Framer vs WordPress.com
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Framersite ↗pricing ↗
A site builder that grew out of a design tool — pages are laid out like a design file and published as a real website. Paid plans start at £8/mo (Creative personal sites); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at £154/mo (Advanced hosting). It bills by country — entry $10/mo to a US reader and €10/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
WordPress.comsite ↗pricing ↗
The hosted version of WordPress: the same publishing software as the self-hosted original, run for you, with plans that unlock plugins and themes at higher tiers. Paid plans start at $9/mo (Personal); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at $70/mo (Commerce). It bills by country — entry $3.25/mo to a US reader and €9/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads. Its published prices moved on 2026-10-13 — the change log holds the rows.
The two ladders
Framersite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-28 · GBP
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Creative personal sites | £8/mo |
| Pro | £23/mo |
| Convert | £38/mo |
| Advanced hosting | £154/mo |
WordPress.comsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-13 · USD
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Custom |
| Personal | $9/mo |
| Premium | $18/mo |
| Business | $40/mo |
| Commerce | $70/mo |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Framer at £8/mo, against WordPress.com at $9/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: both publish one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial. What each caps differs.
- How far each ladder goes: Framer tops out at £154/mo, WordPress.com at $70/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Recently moved: WordPress.com (2026-10-13). A change only counts once a second clean read agrees.
- Framer: It bills by country — entry $10/mo to a US reader and €10/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
- WordPress.com: It bills by country — entry $3.25/mo to a US reader and €9/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
How to choose in this category
- First-term discounts are common here — the renewal figure is the one you will live with.
- Free plans usually carry the vendor’s branding and domain.
- A site is hard to move; weigh the exit cost before the entry price.