Framer vs Webflow Hosting Cost in 2026 — Full Breakdown

When choosing a no-code platform to build your website, design capabilities and workflow speed are usually the first criteria you evaluate. Framer wins on visual execution speed, while Webflow stands strong with its structured CMS database and precise CSS control. However, one of the most critical aspects of choosing a tool is often overlooked until the design is complete: the ongoing cost of hosting.

Both Framer and Webflow charge a recurring monthly subscription fee for each individual site that you connect to a custom domain. This per-site pricing structure means that as you launch more landing pages, client portfolios, or side projects, your hosting bills will scale linearly, leading to significant monthly expenses.

In this article, we break down the real hosting costs of Framer vs Webflow in 2026 and introduce a cost-effective alternative that will save you hundreds of dollars per year.

Framer pricing breakdown

Framer’s pricing plans are designed to accommodate everything from single-page microsites to large enterprise apps. Let’s look at the options for hosting a site on a custom domain:

1. Free Plan ($0): Allows you to use the full editor but restricts publishing to a .framer.website subdomain. You cannot use a custom domain name.
2. Basic Plan ($10/month billed annually or $15/month monthly): The standard choice for portfolios and standard websites. Billed at $120/year or $15/month. It supports up to 10 pages, 10,000 monthly visitors, and provides simple search capabilities.
3. Pro Plan ($30/month billed annually or $45/month monthly): Made for larger websites. Billed at $360/year or $45/month. It supports unlimited pages, 100,000 monthly visitors, cookies, custom code redirects, and simple CMS structures.
4. Scale Plan ($100/month billed annually): For high-traffic sites and enterprise features. Billed at $1,200/year (annual billing only).

If you are a freelancer or indie hacker running 5 standard landing pages or client projects on Framer's Basic plan, your costs will run between $50/month (billed annually) and $75/month (billed monthly).

Webflow pricing breakdown

Webflow’s pricing is structured similarly, but at a slightly higher price point. If you want to connect a custom domain in Webflow, you must choose from one of their site plans:

1. Starter Plan ($0): Free visual editor, publishing limited to a .webflow.io subdomain.
2. Basic Plan ($15/month billed annually or $25/month monthly): Standard hosting. Billed at $180/year or $25/month. Good for static sites up to 300 pages (no CMS).
3. Premium Plan ($25/month billed annually or $39/month monthly): Billed at $300/year or $39/month. Replaced the old CMS ($23) and Business ($39) plans in May 2026. Supports up to 20,000 CMS items and 50GB bandwidth.

If you run 5 sites on Webflow's Basic plan, you will spend $75/month (annually) or $125/month (monthly). If those sites require a basic blog or dynamic database (Premium plan), your monthly cost jumps to $125/month (annually) or $195/month (monthly).

The hidden cost — per-site pricing

The true issue with both Framer and Webflow is the lack of bulk hosting plans. Both platforms treat every new website as a separate subscription.

If you are a web design agency or freelancer managing 20 client websites, staging sites, or concept designs, your monthly hosting overhead is substantial:

• With Framer Basic (Annual): 20 sites x $10 = $200/month ($2,400/year)
• With Webflow Basic (Annual): 20 sites x $15 = $300/month ($3,600/year)

This overhead forces designers to charge clients high maintenance fees or absorb the costs, directly reducing profitability.

Comparison table

Here is a quick breakdown of how standard hosting costs accumulate as you scale the number of active sites.

| Number of Sites | Framer Basic (Annual) | Webflow Basic (Annual) | hostfa.st (Scale Plan) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 1 Site | $120 / year | $180 / year | $36 / year | | 3 Sites | $360 / year | $540 / year | $108 / year | | 5 Sites | $600 / year | $900 / year | $180 / year | | 10 Sites | $1,200 / year | $1,800 / year | $228 / year |

The alternative — hostfa.st

hostfa.st offers a solution to per-site pricing. By keeping your design workflow in Framer’s free tier (publishing to their free .framer.website preview subdomains), hostfa.st imports your visual designs and deploys them to your custom domains via our global CDN.

Our pricing is built to scale with developers and designers:

• Starter Plan: $3/month per site. Connect your custom domain and sync automatically.
• Scale Plan: $19/month flat for up to 10 sites (averages out to just $1.90/month per site!).

By using hostfa.st, you can run 10 custom-domain sites for $228/year, compared to paying Framer $1,200/year or Webflow $1,800/year.

Note: While hostfa.st currently specializes in Framer sites, support for Webflow static exports and proxies is coming soon!

When to pay for Framer or Webflow hosting

Despite the savings, there are scenarios where paying for native Framer or Webflow hosting is logical:

1. Complex CMS Needs: If your site relies on complex editor interfaces for external writers or team collaborations that frequently edit collections, Webflow's native CMS workflow is worth the cost.
2. Native Forms & Memberships: If you use built-in user authentication databases, staging pipelines, or complex e-commerce checkouts managed directly in the builder dashboard, migrating away is difficult.

However, for portfolios, SaaS landing pages, agency sites, and startup marketing pages, paying $15/month per site is unnecessary.

Check out hostfa.st Pricing to compare options, or read our Framer Free Plan Guide to learn how to keep your Framer account free while using your own custom domain.