Framer pricing, price hikes and cheaper alternatives

Framer (framer.com) is a website builder. Monthly subscription per site plan (Free, Basic, Pro, Enterprise), with yearly billing at a lower per-month rate, plus paid extra editors and add-ons.. Free plan: Framer domain only (no custom domain), 1 GB bandwidth, one-time 500 AI credits to try..

What Framer costs

  • 1 site: $15/mo (Basic is $15/mo billed monthly; the default $10/mo view is the yearly rate. Own domain allowed (free domain only on yearly billing), 50 GB bandwidth (above the 10 GB equivalent), one editor included.)
  • Blog/CMS site: $15/mo (Basic $15/mo: 1,000 CMS items (needs 200), 2 CMS collections, 50 GB bandwidth (needs 50 GB). Same plan as site.)
  • Online store: no public price (No native cart or checkout on any Framer plan or add-on listed on the pricing page, so no price. A store needs a third-party plugin such as Framerbitz Ecommerce ($29/mo, Stripe checkout).)

Plan compared: Basic plan, billed monthly at $15/mo. Prices are USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12) for one site on your own domain. Domain registration, payment processing fees and paid apps are not included.

What Framer does

Core: Managed site hosting, Visual point-and-click edits, Built-in analytics & SEO, UI and app design, Interactive prototyping (partly), Motion design (partly), Visual page builder, AI site generation, No-code website builder, Pixel-level design control, Animations & interactions.

Important: Prompt-to-app generation (partly), Built-in database & backend (partly), Team workspaces, Templates & community gallery, Templates & stock assets (partly), Real-time co-editing, Shared component libraries (partly), Interactive runtimes and embeds (partly), AI design generation, Plugins and community, Lead capture forms (partly), Blog & post publishing, SEO controls (partly), Custom code & dev API, Team collaboration & roles.

Also has: In-browser code editor (partly), Design to code (partly), Payments & subscriptions (partly), Connectors & API integrations (partly), SSO & compliance (partly), Vector drawing (partly), Brand kit (partly), Design system documentation (partly), 3D design (partly), Charts & infographics (partly), UI design references (partly), Desktop and mobile apps (partly), Open source and self-hosting (partly), Multi-step sales funnels (partly), Page & campaign A/B testing, Popups & slide-ins (partly), Conversion analytics (partly), Mobile & AMP pages (partly), Integrations ecosystem (partly), Paid memberships & subscriptions (partly), Export & self-hosting (partly), Agency & client tools (partly), App & plugin marketplace, Multilingual website.

Framer price hikes

  • Framer cut its free tier · Jul 27, 2026
    Free plan AI credits went from 500 a day, capped at 1,000 a month, to a flat 500 a month.

Cheaper alternatives to Framer

At one site on your own domain, Framer costs $15/mo. 1 website builder costs less:

  • WordPress.com: $9/mo (Personal plan, monthly billing: $9/mo (US$4/mo if billed annually).), covers 85% of Framer; missing or partial: Pixel-level design control (partly), Animations & interactions (partly), Team collaboration & roles (partly), Multilingual website (partly)

Framer alternatives: 4 website builders compared, at every size.

Other kinds of products that cover part of Framer

  • Shopify (E-commerce platforms): covers 87% of Framer; missing or partial: Pixel-level design control (partly), Animations & interactions (partly), Team collaboration & roles (partly)
  • Bolt.new (AI app builders): covers 73% of Framer; missing or partial: No-code website builder (partly), Pixel-level design control (partly), Animations & interactions (partly), Blog & post publishing (partly), Team collaboration & roles (partly)
  • Lovable (AI app builders): covers 70% of Framer; missing or partial: No-code website builder (partly), Pixel-level design control (partly), Animations & interactions (partly), Blog & post publishing (partly), Team collaboration & roles (partly)
  • Hostinger (Web & WordPress hosting): covers 63% of Framer; missing or partial: Pixel-level design control (partly), Animations & interactions, Blog & post publishing (partly), Custom code & dev API (partly), Team collaboration & roles
  • Leadpages (Landing pages & funnels): covers 63% of Framer; missing or partial: Managed site hosting (partly), Pixel-level design control (partly), Animations & interactions (partly), Blog & post publishing (partly), Custom code & dev API (partly)
  • v0 (AI app builders): covers 60% of Framer; missing or partial: No-code website builder (partly), Pixel-level design control (partly), Animations & interactions (partly), Blog & post publishing (partly), SEO controls
  • Ghost(Pro) (Newsletter): covers 53% of Framer; missing or partial: Managed site hosting (partly), AI site generation, No-code website builder (partly), Pixel-level design control (partly), Animations & interactions
  • MailerLite (Newsletter): covers 53% of Framer; missing or partial: Managed site hosting (partly), No-code website builder (partly), Pixel-level design control (partly), Animations & interactions, Blog & post publishing (partly)

Every change we logged

  • Aug 3, 2026 · Free tier cut: Free plan recurring 500 monthly credits became a one-time 500-credit trial for trying Agents.
  • Jul 27, 2026 · Free tier cut: Free plan AI credits went from 500 a day, capped at 1,000 a month, to a flat 500 a month.
  • Apr 1, 2026 · Price cut: Advanced Hosting add-on price cut by 33% to $200; prior price not stated in the changelog.

Sources

Pricing page: framer.com/pricing. Prices last checked Oct 16, 2026. Basic and Pro were read on framer.com/pricing with the Yearly billing toggle switched off ($15 and $45 per month); the default view is yearly ($10 and $30). The Framer help article says paid upgrades or a custom domain clear the "Made in Framer" badge (from a search summary, article not opened), and no pre-2026 price history was found.