AI website builder · checked against Framer’s own site, 12 Oct 2026
1DesignTool vs Framer
A hosted site builder with AI agents and a CMS, or a design studio whose output is code you can take anywhere.
Short answer
Choose Framer when the website is the product: hosting, CMS, localization and a visual canvas for hand-tuning, all in one place. Choose 1DesignTool when you want the site — and decks, brand, app screens or 3D — as files on your own machine that you can host anywhere.
- Framer: browser and desktop, Basic $10/month and Pro $30/month per site, plus AI credits
- 1DesignTool: desktop studio, $29 once
- Both accept your own coding agent now — Framer through external agents, 1DesignTool natively
- Framer hosts the site; 1DesignTool hands you the files
Framer
Framer is a visual website builder with hosting, a CMS and localization. Framer Agents (June 2026) build and edit sites with a model you choose, and you can connect Claude Code, Codex or Cursor as external agents without spending Framer credits. Free is non-commercial on a framer.app domain; Basic is $10/month and Pro $30/month, with editor seats at $20/month.
www.framer.com1DesignTool
1DesignTool is a local design studio. Its Interactive Website template — next to slides, UI, mobile, brand, 3D and diagrams — has your coding agent build the site in a folder on your machine, with a live preview, a gate that checks five widths, and variants compared blind. The result is plain files you can deploy wherever you like.
Side by side
| Feature | 1DesignTool | Framer |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Price | Free tier; Pro $29 once (1 machine) | Free (non-commercial); Basic $10/month per site |
| Where it runs | Desktop app on your Mac or Windows PC | Browser, or Mac and Windows apps |
| Which AI does the work | Your own coding agent — 16 CLIs supported | Framer's models, or your own agent via external agents |
| What it makes | Slides, UI, sites, mobile, brand, 3D, diagrams, docs | Marketing websites with CMS |
| What you take away | Real files in a folder: HTML, PDF, PNG, SVG, GLB, ZIP | Hosted site on your domain |
| Your existing codebase | Adopts your repo and edits it on its own branch | No — imports WordPress and Notion only |
| Websites | ||
| Hosting, CMS and localization | No | Yes |
| Plain files you can host anywhere | Yes | Help center says no HTML export |
| Review agent edits before they go live | Every turn is a snapshot; repos edit on a branch | Branches |
| Slides, brand kits, 3D, diagrams | Yes | No |
| Cost and control | ||
| Bring your own coding agent | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent, Grok, OpenCode, Antigravity, Qwen, Kimi, Amp, Devin, Cline, Hermes, Pi, Oh My Pi, Kiro, Aider | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Antigravity, Windsurf |
| Pricing model | Once, per machine | Monthly, per site, plus editor seats and AI credits |
| Multi-editor collaboration | No | Yes |
Choose Framer if
- You want a hosted marketing site with a CMS your team edits
- You like hand-tuning on a visual canvas after the AI pass
- You need localization and A/B tests built in
Choose 1DesignTool if
- You want the site as code and files, not tied to one host
- You design more than websites — decks, app screens, brand, 3D
- You'd rather pay once than per site, per seat and per credit
- You want variants compared blind and a quality gate on every turn
What you get with 1DesignTool
FAQ
Can I use Claude Code with both?
Yes. Framer's external agents let Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others edit a Framer site without spending Framer credits. 1DesignTool is built around that model: it drives 16 coding-agent CLIs, Claude Code included.
Can I export a site from Framer?
Framer's help center says it does not export HTML for self-hosting, though third-party plugins exist. A 1DesignTool site is plain files in a folder from the start.
Framer’s column was read from its own pricing page and docs on 12 Oct 2026; plans change. www.framer.com/pricing · www.framer.com/help/articles/choosing-a-model-in-the-framer-agent · framer.com/agents/external · www.framer.com/help/articles/can-i-export-my-website-to-html-and-self-host-it. Spotted something out of date? Report a correction.
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