Can you self-host a Framer site for free?

Yes, hosting a converted Framer site can cost $0 a month on a free plan such as Cloudflare Pages'. Getting the site out of Framer is the part that usually costs money, because Framer has no built-in export: you pay for a converter or plugin, or spend the time to rebuild.

Prices below come from each vendor's own page, read on November 2, 2026. For the steps, follow our guide to self-hosting a Framer site.

Why getting out of Framer is the paid part

Framer's help article "Can I export my website to HTML and self-host it?" answers no: "Framer does not provide a way to export published sites as HTML files or static website bundles." Published sites lean on Framer services such as server-side rendering, image resizing and font subsetting.

A second Framer article, "Porting your data from Framer," updated the same day (September 15, 2026), says published files can be downloaded and moved to any host, and that CMS content can be exported with plugins as CSV or JSON. It names no tool that downloads a whole site, so you need one of the routes below.

Every route out, and what it costs

FNJ

FNJ converts a published Framer site from its public URL, with no access to your Framer project, into a Next.js project (pages split into named React components such as Hero.tsx), static HTML, or an Astro project. FNJ is paid; prices are on the pricing page.

The catch: every FNJ output keeps Framer's runtime, which still loads from Framer's servers along with your fonts. That's why animations and interactions behave exactly as on Framer, and why your Framer project should stay published after you convert.

For a non-commercial site, that doesn't have to mean a paid plan. Framer's Free plan includes a free Framer domain, 1 GB of bandwidth, 1,000 pages and 10 CMS collections, but Framer calls it "ideal for non-commercial use," so a business site should budget for a paid Framer plan (Basic is $10 a month billed yearly). On the Free plan, check that the project fits its page and CMS limits. Password-protected pages can't be converted, because FNJ reads public URLs only.

Framer marketplace export plugins

Framer's marketplace now lists third-party export plugins:

• Full Site Export (stephen jan lovino): a static copy, a Next.js project, or pages rebuilt as React components. Free tier: 3 exports of 3 pages each, no account. Then $10 a month for 50 pages a month, or $99 a year. The site must be published; the listing says the static copy keeps images, fonts, video and CMS data local.
• Framer to Code (valorsic studio): packages the published site's pages, assets, CSS, JavaScript and fonts into a ZIP. It's marked as paid, but the listing doesn't state a price.
• React Export (Tommy D. Rossi): exports selected components, not whole sites, as typed React code. It costs $50 a month for personal hobby use or $250 a month for commercial use.

Two free listings, Forma — Code Export and Framer to Next.js, have one-line descriptions and no further detail about their output. More in the best Framer export tools.

Saving pages from your browser

This costs only time. To see what a saved page carries, we downloaded a Framer marketplace template's published homepage on November 2, 2026. It referenced 26 JavaScript modules, 16 images and 16 font files on framerusercontent.com, Framer's content server, plus Framer's analytics script. Its internal links were extensionless paths such as ./about.

So a hand-saved copy still depends on Framer's servers, needs every page (including each CMS item page) saved again after every edit, needs a host that serves /about from about.html or about/index.html, and keeps forms that post to Framer. It can work for a 2-page site that never changes.

Rebuilding

Rebuilding in code or another builder removes every tie to Framer. It costs a developer's time or yours, and you recreate the animations yourself.

Framer's own reverse-proxy setup isn't a saving either: Framer stays the origin, and it needs the Advanced Hosting add-on, listed at $200 a month with yearly billing, on top of a Pro plan.

The routes at a glance

Route	What you pay to get out	Still tied to Framer?
FNJ	Paid, see /pricing	Runtime and fonts load from Framer; keep the project published
Full Site Export	Free for 3 × 3 pages, then $10 a month or $99 a year	Listing says the static copy is self-contained
Save pages by hand	$0	Scripts, images and fonts load from Framer
Rebuild	Your or a developer's time	No

Free hosting for the exported site

Hosting is where "free" holds up, if the plan allows your kind of site.

Host	Free plan limit that matters	Commercial use on the free plan?	Source
Cloudflare Pages	No bandwidth or request cap; 500 builds a month; 20,000 files per site, 25 MiB per file; 100 projects per account	Not barred by its terms, but no collecting card details on a site using free services	Pages product page, Pages limits docs, Cloudflare terms
GitHub Pages	Static files only; 1 GB site; soft limits of 100 GB bandwidth a month and 10 builds an hour; public repos only on GitHub Free	Restricted: not allowed as free hosting to run an online business, e-commerce site or SaaS	GitHub Pages limits docs
Vercel Hobby	100 GB Fast Data Transfer and 1,000,000 CDN requests a month; past a limit you usually wait until 30 days have passed	No: personal, non-commercial only; business sites need Pro at $20 a month	Vercel Hobby docs, fair use guidelines, pricing
Netlify Free	300 credits a month: 15 per production deploy, 20 per GB of bandwidth, 2 per 10,000 requests	Yes, per Netlify	Netlify pricing, Netlify vs Vercel guide

In practice:

• Cloudflare Pages is the most generous $0 option here, though Cloudflare's plans page pitches its Free plan at projects that aren't business-critical. It's one of FNJ's one-click deploy targets, with Vercel.
• GitHub Pages publishes only static files, so pair it with FNJ's HTML output.
• Vercel Hobby counts advertising a product or service as commercial, so most business sites need Pro.
• Netlify Free works out to 15 GB of bandwidth a month if the credits buy nothing else. A site that hits the limit pauses until the next billing cycle, and so does every other site on the account.

We compare 8 hosts on Framer hosting options.

The costs people forget

Your domain

Framer's yearly plans include a domain's first year free through its partner Hover, then it renews at the standard rate; monthly plans don't get the offer. Self-hosting, you pay renewals yourself. For a .com, Verisign's registry fee alone is $10.97 a year from November 1, 2026. At-cost registrars such as Cloudflare Registrar charge only what the registry and ICANN charge, so expect about $11.

Forms

Framer's built-in form backend stays with Framer, so repoint your forms. Tally's free plan offers unlimited forms and submissions within its fair-use guidelines. Formspree's free plan allows 50 submissions a month; its Personal plan is $15 a month or $120 a year.

CMS edits after export

Any export is a copy of the site as published at that moment. Edits in Framer's CMS reach your host only after you export and deploy again, so count that work and any per-export or per-page charge.

Analytics

Framer's site analytics is a plan feature, with 30 days of history on Basic and 90 on Pro. On your own host, add your own; Cloudflare Web Analytics is free.

Worked example: a 10-page marketing site in year one

Assume 10 pages, a contact form, a small CMS blog, a new .com, and traffic inside the free plans' limits. Framer's cheapest plan with a custom domain is Basic: 30 pages, 2 CMS collections, 1,000 CMS items and 50 GB of bandwidth, at $10 a month billed yearly ($120); Framer's monthly billing costs more.

Year one	Stay on Framer Basic	Self-host with FNJ	Self-host with Full Site Export
Plan or export	$120 billed yearly (more billed monthly)	See /pricing	$10 for 1 month (10 pages exceeds the free 3 × 3)
Keep Framer published	Included	$0 on Framer's Free plan (which Framer calls ideal for non-commercial use), or $120 on Basic billed yearly	Only while exporting (the listing says the static copy renders with the network blocked)
Hosting	Included	$0 on Cloudflare Pages	$0 on Cloudflare Pages
Domain	Free first year on yearly; your registrar's price on monthly	About $11	About $11
Forms	Built in	$0 on Tally's free plan	$0 on Tally's free plan
Analytics	Built in	$0, Cloudflare Web Analytics	$0, Cloudflare Web Analytics
Total	$120 billed yearly; more billed monthly, plus a domain	FNJ's price + about $11, or + about $131 with Framer Basic	About $21

On Framer's Pro plan (for more than 2 CMS collections or 50 GB of bandwidth), the Framer column becomes $360 billed yearly ($30 a month), and more billed monthly. From year two, at today's prices, the self-hosted columns drop to the domain renewal plus any re-exports (and $120 a year if you keep the FNJ project on Framer Basic), while Basic stays at $120 a year plus Hover's renewal.

How to read it:

• FNJ isn't the cheapest route on paper, and it never removes Framer entirely. For zero dependency on Framer's servers, a self-contained export or a rebuild fits better.
• FNJ fits when you want a Next.js codebase with named components, interactions that behave exactly as on Framer, and a one-click deploy to Cloudflare Pages or Vercel.
• Staying on Framer can be right if you edit the CMS weekly; $120 a year covers hosting, forms and analytics. See Framer's plan limits and what happens if you stop paying for Framer.

Frequently asked questions

Can I host a Framer site for free?

Yes, on a free Framer domain with 1 GB of bandwidth, though Framer calls its Free plan ideal for non-commercial use, and a custom domain needs a paid plan, from $10 a month billed yearly. A converted copy can be hosted for $0 on Cloudflare Pages' free plan; the export usually costs money.

Does Framer have an export button?

No. Framer has no built-in export for self-hosting. Third-party plugins on Framer's marketplace and outside converters such as FNJ fill that gap.

Is Vercel's free plan OK for a business website?

No. Vercel's Hobby plan is for personal, non-commercial use only, so a business site needs Pro, listed at $20 a month. Netlify says its free plan can be used for businesses, and Cloudflare's terms don't bar commercial use of its free services.

Do I still need Framer after converting with FNJ?

Yes, keep the Framer project published. FNJ's output loads Framer's runtime and fonts from Framer's servers. Framer's Free plan can keep it published if the project fits its page and CMS limits, but Framer calls that plan ideal for non-commercial use, so a business site should budget for a paid plan.

What happens to Framer forms when I self-host?

They stay tied to Framer's form backend, so point them at a form service. Tally's free plan offers unlimited submissions within fair use; Formspree's free plan allows 50 a month.

Is GitHub Pages free for a company website?

It costs nothing, but GitHub says Pages may not be used as free hosting to run an online business, an e-commerce site or SaaS. On GitHub Free it also publishes only from public repositories.