The "best value" plan (Basic) has a limit of 2 CMS collections. That seems a bit low, but since I guess most of the potential buyers will stick to that plan, is it a good practice to limit template to only those 2 collections? Maybe it doesnt really matter? Thanks in advance for the replies :-)

We are evaluating Framer as a replacement for Webflow, and I cannot get a straight answer on whether CMS-generated pages count toward the page limit.

Here’s what I’ve gotten so far:

• Support bot: Yes, CMS pages count.

• Human Framer rep: Yes, they count.

• Framer’s own pricing update blog: No, they don’t count anymore — pages and CMS items are now separate.

• My own experience: I can publish way over 150 CMS items on the Pro plan (capped at 150 pages) with no warnings, but if I make 150+ manual pages, I do get blocked.

So… which one is true? Because these can’t all be right.

Why this matters for us (and maybe you?)

Our site has 2000+ CMS pages (reviews, articles, etc.). That’s normal for many businesses doing content, SEO, ecommerce, blogging, directories, content per region, etc. Webflow can handle this easily at very reasonable pricing.

But the Framer Scale plan:

• has 300 static pages,

• lets you buy more at $20 per 100 pages (per month!)

• BUT caps out at 500 pages total.

If CMS pages actually count toward that limit, Framer becomes unusable for any serious content-driven site. Even posting one blog per day blows past the limit in a year.

So please think about this limit before you commit to framer or when switching from webflow to framer.

For anyone running CMS sites on Framer:

Do your CMS item pages count toward the page limit or not?

Have you hit any warnings or enforcement?

Thanks!

EDIT: I got a response from another Framer rep, clarifying the situation:

"As we mentioned in the FAQ of our pricing update article, under the new pricing, CMS item pages don't count against the page limit, which means these are now separate limits."

If I have a cms collection with 400 items, does that mean that I am now exceeding the maximum page limit for my plan? Or is the limit only for static pages?

Hello!

I am using the free version of Framer and I wanted to ask if there is a limit on the pages on CMS pages. I read somewhere that the 150 page limit isn't for CMS. I wanted to know if there is a limit and if yes, what is it for the free plan?

Hi all! JP here from Framer team. Writing here with a big update: new pricing. For those unaware, this is a standard practice at Framer. We review and update our pricing annually in an effort to make sure our offering works best for everyone.

The best place to read about this is our blog post / to review our pricing itself here, but I wanted to copy in the most important excerpts from the blog.

Before we begin, let us make it clear that if you are happy with your current plan, you can keep it. If you prefer the new pricing, you can switch anytime. And if you relied on a plan that’s now gone, email us and we’ll take care of it.

Our goal is simple—make Framer free to try, affordable for personal and small sites, and priced fairly for companies that get the most value from it. A progressive system that scales with you.

We’ve simplified pricing to three simple plans (down from five). See the full breakdown on the pricing page:

- Basic — $10: for personal, hobby, and side projects.

- Pro — $30: for professionals, small teams, and startups.

- Scale — $100: for growing companies that want flexible, usage-based pricing.

Now, here’s what we learned from the previous pricing:

- Too complex. Five different plans across personal and business tiers was too much studying and upgrading. We simplified it to three: Basic, Pro, and Scale.

- Mini too small, Basic too big. Most people needed more than one page (Mini) but less than everything in Basic. The new Basic plan is right in the middle at $10 (instead of $15) and ideal for small to medium personal, side, or hobby projects.

- Predictable costs. Smaller plans work best with fixed prices; larger ones should scale with usage. Basic and Pro are fixed, while Scale grows with your success, with optional extras like A/B testing, Private Plugins, and Advanced Hosting (soon).

- Better support. Every plan now includes 24h email support. Pro and Scale users get priority so we can help even faster.

- Limits should feel fair. Plans need limits, but not hoops. Pro and Scale now include generous limits for editors and Locales, and Scale lets you expand further with add-ons.

- No sales calls. Scale goes far without needing a custom contract, but if you want something tailored, our enterprise team is here to help you out.

- No double billing. Verified experts and agencies now get free seats in client projects.

It’s impossible to make everyone happy with pricing, but we ran extensive analysis comparing real-world usage before and after, if they choose to switch to new pricing. On the fixed plans, 60% of customers will see prices drop by 30% or more, and on the higher end plans 40% of customers can save up to 20% (depending on usage). So for most it’s cheaper, for the rest it’s roughly the same. And if you’re an exception, just email us.

I hope you all appreciate the improvements and transparency. As always, we're open to feedback for the next iteration. Feel free to drop any thoughts below.

JP

Hi all, I am looking into Framer for a personal site to promote some web design bits I want to do. I noticed that there is a CMS limit. When this limit is two, does this mean I can only post two blog pages?

Whats the negative to just posting blogs as static pages vs CMS pages?

I’ve been using Framer for a couple of months now to make my portfolio, and honestly it’s been a nightmare. I thought it would be much easier, but working with CMS and all its limitations has been way harder than it should be.

Why is showing different images on different project pages so complicated? Especially if you’re mixing CMS pages and static pages but even if you don't. Half the time I feel like I’m fighting the system.

Coming from Figma and similar tools, I’m used to much easier settings and more flexibility. Here it feels like I’m constantly unlearning how I think things should work. And honestly, ChatGPT and blogs haven’t been that useful for this either — most of the advice is either outdated, generic, or skips the exact pain points Framer users run into.

I’m not a genius but I’m not an idiot either. Just didn’t expect making a portfolio to feel harder than designing it. Maybe it’s just a learning curve thing, maybe I’m forcing Framer to do stuff it’s not built for. Whatever. Just venting out loud here, that’s it for today. I’ll try again tomorrow.

I need to get this off my chest. I've been building websites with Framer for the past couple of years, both for my agency's clients and our own sites. The new pricing changes have left me feeling frustrated, confused, and honestly a bit betrayed. Here's why.

First, let me be clear - I absolutely love Framer. It's transformed how we build websites. The speed at which we can go from design to a live site is unmatched. The way it handles interactions and animations is beautiful. The component system is a dream. It's genuinely a joy to use.

But these new pricing changes? They show a fundamental misunderstanding of how people actually use Framer in the real world.

Let's talk about translations. I run a web agency in Belgium. Every. Single. Website. we build needs at least two languages. It's not a fancy feature - it's as basic as having a navigation menu. Yet Framer now wants to charge $40 per language? For what exactly? We're doing our own translations. We're not using their AI. We just need to display different text in different languages. That's it.

Here's what this means in practice: Last week, I met with a growing accounting firm based in Brussels that serves both French and Dutch-speaking businesses. They need a simple professional website - about 8-10 pages showcasing their services, team, and expertise. Under the new pricing, just adding French would cost them an extra $480 a year on top of their base plan. Try explaining that to a business owner: "Yes, your professional website is $15/month, but making it accessible to French-speaking clients? That'll be an extra $40 a month." In Belgium, being bilingual isn't a luxury - it's a basic business requirement. This pricing completely ignores our market reality.

And don't even get me started on the editor seats. Framer thinks it's reasonable to charge for each person who needs to edit a website. In what world does this make sense? Every other platform includes at least 2-3 editors in their base plans. You know why? Because that's how teams work. A typical small business website needs access for:

• The business owner

• Their marketing person

• Maybe a content writer

• Sometimes the social media manager

But Framer's solution? "That'll be $20 per person, please!" It's like they've never actually worked with real clients.

But here's what really gets me - the 100 redirect limit. This one genuinely feels like it was decided by someone who has never dealt with SEO in their life. We just migrated a client's 5-year-old website to Framer. Guess how many redirects they had? 237. These weren't unnecessary - they were carefully built up over years of content strategy and URL restructuring. Each one represents real SEO value. Each one prevents a potential customer from hitting a 404 page.

But now Framer says "100 is enough." Based on what? Why put a limit on something so fundamental to web infrastructure? It would be like limiting the number of images you can add to a website.

You know what's ironic? Framer keeps pushing all these fancy AI features that nobody asked for, while ignoring these basic web development needs. Yes, the AI page summaries are cool. Yes, the auto-translations are neat. But you know what our clients actually need? They need their website to:

1. Show up in Google (SEO)

2. Be editable by their team (editors)

3. Be readable by their customers (translations)

That's it. That's the basics. And Framer is now making all three of these things unnecessarily expensive or limited.

I get it - Framer needs to make money. But this feels like they're trying to squeeze blood from a stone. Instead of building a pricing structure that grows with their users' success, they're putting up artificial barriers that actively prevent that success.

The thing is, we WANT to keep using Framer. We WANT to keep recommending it to clients. The core product is fantastic. But these pricing changes make it increasingly difficult to justify. Every client meeting now includes an awkward conversation about why basic features cost extra.

My suggestion to the Framer team? Take a step back. Talk to actual agencies and businesses using your product. Understand how we work. A pricing structure should feel fair - this doesn't. Here's what would:

• Include 2-3 editor seats in every plan

• Make manual translations free (charge for AI translations if you must)

• Remove the redirect limit (or make it much higher)

You can still charge premium prices - just do it for premium features. Not for basic web functionality.

Look, I get it. This pricing shift feels like investor pressure to make Framer more profitable. And I understand the need for sustainable business growth - we all want Framer to succeed. Because let's be honest: Framer is poised to be one of the best tools for website development in the coming years. It's exactly how I've always dreamed websites would be built - the perfect blend of design flexibility and development power.

But to achieve mass adoption and truly compete with the Wix and Webflow of the world, Framer needs to keep its pricing in check. The path to growth isn't about squeezing every possible dollar out of basic features - it's about delivering more value where it matters. Want to charge premium prices? Give us premium features. Advanced analytics, better CMS capabilities, improved collaboration tools - there are so many areas where we'd happily pay more for genuine innovation.

But charging $20 per locale for basic localization? When we're doing our own translations? Come on. That's something most website builders offer for free. Sure, charge for AI translation - that's a premium feature. But manual translation should be included. Same goes for editor seats - every competitor includes at least one or two editors. Charging $20 for the website and then another $20 for someone to edit it? That math doesn't add up.

This feels like a classic case of "giving with one hand, taking with the other." Yes, they increased CMS item limits, but let's be honest - most of us weren't hitting those limits anyway. It's a token gesture while sneaking in price hikes for features that were previously free or unlimited (looking at you, redirect limit).

Framer's design capabilities are already close to perfect - I honestly don't see how much more they can add on that front in 2025. What they really need to focus on is:

1. Actually listening to their user base

2. Building a proper support team

3. Finally getting serious about SEO

4. Developing a proper client handoff process (every competitor has this figured out) (Added based on comment feedback)

5. Adding essential security features like password-protected pages (basic functionality we shouldn't have to request) (Added based on comment feedback)

6. Creating a real agency-focused plan (current pricing makes agency work impossible) (Added based on comment feedback)

For now, we're stuck in this weird limbo where we love the product but hate the pricing. And that's a shame, because Framer could be so much more if they just listened to their users. We're not asking for the world - we're just asking for pricing that reflects how websites are actually built and used in 2025.

If after all this you still wanna give Framer a try go ahead, it's still one of my favorite tools

EDIT: Thank you all for the amazing feedback in the comments! I've added points 4-6 based on the recurring themes in your responses. Keep the discussion going!

Being limited to having one CMS collection before upgrading to the top $40/mo tier is insane IMO. Framer is such a visual heavy canvas, just doesn't make sense

Hello everyone.

I'm a graphic design bachelors finishing up a ui/ux diploma, and I am looking at learning a web building tool next.

My goal is to work for government in Communication Information & Technology department (because screw corporate bs and bottom line), and I am curious if Framer has any limitations that are not yet obvious to me.

For example if I design something in Figma and build it in Framer: can I then hand it over to devs for them to add whatever frontend/backend/security stuff they need? Can someone actually view and edit the code, or does Framer stop at visual aspect of building web app/mobile app?

Any other limitations I should be aware of?

I also want to learn Spline tool, just because I think it's cool. I know Framer integrates with that as well. Any problems there?

Thank you in advance!

Hello - I haven’t published on my site in a few months, and now getting a notice that I need to upgrade my account to publish my site (because my account only supports one CMS (I have 2)). Is this a recent change in billing from the basic account? When I try to publish it’s pushing me to upgrade (I have two active CMS collections). Sorry if it’s a silly question, just debating paying 2X the amount just to have one additional CMS for a section of my site. I guess I could adapt things to read off of the one CMS but it might be tricky and I’m already happy with my build...

Any help would be appreciated!

I’m going to develop a site for a construction consultancy. They need a CMS collection for blogs, projects, team members, testimonials and jobs.

Is Framer the right choice? I don’t want to give the client access to Framer specifically as I want to retain ownership of the project, the client also doesn’t want to handle the design aspect of Framer and is daunted by the interface.

Is there any plugins that would enable their team to update these collections without having access to the Framer project?

Alternatively would it be better to learn Webflow? I already know my way around Framer so would prefer to stay there as I’m worried the learning curve from Webflow might be rather steep.

Hey - super annoyed with framer as a marketer (and a non-designer)

Been facing a lot of issues with framer, especially the CMS and how to structure it to make it easier for me to publish blogs at scale, fix issues related to re-directs and help me sort out issues Ive created because of my own mistakes.

Anyone here who’s an actual framer expert - especially when it comes to the CMS, redirects, SEO etc

You could save my job and stop me from getting fired.

Unable to find someone who’s an expert at this - only general designers on framer, but they don’t understand all this.

happy to pay you an amount you think would be fair for 45 mins of your time.

I have a requirement to build an 80 pages website, that includes blogs and other CMS content. Will framer be a best platform such a use case?

This probably isnt the first post on this topic but i wanted to share my experience.

I work as a freelance visual designer and sometimes get the opportunity to create a website for a client. I am not a coder so i always used webbuilders for this usecase, which was perfect for the type of projects of my clients (small landing page sites).

Now recently I discovered Framer because of a friend and got motivated to use this tool because it gives me more possibilities than any other webbuilder 'design wise' because of the Figma like workflow.

Finally got to a point where i was able to create sites with Framer and got an assignment for a website. Decided to use Framer this time instead of any other webbuilder i used on the past and this is where it went wrong...

After launching the site, I discovered the technical part of the Framer pricing plan. Basically they trick you to create a beautiful site but without any functionality down the line unless you pay ridicilous amounts.

€20 for every locale? €40 for each editor? Thats insane! Limited bandwith on a €30 plan? Really? And thats only scratching the surface.

Every other webbuilder does all this for €12 or a little more. Which causes me to make the switch to the old webbuilders i used. Honestly a pity, i really liked Framer.

I don't understand how Framer sees this as a plan for the future because this is going to make your tool die out, this is not even close to affordable for your client audience.

G.

Hi guys. I’m new to Framer and recently switched from Cargo, so I’m still trying to understand how the CMS works. I’m using a portfolio template with CMS project pages, and I want each project to have its own page.

My problem is that I can’t change the size of images on individual CMS project pages. Some images fill the whole column and others appear smaller, but there’s no option in the CMS editor to resize them. The only place I can adjust image size is in the main template page, but changing it there puts the image in all the projects since it’s a template.

I’m not sure if I’m using the CMS correctly or if this is a limitation. If anyone knows how to adjust image sizing per project or how I should be setting this up, I’d really appreciate the help 🙏