2026-04-24
Framer vs Webflow Export: What Actually Leaves the Platform
Honest comparison of what carries over when you export a Framer site vs a Webflow site, and what breaks either way.
"Can I export my site?" is the most common question on both Framer and Webflow subreddits, and the answer is different for each platform in ways that matter before you commit to one.
The short version
Webflow has a native export that's gated behind a paid Site plan and drops CMS-rendered content. Framer has no native export at all. Both gaps are why a third-party tool like SitedIn exists, and both have different edge cases once you pull the site off-platform.
Webflow's built-in export
Webflow lets you download your site as a ZIP if you're on a Site plan (not a Workspace plan, not a free plan). The ZIP contains the compiled HTML and CSS and any Webflow-published interactions compiled down to JS. What it doesn't contain: anything from Webflow CMS or e-commerce. Dynamic collection pages are there structurally, but the actual content items are not.
That's fine for marketing sites, portfolios, and landing pages. For a CMS-heavy site, the native export leaves you with empty templates.
Framer's (non-)export
Framer's position is that you don't need to export — you can host on Framer or self-host their runtime. Neither gives you a static HTML folder you can drop onto any CDN. You can't save the site and walk away.
What SitedIn does differently
Instead of asking the platform for an export, SitedIn reads the rendered page the same way a browser does. The output is the same HTML/CSS/assets the visitor sees, with a few rewrites so it's portable:
- Asset URLs rewritten to relative paths
- Runtime script tags stripped where they're not needed
- Page-level <head> preserved exactly (title, canonical, OG, JSON-LD)
This works for Framer and Webflow without a plan change on either side.
What breaks on either
Forms stop working — they POST to the platform's backend. Swap the action to Formspree, Netlify Forms, or a serverless function.
Dynamic content fetched after load (live CMS reads, personalization widgets, e-commerce catalogs) needs to be re-pointed at your own backend or replaced. This is true whether you use Webflow's native export or SitedIn.
Which one to pick for portability
If you haven't built yet: Webflow is slightly more portable out of the box because the native export is a real product surface. Framer is usually a worse choice if you expect to leave later, because you're betting on a third-party tool from day one.
If you've already built: SitedIn works for either, and it's free for a single page. Test your export before paying for the upgrade.
Keep reading
2026-04-25
Top 5 Framer Website Export Tools Ranked (2026)
We tested every Framer export tool. Here are the 5 that actually work, ranked by free tier, output quality, and price.
2026-04-25
Top 5 Webflow Export Tools Ranked (2026)
Webflow's native export drops CMS pages. Here are the 5 best Webflow export alternatives in 2026, ranked by features and price.
2026-04-24
A Clean Webflow-to-Static-HTML Workflow for Moving Off-Platform
Everything you need to know before migrating a Webflow site to self-hosted static HTML — including what breaks.