Published 2026-08-19 · By MarkupGen Team
MarkupGen vs. Framer: Code Export vs. Hosted Website Builder
Framer and MarkupGen both start from a Figma design, but they end up in very different places. Framer publishes an editable website on its own hosting platform. MarkupGen hands you a standalone code file you own outright and can deploy anywhere. Which one fits depends on whether you want a finished, hosted site or portable code.
Quick answer: want a fast, editable, SEO-friendly site published straight from a Figma import, with hosting included? Framer is built for exactly that. Want a self-contained HTML, CSS or React file you own and can deploy on any host? MarkupGen is the more direct fit.
What Framer does well
Framer imports Figma layers through its own Figma plugin and turns them into an editable website on the Framer canvas — text, images, spacing, layout, components, interactions and breakpoint behavior all stay editable after import, and Auto Layout, hierarchy and fill properties carry over automatically. From there, Framer functions as a full hosted website builder: CMS collections for blogs and other repeatable content, built-in SEO controls, custom domains, and — on paid plans — a staging environment with branching and previews.
That's a strong fit for teams who want to go from a Figma design straight to a published, professionally hosted site without touching a codebase at all.
The trade-off is portability. Framer does not provide a native way to export a published site as HTML/CSS you can self-host — Framer's own help documentation confirms publishing and performance are handled by Framer's own infrastructure, with no built-in export feature. Unofficial third-party tools exist that scrape a live Framer site into an HTML/CSS/JS bundle, but that's a workaround outside Framer's supported feature set, not something the platform offers itself.
What MarkupGen does differently
MarkupGen is built around the opposite assumption: you own the output. Export a Figma frame with the plugin, AI generates HTML, CSS and (optionally) React from the design's actual structure, refine visually in an in-app editor, then export a self-contained code package in one of six CSS formats — Vanilla CSS, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Bulma, Materialize or Pico CSS — and host it wherever you want.
Auto Layout maps directly to Flexbox, responsive breakpoints come from the design's own resizing constraints, and every export gets an automatic quality score before you commit to it. There's no CMS or hosting bundled in — that's deliberate, since the point is a portable file, not a platform to adopt.
Where each one fits
| Framer | MarkupGen | |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Hosted website builder, Figma import to live site | Standalone Figma-to-HTML/CSS/React converter |
| Code export / self-hosting | Not supported natively | Yes — that's the entire product |
| CMS & hosting | Built in | Not included — export only |
| Free tier | Free plan (non-commercial use) | Ongoing free plan |
| Paid pricing | From $10/month (Basic plan) | Flat plan tiers |
If you want to go from a Figma import to a published, hosted website without writing code, Framer is built for exactly that. If you specifically need a standalone HTML, CSS or React file you can own, edit and deploy on any host, MarkupGen's free plan is the more direct path.
For the full field, see Best Figma to Code Tools in 2026.