Framer
Free / site plans from ~$5 per mo
Figma
Free / from ~$16 per editor/mo
Framer is a design-first website builder that publishes real, live sites from a familiar canvas. Figma is the industry-standard collaborative tool for UI design and prototyping. Framer wins on designing and shipping real websites; Figma wins on interface design and team collaboration.
Pick Framer if you want to design and publish real, live websites from a familiar canvas without code.
Pick Figma if you want the industry standard for UI design, prototyping, and team collaboration.
Framer and Figma both started in the design world but serve different end goals. Framer lets designers work on a familiar canvas and publish real, live websites — with CMS, animations, and hosting included — making it a fast path from design to a shipped marketing site without writing code. Figma is the industry standard for interface design and prototyping, where product teams design app UIs, build interactive prototypes, and collaborate in real time, then hand off to developers to build.
On price, both have free tiers; Framer's site plans start around $5 a month and Figma's paid plans around $16 per editor. The choice is mostly designing and publishing real websites (Framer) versus interface design and collaborative prototyping (Figma).
We compare design, publishing real sites, prototyping, collaboration, and price.
| Quick facts | Framer | Figma |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Starting paid price | Site plans from ~$5/mo | From ~$16/editor/mo |
| Publishes live websites | Best-in-class | No |
| UI design & prototyping | Good | Best-in-class |
| Best for | Design + publish sites | Interface design |
Each row reflects the feature on each product's current public release.
| Feature | F Framer | F Figma |
|---|---|---|
| Visual design canvas | Best-in-class | Best-in-class |
| Publish real, live websites | Best-in-class | No |
| Built-in CMS | Best-in-class | No |
| Interactive prototyping | Strong | Best-in-class |
| Real-time collaboration | Strong | Best-in-class |
| Developer handoff | Good | Best-in-class |
| Animations & interactions | Best-in-class | Strong |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
Pricing and features change often. Always verify the current details on each product's official site. Last reviewed 2026-06-26.
Things neither product's marketing page leads with.
Framer ships real websites, but it is not a full UI design and handoff tool for app teams the way Figma is.
Figma is the design and prototyping standard, but it does not publish live production websites.
For shipping marketing sites Framer wins; for interface design and collaboration Figma wins.
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