Framer Is for Designers, Not You
Framer is a design tool for designers; WorkspaceCMS is a growth team that designs, writes, and runs your site for free.
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Real sites we designed and built for free
No canvas to learn, no designer to hire. Just a finished, design-forward site built from a proven layout for your industry.
Head-to-head comparison
| Feature | Framer | WorkspaceCMS |
|---|---|---|
| Who builds the site | You on a design canvas, or a Framer designer you hire | ✓ Our team: designer, SEO lead, and writer. Build included free. See how it works → |
| Learning curve | Real. It's a professional design tool with layouts, breakpoints, and components | ✓ None. You send requests, we do the work |
| Content updates | You (or your designer) edit on the canvas | ✓ You send a request and our team implements, formats, and publishes it |
| Something breaks | You or the designer you hired, at their rate | ✓ We fix it. Included on every plan, not billed per incident |
| Update limits | Unlimited in the editor; your time is the cost, every edit is on you | ✓ Unlimited update tickets, included on every plan |
| Integrations | Plugins and embeds; you wire them up and keep them working | ✓ Set up for you: one CRM, API, or IDX/MLS integration included on Premium, more quoted |
| Design & animation | ✓ Best-in-class. Figma-like canvas, effects, and interactions | Semi-custom design built to convert for your industry |
| Getting found on Google | Fast pages and standard SEO controls, but strategy and content are on you | ✓ Built by an SEO agency working since 2012 so Google and AI understand your business |
| Copywriting | - You write it, or use AI drafts you edit | ✓ A human writer drafts your pages in your voice |
| Pricing model | Free tier; paid plans about $10 to $100/mo billed annually, and design work costs extra | ✓ From $89/mo flat, build included, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee. See the guarantee → |
| Hosting, SSL & security patches | Hosting and SSL included; keeping the site itself healthy is on you | ✓ Included, maintained by our team |
| Site redesign over time | - A new design project when the look ages | ✓ Always Fresh: a free new look 24 months after your site goes live, on Essentials, Growth, Premium and Ultra; redeeming starts a new 12-month term at your current rate |
Framer pricing as of July 2026 (Basic $10/mo and Pro $30/mo billed annually; $15/$45 monthly; Scale $100/mo). Designer costs for hired Framer builds vary by project.
Managed platform
When something breaks, you do not go looking for a developer
On WordPress and other open platforms, the host blames the plugin, the plugin blames the theme, and everyone tells you to hire someone. There is no one whose job it is to fix your site. Here there is exactly one, and fixing it is not a line item.
What is covered: anything that breaks on our side. The platform, the hosting, the code, the templates, security patches.
What is not: brand-new work such as a new integration, a new template, or a redesign, and outages at a vendor you own such as your registrar or your MLS feed. Those get scoped and quoted.
Where Framer wins
- Design and animation qualityThe most enjoyable way for a designer to ship a beautiful, animated site.
- Speed from idea to live pageA capable designer can go from blank canvas to published in a day.
- Generous free tier and cheap plansFree on a framer.website subdomain; paid plans start at $10/mo billed annually.
Where WorkspaceCMS wins
- You never touch a canvasWe bring the designer, SEO lead, and writer who build and run your site for free. See our demo sites →
- Built to rank, not just to impressBuilt by an SEO agency working since 2012 so Google and ChatGPT can find and recommend you. See details →
- Updates without a designer on retainerSend a request and our team ships it, with turnaround targets by plan.
- Copy written for local customersOur writers build service pages around how customers actually search, across 120+ industries.
- One flat bill, one accountable team$89, $199, $449, or $749/mo covers build, hosting, updates, and the SEO foundation. See pricing →
Looking for a Framer alternative for your business?
Business owners search for a Framer alternative for one of two reasons: the canvas turned out to be a professional design tool, not a simple editor, or the freelancer who built their site got busy and left.
WorkspaceCMS solves the staffing problem: our team designs, writes, and sets up your SEO foundation free, then ships every update after launch. (Ongoing SEO and AI campaigns are a separate add-on.) Already live on Framer? We rebuild it for free and take it over, backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Who WorkspaceCMS is for
WorkspaceCMS is built for local service businesses: dentists, HVAC companies, law firms, med spas, roofers, plumbers who want a site that ranks, without anyone learning a design tool.
Enjoy designing on a canvas? Use Framer. Want the website handled? That's us. Already on Framer? See how switching works →
WorkspaceCMS vs Framer: common questions
Is WorkspaceCMS cheaper than Framer?
Framer's plans are cheaper on paper. Basic is $10 a month and Pro $30 a month billed annually. But the plan is just software and hosting: the design, copywriting, SEO, and every future edit are yours to do or hire out. WorkspaceCMS starts at $89 a month with the professional build included free and a team handling updates after launch, so the cost of a finished, maintained site is usually lower than Framer plus a designer.
Can I move my Framer site to WorkspaceCMS?
Yes. We rebuild your site for free on WorkspaceCMS (your content, branding, and pages) and plan the switchover so visitors never notice. Your domain stays yours and your old links keep working through the redirects we set up.
Do I need design skills to use WorkspaceCMS?
None. There's nothing to learn and no website tool to log into. Our team designs the site and writes the copy at launch, then makes every update you request. You review and approve, and that's the whole job.
My designer built our site in Framer and moved on. Now what?
That's one of the most common ways businesses land here. A Framer site is easy for its designer and opaque to everyone else. We rebuild the site for free on WorkspaceCMS and take over from there. A full team, not a single freelancer, handles your changes on turnaround targets by plan.
Is there a contract with WorkspaceCMS?
Plans start with a 12-month commitment (that's what funds the free build), then go month-to-month. Essentials, Growth, and Premium include a 30-day money-back guarantee that starts the day we deliver your first design. On any plan, cancel before we deliver your first design and you get every dollar back, with no time limit.
Who owns my content on WorkspaceCMS?
You do. You can take your content and your links with you whenever you ask. Your domain, words, and images are always yours.
How does SEO compare between Framer and WorkspaceCMS?
Framer produces fast pages and gives you the standard SEO controls, but the strategy and content are on you or your designer. WorkspaceCMS is built by an SEO agency working since 2012: every site is built so Google and assistants like ChatGPT can understand and recommend your business.
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