anyone running several properties.
- Lifetime plans
- One-time payments of $249 for Personal and $599 for Business, which for a studio that publishes client sites continuously changes the cost structure entirely.
SEO, performance, and hosting
Solid fundamentals with unlimited bandwidth, and a couple of gaps worth knowing about.- Per-page meta control
- Title, description, and social sharing image per page and per CMS item, which is the baseline requirement for a site meant to rank.
- Unlimited storage and bandwidth
- No traffic meter on any plan, which is a real differentiator against Webflow's metered bandwidth and against the visitor allowances on landing page tools.
- Automatic SSL and CDN delivery
- Certificates issued automatically on custom domains and content served from a CDN with no configuration.
- Sitemap generation
- Sitemaps produced automatically for submission to search engines, with robots handling managed by the platform.
- Structured data via code injection
- There is no dedicated schema editor, so JSON-LD structured data is added through custom code rather than through the interface.
- Clean, lightweight output
- Published pages are lighter than a typical WordPress or Squarespace build, so Core Web Vitals hold up well provided images are sized sensibly.
Forms and integrations
Adequate rather than deep, with the usual connectors and an escape hatch.- Native contact forms
- Forms are built in and submissions are collected and emailed without needing a third-party form service on a simple site.
- Email marketing connectors
- Direct routing of captured addresses into mainstream email platforms so leads reach your list rather than sitting in the builder.
- Zapier connectivity
- Covers destinations outside the native connector list, which is the practical route for any non-mainstream CRM.
- Analytics integration
- Google Analytics and Tag Manager via code injection, plus support for the usual advertising pixels.
- Payments and ecommerce embeds
- Selling is handled through embedded checkout and third-party commerce rather than a native store, which is the right scope decision for a builder of this size.
Use cases
4 documentedFreelance web designer with a small client roster
Every client site on Webflow means a separate site plan plus Workspace seats, and the margin on a $2,000 build evaporates into recurring platform costs.
One Agency plan at $79 a month billed annually covers unlimited domains, unlimited collaborators, and a white-label dashboard, and code export means a departing client can be handed their site rather than held on the subscription.
Small business replacing an aging WordPress site
The site needs a blog, a services section, and a contact form, and the owner is tired of plugin updates, security warnings, and hosting bills.
A Business plan gives a CMS-backed blog, unlimited pages, three domains, and unmetered bandwidth with zero maintenance, at a price comparable to decent managed WordPress hosting on its own.
Studio that wants to stop renting its clients' websites
Clients increasingly ask what happens to their site if the relationship ends, and every hosted builder's honest answer is that it disappears.
Dorik's code export produces a real deliverable, which turns an awkward procurement question into a selling point and removes the perception that the studio is holding the site hostage.
Founder who wants a content site without learning Webflow
The plan requires a blog and a case study library, but three weeks of Webflow University is not an acceptable use of the founder's time.
AI generation produces a structured draft in minutes, CMS collections handle the blog and case studies, and the whole site is live in a couple of days at $249 for the year.
Pricing
from $29 per month, or about $20.75 per month billed annually ($249 per year)Per-account subscription across three tiers metered by custom domains, pages, and collaborators, with unlimited storage and bandwidth on every plan, plus one-time lifetime options.
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Personal | $29 monthly, about $20.75 per month billed annually ($249 per year) per account |
Genuinely single-operator: zero collaborator seats, which is the constraint that pushes studios to Business. |
| Business | $59 monthly, about $41.50 per month billed annually ($498 per year) per account |
The tier most small studios and multi-property businesses will land on. |
| Agency | $99 monthly, $79 per month billed annually ($948 per year) per account |
Unlimited domains at $948 a year is dramatically cheaper than the equivalent number of Webflow site plans. |
Add-ons
- Personal lifetime ($249 one-time): One payment rather than a recurring subscription, which pays for itself in a single year.
- Business lifetime ($599 one-time): Pays back in roughly fifteen months at the annual rate, and is the reason a lot of studios chose Dorik.
- Agency lifetime (Quoted individually): Not published; requires contacting the vendor.
Billing notes
- Plans are per account, not per published site, which is the single most important commercial difference against Webflow and Squarespace and the reason Dorik works for anyone running several properties.
- Annual billing cuts roughly 30 percent off the monthly price across all three tiers.
- Lifetime deals at $249 for Personal and $599 for Business are unusually good arithmetic: Personal pays back in one year and Business in about fifteen months against the annual rate.
- Storage and bandwidth are unlimited on every plan, so a traffic spike never produces an overage bill or a throttled site.
- Custom domains, pages, and collaborators are the counted resources. The Personal plan has zero collaborator seats, which catches out people who assumed one seat meant one extra person.
- There is no free plan. Evaluation is a seven-day full-access trial, which is short and worth planning: build a real page during it rather than browsing.
Value assessment: Dorik is priced aggressively against what it delivers. The Agency tier at $948 a year buys unlimited custom domains, unlimited collaborators, a CMS, white-label branding, code export, and unmetered bandwidth. Reproducing that on Webflow means one site plan per property plus paid seats, which for even five client sites costs multiples more. Against Squarespace, Dorik is cheaper for anyone running more than one site and adds export and white-labelling that Squarespace does not offer at any price. The honest counterweight is scale and scope: no A/B testing, no ecommerce to speak of, a smaller template ecosystem, no compliance documentation, and a company small enough that platform risk is a real line in the decision. For a freelancer or small studio the value is excellent; for a single simple page it is overkill against Carrd.
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Per-account rather than per-site pricing, with unlimited domains on the Agency tier, which makes the economics work for anyone publishing more than one property.
- Code export is a genuine differentiator at this level, turning a hosted subscription into something a client can actually be handed at the end of an engagement.
- White-label client dashboards are included on every paid plan rather than gated to the top tier, which is unusually generous for agency use.
- A real CMS with custom fields and collections, plus membership and gated content, at a price where most competitors offer only a blog.
- Unlimited storage and bandwidth on every plan, so success never triggers an overage charge or a throttle.
- AI website generation produces a workable structural draft quickly without being metered as a separate credit pool.
- Lifetime plans at $249 and $599 are a rare and financially compelling structure for a small studio publishing continuously.
- Built by former Envato Elite template authors, which shows in the design quality of the template library.
Limitations
- No A/B testing, no dynamic text replacement, and no conversion analytics; this is a site builder, not an optimization platform.
- No free plan and only a seven-day trial, which is a thin evaluation window for a product with this much surface area.
- The Personal plan includes zero collaborator seats, so any two-person operation is really starting at $498 a year rather than $249.
- The block editor is a real design ceiling. It is faster to learn than Webflow and correspondingly less capable, and a demanding brand system will not survive contact with it.
- No dedicated structured data editor, so JSON-LD schema requires custom code injection rather than an interface field.
- Small independent company with no published SOC 2, no SSO, and no enterprise support, which rules it out wherever procurement gets a vote.
- Ecosystem depth is limited: fewer templates, fewer integrations, and far less third-party tutorial content than Webflow, Squarespace, or Elementor.
- No native ecommerce; selling requires embedded third-party checkout, which is a reasonable scope decision but a hard limit if you need a store.
Head-to-head comparisons
5 alternativesDorik vs Webflow
from $0 (Starter on a webflow.io subdomain), then about $15 per month billed annually for BasicWebflow gives a professional designer far more control, a deeper CMS, better technical SEO, and an incomparably larger ecosystem, but charges per site plus per seat and gates A/B testing behind an expensive add-on. Dorik covers most of what a small business actually uses from Webflow at a fraction of the cost and adds code export and white-labelling. Take Webflow when a designer owns the work; take Dorik when budget and multi-site economics dominate.
Full Dorik vs Webflow comparisonDorik vs Typedream
from $0 free, then $15 per month billed annually ($20 monthly) for LaunchTypedream is cheaper at $15 a month billed annually and simpler, with a Notion-like editing feel that suits solo creators, but it is owned by beehiiv and its independent roadmap is uncertain. Dorik costs more and gives you a proper CMS, membership, white-labelling, and code export. Choose Typedream for a personal or creator site; choose Dorik when you are building sites for other people.
Full Dorik vs Typedream comparisonDorik vs Hostinger Website Builder
from $2.99 per month on the promotional four-year term (Premium), renewing at about $10.99 per monthHostinger is far cheaper on promotional pricing and bundles hosting, email, and a free domain, which is hard to argue with for a first business site. Dorik is a better editor with a real CMS, code export, and no renewal cliff, which matters because Hostinger's promotional rate roughly triples on renewal. Take Hostinger for the cheapest possible start; take Dorik when you will still be running the site in three years.
Full Dorik vs Hostinger Website Builder comparisonDorik vs Carrd
from $9/year (Pro Lite)Carrd costs $19 a year for ten one-page sites and does that one job beautifully. Dorik costs $249 a year minimum and gives you a multi-page site with a CMS, memberships, and export. If the requirement is a waitlist or a link-in-bio page, Carrd is correct and Dorik is waste; if the requirement is a business website with a blog, Carrd cannot do it at all.
Full Dorik vs Carrd comparisonDorik vs Umso
from $7/mo (Basic, billed annually) or $14/mo billed monthlyUmso is the fast, opinionated startup site builder: fewer decisions, quicker to a clean result, and no agency tooling. Dorik is broader, with a stronger CMS, white-labelling, and export, at the cost of more setup. Pick Umso when you want a startup marketing site this afternoon; pick Dorik when you need a content model or you are building for clients.
Full Dorik vs Umso comparisonImplementation & onboarding
- Setup time
- A first site published within a day, or within an hour if you start from the AI generator and accept a template's structure. Custom domain and SSL is a DNS change plus propagation.
- Learning curve
- Low to moderate. The block editor is approachable for anyone who has used a modern web tool, and the only real learning is the CMS collections model, which takes an afternoon to understand properly and pays for itself immediately.
- Onboarding
- Entirely self-serve on a seven-day full-access trial. Documentation and tutorial content cover the editor, CMS, domains, and export; there is no implementation service and none is required.
- Migration notes
- Content from WordPress or another builder is imported manually or via CSV into CMS collections; there is no one-click migration and the design must be rebuilt. Leaving is unusually painless by category standards because code export gives you a copy of the built site, though CMS-driven behavior and forms will need re-implementing wherever you go next. Set up 301 redirects at the DNS or new-host level, since Dorik does not offer a full redirect management panel.
Platform, API & security
- Platforms
- Browser-based editorDorik hosting with custom domains and automatic SSLStatic code export
- API
- Zapier connectivity and webhooks are the primary programmatic surface; there is no broad documented public REST API.
- Compliance
- GDPR handling for European traffic
- Data residency
- Not published as a configurable option; content is delivered from a CDN.
- SSO
- No SAML or SSO. Access is managed through collaborator seats.
- Security notes
- Automatic SSL on custom domains and fully managed hosting, so there is no patching or plugin maintenance burden. There is no published SOC 2 report or trust center, which is the expected profile for an independent company of this size.
Support & resources
- Channels
- Email supportIn-app chatPriority handling on higher tiers
- Documentation
- A documentation site and tutorial library covering the editor, CMS collections, domains, memberships, and code export.
- Community
- A modest but engaged user community, plus an active changelog and public roadmap; far smaller than the Webflow or Elementor ecosystems.
Company
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Ownership
- Independent and privately held; bootstrapped with no disclosed venture funding
- Founders
- Mizanur Rahman, Anwar Hussain
- Employees
- Small team, not publicly disclosed
- Funding
- No institutional funding disclosed; the company has been self-funded from revenue since launch.
Timeline
- 2019Mizanur Rahman and Anwar Hussain start Dorik as a side project in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after their Envato Elite template customers repeatedly asked for a builder to go with the templates.
- 2020Public launch in August, positioned as a no-code site builder with a block editor and hosting included.
- 2022Adds the CMS with custom fields and collections, moving Dorik from a page builder into a platform capable of running blogs and content-driven sites.
- 2023Introduces AI website generation and expands the white-label client dashboard aimed at freelancers and agencies.
- 2024Adds membership and gated content, plus code export, giving agencies a real handover artifact at the end of a client engagement.
- 2026Runs three tiers at $29, $59, and $99 monthly with annual and lifetime options, unlimited storage and bandwidth on every plan, and a seven-day full-access trial.
Integrations
- Zapier
- Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager
- Mailchimp and mainstream email platforms
- Meta Pixel and advertising tags via code injection
- Stripe via embedded checkout
- Calendly and booking embeds
- Custom JavaScript and CSS injection for anything else
- Webhooks for form submissions
Frequently asked questions
10 questionsWhat is Dorik?
Dorik is a no-code website builder with a block-based visual editor, AI site generation, a CMS with custom fields and collections, membership and gated content, code export, and a white-label client dashboard. Plans are sold per account rather than per site, which makes it particularly suited to freelancers and small agencies building websites for other people.
How much does Dorik cost?
Three tiers. Personal is $29 a month or $249 a year, Business is $59 a month or $498 a year, and Agency is $99 a month or $948 a year. Dorik also sells lifetime plans at $249 for Personal and $599 for Business as a one-time payment. There is no free plan; evaluation is a seven-day full-access trial.
What does the entry plan withhold?
Personal at $249 a year gives you one custom domain, 25 pages, 200 blog posts, and zero collaborator seats. Storage and bandwidth are unlimited, and AI generation, code export, and white-labelling are all included, which is unusually generous at the entry tier. The constraints that push people up are the single domain and the complete absence of collaborators, so any two-person operation is really starting at $498 a year on Business.
Does Dorik have A/B testing?
No. Dorik is a website builder, not a conversion optimization platform, and there is no native split testing, dynamic text replacement, or variant analytics at any price. If testing is your requirement, look at Swipe Pages, Leadpages, or Unbounce for the campaign pages and consider using Dorik for the site itself.
Can I export my site from Dorik?
Yes, and this is one of its best features. Code export produces a copy of the built site on all paid plans, which means you can hand a finished site to a client or move it elsewhere rather than being locked to the subscription forever. CMS-driven behavior and forms will need re-implementing wherever you take it, but the design and markup travel, which is more than Webflow, Squarespace, Framer, or Unbounce offer.
Is there a bandwidth or visitor limit?
No. Storage and bandwidth are unlimited on every plan including the entry tier, so a page that goes viral does not generate an overage bill or get throttled. What Dorik counts instead is custom domains, pages, blog posts, and collaborator seats, which are the resources that separate the three tiers.
Is Dorik good for SEO?
It covers the fundamentals properly. You get per-page and per-CMS-item titles, meta descriptions, and social sharing images, automatic sitemap generation, SSL on custom domains, and lightweight output that holds up well on Core Web Vitals when images are sized sensibly. The gaps are the absence of a dedicated structured data editor, so JSON-LD goes in through code injection, and the lack of a full 301 redirect management panel, which matters most on a site migration.
Does Dorik have a CMS for a blog?
Yes, a real one. Collections with custom fields, dynamic template pages generated per item, and per-item metadata for SEO. The Personal plan allows 200 blog posts and 25 pages; Business and Agency are unlimited on both. This is well beyond what most builders in this price range offer, and it is the main reason to choose Dorik over a one-page tool like Carrd.
Is a lifetime plan actually a good idea?
The arithmetic is genuinely attractive: $249 for Personal pays back against the $249 annual price in a single year, and $599 for Business pays back in about fifteen months. The risk is vendor longevity. Dorik is a small independent bootstrapped company in Bangladesh, and a lifetime deal is only as durable as the company selling it. It has shipped consistently since 2020 and is profitable, but this is a bet you should make with your eyes open rather than purely on the spreadsheet.
Who is behind Dorik?
Mizanur Rahman and Anwar Hussain, former Envato Elite Authors who sold website templates before building a builder to go with them. The company is based in Sylhet, Bangladesh, started as a side project in 2019, and launched publicly in August 2020. It is bootstrapped with no disclosed venture funding, which means no investor pressure but also no funding cushion and no compliance paperwork of the kind larger vendors publish.
Editorial verdict
Dorik is the best-value serious site builder for anyone who publishes more than one website. Per-account pricing, unlimited domains at the Agency tier, unmetered bandwidth, a real CMS, white-label client dashboards, and actual code export add up to a package that costs a fraction of the equivalent on Webflow and offers things Squarespace will not sell you at any price. The lifetime plans make the arithmetic look almost unreasonable. The counterweights are honest and consistent: the block editor is a design ceiling, there is no testing layer, no native store, no free plan and only a seven-day trial, and the vendor is a small bootstrapped company in Bangladesh with no SOC 2 and no funding cushion. For a freelancer or small studio building client sites, that trade is easy and Dorik deserves a serious look. For a single simple page take Carrd, for a design-led brand take Framer or Webflow, and for anything requiring a procurement review take neither.
Written by the SaaSTracker editorial team. Awards, when shown, are judged against the published criteria in our methodology.