The Framer alternative
for the app behind the site.
Framer makes beautiful sites. The app behind yours, with accounts, data and logic, is planned here and built by a team of AI employees.
- Every page
- On one canvas, before code
- Drag it
- Your own edits are free
- Your code
- In your GitHub, both ways
- From $20
- Three days free
What’s the best Framer alternative?
If you need the app, not the site, HuntingHydra.
Framer is a design tool that publishes websites, with a CMS and AI agents. HuntingHydra draws every page of an app and the data behind it on a canvas, then a team of AI employees designs, writes and builds it as Next.js with Postgres and accounts, in a repo you own. From $20 a month.
- Your users sign in and have their own data
- You need logic, not just pages
- You want the code in your own repo
- You want a beautiful marketing site
- You design in Framer already
- You want the cheapest paid plan
A form fills an inbox. An app knows who’s who.
A site sends a booking form to a list of submissions. An app gives the booking a customer, a provider and a state, and each of them signs in to see their side. Here the data is drawn beside the pages, before anything is built.
Every page, sketched and designed. Before any code.
See every page of your app as a sketch first, then the same pages designed. Drag the line.
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Framer pricing vs HuntingHydra.
Framer is $10 or $30 a month, with extra editors at $20 each and agents on credits. HuntingHydra starts at $20 a month, and what it builds is a repo you own.
- Free500 AI credits to try$0
- Basic2 CMS collections$10
- Pro10 CMS collections$30
- Trial3 days, every AI employee on$0
- FromA month, the whole team$20
- Your editsAlways, on your pagesFree
Framer vs HuntingHydra, side by side.
Every row, read off Framer’s own pricing and docs on 26 September 2026.
| Question | Framer | HuntingHydra |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | ||
| It builds | Websites | Apps |
| What the canvas holds | The site itself | The plan, and the data behind it |
| The app part | ||
| Accounts and data | Not what it’s for | Drawn, then built in |
| Who does the work | You and an AI agent | A team of AI employees |
| The code | Stays in Framer | Your GitHub repo, both ways |
| Team | ||
| Editors | $20 each a month | One seat, the whole team |
| Price | ||
| Paid plan | From $10 | From $20 |
| Free | 500 AI credits to try | 3 days, every AI employee on |
Framer’s column read on 26 September 2026 off framer.com/pricing. If a row has moved, tell us and we’ll fix it.
Keep the site. Build the app beside it.
Your Framer site stays where it is. The app goes live at its own address, app.yoursite.com, and the site links to it.
Keep the site
The marketing pages stay on Framer.
Plan the app
Sign in, the dashboard, the flows, and the data behind them.
Go live beside it
Devi puts it on its own address, in a repo you own.
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Devi published the appBuilt, then launched and grown.
The same team keeps going once it’s live: the launch posts, the search traffic and the emails that bring people back.
Framer alternative: common questions.
How is HuntingHydra different from Framer?
Framer designs and publishes websites. HuntingHydra builds apps: pages with accounts, data and logic, drawn on a canvas and built as Next.js with Postgres.
Can I keep my Framer site?
Yes. Keep the site on Framer and put the app beside it on its own address.
Is HuntingHydra cheaper than Framer?
No: Framer starts at $10 a month and we start at $20. It builds a site; this builds an app you own.
Can I build a full stack app with a real database?
Yes. Next.js with Postgres, accounts with roles and a live URL. The schema is drawn on the canvas before the build.
Other Framer alternatives, and where each keeps the plan
- WixA site in the Wix editor, from a prompt
vs Wix → - WebflowThe layout tree you build in the Designer
vs Webflow → - JotformA list of fields, and a table of submissions
vs Jotform → - LovableA chat, with the plan in a markdown file
vs Lovable → - Bolt.newA chat thread, with Plan Mode in the chat
vs Bolt.new → - ReplitAgent’s task list, plus a design canvas of mockups
vs Replit →
Stop typing at a chat box. See your whole app first.
Three days free with every AI employee on, then from $20 a month.