Yes — you can cancel Framer and keep your website. The catch: you can't keep it on Framer's hosting without paying. If you cancel a paid site plan, your custom domain disconnects and the site falls back to free-plan limits (or offline, depending on setup). The way out is to export the site first — convert it to static HTML or a Next.js project, host it anywhere, then cancel. Nothing about your live site changes except the bill.
What actually happens when you cancel
Canceling a Framer site plan doesn't delete your project — you keep editor access to the design. But the published site is affected:
- Custom domain disconnects. Your domain stops pointing at a paid Framer site.
- Free-plan limits return. The
.framer.websitesubdomain and the "Made in Framer" badge come back if you stay published on free. - CMS and page limits shrink to free-tier caps.
In short: the design stays yours in the editor; the hosted site as your visitors know it does not survive cancellation intact.
The right order: export first, cancel second
- Convert while the site is still live. Paste your published URL into the converter. The conversion captures your pages exactly as they're currently served — do this before anything unpublishes. Takes about a minute, free.
- Choose your output. HTML for the fastest static bundle (runtime stripped, WebP images, SEO pass, badge removed), or Next.js for a real codebase with exact fidelity.
- Deploy to your own host. One-click to Netlify or Vercel — free tiers handle converted sites easily. See the self-hosting guide.
- Move your domain. Update DNS to point at the new host. Because the converter preserves your URL structure and repoints canonicals, your Google rankings carry over.
- Now cancel. Your live site is no longer touching Framer's infrastructure — cancel the site plan with zero downtime.
What you keep, honestly
| Kept after export + cancel? | |
|---|---|
| Design, layout, fonts, breakpoints | ✓ exactly as published |
| All public pages and URLs | ✓ |
| Appear/scroll animations | ✓ (CSS in HTML mode, runtime in Next.js mode) |
| SEO meta, OG tags, rankings | ✓ (canonicals repointed to your domain) |
| "Made in Framer" badge | Gone — removed by the converter |
| Framer editor access | ✓ for the design (free account) |
| Framer's form backend | ✗ — repoint forms to Formspree/Tally |
| Password-protected pages | ✗ — public URLs only |
| Future CMS publishing from Framer | ✗ — re-convert after edits instead (free) |
"But I still want to edit my site"
Two options after leaving:
- Visual editor — the converter includes one: change text, links, and images across desktop/tablet/phone breakpoints and publish straight to your live site. No code, no Framer.
- Edit in Framer, re-convert. Keep designing in Framer's free editor, and re-run the (free) conversion whenever you want to ship changes. You only lose Framer hosting, not Framer designing.
The money side
Site plans run roughly $5–75+/month per site (see the full Framer hosting cost breakdown); exported sites on free hosting tiers run $0. Canceling one $20/month plan pays for itself immediately — the export is free either way.
Ready? Convert your site now while it's live, deploy, then cancel with confidence.