# Framer vs Zeplin

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Framer

| Attribute | Framer | Zeplin |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 80.5 (72% (medium)) | 74.3 (39% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based website design and hosting platform that uses AI agents to assist with design, content management, and code generation. It combines visual design tools, a content management system, and developer APIs with AI assistance for rapid website creation and updates. | A design delivery and handoff platform that sits between design tools and development. It provides versioning, documentation, feedback, and integrations to help designers and developers collaborate with confidence on production-ready specifications. |
| features.capabilities | `{"ai_design":true,"auto_layout":true,"dev_handoff":true,"pricing_model":"freemium","self_hostable":false,"vector_design":true,"platform_breadth":"Web, macOS, Windows","plugin_ecosystem":"Marketplace with community-contributed templates, plugins, and components","component_libraries":true,"advanced_interactions":true,"clickable_prototyping":true,"realtime_collaboration":true}` | `{"ai_design":true,"dev_handoff":true,"pricing_model":"freemium","self_hostable":false,"platform_breadth":"Web application, VS Code extension, integrations with Jira, Azure DevOps, Slack,","plugin_ecosystem":"Official integrations with design tools (Figma) and dev tools (Jira, Azure DevOp","component_libraries":true,"realtime_collaboration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Figma"},{"name":"Contentful"},{"name":"Sanity"},{"name":"Adobe Experience Manager"}]` | `[{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"VS Code"},{"name":"Storybook"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Teams"},{"name":"Figma"},{"name":"Zeplin API"},{"name":"Webhooks"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"NL","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"mac":true,"web":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["500 monthly AI agent credits","Free Framer domain","1 GB monthly bandwidth","Design pages","Password protect","Basic analytics (30 days)"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Entry-level plan for trying Framer","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"domain":"Framer subdomain","credits":"500/month","bandwidth":"1 GB/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Basic","summary":"$10/month","features":["Free custom domain (.com included yearly)","2 CMS collections","50 GB monthly bandwidth","Built-in SEO","1,000 CMS items","Site search","Password protect","30-day analytics history","1,000 monthly AI credits","20 global CDN locations","Static file hosting (5 files)"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For personal and small creative sites","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"bandwidth":"50 GB/month","cms_items":"1,000","site_pages":"30","cms_collections":"2"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$30/month","features":["Free custom domain","10 CMS collections","100 GB monthly bandwidth","150 site pages","2,500 CMS items","Site redirects","Staging environment","Branching with previews","Site search","3,000 monthly AI credits","90-day analytics history","300+ global CDN locations","Advanced interactions","Live collaboration (10 seats)"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For growing professional websites","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"bandwidth":"100 GB/month","cms_items":"2,500","site_pages":"150","cms_collections":"10"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Custom AI credit volumes with discounts","Unlimited editors","Enterprise-grade security","Uptime guarantee","SCIM provisioning","Single Sign-On (SSO)","Dedicated support","Custom limits across all features","Unlimited analytics history","All Pro features included"],"description":"For mission-critical and large-scale sites","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"editors":"Unlimited","custom_limits":"True"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional Editor","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"editor","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Content Editor","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"editor","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Translation Locales","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"locale","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Convert (A/B Testing & Funnels)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"event"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0001,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Advanced Hosting","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $10/month. Free tier with limited features.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.framer.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:38:22.536Z","startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["Unlimited members per project","Annotations, Flows, and Approvals","Screen versioning with version compare","Screen variants","Jira, Azure DevOps, VS Code extension, Storybook, Slack, Teams integrations","Zeplin API and Webhooks","Component versioning with version compare","Component variants","AI Design Review Beta (3 screens/week)","AI Organize Beta (3 runs/week)","Chat & email support","Training sessions"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"screens":"100","projects":"1","components":"100","styleguides":"1","version_history_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Basic","summary":"From $13.75/month per project, annual billing","features":["Unlimited members per project","All members can edit projects","Practically unlimited screens (1,000 per project)","AI Design Review Beta (20 screens/week)","AI Organize Beta (10 runs/week)","All integrations","Annotations, Flows, and Approvals","Screen versioning, Screen variants","Component versioning, Component variants","Chat & email support","Training sessions"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":13.75,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"1 project, annual billing (1 month free)"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":35.75,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"3 projects, annual billing"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":63.25,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"6 projects, annual billing"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":90.75,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"9 projects, annual billing"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":118.25,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"12 projects, annual billing"}],"description":"One flat fee per project, unlimited members","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"1-12 (choice at purchase)","components":"unlimited","styleguides":"1","screens_per_project":"1,000","version_history_years":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Advanced","summary":"$12 per seat/month, billed annually (2 months free)","features":["50 projects","Unlimited screens per project","Flow Boards","Unlimited styleguides","Unlimited components","Permanent version history","Team workspace with centralized management","User Dashboard","Advanced user permissions (Admin, Editor, Developer, Reviewer)","Unlimited reviewers","Role-based access control","AI Design Review Beta (10 screens × seats/week)","AI Organize Beta (10 runs × seats/week)","All integrations including on-prem Jira","Annotations, Flows, and Approvals","Screen versioning, Screen variants","Component versioning, Component variants","Chat & email support","Training sessions"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":12,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Per-seat pricing for teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"screens":"unlimited","projects":"50","components":"unlimited","styleguides":"unlimited","version_history":"forever"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Contact sales.","features":["Everything in Advanced","Unlimited projects","AI Design Review Beta (20 screens × seats/week)","AI Organize Beta (20 runs × seats/week)","SAML-based Single Sign-on (SSO)","Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)","SCIM user provisioning","Domain capture","Activity logs","Invoiced billing (bank transfer)","Custom terms (MSA)","Success Manager","Priority support (24-hour SLA)"],"description":"Unlimited projects with advanced security and support","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"screens":"unlimited","projects":"unlimited"}}],"summary":"Free plan available. Paid plans from $12/seat/month (team) or $13.75/month (per-project). Annual billing includes 1-2 months free.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://zeplin.io/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T10:27:08.715Z","startingPrice":{"amount":12,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (UI/UX & Prototyping Tools)

| Capability | Framer | Zeplin |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Design** |  |  |
| Vector UI design | ✓ | - |
| Component / design-system libraries | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto layout / responsive | ✓ | - |
| **Prototyping** |  |  |
| Clickable prototyping | ✓ | - |
| Advanced interactions (variables / conditions) | ✓ | - |
| **Collaboration** |  |  |
| Real-time multiplayer collaboration | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Handoff** |  |  |
| Dev handoff / spec export | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Platform** |  |  |
| Platform breadth (Web / macOS / Windows / Linux / self-hosted) | Web, macOS, Windows | Web application, VS Code extension, integrations with Jira, Azure DevOps, Slack, |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Self-hostable / open-source | ✗ | ✗ |
| **AI** |  |  |
| AI design assist | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| Plugin / community ecosystem | Marketplace with community-contributed templates, plugins, and components | Official integrations with design tools (Figma) and dev tools (Jira, Azure DevOp |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:56:52.334Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*