Looking for a Framer alternative?
Framer is a visual canvas you click. Pagesmith is an AI website builder: import the live site or describe the next one, then prompt, visually edit, and publish. Custom layouts and motion are in that workflow. Framer still bills a plan per published site, plus editor seats and AI credits.
Stay on Framer if the canvas is the daily tool. Switch if you want the same class of marketing site — including motion — without rebuilding from a blank project or paying per hosted domain.
TL;DR
- Framer is a Figma-like canvas with strong motion, managed hosting, and no HTML export for self-hosting.
- Pagesmith is an AI website builder. Import the live site, prompt for look and behavior, refine it visually, and edit the Astro source on eligible plans. Custom visuals and interactions are in scope.
- The 2026 bill is still a Site plan per domain. Basic is $10/month yearly, Pro is $30. Extra editors are $20/month. Scale is gone.
- Leaving Framer means a rebuild. There is no site-code ZIP. Import the public URL instead of starting from a blank canvas.
What changed in Framer pricing
Framer kept Basic at $10/month and Pro at $30/month (yearly). Mid-2026 it retired Scale, put AI on a credit pool, and priced extra editors at $20/month. The published Site plan is still only part of the bill.
Basic
$10/mo yearly
Custom domain, 2 CMS collections, 50GB bandwidth, 1,000 AI credits/month. Personal and small sites.
Pro
$30/mo yearly
10 CMS collections, 100GB bandwidth, redirects, staging, branching, 3,000 AI credits/month.
Seats and credits
+$20/editor
Full editors $20/month. Content editors $10/month. Viewers free. Extra AI credits are add-ons. Enterprise is custom.
USD, yearly list as of August 2026. Confirm on framer.com/pricing. Monthly billing costs more. Scale no longer appears on the public plan list.
The bill is per site, plus seats
Framer prices a plan per published site. Extra people who edit pay a seat. AI generation draws from a monthly credit pool — a full landing page is on the order of a few hundred credits.
Example A · one marketing site
Owner publishing one Pro site
Annual USD list prices. Pagesmith Pro includes up to 3 published sites, a custom domain, forms, analytics, SEO tools, and Astro export. Framer total excludes extra seats, localization, A/B testing, and credit add-ons.
Example B · ten client sites
Agency hosting ten Pro sites
Assumes client sites live on the agency account. If each client has their own Framer plan, add those bills. Pagesmith Agency includes 20 published sites and 10 team seats.
Framer vs Pagesmith
Same job — a public marketing or client website — different operating model.
| Topic | Framer | Pagesmith |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point How a live site becomes the next version. | Blank canvas, remix, or a manual rebuild | Public URL import, then visual and AI editing |
| Design and motion The ceiling is similar. The daily tool is not. | Figma-like canvas, animation tools, components | Prompt for layout and motion, then visual editing; React components and source on eligible plans |
| Pricing model Count every published domain and every editor. | Site plan per site + editor seats + AI credits | One account plan with a published-site limit |
| Code export Framer documents what you cannot take with you. | No HTML export for self-hosting | Eligible plans export a standard Astro project |
| After launch Who can update the live site. | Editors and content editors on paid seats | Visual editing, collaborators, and white-label client access on Agency |
| Hosting and ops What is bundled with publishing. | Framer hosting, CMS, SEO controls, bandwidth caps | Managed builds, domains, forms, analytics, SEO audit, Search Console |
| Ecommerce Specialized stores are not the fight. | Limited native commerce; often a separate store | Not the better fit for a specialized store |
Where the products actually differ
Visual design and motion
Framer’s canvas is a professional motion and layout tool. Pagesmith does not copy that canvas. You describe look and behavior in chat, refine it in the visual editor, and open the Astro source on eligible plans. Hover, scroll, sliders, and custom components are in scope when you prompt for them and review the result. The limit is the code, not a missing animation panel.
Leaving the platform
Framer does not give you a self-hostable HTML export. The site lives on Framer hosting. Pagesmith eligible plans export a standard Astro repository. Review integrations and environment variables before you move hosts. Importing the public URL is how you start the switch without redrawing every frame.
Multi-site work
A Framer portfolio pays a Site plan for each published domain, then seats for the people who edit. Pagesmith Agency is one plan for 20 published sites and 10 seats, with white-label client access. That is the professional-route contrast, not a claim that every designer should leave Framer.
AI inside the workflow
Framer added agents on the canvas and meters them with credits. Generating a full page is where credits add up. In Pagesmith, prompting is how you build: generate the site, change layout, add motion, or write a component, then check it visually. Credits are included in the plan. A person still has to review content, design, and launch quality.
Who each tool is for
Different tools fit different jobs. Pick the one that matches the site you have to run.
Stay on Framer if
- You want to design by clicking a Figma-like canvas every day, not by prompting and reviewing code
- Framer’s animation timeline is why the client hired you
- You already have a Framer component library you do not want to leave
Choose Pagesmith if
- You want custom visuals and motion without living in the Framer canvas — prompt, then refine visually or in source
- You want to import the current site instead of redrawing it
- You run several client marketing sites and the per-site plan is the cost driver
- You need a working Astro export, not a site that only lives on Framer hosting
Import the Framer site you already have
Paste the public URL. Pagesmith creates an editable draft from the published pages. Review it, then edit and publish. Get permission before importing a client site.
- 1 Paste the live URL. Public Framer, Webflow, WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, or custom sites work as a starting point.
- 2 Choose Preserve or Enhance. Keep the current direction or modernize the layout while carrying content over.
- 3 Review before you publish. Check copy, images, links, forms, metadata, breakpoints, and motion. Imports are not pixel-perfect and do not keep rankings.
No credit card required to start. Review the draft before publishing.
Other Framer alternatives
Pagesmith is not the only option. Webflow is the usual same-category switch if you still want a visual Designer.
Webflow
Closest visual-builder switch. Stronger CMS and Designer. Still a Site plan plus Workspace stack, with incomplete code export.
Pagesmith vs Framer
Side-by-side on editing, hosting, SEO controls, and export.
Pagesmith for client work
Import, collaborators, white-label access, and a published-site limit instead of a plan per domain.
Frequently asked questions
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Start from the Framer site you already run
Import the public URL, review the draft, and decide whether Pagesmith is the better place to run that site.