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Framer hosting
Framer hosting: what it costs, and how to host it yourself for $0
Framer bundles hosting into every paid plan — $10 to $30 a month, per site, forever. If your site is done changing, you can export it once and host it free. Here's the math, with Framer's current prices.
Free full-site preview first — verify before you switch.
Framer hosting costs $10–30/month per site on Basic and Pro plans ($120–360/year). A one-time export to static HTML hosted on Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, or Netlify costs $0/month.
How it works
From Framer plan to $0 hosting in three steps
Framer's built-in export still calls back to Framer's runtime, so it can't be self-hosted on its own. A true export changes that — real HTML you drop onto any free static host.
- 01
Export your site
Paste your published URL, verify the free preview, download real HTML with your animations included.
- 02
Pick a free static host
Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, or Netlify. No VPS, no server maintenance, no security patching. The self-hosting community itself steers beginners to these, not to a $5 VPS.
- 03
Point your domain
Same custom domain, new (free) home. Your Framer plan can lapse; your site stays up.
Cost comparison
Framer hosting vs. exporting and self-hosting
| Export + static host | Framer Basic | Framer Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $0/mo | $10/mo | $30/mo |
| Yearly cost | $0 — one-time export | $120/yr | $360/yr |
| Bandwidth | Free tier: ~100 GB (Vercel) / unmetered (Cloudflare Pages) | 50 GB | 100 GB, then $40 per 100 GB |
| Extra editors | — code is yours | $20/mo each | $20/mo each |
| Custom domain | |||
| You own the code | — | — | |
| 5-year cost, one site | Export once | $600 | $1,800 |
Who this is for
When self-hosting your Framer site makes sense
Your site is finished.
Portfolio, agency site, product landing page — it changes twice a year, not twice a week. Paying monthly for a static site is renting your own work.
You're handing off to a client.
Give them files they can host on their own plan instead of a Framer subscription in your name.
You need to own the code.
Compliance, an acquisition checklist, or a manager who — like one designer on r/framer found — blocks the tool purely because the code cannot be exported. And getting into Framer isn't free either: one SaaS CMO publicly reported $1,300 in one-time migration costs plus $130/month to move their site in.
When it doesn't:
If you're actively designing in Framer every week, its hosting is part of the workflow. Export when the churn stops.
But Framer hosting includes…
Everything Framer bundles, still covered for $0
CDN and SSL?
Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, and Netlify all include global CDN and automatic SSL on their free tiers.
The CMS?
True — a static export freezes CMS-driven pages. If your content updates regularly, either keep Framer or move to an editable project with a real CMS via clonesite.ai.
Redirects and forms?
Static hosts handle redirects via config; forms need a form endpoint (Formspree-style) or an upgrade to an editable project. We say this upfront because the fake-export tools don't.
Don't want to touch Vercel?
We'll host the standalone export for you — Host is $9/month, first month free. Same code you own, zero deploy setup. The $0 self-host path is always yours; this is just the shortcut.
Keep editing
Site still evolving? Static files aren't your answer.
A static export is for finished sites. If you left Framer because you wanted more control — real components, a CMS you own, code your team can work on — that's clonesite.ai, from the same team.
Questions
Before you leave Framer hosting
Everything people ask before dropping their Framer subscription for $0 hosting.
- How much does Framer hosting cost?
- Framer's Basic plan is $10/month and Pro is $30/month (yearly billing, July 2026), so hosting one site costs $120–360 per year. Extra editors are $20/month each. Overages: Pro bandwidth beyond 100 GB bills at $40 per 100 GB.
- Can I self-host a Framer website?
- Not directly — Framer's built-in export still depends on Framer's runtime. To self-host you need a true export: standalone HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, which is what exportframer produces. Then any static host runs it free.
- Is self-hosting a Framer export hard?
- No. It's drag-and-drop or one CLI command on Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, or Netlify — free tiers include CDN and SSL. You do not need a VPS.
- What happens to my CMS content and forms?
- CMS pages export as rendered pages (frozen at export time). Forms need a form endpoint or an editable rebuild. For sites with living content, consider clonesite.ai instead of a static export.
- What's the cheapest way to keep a Framer site online?
- Export it once with exportframer (free to preview), host on Cloudflare Pages' free tier, keep your custom domain. Ongoing cost: $0.
Run the math on your own site
Paste your URL, check the free preview, and see what $0/month hosting looks like with your animations intact.