Atelier201 vs Framer

No page caps, no fee per language, and a site you can export. Framer can't export a site and charges for each as you grow.

Choose Atelier201 if

You've hit the 30-page limit, or you will.
You need a second language without $20 a month.
It bothers you that Framer can't export your site.
You want your agent working on real code.
You want every change in a real history, with one-click rollback.
Editors shouldn't cost extra.

Stay on Framer if

You design on a canvas, and motion is part of the brand.
A page limit and a fee per language don't bother you.

Atelier201 and Framer, side by side

Based on each company's public pages and docs, November 2026. A check means it does the job, a dash that it does so partly or for an extra fee, and a cross that it doesn't, or that we couldn't find it.

What you need	Atelier201	Framer
You own the codeHand it to a developer or an agent, any day	A standard Astro project in its own Git repository	No. Framer sites "are not fully static" and stay on Framer
Export the whole siteHost it anywhere, without asking	Code, content and media, on any plan, even a draft	"Framer does not offer HTML export for self-hosting"
Complete CLIFrom an empty folder to a live site, in a terminal	Create, pull, push, preview, publish and roll back	No code project to pull
MCP server and REST APIEverything the dashboard does, for agents and scripts	Included, on every plan	Official MCP
Your own Claude, ChatGPT or GeminiNo second AI bill	Your agent does the work. Its calls cost nothing here	Claude Directory listing and ChatGPT plugin
Built-in AI assistantFor people without their own agent	1,000 credits a month, 5,000 at sign-up	1,000 credits on Basic, 3,000 on Pro
CollaboratorsYour team, your clients, your freelancer	Unlimited, at no extra cost	$20 a month per extra editor
Edit without AI or codeA new price takes ten seconds	A form made from your content, or click the text on the preview	On-page editing and a CMS
Review before anything goes livePeople and agents work on a draft	Nothing is live until you publish. Share a preview link first	Preview, then publish
Full version historyUndo anything, including an agent's work	Every change is a version. Roll back the live site in one click	Snapshots you copy from, not a full rollback
Free draft, no clockPay when the site goes live	Free for as long as you like, with preview links	Free plan on a Framer domain
Several languagesHreflang and sitemaps follow	Included, with no fee per language	$20 a month per locale
Lighthouse performance on mobileStatic Astro pages, with almost no script	100 on the real sites we measured	67 at the median
Ready for AI searchPages ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity can read	Sitemap, llms.txt, JSON-LD and a Markdown copy of every page, by default	SEO settings built in. Median SEO score 100
Built-in analyticsVisitors, pages, sources, AI referrals	Included, and sets no cookie	Built in, with A/B tests
Nothing to maintainNo server, plugin or database on the visitor's path	Static files on Cloudflare's network	Hosted by Framer, with nothing to update
PagesA blog grows quickly	No page limit, up to 1 GB of pages and code	30 on Basic, 150 on Pro, then $20 per 100
Motion and canvas designFor designers	Simple, in code	Excellent

What a year costs

Atelier201

€90a year, or €9 a month

Second language, per year: Included
Three editors, per year: Included, members are unlimited

Framer

$360a year on Pro, for a site past 30 pages

Second language, per year: $240
Three editors, per year: Included on Pro, $240 per extra editor

The pricing page of Framer, as it looked on November 4, 2026. — framer.com/pricingNovember 4, 2026

Framer prices are in USD, as listed on its pricing page with yearly billing on. Atelier201 prices exclude VAT.

Lighthouse performance on mobile

Atelier201100
Framer67
Hostinger64
Webflow63
Lovable63
Jimdo62
Wix61
GoDaddy60
Duda54
Shopify48
WordPress43
Weebly32
Squarespace30

Page weight

Atelier201351 KB
Framer3,083 KB

JavaScript

Atelier2018 KB
Framer816 KB

Static pages, nine times lighter

The median Framer page weighs 3,083 KB and scores 67 on mobile, and Framer says its sites are not fully static. The real Atelier201 sites we measured are static, weigh up to 351 KB and score 100.

Where the numbers come from

Competitors: HTTP Archive medians, September 2026. Atelier201: three Lighthouse mobile runs on each of two real sites, November 5, 2026, with the heavier site's weight. On real visits, 70.8% of Framer sites pass Core Web Vitals on mobile.

Three differences that matter

You can leave

Framer says its sites depend on its infrastructure and "are not fully static", so they can't be exported for self-hosting. An Atelier201 site is static files built from an Astro project you can download.

Growth doesn't move you up a plan

On Framer, a site past 30 pages goes to Pro and each extra language costs $20 a month. On Atelier201, more pages, languages and editors cost nothing.

Your agent works on real code

On Atelier201 your agent works on a normal Astro project: it writes components and animation in code, runs the build and shows you a preview. Nothing is tied to a canvas or a proprietary format.

What customers say about Framer

Chosen by us from public reviews and Reddit. Every quote links to its source.

Designs look great clients love em but the new pricing is brutal.

r/framer

To get the AI agent to make the most basic changes (remove an image, and add a table for example) will cost you hundreds of credits.

Trustpilot

I switched from framer to Claude code, has given me more creative freedom and control.

r/framer

Moving from Framer

Framer doesn't export the site, but it can export CMS content as CSV or JSON through plugins. An agent rebuilds the pages from your live site.

Every change is a version you can go back to. Made-up data.

What comes across

CMS content, as CSV or JSON
Text and images from your live pages
Your domain
Old addresses, through redirects

What doesn't

Animations and interactions: only simple ones are worth redoing in code
The canvas and your Framer components
Framer's A/B testing and analytics history

Questions

Can I export my Framer site?

No. Framer's help center says it doesn't offer HTML export for self-hosting. Third-party plugins make static copies, but Framer doesn't support them. CMS content can be exported, and that's what you bring to Atelier201.

Is Atelier201 cheaper than Framer?

Framer Basic at $10 a month is close to our €9, with a 30-page limit. Past that, Framer Pro at $30 a month is more than three times the price, and each language adds $20 a month.

Does Framer have an MCP server?

Yes, an official one at mcp.framer.com, with a Claude Directory listing and a ChatGPT plugin. It works on the canvas and the CMS. On Atelier201 the agent works on a code project, and an owner keeps a form editor.

Are Atelier201 sites as good looking as Framer sites?

For elaborate motion, Framer's canvas is hard to beat. For a business site that loads fast and looks like the business, judge the free preview for yourself.

How do I move from Framer to Astro?

Export your CMS content as CSV or JSON through a plugin, let your agent rebuild the pages from your live site, and add redirects for your old addresses.

Is Atelier201 a good Framer alternative for SEO and AI search?

Every Atelier201 site is static HTML built with Astro, served from Cloudflare's network, with an XML sitemap, hreflang, JSON-LD structured data, llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every page. That makes it easy for Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and other answer engines to read and cite, which is what generative engine optimization (GEO) and answer engine optimization (AEO) are about.

Can I build my website with Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini?

Yes. Connect your own AI agent, such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor or Codex, through the MCP server, the CLI or the REST API. It can create the site, edit pages and content, run a build and prepare publishing. Those calls cost nothing on Atelier201, so you don't pay for AI twice. People without an agent can use the built-in assistant.

Do I own my website and its code?

Yes. Each site is a standard Astro project in its own Git repository. You can pull it with the CLI or export code, content and media at any time, on any plan, then run npm ci and npm run build and host it anywhere. There is no vendor lock-in.