--- title: "Briks vs Framer: Design Canvas or Brief-Built Sites" url: https://briks.dev/compare/briks-vs-framer description: "Briks vs Framer: a design canvas with in-editor agents against a site built from your brief. Building, CMS, hosting, seats, export and pricing, sourced." last_updated: 2026-10-08 --- Website builders with AI # Briks vs Framer Framer is a website builder for designers: you work on a canvas, its agents generate and edit pages, styles and CMS content inside the editor when you ask, and the built-in CMS, hosting, staging and redirects come with paid plans. Briks takes a written brief, or a site you like, and plans, designs, builds, checks and hosts the site for you, with changes typed in plain words. Choose Framer if you want to design by hand with AI at your elbow and a real CMS; choose Briks if you want the site designed and built for you, with no seat fees and contrast checked before it publishes. As of 8 October 2026. Products change, so check their site before you decide. Briks Framer **How you work** Briks: Brief and plain-word changes Framer: Design canvas with agents **CMS** Briks: Records in the Database tab Framer: Built-in CMS **Team** Briks: No seat fees Framer: Paid editor seats **Code export** Briks: Zip of your own files on paid plans Framer: No HTML export ## Briks and Framer at a glance Fifteen rows in six groups. Every Framer cell links to the page it came from; where the research could not confirm something, the cell says “Not listed” rather than guess. Prices are shown only where a US dollar price could be confirmed on Framer’s own page. 15 rows | Topic | Briks | Framer | | --- | --- | --- | | Building | | | | Builds from a prompt | Yes **Sites, apps, dashboards** Websites, web apps and dashboards, planned, designed, built, checked and published from a written brief. | Yes **Pages and sections** Pages and sections from a prompt or a screenshot, with styles, responsive layouts, CMS structure and components. | | Other ways to start | Yes **A site you like, templates** A site you like plus screenshots, or a template rewritten for your business before it publishes. | **Prompt or screenshot** A prompt or a screenshot. | | Sign-in for your app's users | Yes **Email, Google and more** Sites that need accounts get email and password sign-in with confirmation and reset emails. Google, Apple, Microsoft, GitHub, X, Facebook, LinkedIn and Discord switch on in Project settings with your own app keys. | **Not listed** Not found in the pages we checked, so we say nothing either way. | | Hosting | | | | Hosting included | Yes **Every plan** On every plan, at the site's own briks.live address. | Yes **All plans** All plans. Basic serves from 20 CDN locations with 50 GB bandwidth. | | Your own domain from | **Starter ($16 a month)** From Starter, with the certificate issued and renewed automatically. Free publishes to a briks.live address. | **Basic** From Basic, the first paid plan; yearly billing includes a domain. | | Database | Yes **Built in** Sites that store data get their own database. View and edit records, and on a paid plan download them as JSON or CSV, up to 50,000 per collection. | No **CMS only** No general app database was found; content lives in CMS collections. | | Changes | | | | How you change it | **Plain words, or the Visual Editor** Type the change in plain words in the studio chat, or on a paid plan click the words or picture on the page in the Visual Editor. Every change is a version you can undo, and questions are answered without a build. | **Canvas and agents** A design canvas, with agents that update layout, styles, copy and CMS content when asked. | | Content editing (CMS or blog) | Partly **Database tab, Visual Editor** Records such as menus, listings or team members live in the site's database and are edited in the Database tab. On a paid plan, words and pictures on any page change in the Visual Editor. | Yes **Built in** A built-in CMS: Basic has 2 collections and 1,000 items, Pro 10 collections and 2,500 items. | | After launch | | | | AI agents after launch | Yes **From Starter** 13 kinds of agent led by a Team lead, Security among them, or your own from a sentence, each with a schedule and a monthly budget, asking you before it emails, changes the site or posts. Starter includes 3 agents per project, Pro 5, Studio 10 and Agency 15. | No **In the editor only** Its agents work inside the editor when asked; none were found that run the site after publishing. Outside agents can connect over MCP. | | Payments and selling | Yes **One-time and subscriptions** One-time payments through your own Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, Razorpay, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Creem or Dodo Payments account, on every plan, with no fee from Briks. Plans that renew monthly or yearly, with an optional free trial, sell through Stripe, Paddle, Polar or Lemon Squeezy. Need shipping? Ask for it and Briks builds it into your site with your own payment account. | Partly **Through plugins** No built-in ecommerce was found; the Framer Marketplace lists third-party ecommerce and Stripe plugins. | | Pricing | | | | Free plan | Yes **50 credits once** 50 credits once when you sign up, for one site on a briks.live address. No custom domain. | Yes **500 AI credits to try** 500 AI credits to try agents, a Framer domain only and 1 GB bandwidth; described as for non-commercial use. | | Lowest paid plan | **$16 a month** From $16 a month: Starter has 175 credits, 1 site and 1 domain; Pro is $29 a month for 400 credits, 3 sites and 3 domains. Paying for a year gives 2 months free. Paid plans are bought online at checkout. | **See their pricing page** Priced per site, and the pricing page loads regional prices, so we do not quote a figure. See their pricing page. | | How usage is counted | **Credits per job** Credits per job: a new site holds 50 and a change 5. Each is charged for the work it took, which can be more than the hold; unused credits come back and a failed request is not charged. | **Per site, credits, seats** A flat plan per site, monthly AI credits for agents, editor seats and usage add-ons. | | Ownership | | | | Code export | Partly **Zip of your site's files on paid plans** Browse and edit your site's own files on every plan, and download them as a zip on paid plans. The shared parts every Briks site runs on are not included, so it does not run on its own. On paid plans those files can also be kept in a GitHub repository, in step both ways. | No **No HTML export** Framer's help centre says it does not offer HTML export for self-hosting. | | No fees per team member | Yes **From Pro, no seat fees** Owner, Admin, Editor and Viewer roles, with no seat fees: Pro includes 3 people, Studio 10 and Agency 25, the owner included. | No **Paid editor seats** Additional editors are charged per seat. | - Yes - Partly - No - Not listed: not found in the pages we checked Want to see Briks build yours? Starting is free, with no card. 01 Building ## Building: on a canvas, or from a brief Framer agents build pages you then design; Briks plans and designs the whole site for you. Framer's agents generate pages and sections from a prompt or a screenshot, with styles, responsive layouts, CMS structure and custom components, and everything stays editable on the canvas. It is built for people who want to keep designing after the AI's first pass. Briks is built for people who want the first pass to be the site. It asks which pages you want and what your brief left open, reads a site you like for its layout, spacing, type, motion and header menu, and builds every page in that spirit with your own words. If you would rather choose a direction first, Pick a look shows three boards of colours, type, corners and buttons set with your hero words. Example: a photographer's portfolio With Framer Paste a screenshot of a layout you like into Framer, let the agent build the page, then refine spacing and type on the canvas. With Briks Add a portfolio site you admire as the reference and write a short brief. Briks builds the pages, checks contrast, and you ask for changes such as 'larger photos on the home page' in the chat. 02 Hosting ## Hosting and domains Both host on every plan; your own domain starts on the first paid plan. Framer hosts every plan. Basic serves from 20 CDN locations with 50 GB of bandwidth, and Pro from more than 300 locations with 100 GB. Your own domain starts on Basic, and yearly billing includes a complimentary domain. The free plan uses a Framer domain with 1 GB of bandwidth. Briks hosts every plan too. Sites publish first to a preview at their own briks.live address, kept out of search, then to production after a launch check. Your own domain starts on Starter, with the certificate issued and renewed automatically. 03 Changes ## Changing the site Framer edits on a canvas or through agents; Briks takes plain words and keeps versions. On Framer you change things directly on the canvas, or ask its agents to update layout, styling, copy and CMS content, paid with AI credits. Staging and branching on paid plans let you prepare changes before they go live, and an A/B testing add-on is available. On Briks you describe the change in the studio chat and it is built and published as a new version that anyone with edit rights can undo, redo or restore. A/B testing is part of every plan: split visitors between a saved version and the live one and count phone taps, email taps, forms sent and clicks on the main action. Example: testing two hero headlines With Framer Use Framer's A/B testing add-on with funnels. With Briks Ask for the second headline, then test that version against the live one, from 5 to 95 percent of visitors, with no add-on. 04 After launch ## After launch Framer's CMS is stronger; Briks has a site chat and, on paid plans, agents that look after the live site. Framer's agents work inside the editor when you ask them, including SEO and analytics insights and site audits; none were found that run the site on their own after publishing, and outside agents can connect over MCP. Ecommerce comes through third-party plugins in the Framer Marketplace. Its CMS is the stronger content tool here, with collections and item limits per plan. Briks counts visitors without cookies, offers an optional chat that answers from your published pages, keeps form entries in the studio and emails them in production, and can send email from your site under its own name from a briks address. On paid plans, Briks agents look after the live site. Briks sites take one-time payments and subscriptions through your own processor, with no fee from Briks. 05 Pricing ## Pricing Framer charges per site plus seats and credits; Briks charges per plan with no seat fees. Framer prices each site on its own plan, adds monthly AI credits for agents, charges for each additional editor, and sells add-ons for pages, CMS, bandwidth, locales and A/B testing events. Its pricing page loads prices for your region, so we do not quote a figure here; see Framer's pricing page. Briks Starter is $16 a month for 175 credits, 1 site and 1 domain; Pro is $29 for 400 credits, 3 sites and 3 domains, Studio $79 for 10, and Agency $199 for 30, with no seat fees on any plan. Free gives 50 credits once for one site. Paying for a year gives 2 months free, and paid plans are bought online at checkout. 06 Ownership ## Ownership and export Framer does not export HTML; Briks's paid plans give you a zip that does not run on its own. Framer's help centre states it does not offer HTML export for self-hosting, so a Framer site stays on Framer hosting; some third-party marketplace plugins claim to export published sites. Briks lets anyone with edit rights browse and edit the files written for the site, and on a paid plan download them as a zip. It is not a full export either: the zip leaves out the shared parts every Briks site runs on, so it does not run on its own. On a paid plan, database records download as JSON or CSV. ## What reviewers raise about Framer These points come from named reviewers, linked and dated, and only where more than one source agreed. They describe some people’s experience, not everyone’s. Some reviewers publish their own tools, and older reviews may predate Framer’s current plans. - Unexpected charges, especially for added editor seats, and friction cancelling or getting refunds. - [Jason Zhou, Superdesign, 14 June 2026](https://www.superdesign.dev/blog/framer-ai-review) - [Reviews on Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/framer.com) **On Briks:** Briks has no seat fees: each plan includes its people, 3 on Pro, 10 on Studio and 25 on Agency, with Owner, Admin, Editor and Viewer roles. - AI features are inconsistent and credits drain on corrections. - [Jason Zhou, Superdesign, 14 June 2026](https://www.superdesign.dev/blog/framer-ai-review) - [Reviews on Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/framer.com) - No code export; sites stay on Framer hosting. - [Jason Zhou, Superdesign, 14 June 2026](https://www.superdesign.dev/blog/framer-ai-review) - [Framer Help (confirms no HTML export)](https://www.framer.com/help/articles/can-i-export-my-website-to-html-and-self-host-it/) **On Briks:** On a paid plan, Briks lets you download your site's own files as a zip, though it leaves out the shared parts and does not run on its own. ### Where Framer is strong - A design-led canvas where agents keep everything editable: layout, styling, breakpoints and CMS. [Source](https://www.framer.com/agents/) - Built-in CMS, global hosting, site search, redirects, staging and branching on paid plans. [Source](https://www.framer.com/pricing) - Add-ons for AI translation into up to 20 locales and A/B testing with funnels. [Source](https://www.framer.com/pricing) ## Who should choose which An honest split. If the left-hand list describes you better, Framer is the better choice today. ### Choose Framer if - You are a designer who wants to keep shaping the site on a canvas. - You need a real CMS with collections, like a blog or a case-study library. - You want staging, branching, translation into many locales or site search. - You want agents inside the editor today. [Visit Framer](https://www.framer.com/) ### Choose Briks if - You want the site designed and built for you from a brief or from a site you like. - You want a team on the site without paying per editor. - You want contrast checked before publishing and A/B tests without an add-on. - You want to change the site in plain words and undo any change. [Start building free](https://app.briks.dev/signup) ## Which fits you? Tick what your project needs. The suggestion counts only what is known: a need Framer’s pages did not mention never counts against it. Your suggestion Tick what you need The suggestion updates as you go, and it can be Framer. ## Moving from Framer to Briks Framer does not export HTML, so moving to Briks means building the site again: write a brief and add your Framer site's address as a reference. 1. **Gather what you want to keep** Copy the words from your Framer site that you want on the new one, and collect any pictures you own. 2. **Upload your pictures** Add them to your Briks media library, where any project's prompt box can use them. 3. **Start a new project with a brief** Describe the business and paste in the words you are keeping. Briks asks which pages you want and anything the brief leaves open. 4. **Add your Framer site as a reference** Paste its address as your project's reference site. Briks reads its layout, spacing, type, motion and header, and builds a new site in that spirit with your words. 5. **Check the preview** The first publish goes to a briks.live preview kept out of search. Ask for changes in plain words; each one is a version you can undo. 6. **Publish to production** A launch check runs first, including links that go nowhere. 7. **Connect your domain on a paid plan** On Starter or above, add an A record, a CNAME for www and a TXT record. The certificate is issued and renewed automatically. Paid plans are bought online at checkout. ### Good to know - Briks builds from your brief, so paste the CMS content you need into it, or add it after the build in plain words. - Keep your Framer site live until your Briks site is in production and your domain points to it. ## Common questions ### Is Briks a Framer alternative for non-designers? Yes. Framer is built around a design canvas. Briks designs the site for you from a brief or from a site you like, and you change it in plain words. ### Does Briks have a CMS like Framer? Not in the same way. Briks gives sites that store data their own database, edited in the Database tab. Framer has a built-in CMS with collections on every paid plan. ### Does Briks charge per editor like Framer? No. Briks has no seat fees: each plan includes its people, 3 on Pro, 10 on Studio and 25 on Agency, with Owner, Admin, Editor and Viewer roles. Framer charges for additional editors. ### Can I export my site from either? Framer does not offer HTML export. On a paid plan, Briks downloads your site's own files as a zip, which does not include the shared parts and does not run on its own. ### Do both have A/B testing? Framer sells A/B testing with funnels as an add-on. Briks includes A/B tests between a saved version and the live site on every plan. ### Which has agents that work after launch? Briks, on paid plans: its agents work on the live site on a schedule and ask you before they act. Framer's agents work inside the editor when asked. ### How much does Framer cost? Framer prices per site and shows regional prices, so check Framer's pricing page for your currency. Briks Starter is $16 a month, and Pro $29. ## Sources Every Framer fact on this page comes from the pages below, opened on 8 October 2026. Products change, so check Framer’s site before you decide. ### Framer 1. [www.framer.com/pricing](https://www.framer.com/pricing) Plans, Basic and Pro limits, AI credits, custom domain, CMS limits, hosting, editors, add-ons 2. [www.framer.com/blog/ai-credits-simpler-plans-and-lower-prices/](https://www.framer.com/blog/ai-credits-simpler-plans-and-lower-prices/) Framer 3.0 agents and AI credits 3. [www.framer.com/agents/](https://www.framer.com/agents/) What the agents do inside the editor, outside agents over MCP 4. [www.framer.com/ai/](https://www.framer.com/ai/) Positioning as an AI website builder for designers and teams 5. [www.framer.com/help/articles/can-i-export-my-website-to-html-and-self-host-it/](https://www.framer.com/help/articles/can-i-export-my-website-to-html-and-self-host-it/) No HTML export or self-hosting 6. [www.framer.com/marketplace/plugins/categories/ecommerce/](https://www.framer.com/marketplace/plugins/categories/ecommerce/) Ecommerce through third-party plugins ### Reviews 1. [www.superdesign.dev/blog/framer-ai-review](https://www.superdesign.dev/blog/framer-ai-review) Jason Zhou, Superdesign, 14 June 2026 2. [www.trustpilot.com/review/framer.com](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/framer.com) Reviews on Trustpilot 3. [www.framer.com/help/articles/can-i-export-my-website-to-html-and-self-host-it/](https://www.framer.com/help/articles/can-i-export-my-website-to-html-and-self-host-it/) Framer Help (confirms no HTML export) ### Briks 1. [briks.dev/features](https://briks.dev/features) What Briks does today, feature by feature, with each one's conditions 2. [briks.dev/pricing](https://briks.dev/pricing) Plans, credits and what each plan includes 3. [briks.dev/features/ai-agents](https://briks.dev/features/ai-agents) Agents, on paid plans 4. [briks.dev/features/your-code](https://briks.dev/features/your-code) What the code download holds 5. [briks.dev/features/sign-in-and-payments](https://briks.dev/features/sign-in-and-payments) Sign-in for visitors and payments through the owner's own processor As of 8 October 2026. 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