Four roles, three prices
Framer's pricing page lists live collaboration roles with separate prices on Basic and Pro. The plan price covers one workspace owner. Everyone else is a role decision. [1]
| Role | What the role does (pricing page wording) | Listed price, Basic and Pro | Typical person |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workspace owner | Manages editors, projects and billing | Free | Whoever pays |
| Viewer | View and add comments on pages and designs | Free | Client reviewing a draft |
| Content editor | Update CMS, localization, and use on-page editing | $10 per editor | Client posting news or updating prices |
| Additional editor | Design, edit content, and publish your site | $20 per editor per month | Second designer or developer |
When the charge starts
Framer's FAQ says editors are billed per seat and can be added at any time, that you are notified when an editor is added to billing, and that you will be charged within 24 hours. Basic and Pro each list a maximum of 10 seats with edit access. Free workspaces without a subscription support up to three editors. [1]
That makes an exploratory invite a billable event on a paid plan. Decide the role before sending the invitation, and write down the date you expect to remove the seat.
Annual cost of common setups
These are arithmetic examples from the listed prices, before tax. They assume the $10 content-editor price is monthly like the full-editor price; confirm at checkout because the page shows "$10 per editor" without a period in that row.
| Setup | Plan on yearly view | Extra seats | Rough yearly total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo owner, client reviews by comment | Basic $120 | Viewer: $0 | $120 |
| Owner plus client who edits blog posts | Basic $120 | 1 content editor: about $120 | About $240 |
| Owner plus freelance designer for a quarter | Basic $120 | 1 editor for 3 months: about $60 | About $180 |
| Owner plus designer all year | Pro $360 | 1 editor: about $240 | About $600 |
Handoff: transfer or seat?
A paid seat is not a handoff. If the client will own the site long term, the cleaner arrangement is usually for the client to own the workspace and billing, and for the builder to be the invited editor until the project closes. Then the builder removes their own seat. Work out who holds the domain, form recipients and analytics access at the same time.
Carrd works differently: it documents site transfers between accounts and lists Sharing on every Pro tier, with no per-editor price on its plan page. A compact client page that will rarely change may be cheaper to hand off there. See the Carrd handoff checklist for the acceptance steps. [2]
Pitfalls that turn a cheap plan into a costly one
The pricing page also lists roles and permissions to manage who can view, edit content, design and deploy. Use that to limit a content editor to the parts of the site they should change. A client who can publish design changes can also publish mistakes; for many small sites a content-editor role plus a review step is the safer arrangement. [1]
If a seat must stay for a long time, add it to your yearly budget line next to the plan and the domain, so renewal reviews see the full cost.
- Inviting a client as a full editor "just in case" when they will only change text.
- Leaving a former freelancer as a paid editor after the project ends.
- Inviting the same person on two projects without checking how their seat is counted on your bill.
- Comparing Framer Basic ($120 a year on yearly billing) with another builder without adding the seats you will actually keep.
A seat audit to run each quarter
We have not been billed for Framer seats; this guide reads the published pricing page only.
- List every person with edit access and their role.
- Downgrade anyone who only comments to a viewer.
- Downgrade anyone who only changes CMS entries to a content editor.
- Remove freelancers whose project has ended.
- Compare the seat total with the plan price; seats can cost more than the site.
Questions before you decide
Do viewers cost anything on Framer?
The pricing page listed viewers as free on Basic, Pro and Enterprise on 13 October 2026. Viewers can view and comment.
Is there a maximum number of editors?
Basic and Pro each listed 10 seats with edit access. Enterprise listed unlimited editors.
Sources & verification
Product details and prices can change. Check the linked provider before buying.
- Framer pricing Accessed 13 Oct 2026
- Carrd Pro plan comparison Accessed 13 Oct 2026
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