📊 Data source: Manual research + official pricing page•🔄 Updated April 2026•✅ 72% confidence score

Website Builder

Framer True Cost Calculator

Modern website builder with AI features. Sleek and fast, but CMS limits and custom domain pricing create hidden costs.

Advertised Price

$15

/month

Estimated True Cost

$162

/month (typical usage)

Surprise Factor

10.8×

more than expected

Confidence

72%

Data source: manual

Hidden Fees & Gotchas

What the pricing page doesn't tell you

Each plan includes 1 editor. Additional editors cost $20/mo (Basic) or $40/mo (Pro/Scale). 3-person team on Pro: $30 + $40 + $40 = $110/mo, not $30.

Trigger: editors > 1

+$40

/monthly

Basic plan ($10/mo annual) allows only 1 CMS collection. Any site needing blog + team + testimonials = 3 collections, forcing Pro at $30/mo.

Trigger: cmsCollections > 1

+$20

/monthly

Form submissions and analytics tracked via Convert add-on at $50 per 500,000 events. Separate from base plan.

Trigger: formSubmissions > 0

+$50

/monthly

Each additional language/locale costs $20/month. A 5-language site adds $80/mo on top of base plan.

Trigger: locales > 1

+$20

/monthly

URL rewrites and advanced hosting features require $200 add-on. Not included in any standard plan.

Trigger: rewrites > 0

+$200

/one-time

Total hidden fees: +$147/mo on top of the $15 advertised price

Plan	Monthly	Annual (per mo)	Key Limits	Overage Rules
Free	$0	$0	Editors: 3 Cms Items: 0 Site Pages: 1000 Bandwidth Gb: 0	No overages
Basic	$15	$10	Editors: 1 Cms Items: 1000 Site Pages: 30 Bandwidth Gb: 10	No overages
ProPOPULAR	$45	$30	Editors: 1 Staging: true Cms Items: 2500 Site Pages: 150	No overages
Scale	$0	$100	Editors: 1 Cms Items: 10000 Site Pages: 300 Bandwidth Gb: 200	$0.2/page over 300 $0.4/GB over 200