Comparison

Netiva vs Framer,
from designed sites to full web apps.

We compare Netiva and Framer on scope, design workflow, CMS, commerce, code, hosting, teamwork, versions and price — including the places where Framer is the better pick.

By Kelvin Çobanaj
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The short answer

Netiva and Framer both let you start from a prompt, manage content in a built-in CMS and publish on hosting with SSL. They aim at different jobs. Framer focuses on designed marketing websites. Its AI agent drafts pages and a visual canvas gives you fine control over layout, breakpoints and effects, while teammates can edit content on the live site. Netiva’s agent builds websites, web apps with sign-in and stores with checkout and shipping in one workspace, and the code is yours to export. Netiva doesn’t build native iOS or Android apps, and Framer’s site doesn’t offer them either. Choose Framer for a design-led marketing site; choose Netiva when the project needs app logic, a store or code you can take with you.

Netiva is best for

Projects that mix a website with a data-backed web app or a store that ships physical goods, built by chatting with an agent and exported as code you own

Framer is best for

Design-led marketing websites with a CMS, where the team wants fine visual control over layout and on-page content editing

At a glance

Netiva vs Framer, side by side

Netiva compared with Framer
Criterion Netiva Framer
What you can build Websites, web apps (dashboards, portals and SaaS products) and online stores in one workspace Designed websites with CMS, SEO, responsive editing and managed publishing; Framer suggests another tool for builds that need accounts, transactional data or payments[1]
How you build Chat with an AI agent and watch a live preview; annotate the preview, @mention files or edit the code yourself Prompt Framer’s AI agent, then refine on a visual canvas (layout, breakpoints, effects); runs in the browser or a macOS and Windows desktop app[2][3]
Content and CMS Built-in collections: any content model, nine field types, slugs and relations, bound to list and detail pages Built-in CMS: 2 collections and 1,000 items on Basic, 10 and 2,500 on Pro with paid add-ons; teammates edit content on the live site; AI locales as an add-on[4][5]
Commerce Built in: products and variants, orders, hosted checkout, automatic tax, multi-currency, warehouses and carrier rates No built-in checkout described; ecommerce plugins in the Framer Marketplace connect products, checkout and payments[6]
Code ownership Clean production code you own and can export; no proprietary runtime No project source export; the export article rules out HTML self-hosting while the porting article says published files can be downloaded; React components extend a site[7][8][9]
Hosting and domains Global hosting, automatic SSL and preview URLs; custom domains from the Starter plan Managed hosting with SSL on every plan; custom domains on paid plans, a free domain with yearly plans and a reverse proxy add-on[4][10]
Collaboration Real-time collaboration: invite teammates into the workspace, see their cursors and comment on the preview Live multiplayer editing with cursors; up to 10 editors on Basic and Pro, extra editors paid per seat, viewers free, content editor seats $10 on yearly billing[4][11]
Versioning and rollback Every change is checkpointed; branch, compare and roll back View-only snapshots at set intervals; each publish is a version you can roll back to under Staging & Versions; the staging feature needs a custom domain; branches on Pro[12][13][14]
Mobile Web apps that open in the phone’s browser and mobile-first storefronts; no native iOS or Android builds Published sites work in mobile browsers on iOS and Android, and content can be edited on a phone; native app building is not stated on Framer’s site[3][5]
Starting price Free plan; paid plans from $19/month ($16/month billed yearly) Free plan Framer positions as ideal for non-commercial use; Basic $15/month ($10/month billed yearly); Pro $45/month ($30/month billed yearly)[4][14]
Best for Teams that want a website, web app and store built and run in one agentic workspace Designed marketing websites with a CMS that a team wants to shape visually and edit on the page
Details

Feature by feature

What you can build

Sites, apps and stores versus designed websites

Edge: Netiva

Netiva

Netiva covers marketing sites, portfolios, docs, booking systems and online stores, plus web apps — dashboards, portals and SaaS products with real data and auth. Visitors to those apps can sign in and see only their own records. The apps can call any REST API with keys stored securely, send email and run scheduled jobs such as reminders or weekly digests.

Framer

Framer describes its focus as designed websites with CMS, SEO, responsive editing and managed publishing. Its own Framer-vs-Lovable page says to choose Lovable when a build needs accounts, transactional data, server functions, application state or payment flows beyond a marketing site. For lead capture, Framer’s native forms send submissions to email, Google Sheets or custom webhooks, and built-in form integrations cover services like Formspark, Calendly, HubSpot, Intercom and Typeform.[1][15]

For a marketing site on its own, both fit. Once visitors need accounts, their own data or a checkout, Framer points to other tools, while Netiva builds those pieces in the same workspace.

How you build

An agent in chat versus an agent plus a design canvas

Edge: Framer

Netiva

In Netiva you describe the result in plain language, and the agent writes pages, wires data and ships changes while a live preview updates in front of you. To steer it, annotate the preview or @mention a file, then keep chatting. You never have to write code, but developers can open the editor, change files by hand and switch between the running app and its source in one click.

Framer

Framer also starts from a prompt: its AI agent creates editable pages, sections, copy and visuals directly in your project. From there you refine the result on the Framer canvas, with control over layouts, typography, components, breakpoints, spacing, color and effects. The agent reaches past layout — Framer says it works directly with your CMS and canvas, so content, design and publishing stay connected — and external agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex can connect to a project as well. The editor runs in recent versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Edge, and there’s a Framer desktop app for macOS and Windows.[2][3][11]

If your team wants to shape every breakpoint and effect by hand, Framer’s canvas is made for that. If you’d rather describe what you want and adjust through chat, annotations and code, Netiva’s loop suits you.

Content and CMS

Two built-in CMSs with different strengths

About even

Netiva

Netiva’s collections model any content with nine field types — text, paragraph, HTML, number, image, video, file, date and date & time — plus relations between collections and auto-generated slugs. Required fields and default values keep records tidy, and saved filter and sort views help you work in the spreadsheet-like grid. Bind a collection to your pages and list, detail and dynamic pages render automatically. A collection-aware assistant translates, reformats or fills fields across many rows at once and drafts new records for you to review.

Framer

Framer’s CMS sits beside the live site: teammates can update collections directly on the site from any device, including a phone, without opening the canvas, and an AI translation add-on takes a site into up to 20 locales at $20 per locale on yearly billing. Capacity comes by plan: Basic includes 2 collections and 1,000 items, and Pro includes 10 collections and 2,500 items. On yearly billing, Pro can add 10 more collections for $40, up to 40, and 10,000 more items for $20, up to 40,000.[4][5]

Both keep content next to the site. Check Framer’s caps on collections and items — and Netiva’s own plan capacity — against your content plan. Framer adds on-page editing and AI locales; Netiva’s assistant helps with bulk cleanup and new records.

Commerce

A built-in store versus ecommerce plugins

Edge: Netiva

Netiva

Netiva includes a store. Products carry sizes, colors, SKUs and per-variant pricing and stock, sit in categories and merchandised collections and stay in Draft until you mark them Active. Shoppers pay by card in a hosted one-page checkout that runs on Stripe, with automatic tax and multi-currency. Orders move through a pipeline for fulfillment, refunds and customer notes, and shipping covers multiple warehouses, real carrier rates, labels and tracking.

Framer

Framer’s site doesn’t describe a built-in product catalog, cart or checkout. Selling goes through the Ecommerce category of the Framer Marketplace, where plugins connect products, checkout and payments so visitors can move from browsing to buying.[6]

If selling is central, especially physical goods that ship, Netiva has the catalog, checkout, tax and shipping built in, while on Framer you’d set up an ecommerce plugin first. Check the per-plan product counts in the pricing table against your catalog.

Code ownership

Exportable code versus a managed platform

Edge: Netiva

Netiva

Netiva writes clean, framework-standard code, and that code belongs to you. You can read it in the code view, edit it directly and export the project whenever you like. There’s no proprietary runtime and no lock-in, so the code can leave with you if your plans change.

Framer

Framer’s export article says it does not offer HTML export for self-hosting, and that Framer may not be the right fit if you need complete control over hosting infrastructure or need to export source code. Its data-portability article takes a different line: every Framer site is published as standard HTML, CSS, JavaScript and static assets that you can download at any time and move to any hosting provider. Neither article offers the project’s source. Developers can extend a site with code components: React components written in Framer’s built-in code editor that render on the canvas, in the preview and on the published site. CMS content can be exported through plugins as CSV or JSON.[7][8][9]

If owning and exporting the code matters, Netiva is built around it. On Framer, expect Framer to host the site, and confirm with Framer whether you can download the published files, since its two help articles disagree.

Hosting and domains

Hosting, SSL and your own domain

Edge: Framer

Netiva

Netiva takes care of global hosting, automatic SSL and preview URLs, and publishing to your domain is a single click. Using your own custom domain needs the Starter plan or higher; you connect it by adding the DNS records Netiva lists at your registrar.

Framer

Every Framer plan includes SSL, with certificates provisioned and renewed automatically, and the Free plan publishes to a Framer domain. A custom domain needs a paid plan, and upgrading to any yearly plan lets you pick a free domain through Framer’s partner Hover. Bandwidth is capped by plan: 50 GB a month on Basic and 100 GB on Pro, which can add 100 GB for $40, up to 2 TB, on yearly billing. An Advanced hosting add-on lets Framer act as a reverse proxy, so your main site stays on Framer while a path such as /app is served from another server on the same domain.[4][10]

Both handle hosting and SSL and ask for a paid plan before you use your own domain. Framer adds a free domain with yearly plans and a reverse proxy add-on for running another app under that domain.

Collaboration

Editing together and who needs a seat

About even

Netiva

Netiva workspaces are shared in real time. Invite teammates, follow their cursors as they work and leave comments directly on the live preview, so feedback sits next to the part of the page it’s about. Role-based access for team members comes with the Pro plan and higher.

Framer

Framer supports live multiplayer editing, with cursors scoped to each branch so you see the right people in context. Basic and Pro allow up to 10 users with edit access, and Enterprise lists unlimited editors. Additional editors cost $20 a month on yearly billing or $30 on monthly billing, and viewers are free. Content editor seats, which cover the CMS, localization and on-page editing, are $10 per editor on yearly billing. Workspaces without a subscription can still collaborate with up to three editors.[4][11]

Both support live co-editing. On Framer, budget for editor seats as the team grows; content editor seats cost less and suit people who only update copy and CMS items.

Versioning and rollback

History, branches and staging

About even

Netiva

Netiva checkpoints every change as you build. You can branch to try an idea, compare versions and roll back to any earlier moment without losing work, which makes it safer to ask the agent for a bigger redesign and back out if it misses.

Framer

Framer keeps view-only snapshots of a project: every five minutes within the past four hours, hourly within the last 24 hours and daily after that. Each click on Publish creates a new version, listed in project settings under Staging & Versions, and you can roll back to a previous version at any time. The staging feature itself is available only when a custom domain is connected, and the Pro plan includes whole-project branches with previews.[12][13][14]

Both let you branch and go back. Netiva checkpoints each change, while Framer keeps view-only canvas snapshots that thin out over time and a list of published versions you can roll back to; staging itself needs a connected custom domain.

Mobile

Phones get websites and web apps, not App Store listings

About even

Netiva

Everything Netiva builds runs in the browser, so web apps and mobile-first storefronts open on a phone with nothing to install. Web apps can also use the phone’s camera to scan barcodes. Netiva doesn’t produce native iOS or Android apps, and it doesn’t package anything for the App Store or Google Play.

Framer

Framer publishes websites, and its requirements page lists Android and iOS among the operating systems it supports through current browsers. Content teammates can update CMS collections from a phone without opening the canvas, but the Framer editor itself needs a device running Windows, macOS, Linux or ChromeOS. Building native iOS or Android apps is not stated on Framer’s site.[3][5]

Neither tool is the pick for an App Store listing. Netiva’s web apps can use the phone camera for barcode scanning, and Framer lets content editors make updates from a phone.

Pricing

Netiva vs Framer pricing

Prices change often. Confirm the current numbers on each vendor’s pricing page before you decide.

Netiva

  • Free$0/mo
    5 seats, 1 workspace, up to 4 products in the online store
  • Starter$19/mo
    $16/mo billed yearly
    Up to 10 products in the online store, custom domain connection, up to 10 pages
  • Pro$49/mo
    $42/mo billed yearly
    Everything in Starter, up to 100 products in the online store, advanced SEO tools
  • Business$129/mo
    $110/mo billed yearly
    Everything in Pro, 250 products in the store, advanced analytics dashboard
  • EnterpriseCustom
    Everything in Business, 500 products in the store, single sign-on and two-factor authentication

USD per month. Yearly prices are per month, billed annually. Checked Sep 17, 2026. Current Netiva pricing

Framer

  • Free$0/mo[4]
    500 AI credits to try, a Framer domain (no custom domain), 1 GB bandwidth, design pages and up to 3 editors in a workspace with no subscription; a plan Framer positions as ideal for non-commercial use
  • Basic$15/mo[4]
    $10/mo billed yearly
    1,000 AI credits a month, custom domain (free domain on yearly billing), 30 pages, 2 CMS collections, 1,000 CMS items, 50 GB bandwidth, a seat cap of 10 editors (extra editors billed per seat)
  • Pro$45/mo[4]
    $30/mo billed yearly
    3,000 AI credits a month, 150 pages, 10 CMS collections, 2,500 CMS items, 100 GB bandwidth (paid add-ons for more), staging, branches with previews, a seat cap of 10 editors (extra editors billed per seat)
  • EnterpriseCustom[4]
    Custom limits, credits with volume discounts, unlimited editors, enterprise-grade security, an uptime guarantee, SCIM and SSO

USD. Yearly prices are shown per month, billed annually — Framer’s pricing page opens on that view, and the monthly figures appear once you switch its billing toggle. Extra editors, locales and add-ons also cost more monthly. Checked Sep 17, 2026.

Framer’s Agents and other AI features use credits: 1,000 a month on Basic and 3,000 on Pro, and you can add credits at any time. Plans cap pages, CMS collections, items and bandwidth, and Pro can buy more of each. Extra editors cost $20 a month on yearly billing or $30 monthly; viewers are free, and content editor seats are $10 each on yearly billing.

Decision

Which should you choose?

Choose Netiva if…

  • Your project needs more than pages: user sign-in, per-user records, email reminders or calls to a REST API
  • You sell physical products and want variants, stock, checkout, tax, carrier rates and labels in one place
  • You want clean, framework-standard code you can export and take elsewhere later
  • You’d rather describe changes in chat and point at the preview than lay out every breakpoint by hand
  • You manage many content records and want an assistant to translate, reformat or fill fields in bulk

Choose Framer if…

  • You’re building a design-led marketing site and want hands-on control over layout, typography, breakpoints and effects
  • Content editors should update copy and CMS items right on the live site, even from a phone
  • You want a free domain with a yearly plan, or need to serve another app under your domain through a reverse proxy
  • Your forms need to send leads to email, Google Sheets, webhooks or built-in integrations such as HubSpot and Calendly
  • Your site has to ship in several languages: Framer translates a site into up to 20 locales with AI, billed per locale

Where Framer is stronger

  • A visual canvas for refining AI-generated pages, with control over layouts, typography, components, breakpoints, spacing, color and effects[2]
  • Teammates can edit CMS content on the live site from any device, and content editor seats cost less than full editor seats[5][4]
  • External coding agents — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more — can connect to a Framer project, and the Framer Marketplace extends a site with plugins, including ecommerce plugins that add products, checkout and payments[2][11][6]
  • Native forms send submissions to email, Google Sheets or webhooks, with built-in integrations for Formspark, Calendly, HubSpot, Intercom and Typeform[15]

What Netiva doesn’t do

  • No native iOS or Android apps: Netiva builds web apps and storefronts that run in the phone’s browser, not App Store or Google Play packages.
  • No importer: Netiva can’t bring in a Framer site, its design or its CMS content automatically; the agent rebuilds from your description.
  • A freeform visual design canvas like Framer’s isn’t described on Netiva’s site; you shape layouts through chat, annotations on the preview or the code.
  • Site-wide localization into several languages isn’t described on Netiva’s site; the collection assistant can translate records inside a collection, which isn’t the same thing.
Switching

Moving from Framer to Netiva

Framer doesn’t hand over the project’s source, and Netiva has no importer, so plan on rebuilding the site with the agent rather than porting it — the code-ownership section above covers what Framer’s help center does and doesn’t let you download. Your content does travel: Framer’s CMS can be exported to CSV or JSON through plugins, and that file is a handy reference while the collection assistant drafts matching records in Netiva for you to review.

  1. Export your Framer CMS content

    Use a CMS export plugin to save each collection as CSV or JSON. Write down every page, form and embed the current site depends on.

  2. Brief the agent on the new site

    Describe your pages, sections and visual style to Netiva’s agent. Annotate the live preview or @mention files until layout and copy match what visitors saw before.

  3. Rebuild each collection

    Create collections with the same fields. There’s no importer, so ask the collection assistant to generate the records, then bulk-clean, reformat or translate them while checking against your export.

  4. Rebuild forms and add app features

    Recreate your contact forms. If the new site needs more, ask for sign-in, email confirmations, a store or calls to a REST API, with your key stored securely.

  5. Point your domain at Netiva

    Custom domains need the Starter plan or higher. Add the DNS records Netiva lists at your registrar, publish in one click and let automatic SSL take over.

  • Framer canvas layouts, effects and code components don’t carry over; the agent recreates the look from your description and your notes on the preview.

  • If your domain came free through Hover with a Framer yearly plan, confirm where it’s registered and how you’ll manage it before you change its DNS records.

  • Leave your Framer site running until the new site is live on your domain, so nobody lands on a blank page during the switch.

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FAQ

Netiva vs Framer: common questions

Is Netiva a good Framer alternative?

It depends on the project. For a design-led marketing site where you want to tune every breakpoint on a canvas and let editors change content on the page, Framer is designed for exactly that. Netiva is the stronger alternative when the site also needs a web app with sign-in, a store that ships physical products or code you can export. Both start from a prompt, include a CMS and host your site with SSL, so the deciding factor is usually how much of the project sits beyond the marketing pages.

How much does Framer cost compared with Netiva?

Framer has a Free plan it positions as ideal for non-commercial use. Basic costs $15 a month, or $10 a month billed yearly, and Pro costs $45 a month, or $30 a month billed yearly. Enterprise pricing is custom, and extra editors or higher usage limits add to the bill. Netiva also has a free plan with no credit card required, and its paid plans add capacity and features such as custom domain connection. The pricing section above shows both sides, checked on the date listed.

Can I export my Framer site’s code?

Framer’s help center gives two answers. Its export article says Framer does not offer HTML export for self-hosting and may not suit teams that need to export source code, while its data-portability article says every Framer site is published as standard HTML, CSS, JavaScript and static assets that you can download at any time and move to any hosting provider. Neither hands over the project’s source. CMS content leaves as CSV or JSON through plugins. Netiva writes framework-standard code that you own, can read and edit in the editor and can export whenever you want, with no proprietary runtime.

Can Framer or Netiva build native iOS and Android apps?

Framer’s site doesn’t describe building native iOS or Android apps. It publishes websites that work in mobile browsers, and content editors can update CMS items from a phone. Netiva doesn’t build native apps either: it builds web apps and mobile-first storefronts that open in the phone’s browser with nothing to install, and its web apps can scan barcodes with the phone’s camera. If you need an App Store or Google Play listing, look for a tool that produces native builds.

How do I move my site from Framer to Netiva?

Start by exporting your CMS collections as CSV or JSON with a Framer plugin. Framer doesn’t give you the project’s source, so plan a rebuild rather than a port. Describe the site to Netiva’s agent and refine it by annotating the live preview. Recreate each collection — there’s no importer, but the collection assistant can generate and clean records. Finally, connect your domain, which needs the Starter plan or higher, and publish in one click.

Which is better for an online store, Framer or Netiva?

Netiva has the store built in: products with variants and stock, a hosted one-page checkout, automatic tax and multi-currency, an order pipeline and shipping with warehouses, carrier rates and labels. Framer’s site doesn’t describe a built-in checkout; selling runs through ecommerce plugins in the Framer Marketplace that connect products, checkout and payments. If you want a designed storefront on Framer, compare those plugins first. If you want one system for catalog, orders and shipping, Netiva covers it.

Sources

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  3. Requirements — Framer, accessed
  4. Framer pricing — Framer, accessed
  5. Framer CMS — Framer, accessed
  6. Ecommerce plugins — Framer, accessed
  7. Can I export my website to HTML and self-host it? — Framer, accessed
  8. Code components introduction — Framer, accessed
  9. Porting your data from Framer — Framer, accessed
  10. Framer hosting — Framer, accessed
  11. Collaborate — Framer, accessed
  12. How can I revert to a previous working version of my file? — Framer, accessed
  13. Staging and versions — Framer, accessed
  14. Framer vs Webflow — Framer, accessed
  15. How can I add a contact form to my Framer website? — Framer, accessed

Written by Netiva, so we’re not neutral. Framer details come only from Framer’s public pages listed above, checked on the dates shown; prices and features change, so confirm them on Framer’s website. Framer is a trademark of its owner, and Netiva isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Framer.

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