Framer AI: Your New Favorite Way To Build A Website (#64)
The GrowthTech Newsletter. By Sina Pahlevan. The Time Wizard.
So I tested our Framer AI. I am currently using it to model the front-end of my product. I know every one of you needs to build a website at some point, whether its to show off your brand/services or simply to build a product. I want to give you guys my honest opinion about the AI feature one of the best website-building tools in the world introduced…
It’s awesome.
Here’s why, but I’m also going to recommend WHO should use this tool at the end of the newsletter.
#1 - Customizability
You can build anything that comes to your mind and you feel like you have way more control over the product that you’re building than when you’re using Webflow or Bubble.
Why? Probably because Framer is literally just like Figma. It was built off Figma, to be a product-building tool, but as simple to use as a design tool. Figma is awesome and super easy to get used to. Framer is almost identical to Figma.
#2 - Import From Figma CLEANLY
You can import designs from Figma CLEANLY into Framer. Not that hard with their “Figma-To-HTML With Framer” plugin. You can access it here.
This is big because now you can seamlessly create front-ends. You don’t have to worry about having to code your designs from Figma. A lot of products do this, but Framer makes it easy.
#3 - Super Neat AI Feature
So for this website, I decided to ask Framer to build a business website for a robotic chimpanzee. Look what it came out with.
Robotic Chimpanzee Business Website on Framer
Take a look. It’s not that good. Go to Framer and try it out for yourself, but they did say… their AI feature is meant to be a starting point or a concept; not a replacement.
I think they need more depth to these outputs. They seem too one-dimensional from the multiple times I’ve tried it.
#4 - Simple To Learn, Yet In-Depth
Anyone can use this product. It’s super simple, but there’s in-depth customizability. It actually almost sounds too good to be true.
Entry Level: Beginner
My Honest Opinion On Who Should Use Framer
If you have 2-3 weeks to sit down, any one of you can create a beautiful product. It’s all about how bad do you want it.
You can also get a beautiful product out in 3 days if you’re an intermediate level builder.
I would use this product over Webflow for sure at this point. Especially, if you can connect your front-end design to your back-end code.
I think every one of you should give this product a try when thinking of launching your product, if you don’t want to hire a developer.