If you're evaluating whether Framer is still the right platform for you — or looking at what else exists before committing — here's a fast, honest rundown without the marketing spin.
Webflow
The closest direct competitor. More mature interaction/CMS tooling in some areas, a genuinely more portable code export (verbose, but real), and a bigger third-party ecosystem. Best if you want visual-builder power and a supported way to eventually export.
Squarespace
Not really a Framer competitor so much as a different category — templated rather than freeform. Best if you want a professional site fast with minimal design decisions, and don't need Framer's level of pixel control.
Webstudio
The newest name on this list, and the only one built explicitly around avoiding lock-in from day one (open-source, self-hostable). Smaller ecosystem and less mature than Framer today, but worth watching — and worth strongly considering if you haven't built anything yet and portability is your top priority.
WordPress (with a page builder)
More setup overhead, but genuinely the most portable, most self-hostable option of all — it's just software you run, not a platform you're renting. The tradeoff is real technical maintenance responsibility (updates, security, hosting) that Framer/Webflow/Squarespace all abstract away for you.
"Stay on Framer, but export a portable copy"
The option most people considering this comparison actually want without realizing it: you keep Framer's design experience (which is genuinely good) for building and editing, and periodically export a real, deployable HTML or Next.js copy so you're never fully locked to Framer's hosting bill or uptime. This sidesteps the entire "which platform" question — you're not migrating away from Framer's editor, just decoupling your hosting from it.
The actual decision framework
Ask yourself one question: is your concern the design experience (in which case, compare Framer/Webflow/Squarespace/Webstudio on their editors) or the hosting lock-in (in which case, exporting your existing Framer site is almost always faster than a full platform migration, and doesn't throw away work you've already done).