PageHub vs Framer: an honest comparison
Framer is a design canvas with custom animation, localization, and A/B testing. PageHub lets your AI agent start a site and connect the domain, sells through Stripe without a plugin, and puts even a free site on your own domain.
If you're looking for a Framer alternative, or a Framer alternative with a free custom domain, here's PageHub vs Framer on AI agents, pricing, selling online, and clients.
TL;DR
- Pick Framer if you're a designer who wants a freeform canvas, custom animation, localization, or built-in A/B testing.
- Pick PageHub if you want your AI agent to start new sites and connect the domain, or you need Stripe checkout without a plugin.
- Both have an official MCP server you add as a URL and sign in to, so Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor can build and publish on either.
- PageHub's free plan runs on your own domain. Framer's free plan uses a Framer domain and shows a Made in Framer badge.
- PageHub has no localization and no A/B testing. Framer has both as add-ons.
What each one is
Framer is a visual website builder that works like a design tool. You lay pages out on a freeform canvas, add animations and effects, and publish. It has an AI agent inside the editor, an official MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other AI tools, a CMS, and add-ons for localization and A/B testing.
PageHub is a website builder your AI agent drives over MCP, from creating the site to publishing it on your domain. Every site opens in a visual editor, so you or your client can keep editing without AI.
PageHub and Framer side by side
As of October 2026. Prices are in USD. Framer prices are its yearly-billing rates.
| Feature | PageHub | Framer |
|---|---|---|
| AI and agent workflow | ||
| AI site building | Your own agent (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, any MCP client) builds the site. There's also an AI assistant in the editor. | Framer Agent in the editor turns a description into editable pages. It uses AI credits: 1,000 a month on Basic. |
| Connecting your own AI agent | Hosted server at pagehub.dev/api/mcp. Sign in through your browser, or use an API key. Nothing to install. Works on every plan, including free. | Official remote server at mcp.framer.com/mcp. Sign in through your browser, or add it from the Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor directory. Nothing to install. Works on every plan, including free. |
| What has to stay open while it works | Only your AI app. No editor tab, plugin, or local install has to stay running. | Only your AI app. The Framer editor doesn't need to be open. |
| What your agent can change | Layout, spacing, and responsive styles, the theme, preset animations, pages, collections, forms, redirects, and the domain | The canvas, components, CMS, and supported project settings in any project your account can reach. The older local CLI setup still handles localization. |
| How the agent checks its work | Screenshots the draft in a real browser at any width, including phone, and runs SEO and accessibility audits (screenshot_site, audit_seo, audit_accessibility) | You review the changes on the canvas, or ask the agent to work on a branch you compare and merge |
| AI credits when you use your own agent | None. PageHub's MCP tools don't run an AI model on our side, so your own agent uses no PageHub AI credits. Your plan's normal limits still apply. | None through MCP: usage follows your AI tool's plan. Framer Agent in the editor uses AI credits: 1,000 a month on Basic, and credit-using features pause when they run out. |
| Agent can start a new site and put it live | Yes. The agent can create a site, attach your domain, and publish it (create_site, set_domain, publish_site). | It publishes when you ask. Framer's MCP guide starts from a project link and doesn't cover creating a project or connecting a domain. |
| Branching and review | No branching. Changes from your agent or the editor stay in a draft until someone publishes, and site history restores older versions. | Staging and branching with previews on Pro |
| Sites, content, and selling | ||
| Clients editing their site | Review comments from Pro. Editors: 1 per site on Free, unlimited on Pro and up. | Extra editors $20/mo each, content editors $10/mo, viewers free |
| CMS limits | Free: 2 collections of 100 rows. Pro: 40 collections of 20,000 rows per site. Business: 100 collections of 100,000 rows. | Basic: 2 collections, 1,000 items. Pro: 10 collections, 2,500 items, and you can buy more up to 40,000. |
| Pages per site | Free 20, Pro 300, Business and Agency 1,000 | Free 1,000, Basic 30, Pro 150 (more for $20 per 100, up to 700) |
| Selling online | Stripe checkout on every plan, with shipping rates, Stripe Tax, stock counts, and an orders page for marking orders shipped and refunding. PageHub doesn't add a transaction fee on Stripe sales (Stripe's own fees still apply). | No built-in checkout on the pricing page. Marketplace plugins such as Framer Commerce and StripeKit add one. |
| Localization | None. PageHub has no multi-language feature. | Add-on, $20 per locale |
| A/B testing | None built in | Add-on on Pro, billed by analytics events |
| Price | ||
| Free plan | 1 published site on your own domain, with SSL and a small "Made with PageHub" link you can place in your footer. None on Pro | Framer domain only, with a Made in Framer badge |
| Paid entry price | Pro: $7 a month per site, or $5 billed yearly | Basic $10/mo, Pro $30/mo, per site |
| Seats | Included, never billed per seat: 1 collaborator per site on Free, unlimited on Pro and up | Free workspaces allow up to 3 editors. On paid plans, each extra editor is $20/mo. |
Competitor details from their own pricing and docs pages, checked October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom of this page.
Where Framer is better
If one of these is the core of your project, Framer probably wins.
Custom animation and effects
Framer lets you hand-tune scroll effects, interactions, and shaders. PageHub has a library of preset animations, not a timeline tool.
Source: framer.comMore pages on the free plan
Framer's free plan allows 1,000 pages, on a Framer domain with its badge. PageHub's free plan allows 20 pages per site.
Source: framer.comLocalization
Framer sells translation locales at $20 each. PageHub has no localization at all.
Source: framer.comA/B testing and analytics
Framer includes site analytics on every paid plan and sells an A/B testing add-on on Pro. PageHub has built-in analytics but no A/B testing.
Source: framer.comBranching and staging
Framer Pro includes a staging environment and branching with shareable previews. PageHub has drafts and site history, but no branches.
Source: framer.comReviewing agent changes on a branch
You can ask Framer's agent to work on a branch, then compare it with main and merge. On PageHub, agent changes go into one draft, so you review the whole draft before you publish. Site history can restore an older version.
Source: framer.comWhere PageHub is better
Your own domain on the free plan
PageHub's free plan puts 1 site on your own domain with SSL. Framer's free plan needs an upgrade to connect a custom domain and shows a Made in Framer badge until you do.
Source: framer.comYour agent can start a site and connect the domain
On PageHub, your agent can create a site from nothing, attach your domain, and publish when you tell it to. Framer's MCP guide starts from an existing project link and doesn't cover creating a project or connecting a domain.
Source: framer.comYour agent checks its own work
PageHub's agent can screenshot the draft in a real browser at any width, including phone, and run SEO and accessibility audits before you publish. Framer's MCP guide has you open the project and review the canvas yourself.
Source: framer.comStripe checkout built in
Sell from a collection with Stripe checkout on every plan, no plugin needed. PageHub doesn't add a transaction fee on Stripe sales (Stripe's own fees still apply). Framer relies on marketplace plugins for checkout.
Source: framer.comMore pages and CMS on paid plans
PageHub Pro allows 300 pages and 40 collections of up to 20,000 rows per site, for $7 a month. Framer Pro is $30 a month for 150 pages (up to 700 with paid add-ons), 10 collections, and 2,500 items. PageHub Business and Agency allow 1,000 pages per site.
Source: framer.comA lower price per site, seats included
PageHub Pro is $7 a month per site, or $5 billed yearly. Pro and up include unlimited editors per site. Framer Basic is $10 a month billed yearly, and each extra editor is $20.
Source: framer.comCode export on every plan
Download the site's files as a ZIP, with the published pages as static HTML to host anywhere, even on the free plan.
What it costs: two examples
List prices as of October 2026, in USD, before tax. Framer figures are its yearly-billing rates.
1 site on your own domain, with a CMS
PageHub
- Free: $0 on your own domain, with 2 collections of up to 100 rows and 20 pages.
- Pro: $7 a month, or $5 a month billed yearly, with 40 collections of 20,000 rows and 300 pages.
Framer
- Free: $0, but on a Framer domain with the Made in Framer badge.
- Basic: $10 a month for your own domain, with 2 CMS collections, 1,000 items, and 30 pages.
- Pro: $30 a month for 10 collections, 2,500 items, and 150 pages.
10 client sites, each with a CMS and its own domain
PageHub
- 10 Pro sites: 10 × $7 = $70 a month, or 10 × $5 = $50 billed yearly. Clients can leave review comments or be invited as editors, with no per-seat charge.
- Business: $250 a month ($200 billed yearly) for 10 published sites, with unlimited editors per site.
- Agency: $1,250 a month ($1,000 billed yearly) for 50 sites, unlimited editors per site, and white-label. White-label is on Agency only.
Framer
- 10 Basic sites: 10 × $10 = $100 a month, billed yearly. 10 Pro sites: 10 × $30 = $300.
- Each extra editor is $20 a month, content editors $10, and viewers are free.
- Translation locales are $20 each, if a client needs a second language.
Check current plans on PageHub's pricing page and on Framer's before you decide.
AI and agents in Framer today
Both work with AI agents. This is from Framer's own docs and from reports by people who use it.
Framer Agent in the editor
Describe the page in plain language and the agent creates or revises it on the canvas. Everything it makes stays editable like the rest of the project.
Source: framer.comFramer MCP
An official remote server at mcp.framer.com/mcp, listed in the Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor directories. You sign in to Framer and approve access, with nothing to install, and the project doesn't need to be open. The agent can create pages, edit layouts, update content, and manage CMS collections, and it publishes when you ask.
Source: framer.comBranches when you want them
Changes stay in the project until you or the agent publishes. You can ask the agent to work on a branch and compare it with main before you publish. It uses your Framer account's permissions.
Source: framer.comExternal Agents is now the older setup
Framer recommends MCP. The local @framer/agent CLI still works and currently covers workflows MCP doesn't yet, such as localization.
Source: framer.comCredits run the in-app AI
Credits pool across a workspace. When the monthly allowance runs out, credit-using features pause until it resets or you buy more. Work done through MCP follows your AI tool's plan instead.
Source: framer.comCredits can go fast
One review of Framer 3.0 reports a single hero section using over 200 credits, and a basic site built from a mockup using 4,000. Basic includes 1,000 a month.
Source: dragdropship.comWorking with your own AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client)
How it goes when your agent builds on PageHub.
Connect once
Add https://pagehub.dev/api/mcp to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, or any MCP client and sign in through your browser. If your app can't do browser sign-in, use an API key. It works on every plan, including free.
Nothing else stays open
The agent talks to PageHub directly. You don't keep an editor tab, plugin, or local bridge running while it works.
No PageHub AI credits
Building through your own Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or other MCP client uses no PageHub AI credits, because none of our MCP tools run a model on our side. You pay for your AI app as usual, and your plan's normal limits still apply.
It can change the design, not only the content
Layout, spacing, and responsive styles on any element, the theme's colors and fonts, preset animations, pages, collections, forms, redirects, and your domain.
It checks its own work
The agent screenshots the draft in a real browser, at desktop and phone width, and runs SEO and accessibility audits. It can fix what it finds before you look.
You decide when it goes live
Every change lands in a draft. When you say go, the agent attaches your domain, gives you the DNS records to add, and publishes.
Want the full walkthrough? See the website builder for Claude or website builder for ChatGPT guides, or the MCP server docs for every tool.
Which one to pick
Choose Framer if
- You're a designer and want a freeform canvas with custom animation and effects
- Your site needs more than one language
- You want hundreds of pages for free, and a Framer domain is fine
- You want A/B testing, staging, and branches with previews
- You want agent changes on a branch you compare and merge
Choose PageHub if
- You want your agent to start new sites and connect the domain, not only work in existing projects
- You want your agent to screenshot and audit its own work before you publish
- You want a free site on your own domain
- You sell products and want Stripe checkout without a plugin
- You run many client sites and don't want to pay per editor
- You want to be able to export the code on any plan
Switching from Framer
PageHub has no Framer importer. Here's what moving over involves.
Rebuild with your agent
There's no Framer importer. Give your agent the copy and structure of your current pages, or point it at the live site if it can browse, and ask it to rebuild them on PageHub.
Keep your old links working
Add 301 redirects from old paths to new ones, by hand or through your agent (set_redirects).
Move the domain last
Review the new site as a draft first. Then attach the domain, add the DNS records PageHub gives you at your registrar, and publish.
Bring your content as CSV
If you can get your CMS content out as a CSV file, import it into a PageHub collection from the dashboard or with import_collection_csv.
Questions about PageHub and Framer
What people ask when they compare PageHub and Framer.
Try PageHub on your own domain
The free plan includes 1 published site on your own domain. No credit card.
Sources
Framer details come from these pages, checked October 2026. PageHub details come from our own plans and product.
- Framer pricing (plans, add-ons, editors)
- Framer MCP
- Framer help: getting started with Framer MCP
- Framer External Agents (legacy)
- Framer help: building a site with Framer Agents
- Dragdropship: Framer 3.0 review, agents and AI credits
- Framer help: how AI credits work
- Framer help: removing the Made in Framer badge
- Framer animations
- Framer Marketplace: e-commerce plugins
Framer is a trademark of Framer B.V. PageHub isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Framer.