Veloxa Build AI Website Builder vs Framer
Framer is a website builder built around a design canvas, with AI agents that create and edit pages from prompts. Veloxa Build builds a website or web app from a chat. Here they are side by side on price, AI credits, hosting, domains, code and data, with Framer's figures taken from Framer's own pages and dated, including where Framer is the better pick.
Veloxa Build and Framer, feature by feature
Veloxa Build Free and Pro next to Framer Free and its Basic and Pro site plans. Framer prices are as its pricing page lists them, in US dollars.
| Feature | Veloxa Build | Framer |
|---|---|---|
| Price per month | Free: $0. Pro: $25 a month, or $250 a year. | Free: $0. Basic: $10 and Pro: $30 a month per site plan, as listed on Framer's pricing page, which offers yearly billing; Framer says monthly billing usually costs more. Editor seats are billed separately. |
| How you build | Describe it in a chat. Change it by chatting, or click an element in the live preview and say what should change. | A visual design canvas. AI agents create and edit pages, sections, copy and visuals from prompts, and you keep editing on the canvas. |
| Included AI | Free: $1 of AI usage a month (up to $0.25 a day). Pro: $20 a month. Priced at published per-token rates, with the cost of every message shown. | Counted in AI credits: 500 to try on Free, 1,000 a month on Basic, 3,000 a month on Pro. Agent chat, Workshop chat and AI translation use credits. More credits can be bought. |
| Unused AI allowance | No. The AI usage allowance starts fresh each month. | Unused credits do not carry into the next billing cycle. |
| Hosting and publishing | Included on every plan, with HTTPS, at an address like yourname.veloxa.site. Hosting never uses AI usage, and sites stay online when it runs out. | Included, with a free Framer subdomain such as framer.website. Bandwidth: 1 GB on Free, 50 GB on Basic, 100 GB on Pro, with more at $40 per 100 GB. Basic allows 30 pages, Pro 150. |
| Custom domains | 5 on Pro, with HTTPS. | Paid plans. A domain free for the first year on yearly plans, then renewed at the standard rate. |
| Builder badge removed | Removed on paid plans. | Paid plans: the “Made in Framer” badge goes once the site is upgraded and republished. |
| Code export and ownership | Download your project as plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript on every plan, including Free. No GitHub sync. | Not compared. Framer's help articles disagree: one says Framer does not offer HTML export for self-hosting, another says the published files can be downloaded. CMS content can be exported as CSV or JSON with plugins. |
| Backend and data | Built-in user sign-in, file storage and a key-value database for the apps it builds. No SQL database and no payments integration. | A CMS for content (2 collections on Basic, 10 on Pro) and forms that send submissions to email, Google Sheets or a webhook. Framer's own pages do not describe built-in user sign-in or payments. |
| Team members | Free: 1 person. Pro: unlimited members, no seat fees. | Extra editors: $20 a month each. Content editors: $10 each. Viewers are free. |
| Version restore | Version history; restore any earlier version. | Roll a published site back to an earlier version. Earlier states of the design file can be opened and copied back into the canvas. |
Price per month
- Veloxa Build
- Free: $0. Pro: $25 a month, or $250 a year.
- Framer
- Free: $0. Basic: $10 and Pro: $30 a month per site plan, as listed on Framer's pricing page, which offers yearly billing; Framer says monthly billing usually costs more. Editor seats are billed separately.
How you build
- Veloxa Build
- Describe it in a chat. Change it by chatting, or click an element in the live preview and say what should change.
- Framer
- A visual design canvas. AI agents create and edit pages, sections, copy and visuals from prompts, and you keep editing on the canvas.
Included AI
- Veloxa Build
- Free: $1 of AI usage a month (up to $0.25 a day). Pro: $20 a month. Priced at published per-token rates, with the cost of every message shown.
- Framer
- Counted in AI credits: 500 to try on Free, 1,000 a month on Basic, 3,000 a month on Pro. Agent chat, Workshop chat and AI translation use credits. More credits can be bought.
Unused AI allowance
- Veloxa Build
- No. The AI usage allowance starts fresh each month.
- Framer
- Unused credits do not carry into the next billing cycle.
Hosting and publishing
- Veloxa Build
- Included on every plan, with HTTPS, at an address like yourname.veloxa.site. Hosting never uses AI usage, and sites stay online when it runs out.
- Framer
- Included, with a free Framer subdomain such as framer.website. Bandwidth: 1 GB on Free, 50 GB on Basic, 100 GB on Pro, with more at $40 per 100 GB. Basic allows 30 pages, Pro 150.
Custom domains
- Veloxa Build
- 5 on Pro, with HTTPS.
- Framer
- Paid plans. A domain free for the first year on yearly plans, then renewed at the standard rate.
Builder badge removed
- Veloxa Build
- Removed on paid plans.
- Framer
- Paid plans: the “Made in Framer” badge goes once the site is upgraded and republished.
Code export and ownership
- Veloxa Build
- Download your project as plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript on every plan, including Free. No GitHub sync.
- Framer
- Not compared. Framer's help articles disagree: one says Framer does not offer HTML export for self-hosting, another says the published files can be downloaded. CMS content can be exported as CSV or JSON with plugins.
Backend and data
- Veloxa Build
- Built-in user sign-in, file storage and a key-value database for the apps it builds. No SQL database and no payments integration.
- Framer
- A CMS for content (2 collections on Basic, 10 on Pro) and forms that send submissions to email, Google Sheets or a webhook. Framer's own pages do not describe built-in user sign-in or payments.
Team members
- Veloxa Build
- Free: 1 person. Pro: unlimited members, no seat fees.
- Framer
- Extra editors: $20 a month each. Content editors: $10 each. Viewers are free.
Version restore
- Veloxa Build
- Version history; restore any earlier version.
- Framer
- Roll a published site back to an earlier version. Earlier states of the design file can be opened and copied back into the canvas.
Framer facts checked on against their own pages: www.framer.com/pricing; www.framer.com/help/articles/subscriptions-and-charges/; www.framer.com/help/articles/modify-your-billing-cycle-in-framer/; www.framer.com/help/articles/how-to-use-agents/; www.framer.com/help/articles/how-ai-credits-and-agents-pricing-work/; www.framer.com/help/articles/how-to-connect-a-custom-domain/; www.framer.com/updates/free-custom-domains; www.framer.com/help/articles/how-do-i-remove-the-made-in-framer-badge-from-my-website/; www.framer.com/help/articles/can-i-export-my-website-to-html-and-self-host-it/; www.framer.com/help/articles/porting-your-data-from-framer/; www.framer.com/forms/; www.framer.com/help/articles/staging-and-versions/; www.framer.com/help/articles/how-can-i-revert-to-a-previous-working-version-of-my-file/.
Prices and features change often. Veloxa Build figures come from our own plans. Tell us if something is out of date.
Who should pick which
Pick Veloxa Build if
- You want a web app with user sign-in and stored data, not only a website.
- You build with other people: Pro includes unlimited members, no seat fees, where Framer bills $20 a month per extra editor.
- You want to download your project's code on every plan, including Free.
- You want AI usage counted in dollars at published rates, with the cost of every message shown.
- You also run servers, or plan to: a VeloxaHost VPS from $4/month is billed to the same VeloxaHost account.
Pick Framer if
- You want fine visual control of the design on a canvas, with AI agents to speed up the work.
- You run a content site with a CMS, or want it translated into other languages with AI (an add-on per language).
- You need a custom domain today, or want one free for the first year on a yearly plan.
- You want a staging environment and version rollback for a published marketing site.
Switching from Framer
Veloxa Build has no importer for Framer sites, so switching means rebuilding your site in Veloxa Build, with the Framer site as the reference.
How to move
- Collect what you want to keep from Framer: page text, images, your logo and screenshots of each page. CMS content can be exported as CSV or JSON with a plugin.
- Start a project in Veloxa Build, attach those files to your first message and describe the site. The AI can look at the images and screenshots you attach and read text files and PDFs.
- Refine it by chatting, or by clicking an element in the live preview and saying what should change.
- Publish to an address like yourname.veloxa.site, and keep the Framer site live until the new one does everything you need.
What does not carry over
- Veloxa Build does not open a Framer project: it writes its own version from your description and the files you attach.
- Framer's CMS collections, form settings, translations and analytics do not move over.
- Point your domain at the new site once it is published.
Veloxa Build vs Framer: questions
How is Veloxa Build different from Framer?
Framer is a website builder built around a design canvas, with AI agents that create and edit pages and a CMS for content. Veloxa Build builds websites and web apps from a chat, with built-in user sign-in, file storage and a key-value database, and you change the result by chatting or by clicking an element in the live preview.
Which costs less?
Framer lists Basic at $10 and Pro at $30 a month per site, and each extra editor is $20 a month. Veloxa Build Pro is $25 a month for up to 25 published sites, with $20 of AI usage and unlimited members, no seat fees. Both have a free plan.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes on both: Framer on paid plans, Veloxa Build with 5 on Pro.
Can I take my site's code with me?
From Veloxa Build, yes: download the project as plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript on every plan, including Free. Framer's own help articles disagree on whether a Framer site can be exported to host elsewhere, so we have not compared it.
Does Framer's AI use credits?
Yes. Agent chat, Workshop chat and AI translation use AI credits: 1,000 a month on Basic and 3,000 on Pro, and unused credits do not carry over. Veloxa Build counts AI usage in dollars at published per-token rates, and hosting never uses it.
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