--- title: "Framer’s free plan: what you actually get · Best of Framer" description: "Framer’s free plan includes the full editor, 1,000 pages, 10 CMS collections, and a framer.website address. Where the free tier stops — and when Basic is worth it." canonical: "https://framer.elliotli.dev/framer-free-plan" --- Free plan # What you get on Framer’s free plan The full editor and a publishable site for $0 — on a framer.website address, with 1 GB of bandwidth and a “Made in Framer” badge. [See Framer pricing](https://www.framer.com/pricing/?via=elliot-li) ## The short answer Framer’s free plan is not a trial and it is not a demo. It is the whole editor with a publishable site attached, limited by the address it sits on, the bandwidth it can serve, and the badge in the corner. You can design, publish, and keep a site online indefinitely without paying. What you cannot do is put it on your own domain. That is the line between free and Basic, and it is the reason most people eventually upgrade. Every figure here is a USD list price checked on 1 November 2026; Framer localises currency and adds tax at checkout. Limit Free Site address your-site.framer.website Custom domain Not included Pages 1,000 CMS collections 10 Bandwidth 1 GB AI credits 500, one time Upload size 5 MB per file Locales 1 Editors Up to 3 Badge “Made in Framer” shown Bandwidth and AI credits are the limits that stop a live site; the page and CMS allowances are the limits that stop a build. They are not the same number because they are not the same job. ## What the free plan is genuinely good for It is the right place to learn Framer, remix a template, and find out whether a design idea works before you pay for it. A personal portfolio, a wedding site, a side project, or a draft for a client can all live on a framer.website address without embarrassing anyone. It is also the cheapest way to test a template properly. Remix it, replace the content, open it on a phone, and publish it to the free address. You will learn more in an afternoon than from a preview gallery. ## Where the free plan stops Four limits do most of the work, and only one of them is about pages: - **The address.** Your site lives on a `framer.website` subdomain. A custom domain needs Basic or higher. - **Bandwidth.** 1 GB is fine for text and images, and gone quickly with video or a busy launch day. A site that stops serving is worse than one that looks plain. - **Uploads.** 5 MB per file rules out most video and many full-resolution photographs. Compress before you upload, or host the heavy media elsewhere. - **The badge.** “Made in Framer” stays in the corner. Paid plans remove it. There is also one locale and up to three editors. A bilingual site or a small team needs a paid plan for the former and, for larger teams, extra editor seats. ## Free, Basic, or Pro? The free plan’s page and CMS allowances look generous next to Basic. They are: free is built for designing a complex site, while Basic is built for publishing a simple one. That is why Basic has a custom domain and 50 GB of bandwidth but only 30 pages and two CMS collections. Limit Free Basic Pro Plan Free $10/mo $30/mo Custom domain No Yes Yes Pages 1,000 30 150 CMS collections 10 2 collections 10 collections Bandwidth 1 GB 50 GB 100 GB Basic and Pro prices are per month on yearly billing. Both are per site, not per account. The practical rule: choose Basic when the only thing missing is a domain and bandwidth. Choose Pro when the site needs a real CMS — a blog plus projects plus team profiles is already more than Basic’s two collections. If you are still deciding, the[pricing breakdown](/framer-pricing) compares every limit and add-on, and the[annual billing comparison](/framer-annual-billing) shows what paying yearly saves. ## How to start Create a Framer account, choose the free plan, and remix a[free template](/framer-templates-for) or start from a blank canvas. You do not need to decide on a paid plan until the site needs its own address or more room. If you already know the site will go on a custom domain, start the paid plan before you publish rather than after: the free address is useful for a draft, but changing the domain later means re-sharing every link. ## Free plan questions Yes. The free plan gives you the full editor, 1,000 pages, 10 CMS collections, 1 GB of bandwidth, and a publishable site on a framer.website subdomain. You can build and publish without paying; you cannot use your own domain or remove the “Made in Framer” badge. No. A custom domain requires a paid site plan. On free, the site lives at your-project.framer.website. Basic is the cheapest plan that includes a custom domain. The site stops serving until the next cycle or until you upgrade. Free includes 1 GB of bandwidth, which is enough for a small personal site and easy to exhaust with a video-heavy portfolio or a launch that gets shared widely. Yes. Every template in this catalogue is free to remix, and remixing does not require a paid plan. Publishing the result on your own domain does. Because the plans are limited in different places. Free lets you build a complex site but keeps it on a framer.website address with 1 GB of bandwidth. Basic is a publishing plan for a simple site: a custom domain, 50 GB of bandwidth, but only 30 pages and two CMS collections. Pro is the plan that raises the CMS limits. When the site needs its own domain, the badge has to go, or 1 GB of bandwidth is not enough. If the site also needs more than two CMS collections or more than 30 pages, Basic will not fit and Pro is the next step. Next step Start free, upgrade when the domain matters The free plan is enough to build and publish a draft. Basic adds the custom domain and 50 GB of bandwidth; Pro adds the CMS room. Compare the live plans before you commit. [See Framer pricing](https://www.framer.com/pricing/?via=elliot-li) Affiliate link: we may earn a commission if you subscribe, at no extra cost to you. It never affects a ranking. Prices checked 1 November 2026. **Disclosure:** some links on this page are affiliate links. If you subscribe to Framer after following one, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Commissions never change an item's position in a ranking, and no creator can pay to appear in a comparison.