Can our Framer site be imported into Webflow?

No. There is no automated conversion between the two, and Webflow's own migration guide says as much. Layouts, styles and interactions are rebuilt by hand using the existing site as reference. CMS content can be moved across as data, so nothing is retyped, but the presentation around it is new work.

Will the animations look the same?

Some will, some will need a different technique to reach the same effect, and a few will end up simpler. Framer and Webflow have different motion models, so this is reinterpretation rather than conversion. It is worth going through interaction by interaction at the start, because it affects both the estimate and how the finished site feels.

If the reason is CMS depth, markup and metadata control, or hiring a wider pool of people to maintain it, yes, for a site that will run for years. If the reason is a limitation you read about in a comparison post, check the current documentation first. A lot of that content describes a Framer that has since changed, and rebuilding over a constraint that no longer exists is an expensive way to find that out.

Do we still need redirects if it is a rebuild?

Yes, and more than usual. Rebuilds tend to change URL structures because the new CMS gets modelled differently, so the mapping work is larger than on a like-for-like migration. Build it from a crawl of the live Framer site rather than from the new sitemap, and verify before the switch.

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Framer to Webflow migration

There is no automated path between them. This is a rebuild using the old site as a reference, and pricing it as anything else is how it goes wrong.

Best for teams who chose Framer for speed and have since outgrown it on content structure or search control.

We build on both platforms, which makes this the migration we are least motivated to oversell. The single fact that matters is that there is no automated conversion between them: Framer designs, layouts and interactions cannot be imported into Webflow. What you are buying is a rebuild that uses the existing site as a visual and structural reference, and any quote priced as a transfer is priced wrong.

What a rebuild actually means here

Pages are recreated, styles are re-established as a Webflow class system, and the CMS structure is modelled again from scratch. Content that lives in Framer collections can be moved across as data, so the words and images are not retyped, but everything wrapping them is new work. That is a different shape of project from a WordPress or Squarespace migration, where the content is the hard part and the design is a decision.

The interactions are the part people underestimate

Framer's motion model and Webflow's interactions panel are different tools with different capabilities, so animations are not converted, they are reinterpreted. Some translate almost exactly, some need a different technique to reach the same effect, and a few are genuinely easier in Framer and will end up simpler in Webflow. Deciding which is which is a design conversation that belongs at the start of the project, because it changes both the estimate and what the site will feel like.

Why teams do it anyway

The usual reasons are content structure and search control: a deeper CMS, more granular control over markup and metadata, and a platform more people can be hired to maintain. Those are real and they are worth a rebuild for a site that will run for years. What is not worth it is migrating because of something you read in a comparison post, since much of that content describes a Framer that no longer exists. Check the current documentation for whatever limitation is driving the decision before you commit to a rebuild over it.

Priced as a rebuild, because that is what it is
CMS content moved as data so nothing is retyped
An interaction-by-interaction decision agreed before the build starts
A Webflow class system established rather than styles copied ad hoc
Redirect map built even though the site is being recreated

What a build here actually includes

Every build is scoped to the practice, but on this kind of site these are the parts that are not optional.

A rebuild estimate that says so plainly rather than implying a transfer
Framer CMS content exported and remodelled as Webflow collections
Every interaction triaged: recreate, reinterpret or simplify
A class system built for maintenance rather than styles copied page by page
Redirect map from a crawl, since URLs frequently change in a rebuild

What we keep seeing go wrong

None of these are hypothetical. They are the things that turn up again and again on sites in this vertical, and most of them are cheap to avoid and expensive to undo.

Pricing it as a migration when no automated path exists
Promising identical motion on a platform with a different animation model
Retyping CMS content that could have been moved as data
Rebuilding the class system page by page instead of establishing it first
Migrating over a platform limitation that the current documentation no longer describes

Questions we get asked first

Can our Framer site be imported into Webflow?: No. There is no automated conversion between the two, and Webflow's own migration guide says as much. Layouts, styles and interactions are rebuilt by hand using the existing site as reference. CMS content can be moved across as data, so nothing is retyped, but the presentation around it is new work.
Will the animations look the same?: Some will, some will need a different technique to reach the same effect, and a few will end up simpler. Framer and Webflow have different motion models, so this is reinterpretation rather than conversion. It is worth going through interaction by interaction at the start, because it affects both the estimate and how the finished site feels.
Is it worth doing?: If the reason is CMS depth, markup and metadata control, or hiring a wider pool of people to maintain it, yes, for a site that will run for years. If the reason is a limitation you read about in a comparison post, check the current documentation first. A lot of that content describes a Framer that has since changed, and rebuilding over a constraint that no longer exists is an expensive way to find that out.
Do we still need redirects if it is a rebuild?: Yes, and more than usual. Rebuilds tend to change URL structures because the new CMS gets modelled differently, so the mapping work is larger than on a like-for-like migration. Build it from a crawl of the live Framer site rather than from the new sitemap, and verify before the switch.