Free Framer to Next.js converter, what's actually free

No tool turns a whole Framer site into a downloadable Next.js project for free with no limits. As of October 2026, "free" means something narrower: a free preview, a few small free exports, or a free conversion where you pay only to download. With Deframer, converting and previewing are free (3 conversions a day); downloading the Next.js project costs credits. The same terms apply if you convert to TanStack Start, Astro, React Router or Vite instead. A manual rebuild costs no fees, only time.

This post sets out what each tool's free tier includes, so you can try before you pay and know exactly where the paid step is. Deframer is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Framer. We make Deframer; competitor details below come from each tool's own pricing page, read on 25 October 2026.

What does "free" mean for a Framer converter?

It usually means one of four things, and the difference matters more than the word.

1. Free to see, paid to keep. You can run the tool and look at the result, but downloading the files costs money. Deframer and Proofly's React Export preview work this way.
2. Free, but small. You can download, but only a few pages, a few exports, or with assets still on Framer's servers.
3. Free trial. Full features for a few days, then a subscription.
4. Free software, your time. Open-source site downloaders, or rebuilding by hand, cost nothing in fees and a lot in hours.

None of these is a trick, but "free Framer to Next.js converter" rarely means "a full Next.js project, downloaded, at no cost."

What each tool offers for free, as of October 2026

Only two of these produce Next.js output at all on the free tier, and both cap it: Full Site Export's free exports are three pages each, and Deframer's free tier stops before the download. The static exporters' free tiers are useful for a single page or a quick check of how a tool handles your site.

What's free in Deframer, exactly?

Everything up to the download. Specifically:

• Converting. Paste a published Framer URL (framer.website, framer.app or a custom domain) and Deframer converts it into a Next.js App Router project with React 19 and TypeScript. It reads only what the site serves to visitors; it doesn't need your Framer account.
• Previewing and comparing, when available. When live previews are on, you can open the converted site beside the original at 1440, 768 and 390 pixels wide, with synced scrolling, for up to 10 minutes after the preview is ready. Previews can be paused; when they are, the free step is the conversion itself.
• Failed conversions. A conversion that fails costs nothing.
• Re-downloading. Once you've paid for a project, downloading the same project again is free.

What costs credits

Downloading the project, once per project:

Credits come in one-time packs, not a subscription: $10 for 1 credit, $25 for 5, $100 for 30. They never expire. If you download often, the lifetime deal ($397, paid once) makes every download of a site you verify free; a download without verification still uses 10 credits. Verifying Framer site ownership walks through adding the tag, and the pricing page has current details.

The limits on the free tier

• 3 free conversions a day, on a rolling 24 hours. Once you've bought credits, the limit is 20 a day.
• Downloads are kept for 7 days after the conversion finishes. Convert when you're ready to decide, not weeks before.
• Your site, or one you have permission for. Converting is open to published sites, but downloading is only for sites you own or whose owner allows it, such as an agency working for a client.

Can you inspect the code before paying?

Partly, and you should. Here is what you can check without paying, per tool:

• Deframer. The compare view (when previews are on) shows how the converted site renders and behaves, page by page and at three widths. You don't see the source files before downloading. To judge the code, read what you get in a converted Next.js project, which shows the folder layout, a route file and generated component patterns, so you know what to expect.
• Proofly React Export. Its free Preview mode shows components "running as React code," according to its listing.
• Full Site Export. The free exports are real downloads, so you can read the code for a three-page slice of your site.
• Static exporters. The free exports are the files themselves, but they're HTML, not a Next.js project.

A sensible approach is to use free tiers to rule tools out. If the preview of your hardest page is wrong at phone width, the code won't fix that.

What happens after you download?

You have a normal Next.js project, and from then on it costs nothing to Deframer. Typical next steps:

1. Unzip, run npm install and npm run dev, and click through the site locally.
2. Commit it to Git before changing anything, so every edit is a reviewable diff. See maintaining a converted Framer site with Git.
3. Set webhook URLs for forms in .env (the project's .env.example lists them).
4. Deploy wherever Next.js runs; deploying to Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare or Fly covers the hosts.

Your ongoing costs are hosting, any services you add, and developer time. Framer hosting vs self-hosting costs has a worksheet for those, and what a Framer to Next.js migration actually costs covers the whole project.

Which option should you choose?

• You want to see whether conversion works on your site before spending anything: convert with Deframer for free, and check the compare view or the folder tour.
• You need a Next.js project and you own the site: verify and download for 1 credit.
• You need a three-page slice for free, today: Full Site Export's free tier.
• You want static HTML only, one page: NoCodeExport's or PullPage's free tier.
• You keep designing in Framer and want components in an existing React app: try Proofly's free preview or Unframer's $1 trial.
• You'd rather spend time than money, and the site is small: rebuild it by hand.

For a fuller comparison by features rather than by price, see best Framer to Next.js converters in 2026.