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How switching actually goes.
There is no Framer-to-Siter.io importer, and Framer does not export a design file. The route runs through the Figma file the design came from.
Pick the frame in Figma.
Send it with the plugin.
Set breakpoints and SEO fields.
Connect your domain and publish.
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What does not come across
Prototype animations and interactions do not import, and there is no re-sync, so later Figma edits do not flow through. Interactions are rebuilt on the Siter.io canvas rather than imported.
Text, images, vectors, groups and auto-layout structure do come over as editable elements rather than as a flattened picture. You then set the three breakpoints, add links, forms and SEO fields, and publish.
If the site was designed inside Framer with no Figma original, you are rebuilding it. That is the honest answer, and it is the main reason not to switch in the middle of a project.
Siter.io compared with Framer · every figure checked 2026-09-03
A Framer alternative for designers who just want the site live
Siter.io takes the Figma file you already have and publishes it as a real website. It is smaller than Framer on purpose: no CMS, no AI credits, and no per-site pricing tiers to reason about.
Start for free -> See the Figma plugin
The short answer.
If you are on Framer because you like designing in a canvas and publishing without a developer, Siter.io does that same job from $7/mo billed yearly, and prices per plan rather than per site. If you are on Framer for its CMS, its animation depth or its AI features, stay where you are. Siter.io has none of those, and it will feel like a downgrade.
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Switch if…
The site is a handful of designed pages that already exist in Figma, you keep more than one small site alive, and you have no blog or shop to run.
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Stay if…
Stay on Framer if your site needs a CMS, if the animation is the work rather than a finish on it, or if you want AI agents drafting and restructuring pages for you.
What each one costs to publish.
Prices are the per-month figure when billed annually, which is how both products advertise them. Framer’s numbers were read off its own pricing page on 2026-09-03; the last change was 16 June 2026, when Framer 3.0 removed the Scale plan, halved editor seats from $40 to $20 and introduced AI credits.
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Siter.io
Start
Free
Private previews only - no public publishing, 10 pages.
Solo
$7 /mo billed yearly · $8 monthly
1 published website, 10 pages, custom domain included.
Plus
$12 /mo billed yearly · $14 monthly
3 published websites, 50 pages, custom domain included.
Full plan list on pricing. Checked 2026-09-03.
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Framer
Free
Free
Builds and publishes to a framer.website subdomain. Lists 1,000 pages, 10 CMS collections and 500 AI credits to try. No custom domain.
Basic
$10 per site, billed yearly
Custom domain, 50GB bandwidth, 2 CMS collections, 1,000 CMS items, 1,000 AI credits a month. Listed at 30 pages.
Pro
$30 per site, billed yearly
10 CMS collections and 2,500 items, 3,000 AI credits a month. Listed at 150 pages, then $20 per extra 100.
From Framer’s own pricing page. Checked 2026-09-03.
Feature by feature.
The things a designer publishing a portfolio or a landing page actually runs into. “Not documented” means we could not confirm it from a primary source, and would rather leave a cell empty than guess.
| Feature | Siter.io | Framer |
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| Free plan publishes a public site | No - the free plan builds and previews privately | Yes, to a framer.website subdomain, but with no custom domain |
| Cheapest plan that publishes to your own domain | $7/mo billed yearly, $8 monthly | $10/mo billed yearly, charged per site |
| How pricing scales with more sites | Per plan - 3 sites on Plus at $12/mo, 5 on Pro at $24/mo, extras $4-$8 each | Per site - each published site is its own subscription |
| Pages | 10 on Solo, 50 on Plus, unlimited on Pro | Listed at 30 on Basic and 150 on Pro; extras $20 per 100 |
| CMS, collections or blog | No | Yes - 2 collections on Basic, 10 collections and 2,500 items on Pro |
| E-commerce | No - listed as upcoming | Not documented on the pricing page |
| Code export | HTML download on Pro only; contents undocumented | Not documented on the pricing page |
| Figma import | Yes - first-party plugin on every plan, one-way, no re-sync | Yes - one-way import; interactions and responsive behaviour are rebuilt after |
| Animations and interactions | Yes - built on the canvas | Yes - this is the product's strong suit |
| AI features | None | AI agents metered in credits: 1,000/mo on Basic, 3,000 on Pro, no rollover |
| Editors included on the entry paid plan | 2 on Solo, extras $4 each | Workspace owner only; extra editors $20/mo each, content editors $10 |
| Hosting and SSL | Yes, included on every plan | Yes, included |
| Responsive control | Three fixed breakpoints | Breakpoint-based, with more control than three fixed sizes |
Siter.io and Framer details checked on 2026-09-03 against www.framer.com. Prices change; tell us if a cell is out of date.
Where Framer is genuinely better.
A comparison page that says the other product is bad is not worth reading. If any one of these is load-bearing for you, this is the wrong page to act on.
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A real CMS
Two collections on Basic and ten on Pro, with up to 2,500 items. If your case studies, journal or client work come out of a content model rather than being designed one page at a time, Siter.io simply cannot do this.
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Animation and interaction depth
Framer is built around motion: scroll effects, component variants, page transitions. Siter.io has animations, but if the movement is the portfolio piece, Framer is the better instrument.
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AI agents that generate pages
Basic includes 1,000 credits a month and Pro 3,000, where generating a landing page costs roughly 300. There is no equivalent in Siter.io.
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A large template ecosystem
Starting from a bought template is often faster than starting from a Figma file, and Framer's marketplace is far bigger than Siter.io's roughly 16 in-app templates.
Why designers look elsewhere.
Start with what is not true: Framer has not become more expensive. The last change was 16 June 2026, when Framer 3.0 removed the Scale plan, halved editor seats from $40 to $20 and introduced AI credits. Anyone still telling you Framer put its prices up is working from an older story. The reasons to look elsewhere are structural.
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Priced per site, not per plan
Two client sites on Basic is two $10 subscriptions; five is five. Siter.io charges per plan, so its $12/mo Plus plan publishes three sites and its $24/mo Pro publishes five.
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Editor seats billed on top
Beyond the workspace owner, each editor is $20 a month and each content-only editor $10. That halved in June 2026, so it is cheaper than it was, but it is still a per-head line item that Siter.io includes in the plan at two editors on Solo, four on Plus and six on Pro.
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AI credits are metered
Credits do not roll over. At 100% of the monthly allowance the Agent features pause until the next billing date, and extra credits need an add-on subscription. If all you wanted was to publish a designed site, that is a moving part you now carry.
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The page allowance drops when you pay
Framer's pricing page lists 1,000 pages on the free plan and 30 on Basic, with extra pages sold in blocks above Pro's 150. Worth checking against your own site before you commit.
What you give up, stated plainly.
Siter.io is a smaller product and the gaps are real. Reading them now is cheaper than finding them after you have rebuilt a portfolio.
- No CMS, collections or blog. No. Pages are designed, not generated from entries. If you publish posts or case studies from a content model, Siter.io cannot do it.
- No e-commerce. No - listed as upcoming, with no date.
- The free plan does not publish. No - the free plan builds and previews privately; publishing needs a paid plan. So no honest page can call this product free, ours included.
- Responsive work is three fixed breakpoints, not a fluid system with arbitrary breakpoints.
- Code export is limited. HTML download on Pro only; the contents of the export are not documented.
- No real-time co-editing yet. No - listed as upcoming.
- Per-plan pricing cuts both ways. From $7/mo billed yearly publishes one site, and Plus at $12/mo publishes 3. Past 5 sites you are buying extras at $4–$8 each.
What you get for that: the Figma import on every plan including the free one, hosting and SSL included, a custom domain at no extra cost on paid plans, and editors inside the plan rather than billed per head.
Frequently asked.
What is the best Framer alternative?
It depends entirely on whether you need a CMS. If you do, Webflow is the closest like-for-like replacement and we say so on our Webflow comparison. If you do not, and the site is designed pages you already have in Figma, a smaller tool costs less and has less to learn.
Is there a free alternative to Framer?
Not a real one. Framer, Siter.io, Carrd and Webflow all let you build for free and all charge to publish on your own domain. Siter.io’s free plan builds and previews privately; publishing starts from $7/mo billed yearly. Anything advertised as free is either putting a badge and a subdomain on your work or is about to change its pricing.
Can I move my Framer site to Siter.io?
Not automatically. There is no importer, and Framer does not export a design file. The realistic path is the Figma file the design came from. If the site was designed inside Framer with no Figma original, you are rebuilding it.
Is Framer or Siter.io better for a portfolio?
For a portfolio of designed pages with no blog, they do the same job and Siter.io is cheaper. Framer pulls ahead the moment you want case studies driven by a collection, heavier scroll animation, or a template ecosystem to start from. Compare what each plan includes rather than the headline price.
How much does Framer really cost?
Basic is $10 a month billed yearly and Pro is $30, both charged per site, with extra editors at $20 each. We wrote the whole thing up on Framer pricing, explained, including what a three-site freelance setup costs over a year.
Does Siter.io export the HTML?
HTML download on Pro only; the contents of the export are not documented. Treat it as a way to keep a copy, not as a way to hand a build to a developer. If code export is the reason you are switching, verify it does what you need on a trial site first.
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Try it on the design you already have.
Open the Figma plugin, send a frame across, and see what comes over. The free plan builds and previews as much as you like; publishing to your own domain starts at $7/mo billed yearly.
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