Framer
#5 Website Buildersby Framer · Best design quality for marketing sites
Framer is an AI-assisted visual website builder with design-tool heritage: AI generates and styles pages while you keep fine visual control, and hosting plus a fast CDN are included. There is a free plan; paid plans start around $10/month (Basic, billed annually) with a free custom domain on annual billing. It is ideal for marketing, portfolio, and landing sites rather than complex apps or stores.
Pricing
$10/mo
Free plan; Basic ~$10/mo, Pro ~$30/mo, Scale ~$100/mo (billed annually); editor seats priced separately
Free tier: Yes · Open source: No
Strengths
- + Top-tier design quality and animations
- + Fast managed hosting and CDN included
- + Free custom domain on annual plans
Limitations
- − Editor/collaborator seats cost extra, raising true team cost
- − Weaker for complex e-commerce or large content systems
Best for
How Framer works
Framer is an AI-assisted visual website builder with design-tool heritage, and that lineage shows: it produces some of the best-looking sites of any builder, with sophisticated animations and fine visual control. AI generates and styles pages, but unlike pure prompt-to-site tools, you keep designer-level control over the result, which is why studios and designers gravitate to it.
It's a managed platform — fast hosting and a global CDN are included — so you design and publish in one place. There's a free plan, and paid plans start around $10/month (Basic, billed annually) with a free custom domain on annual billing; Pro is roughly $30/month and Scale around $100. Editor and collaborator seats are priced separately, which is the main thing that raises real team cost.
Framer is ideal for marketing, portfolio, and landing sites rather than complex apps or large stores — it's weaker for heavy e-commerce or big content systems. For designers and studios launching marketing sites, portfolio and landing pages, and brands that prioritize visual polish, it's the top choice on design quality.
What people use Framer for
High-design marketing sites
Build visually polished marketing pages with sophisticated animations while keeping designer-level control.
Portfolios and landing pages
Launch portfolio and landing sites fast on managed hosting with a free custom domain on annual plans.
Brand-led web presence
Give design-conscious brands a builder that prioritizes visual quality over app complexity.
Framer pricing in context
At $10/mo, Framer starts 33% below the $15/month median entry price for website builders agents in this index. See the full AI agent pricing data for category medians and the verified pricing-change log.
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Framer FAQ
Is Framer free?
Framer has a free plan. Paid plans start around $10/month (Basic, billed annually) with a free custom domain on annual billing, then Pro (~$30/month) and Scale (~$100/month). Editor seats are priced separately.
What is Framer best for?
Marketing sites, portfolios, and landing pages where design quality and animation matter. It's weaker for complex e-commerce or large content management systems.
Does Framer include hosting?
Yes. Framer is a managed platform with fast hosting and a global CDN included, so you design and publish from one place without configuring a separate host.
Why can Framer cost more than it looks for teams?
Editor and collaborator seats are billed separately from the base plan, so a multi-person team's true cost is higher than the headline per-site price suggests.