Framer alternatives for agencies: what to use when client work outgrows the canvas

Where Framer stops working for agency client work

For a single site, Framer is fair value. At the time of writing (October 2026), the Basic plan costs $10 a month and Pro $30 a month per site on annual billing. Extra editors cost $20 a month each, and content-only editors $10. Framer describes Pro as the plan for teams at agencies.

Once you look after more than a handful of clients, four limits keep coming up:

• Per-site pricing with no margin built in. Twenty client sites on Pro come to $600 a month before extra editors. Framer has no client billing feature, so you either transfer each project to the client, who then pays Framer directly, or pay for every site yourself and invoice separately.
• No built-in checkout. Framer does not process payments. Selling products means adding a plugin such as Framer Commerce, which connects a Shopify store, or a Stripe-based checkout tool. That is another bill, another login and another support desk for every store client.
• A capped CMS. Basic allows 1,000 CMS items and Pro 2,500. You can buy more on Pro, but a client with a big blog, a directory or hundreds of product pages soon hits the ceiling and the add-on costs.
• No client-management layer. There is no agency dashboard with client accounts, plans and limits, no login page in your brand, and no way to package hosting at your own price. Framer's partner tools centre on handing projects over (Project Transfers) and earning commission through its Experts and affiliate programmes.

None of this makes Framer a bad tool. It is a design and publishing tool, not a platform for running an agency. If you sell retainers, online stores or monthly care plans, those gaps cost you hours every month.

What to look for in a Framer alternative

Before comparing platforms, write down what you actually sell. Most agencies leaving Framer want some mix of the following:

1. One dashboard for every client. All sites, owners, plans and renewal dates in one place, with the option to log in as a client and make the change yourself.
2. White-label that clients actually see. A logo on the editor is a start. Better is your own login page, your own dashboard domain and emails from your own address.
3. Billing at your prices. Can you charge $49 or $99 a month for hosting and care through your own Stripe account, or does the client pay the vendor's list price?
4. A proper store when a client needs one. Cart, checkout and card payments without bolting on a second platform. Our roundup of white-label ecommerce builders for agencies covers this in more depth.
5. Room in the CMS. Check item limits per site, not just page counts.
6. The right amount of design freedom. Be honest about how much of Framer's freedom your clients pay for. Most small business clients need a clean, fast, easy-to-edit site, not scroll-linked animation.
7. Cost at 10, 25 and 50 clients. Price each platform at today's size and at double, including seats and add-ons.

Framer and five alternatives at a glance

Prices are US dollars per month on annual billing at the time of writing. Agency plans change often, so check each vendor before you commit.

Webflow: the closest match to Framer's canvas

If your team likes Framer because it feels like a design tool, Webflow is the most natural move. You get a visual canvas with fine control over layout, styles and interactions, a mature CMS, and a large ecosystem of templates, apps and experienced designers.

It fixes two of Framer's gaps. Ecommerce is built in, with plans from $29 a month (the Standard plan adds a 2% transaction fee, the higher ecommerce plans do not). The CMS on Webflow's higher site plans also goes well beyond Framer's 2,500-item Pro cap.

It does not fix the client layer. You pay for a workspace plan for your team and a site plan for each client site: $15 a month for Basic and $25 for the CMS-level plan. Webflow's Client Payments feature lets a client put their own card on a site that stays in your workspace, but they pay Webflow's standard rates, so there is no room for a margin. Editor branding is limited, and there is no client portal listing your own packages and prices.

Choose Webflow if you build bespoke, design-led sites, charge for the build, and are happy to invoice hosting and care separately. Our Framer vs Webflow comparison for agencies goes deeper on the design side.

Duda: built for agencies running many client sites

Duda has focused on agencies for years, and it shows. Plans are priced per account rather than per site. At the time of writing, the Agency plan is $52 a month and the White Label plan $149 a month on annual billing, each with 4 sites included, and extra sites cost from about $14 a month on yearly billing. Every plan includes unlimited client accounts and client permissions, so you decide what each client can change.

The White Label plan puts your logo, colours and domain on the builder, with a branded client login, a client dashboard and stats emails sent from an address you choose. Client Billing runs through Stripe: you send one-off or recurring payment requests for sites and services, and the whole billing experience carries your brand. Ecommerce is a per-site add-on at $7, $20 or $45 a month on yearly billing depending on product count, with no Duda transaction fee and Stripe, PayPal, Square and Mollie as payment options.

The trade-offs are cost creep and design freedom. Every extra site and every store adds a line to the bill, and Duda's more structured editor gives designers less room than Framer's canvas.

Choose Duda if you manage dozens of client sites and want an established white-label platform with client billing.

Wix Studio: a free workspace with Wix's stores and apps

Wix Studio is Wix's platform for agencies and freelancers. The workspace is free and each client site carries its own paid plan, from about $19 a month on annual billing. The responsive canvas gives designers more freedom than most agency builders, and behind it sits the whole Wix ecosystem: Wix Stores, bookings, a large app market and Wix's own payments.

For running the agency, you get one workspace for all client sites, a client kit with logins, tutorials and FAQs, proposals with automated invoices for your services, and a partner programme with revenue share on eligible yearly plans. Branding stops short of full white-label: partners can add their logo and remove Wix ads, but clients still use a recognisably Wix product. When a client pays for their site plan through a payment request, they pay Wix directly and handle renewals with Wix.

Choose Wix Studio if your clients want stores or bookings out of the box and nobody minds that the platform is visibly Wix.

Dorik: low-cost white-label with your own pricing

Dorik is a smaller, simpler builder with an AI site generator and a clear agency offer. The Agency plan is $79 a month on annual billing ($99 month to month) at the time of writing, and covers unlimited client sites and custom domains, unlimited collaborators and an unlimited CMS. That alone fixes Framer's per-site maths and item caps.

For the money, the agency tools are strong. Clients get a dashboard branded with your logo, colours and name, and custom roles let them edit content without breaking layouts. Client billing runs through your own Stripe account: you set one-off, monthly or yearly prices, and Dorik says it takes no commission.

The gap is commerce. Dorik offers payment buttons and Stripe, PayPal and Gumroad integrations rather than a full store with a product catalogue, cart and order management. Its design tools are also plainer than Framer's.

Choose Dorik if your clients mostly need brochure sites and blogs and you want white-label billing at the lowest fixed cost.

WebNewBiz: AI-drafted client sites with a store, CRM and your prices

This is our product, so read this section with that in mind. WebNewBiz builds a website, an online store and an AI CRM in one platform, and has a white-label programme for agencies.

The workflow is different from Framer's. Instead of starting on a blank canvas, you describe the client's business in plain language and the AI drafts the whole site: pages, layout and copy. You then change it by chatting with the AI Copilot, or in the Design Studio visual editor. Most of the remaining work is editing, adding the client's real photos and checking facts, because every first draft needs that.

What agencies get:

• Full white-label. Your name, logo, colours and favicon on the dashboard, on your own domain such as app.youragency.com. The login page, invites, emails and invoice PDFs carry your brand, and email can go out through your own SMTP.
• Client accounts with limits. Put each client on a plan with limits on websites, team members and features, suspend an account, and log in as the client to do the work for them, or let them self-serve.
• Your prices, paid to you. Build your own packages (recurring, one-off or free; weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly; optional setup fee; several currencies), list them on your own storefront page, and take payment through your own Stripe or PayPal account.
• Store and CRM included. An online store with cart and secure checkout (cards via Stripe, Apple Pay, Google Pay), plus the AI CRM, funnels and workflow automations on the plans you choose to sell. Website enquiries and store buyers land in the CRM automatically.
• Partner API. A REST API with single sign-on links and webhooks if you want to offer websites inside your own product.

The honest limits: WebNewBiz is younger and smaller than Duda, Webflow or Wix, with a much smaller app ecosystem and community. If your selling point is bespoke, motion-heavy design, Framer or Webflow will give your designers more freedom than an AI-drafted, chat-edited site. Agency pricing is not published, so you need to talk to us for a quote. And sites are not exported as files to another host: content and domain move, but the layout is rebuilt. The full agency feature list is on our white-label website builder for agencies page.

When staying on Framer is the right call

Plenty of agencies should not switch, or should only move part of their client list.

• You sell high-end marketing sites to startups and software companies, where design and motion are the product.
• You earn on the build, not on hosting. Framer's Project Transfers keep the site live while ownership moves to the client, and partners can earn commission when a transferred client upgrades.
• Your clients' content fits comfortably within 2,500 CMS items and they sell little or nothing online.

A mixed setup is common: keep Framer for flagship design projects and move the small business clients who want a store, a CRM or a monthly care plan to a platform built for that.

Work out the real cost before you switch

Price your actual client list rather than comparing headline plans. On Framer the maths is simple multiplication: 25 client sites on Pro is $750 a month and 50 is $1,500, before editors. On Duda's White Label plan, 4 sites are included and each extra site and store add-on adds its own line. Dorik's Agency fee stays flat however many sites you add. WebNewBiz quotes agency pricing directly.

Then look at the other side of the ledger. If a platform lets you sell hosting and care at your own price, say $79 a month per client through your own Stripe account, the margin on 25 clients usually matters more than a small difference in platform fees. Our guide on how to resell websites to clients covers packaging and pricing.

Moving client sites off Framer

1. Start with one client. Pick a simple brochure site, not your biggest store.
2. Gather the content. Page copy, images, CMS entries, form fields and any embedded tools.
3. List every URL. Set up 301 redirects on the new platform so search rankings and old links carry over.
4. Expect to rebuild the layout. Design rarely transfers cleanly between builders, so plan time for it, or let an AI draft do the first pass.
5. Reconnect forms and payments. Make sure enquiries reach the right inbox or CRM, and test a real checkout.
6. Move the domain last. Check the new site on a temporary address first, then switch DNS when the client signs off.

If you want to see what an AI first draft looks like for a real client before committing, the free AI Website Preview designs a homepage from one sentence.

Quick answers

What is the best Framer alternative for agencies?

It depends on what you sell. Webflow suits design-led studios that bill for the build. Duda suits agencies managing dozens of white-label client sites. Wix Studio suits clients who want built-in stores and bookings. Dorik is the lowest-cost white-label option for brochure sites. WebNewBiz suits agencies selling small business sites with a store and CRM under their own brand.

Does Framer have a white-label client dashboard?

No. Framer has no branded client dashboard and no client billing. Agencies usually transfer the project to the client, who then pays Framer directly, and partners can earn commission through Framer's Experts and affiliate programmes.

Can you sell products on a Framer site?

Not natively. Framer does not process payments, so stores rely on plugins such as Framer Commerce, which connects a Shopify store, or Stripe-based checkout tools, each with its own cost.

How much does Framer cost per client site?

At the time of writing (October 2026), $10 a month for Basic or $30 a month for Pro per site on annual billing. Extra editors cost $20 a month each and content-only editors $10.

Which Framer alternatives let agencies charge clients their own prices?

Duda (Client Billing through Stripe), Dorik (Agency plan, through your own Stripe account) and WebNewBiz (your own packages through your own Stripe or PayPal account). Webflow's Client Payments and Wix Studio's payment requests bill clients at the vendor's own prices.

Next step

If Framer's limits are costing you time on client work and you build for small businesses, talk to us about white-label. We will show you the agency dashboard, client accounts and billing, and give you a price. If you would rather test the AI website builder on a single site first, you can start for $1 on a normal plan and cancel any time.