Platform Cost Comparison
Framer vs Webflow — pricing and what a build costs
Quick Answer
Framer costs $10–$30 a month, Webflow $15–$25 a month billed yearly — and a designed site built on either costs $3,000–$8,000 with a freelancer or $8,000–$25,000 with an agency. The subscription is noise next to the build: three years of Framer Pro is $1,080, about a seventh of the cheapest professional build. Pick on the work, not the plan — Framer for marketing pages you will edit yourself, Webflow for content types someone else has to maintain. Plan prices read from framer.com/pricing and webflow.com/pricing on 2 October 2026; build ranges from our dataset of 600+ project quotes across 6 markets.
These two tools compete for the same job: a designer builds the site visually, and nobody writes a separate front end. The pricing pages make them look like a $5-a-month decision. They are not. What separates them is what happens in month 13 — who can edit the site, whether the content has structure, and what it costs to leave.
Price your build on either platformWhere the money actually goes
Three years of platform against one build. Log scale.
| Tier | Min | Max | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform, 3 years | $360 | $1,080 | — |
| Build, freelancer | $3,000 | $8,000 | — |
| Build, agency | $8,000 | $25,000 | — |
The plans, as published today
Site plans only — both vendors also sell workspace seats, which you pay per editor. Framer and Webflow both quote their lower prices on yearly billing; monthly billing costs more at every tier.
| Tier | Framer | Webflow |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 — no custom domain | $0 — webflow.io domain, 2 pages |
| Entry | $10/mo — 30 pages, 1,000 CMS items | $15/mo — 300 static pages, no CMS |
| Content | $30/mo — 150 pages, 2,500 CMS items | $25/mo — CMS, site search, code components |
| Team | Enterprise — on request | $2,500/mo — annual contract |
Read from framer.com/pricing and webflow.com/pricing on 2 October 2026. Both vendors change plans without notice; check the current page before you sign.
What the build costs
Our engine prices Webflow at 0.9× the WordPress baseline on identical scope, with a 0.75× timeline — the saving is in the hours, not the hourly rate. Framer has no row in our rate table, so the band below is what the same design-led work costs, not a measured Framer figure. We will add a measured one when the dataset carries enough Framer projects to publish.
| Cost | Framer | Webflow |
|---|---|---|
| Design + build, freelancer (5–12 pages) | $3,000 – $8,000 | $3,000 – $8,000 |
| Design + build, agency (brand, copy, CMS) | $8,000 – $25,000 | $8,000 – $25,000 |
| Engine multiplier vs the WordPress baseline | not priced | 0.9× |
| Typical timeline against that baseline | 0.7× – 0.8× | 0.75× |
| Platform cost, 3 years (entry plan) | $360 | $540 |
| Platform cost, 3 years (content plan) | $1,080 | $900 |
Pick Framer when…
- ✓The site is marketing pages and you want to edit them yourself, in the same tool the designer used
- ✓Speed to launch beats structure — a landing page or a launch site that will be rewritten in six months anyway
- ✓The design is motion-heavy and you want the animation to come out of the design tool rather than be rebuilt
- ✓Nobody on the team will ever touch a CSS class
Pick Webflow when…
- ✓The site has real content types — case studies, a blog, a team directory — that need a CMS with fields, not a page per item
- ✓An agency or a contractor will maintain it, and the next person needs a structure they recognise
- ✓You need localisation, site search, or form files — the things that sit on the higher Webflow tiers
- ✓You may hand the front end to developers later and want exportable markup as a fallback
Frequently asked questions
Is Framer cheaper than Webflow?
On the subscription, they are close: Framer Basic is $10/month and Pro $30/month; Webflow Basic is $15/month and Premium $25/month billed yearly (prices read from framer.com/pricing and webflow.com/pricing on 2 October 2026). The build is where the money actually sits — $3,000 to $12,000 for a designed marketing site on either platform — so a $5–$15 monthly difference decides nothing.
What does it cost to have a site built in Framer or Webflow?
A 5 to 12 page marketing site designed and built by a freelancer runs $3,000–$8,000; an agency doing the same scope with brand work and copy runs $8,000–$25,000. Our engine applies a 0.9x multiplier to Webflow against the WordPress baseline because the build is faster, not cheaper per hour. Framer sits in the same band: the work is the same shape — design in the tool, no separate front-end build.
Which one is cheaper to live with after launch?
Framer, slightly, if you stay on Basic or Pro and your site is pages plus a small CMS. Webflow costs more once you need its CMS tier, and its Team plan jumps to $2,500/month on an annual contract — that is an enterprise step, not a growth step. Neither charges a transaction fee on a marketing site; both bill hosting inside the plan.
Can I move a Framer or Webflow site somewhere else later?
Not cleanly in either case. Webflow exports static HTML and CSS but not the CMS or its interactions; Framer has no meaningful export. Treat both as rented platforms: you own the design and the content, not the build. If that matters, price a WordPress or Next.js build instead and compare the three-year total, not the monthly.
Which should a solo founder pick?
Framer if the site is marketing pages, you want to edit it yourself, and speed matters more than structure. Webflow if the site has real content types — case studies, a blog, a resource library — or if an agency will maintain it, because its CMS and class system survive someone else taking over.
Ready to build? Three ways to do it
The right path depends on budget, not preference. These bands come from our own published cost data.
Do it yourself
$0–$500
WordPress on cheap hosting like SiteGround — enough for a simple site you maintain yourself.
Hire a freelancer
$500–$5,000
Custom design and setup without agency overhead — the sweet spot for most small-business sites.
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$5,000+
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