{
    "title": "Framer Alternatives 2027: 13 Paid, Free & Open-Source",
    "url": "https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/framer/",
    "summary": "The best Framer alternatives in 2027 are Webflow (best overall, $15/mo), Relume (best free plan) and Webstudio (best open source, AGPL-3.0-or-later (some parts under a separate licence)). Framer itself starts at $10/mo. Zekai checked these prices on vendor pages on 14 Nov 2026; 10 more are compared below, including 3 with a free plan and 4 open source.",
    "tool": {
        "name": "Framer",
        "starting_price": "$10/mo billed yearly",
        "free_plan": "500 AI credits a month, 1 GB bandwidth, Framer domain",
        "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
        "pricing_url": "https://www.framer.com/pricing"
    },
    "task": "website and landing page builder",
    "prices_checked": "2026-11-14",
    "date_modified": "2026-11-14",
    "alternatives": [
        {
            "name": "Webflow",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$15/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "2 static pages, 1 GB bandwidth, 50 form submissions, webflow.io domain",
            "best_for": "Designer-grade visual sites with CMS",
            "difference": "Webflow Basic is $15 a month billed yearly ($25 monthly) with 300 static pages, 10 GB bandwidth and no CMS; Framer Basic at $10 includes 2 CMS collections and 50 GB.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://webflow.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://webflow.com",
            "zekai_score": 8.5,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/webflow/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Wix",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$17/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "500 MB storage, 1 GB bandwidth, Wix branding, no custom domain",
            "best_for": "Drag-and-drop sites with a built-in AI builder",
            "difference": "Wix Light is $17 a month billed yearly with 2 GB storage and 2 collaborators; Framer charges $20 per extra editor on yearly billing and viewers are free.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.wix.com/plans",
            "website": "https://www.wix.com",
            "zekai_score": 8,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/wix/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Squarespace",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$19/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Template-led sites with built-in selling",
            "difference": "Squarespace Basic is $19 a month on annual billing with unlimited bandwidth and 2 contributors; Framer Basic is $10 with a 50 GB bandwidth cap.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.squarespace.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.squarespace.com",
            "zekai_score": 8.1,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/squarespace/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Relume",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$12/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "1,500 page views, relumesite.ai subdomain with Relume badge",
            "best_for": "AI sitemap and wireframe to site",
            "difference": "Relume's free plan builds on a relumesite.ai subdomain with a 1,500 page-view cap; its Launch hosting is $12 a site a month billed yearly, against Framer Basic's 50 GB bandwidth for $10.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.relume.io/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.relume.io",
            "zekai_score": 9,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/relume/"
        },
        {
            "name": "10Web",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$10/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "AI-built WordPress sites with hosting",
            "difference": "10Web AI Starter is $10 a month billed annually ($20 monthly) on full WordPress CMS with 10K monthly visits, 10 GB SSD and a Figma agent that converts Figma files to pages.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://10web.io/pricing/",
            "website": "https://10web.io",
            "zekai_score": 8.3,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/10web/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Elementor",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$5/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "WordPress page builder with AI credits",
            "difference": "Elementor Essential is $5 a month billed annually for 1 site with 57 Pro widgets; Framer Basic is $10 with 30 pages and 2 CMS collections.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://elementor.com/pricing/",
            "website": "https://elementor.com",
            "zekai_score": 8.4,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/elementor-ai/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Carrd",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$19/yr",
            "free_plan_limit": "Up to 3 sites; no custom domain; Carrd branding",
            "best_for": "One-page sites at a yearly price",
            "difference": "Carrd Pro Standard is $19 a year for 10 one-page sites with custom domains and forms; Framer Basic is $10 a month for up to 30 pages.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://carrd.co/pro",
            "website": "https://carrd.co"
        },
        {
            "name": "WordPress.com",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$5/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "Free plan shows WordPress.com ads; storage cap not read",
            "best_for": "Managed WordPress with plugin ecosystem",
            "difference": "WordPress.com Personal is $5 a month billed yearly with 6 GB storage and 60,000-plus plugins; Framer's plan limits are 30 pages and 2 CMS collections on Basic.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://wordpress.com/pricing/",
            "website": "https://wordpress.com"
        },
        {
            "name": "Webstudio",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "AGPL-3.0-or-later (some parts under a separate licence)",
            "best_for": "Open-source visual site builder",
            "difference": "Webstudio is AGPL-3.0-or-later and positions itself as an open-source Webflow alternative; Framer hosts on its own CDN of 20 to 300-plus locations depending on plan.",
            "website": "https://webstudio.is",
            "repository": "https://github.com/webstudio-is/webstudio",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/webstudio/",
            "commercial_use": "Yes; AGPL-3.0 applies to the core, the optional animation package is proprietary.",
            "runs_on": "Hosted version available; the README lists no hardware needs for self-hosting.",
            "setup": "moderate: Use the hosted version, or follow the docs to run your own.",
            "github_stars": 9200,
            "stars_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "last_commit": "2026-11-13",
            "last_release": "2026-11-11",
            "zekai_score": 7.5,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/webstudio/"
        },
        {
            "name": "GrapesJS",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "BSD-3-Clause",
            "best_for": "Embeddable page-builder framework for developers",
            "difference": "GrapesJS is a BSD-3-Clause framework installed from npm; unlike Framer it ships no hosting, CMS or canvas product, only an embeddable editor.",
            "website": "https://grapesjs.com",
            "repository": "https://github.com/GrapesJS/grapesjs",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/grapesjs/",
            "commercial_use": "Yes (BSD-3-Clause).",
            "runs_on": "Runs in the browser; installed from npm or a CDN link.",
            "setup": "moderate: A framework to embed: install from npm and write the editor setup.",
            "github_stars": 26400,
            "stars_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "last_commit": "2026-11-13",
            "last_release": "2026-11-03",
            "zekai_score": 7.7,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/grapesjs/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Silex",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "AGPL-3.0",
            "best_for": "Free static-site visual builder",
            "difference": "Silex is an AGPL-3.0 visual builder with static HTML export; Framer hosts on its CDN and offers CMS collections.",
            "website": "https://www.silex.me",
            "repository": "https://github.com/silexlabs/Silex",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/silex/",
            "commercial_use": "Yes; AGPL-3.0 means sharing changes if you run it as a service.",
            "runs_on": "Alpha desktop app for Windows, macOS, Linux; or Docker or Node.js to self-host.",
            "setup": "moderate: Docker or Node.js with pnpm; the alpha desktop app skips this.",
            "github_stars": 3000,
            "stars_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "last_commit": "2026-11-12",
            "last_release": "2026-11-13",
            "zekai_score": 7.5,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/silex/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Puck",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Drag-and-drop page editor inside React apps",
            "difference": "Puck is an MIT React editor you add to your own Next.js app; Framer is a standalone canvas with agents and hosting.",
            "website": "https://puckeditor.com",
            "repository": "https://github.com/puckeditor/puck",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/puck/",
            "commercial_use": "Yes (MIT); the README says it suits commercial applications.",
            "runs_on": "Any React.js project, including Next.js; installed from npm.",
            "setup": "moderate: Add the npm package and write a component config in React.",
            "github_stars": 13700,
            "stars_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "last_commit": "2026-11-13",
            "last_release": "2026-10-29",
            "zekai_score": 7.8,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/puck/"
        },
        {
            "name": "WordPress",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
            "best_for": "Open-source CMS with plugin builders",
            "difference": "WordPress is GPL-2.0-or-later and self-hosted on PHP and MySQL; Framer needs no server and bills hosting inside its plans.",
            "website": "https://wordpress.org",
            "repository": "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/wordpress/",
            "commercial_use": "Yes (GPL-2.0-or-later); distributed derivative works must stay GPL.",
            "runs_on": "PHP 7.4+ (8.3 recommended) and MySQL 5.5.5+ or MariaDB, on a web host.",
            "setup": "moderate: Needs a PHP and MySQL host, plus a theme or plugin for visual building.",
            "github_stars": 21500,
            "stars_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "last_commit": "2026-11-14",
            "zekai_score": 8.2,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/wordpress/"
        }
    ],
    "faq": [
        {
            "q": "What is the best alternative to Framer in 2027?",
            "a": "Webflow is the best overall Framer alternative on this page ($15/mo billed yearly). For no cost, Relume has a free plan (1,500 page views, relumesite.ai subdomain with Relume badge). To self-host, Webstudio is open source (AGPL-3.0-or-later (some parts under a separate licence))."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a free version of Framer?",
            "a": "Yes. Framer has a free plan: 500 AI credits a month, 1 GB bandwidth, Framer domain. Paid plans start at $10/mo billed yearly, checked on 14 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a 100% free alternative to Framer?",
            "a": "Yes. Webstudio, GrapesJS, Silex, Puck, WordPress are open source and free to self-host. Webflow, Wix, Relume, Carrd, WordPress.com have a free plan with limits, shown in the table."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is cheaper than Framer?",
            "a": "Carrd starts at $19/yr, against $10/mo billed yearly for Framer, as listed on each vendor's pricing page on 14 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "How much do Framer alternatives cost for a team of 5?",
            "a": "If each of 5 people buys the entry paid plan, at the prices Zekai checked on 14 Nov 2026, the monthly cost is Carrd $7.90/mo, Elementor $25/mo, WordPress.com $25/mo, against Framer $50/mo for Framer. Team and business plans can cost more per seat. The Zekai Cost Finder on this page recalculates for any team size."
        },
        {
            "q": "Which is better, Webflow or Framer?",
            "a": "Webflow Basic is $15 a month billed yearly ($25 monthly) with 300 static pages, 10 GB bandwidth and no CMS; Framer Basic at $10 includes 2 CMS collections and 50 GB. Choose Webflow if you want CMS and Webflow Cloud app hosting under one platform, with bandwidth tiers up to 2.5 TB on Premium. Stay with Framer if you want AI credits and a canvas-first editor at a lower entry price, with CMS included on Basic."
        },
        {
            "q": "Why are people leaving Framer?",
            "a": "The documented reasons are: Framer 3.0 introduced AI credits on every plan (Free 500, Basic 1,000, Pro 3,000 a month), cut extra editor seats from $40 to $20, retired the Scale plan and raised Basic to 2 CMS collections and 50 GB bandwidth (16 Jun 2026); Framer's pricing update reorganised plans and said it reviews pricing every year; the post notes the Scale plan has since been retired (9 Oct 2025). Each is sourced in the section above."
        }
    ],
    "publisher": "Zekai (zekaiwork.com) — independently reviewed; prices read on vendor pages on the dates shown.",
    "licence": "Free to quote with a link to https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/framer/. Bulk copying or republishing the dataset is not permitted."
}