Framer vs Wix Comparison 2026
Both cover website builders and landing pages & funnels. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Design a site and publish it from the same canvas
A site you can build without touching a template file
At a glance
- Framer starts cheaper, at $10.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Framer | Wix | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $10 | From $17 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | None | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Website Builders, Landing Pages & Funnels |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Framer
Design a site and publish it from the same canvas
Framer collapses the gap between designing a page and shipping it: the canvas is the site, and publishing is a button rather than a handoff. For a creator that means a portfolio or launch page that looks designed without hiring anybody. The CMS is real but small, so a blog with hundreds of posts belongs elsewhere.
Our note
Carrd is a tenth of the price and enough for a link page. Framer earns the difference when the site has to grow, has repeated content, or has to look like nobody used a template.
Wix
A site you can build without touching a template file
Wix is the drag-and-drop site builder most people try first, and for a creator who needs a home page, a booking form and a shop rather than a design system, that is usually the right instinct. Hosting, a custom domain for the first year and the AI build tools come with every paid plan. The trade is the one every hosted builder makes: the site is easy to change and hard to take with you, so the plan you pick is a longer commitment than it looks.
Our note
Choose the plan on the ecommerce and storage limits rather than the headline, since those are what force an upgrade later. If you already know you will want to control the markup, start on a builder that lets you export.
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