# PageHub vs Framer: an honest comparison As of September 2026. Framer is a design canvas with custom animation, localization, and A/B testing. PageHub lets any AI agent build and publish the site, 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 build, publish, and connect the domain, or you need Stripe checkout without a plugin. - PageHub's free plan runs on your own domain with no badge. 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, External Agents for tools like Claude Code, 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 September 2026. Prices are in USD. Framer prices are its yearly-billing rates. | | PageHub | Framer | |---|---|---| | AI site building | Your own agent (Claude, 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, nothing to install. Works on every plan, including free. | External Agents (free during preview): install a bridge with npx @framer/agent setup, then use the /framer skill | | 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). | External agents work on projects you connect, on the canvas and not your published site. Changes land on a branch you merge. | | Clients editing their site | Review comments from Pro. Editors: 3 per site on Business, 10 on Agency. | 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. 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 | | 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 | | Free plan | 1 published site on your own domain, with SSL and no PageHub branding | 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: none on Free and Pro, 3 per site on Business, 10 on Agency | 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 September 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. - **More 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. - **Localization.** Framer sells translation locales at $20 each. PageHub has no localization at all. - **A/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. - **Branching and staging.** Framer Pro includes a staging environment and branching with shareable previews. PageHub has drafts and site history, but no branches. ## Where PageHub is better - **Your own domain on the free plan.** PageHub's free plan puts 1 site on your own domain with SSL and no badge. Framer's free plan needs an upgrade to connect a custom domain and shows a Made in Framer badge until you do. - **Nothing to install for your agent.** PageHub's MCP server is a URL you add and sign in to, so it also works in the Claude app on the web and desktop. Framer's External Agents start by installing a bridge from the terminal. - **Your agent can put the site live.** On PageHub, your agent can create a site, attach your domain, and publish when you tell it to. Framer's external agent works on the canvas and not your published site, so you merge and publish yourself. - **Stripe 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. - **More 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. - **A lower price per site, seats included.** PageHub Pro is $7 a month per site, or $5 billed yearly. Business includes 3 editors per site and Agency 10. Framer Basic is $10 a month billed yearly, and each extra editor is $20. - **Code export on every plan.** Download the site as static HTML or a React, Next.js, Vue, or Nuxt project, even on the free plan, and host it anywhere. ## What it costs: two examples List prices as of September 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 but can't be invited as editors. - Business: $250 a month ($200 billed yearly) for 10 published sites, with up to 3 editors per site. - Agency: $1,250 a month ($1,000 billed yearly) for 50 sites, 10 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 (https://pagehub.dev/pricing) 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. - **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. - **External Agents, in preview.** Run npx @framer/agent setup, then the /framer skill. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Antigravity CLI, Windsurf, and other AIs that can run a terminal command or call an MCP tool. The project doesn't need to be open. - **Changes land on a branch.** Every external-agent change happens on a branch you can review, undo, or merge. The agent only reaches the projects you connect, not other projects, account settings, or billing. - **Credits 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. ## AI and agents in PageHub 1. **Connect once.** Add https://pagehub.dev/api/mcp to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or any MCP client and sign in through your browser. It works on every plan, including free. 2. **Build and check.** The agent creates the site, sets the theme, and adds pages. Then it screenshots them at phone width and runs SEO and accessibility audits. 3. **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 guide (https://pagehub.dev/claude-website-builder), or the MCP server docs (https://pagehub.dev/developers/mcp) 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 **Choose PageHub if** - You want any AI agent, including the Claude app, to build, publish, and connect the domain - You want a free site on your own domain with no badge - 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.** 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 ### Is PageHub cheaper than Framer? Per site, usually. PageHub Pro is $7 a month, or $5 billed yearly. Framer Basic is $10 a month billed yearly, and Pro is $30. Framer charges $20 a month for each extra editor, while PageHub includes editors on Business (3 per site) and Agency (10 per site). Framer's free plan allows more pages, 1,000 against PageHub's 20, but only on a Framer domain. ### Can Claude Code build a Framer site? Yes. Framer's External Agents, free during preview, connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and others after you run npx @framer/agent setup. Changes land on a branch in your project for you to merge. PageHub works from a URL you add, including in the Claude app on the web, and the agent can attach your domain and publish. ### Does Framer's free plan include a custom domain? No. Framer's free plan uses a Framer domain, and connecting your own needs a paid plan. Free sites also show a Made in Framer badge. PageHub's free plan includes 1 site on your own domain with no badge. ### Can I sell products with Framer or PageHub? Framer's pricing page doesn't list built-in checkout. Its marketplace has commerce plugins such as Framer Commerce and StripeKit. PageHub has Stripe checkout built in on every plan and doesn't add a transaction fee on Stripe sales. Stripe's own fees still apply. ### Can my clients edit their site on PageHub? Yes, in the visual editor, without AI or code. On Pro, clients can leave review comments on a preview link but can't be invited as editors. Editor seats come with Business, 3 per site, and Agency, 10 per site. ### Does PageHub support localization? No. PageHub has no multi-language feature. If your site needs more than one language, Framer's localization add-on is the better fit. ## Sources Framer details come from these pages, checked September 2026. PageHub details come from our own plans and product. - Framer pricing (plans, add-ons, editors): https://www.framer.com/pricing/ - Framer External Agents: https://www.framer.com/agents/external - Framer help, building a site with Framer Agents: https://www.framer.com/help/articles/how-to-build-a-website-from-scratch-with-framer-agents/ - Framer help, how AI credits work: https://www.framer.com/help/articles/how-ai-credits-and-agents-pricing-work/ - Framer help, removing the Made in Framer badge: https://www.framer.com/help/articles/how-do-i-remove-the-made-in-framer-badge-from-my-website/ - Framer animations: https://www.framer.com/features/animations/ - Framer Marketplace, e-commerce plugins: https://www.framer.com/marketplace/plugins/category/ecommerce/ --- Framer is a trademark of Framer B.V. PageHub isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Framer.