CEROS VS. FRAMER · COMPARISON

Embed immersive experiences vs

launch full sites

Framer excels at building and hosting websites. Ceros is purpose-built for interactive content that embeds into any existing architecture — landing pages, reports, sales demos, and thought leadership — without touching your web infrastructure.

Trusted by leading teams at

01 · WHY CEROS

Why Ceros?

Interactive university landing page shown with Ceros analytics

Universal CMS embedding

Ceros experiences deploy seamlessly as interactive embeds inside your existing enterprise stack, keeping your current CMS, analytics, and infrastructure completely intact. In contrast, Framer requires you to host and route entire root domains or subdomains through their proprietary platform, making it rigid for localized marketing collateral within a large legacy corporate site.

Universal CMS embedding

Interactive design canvas with animation controls

No-code animation + interactivity

Designers get absolute freeform layout control to create heavy-duty animations, interactive data visualizations, and branching content journeys without touch-typing code or setting up intricate responsive break-point conditions. While Framer provides excellent web-component logic, its canvas forces layout constraints designed for functional app navigation rather than sensory marketing campaigns.

No-code animation + interactivity

Abstract content layout with gradient block

Granular behavioral analytics

Ceros tracks clicks, dwell time, and engagement at the page and object level — then pushes that data to the tools you already use, including Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, HubSpot, and more. You get richer content engagement data than standard page views, without replacing your analytics infrastructure.

Granular behavioral analytics

02 · FEATURE COMPARISON

How we stack up.

Capability

Ceros

Framer

DESIGN & AUTHORING

Content scope

Full content lifecycle

Landing pages, reports, RFPs, demos, sales collateral, and thought leadership. One platform from awareness to close.

Websites and landing pages only

Framer 3.0 expanded AI but didn't expand content scope.

No-code experience

Genuinely no-code

Designers build interactive experiences — animations, state changes, journeys — without CSS or JavaScript.

Advanced work requires code

Fast for standard sites; customization beyond templates needs developer skills.

Interactivity

Built-in interactivity engine

States, triggers, sequences, and microinteractions directly on the canvas.

Strong visual defaults

Interaction depth beyond standard animations requires code.

AI & ASSISTANCE

AI approach

Flex AI — four-mode creative collaborator

Inspire, Plan, Build, Review. Designer stays in control of every pixel.

Agents on the canvas

Build and edit live sites. Supports External Agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini).

PERFORMANCE, SEO & PORTABILITY

Performance infrastructure

HTML-first. Lighthouse 95+

Schema.org, WCAG 2.2 built in. Ranks in traditional search and AI-generated answers.

Optimized for hosted websites

Good Lighthouse scores; no AEO infrastructure or per-element accessibility tooling.

Analytics

Object and page-level tracking

Clicks, dwell time, and engagement pushed to GA, Adobe Analytics, HubSpot, and more.

Basic page-level analytics

No object-level or interaction-level data.

ENTERPRISE READINESS

Security & compliance

SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO

Audit logs. AI is opt-in and disableable for regulated industries.

No SOC 2. Limited SSO

Built for teams and agencies, not enterprise IT requirements.

03 · DEEP DIVES

Why switch from Framer to Ceros?

Flex AI

↘

Flex AI works in four modes built into the canvas: Inspire (brainstorm concepts and directions), Plan (map structure and layout), Build (generate copy, animations, and components), and Review (catch issues before you publish). It understands your project context, so suggestions are relevant — not generic. You stay in creative control at every step; AI handles the heavy lifting.

What you can build

↗

Enterprise

↗

Performance

↗

Mockup of sneaker on Flex UI canvas with animation options

05 · CUSTOMER PROOF

Don't take our word for it.

+80%

Longer dwell times

10x

Higher click-through rates

95+

Lighthouse scores

Up to 2x

Higher conversion rates

Working with Ceros has cut our production time in half. With Ceros, we can churn out content in two or three weeks.

Jeff Holmes,

Senior Director, Client Services & Planning, TheSkimm

We've shortened our deal cycles by 10 to 20% and can now quickly iterate on content and deliver it to customers faster.

Colton Pond

VP, Head of Marketing, Truv

As Ceros evolved, so did our use of it. Now we use Ceros for event sites, charity events, and client parties, and still rely on it for interactive proposals.

Genevieve Gillespie

Media Design Manager, McCarthy Building Companies

Ceros allows us to tell the story of our brand in a way that actually connects, and brings the human element into what we do.

Meredith Burall

Creative Services Director, BDO

Common questions about Ceros vs. Framer

What's the main difference between Ceros and Framer?

▾

Framer is a design-forward platform for building and hosting websites — and it does that well, especially since Framer 3.0 added AI agents on the canvas. Ceros is purpose-built for interactive content across the full marketing lifecycle: landing pages, interactive reports, sales demos, RFPs, and thought leadership. The key difference is scope. Framer builds sites; Ceros builds the interactive content that lives inside your marketing ecosystem — embedded into your existing architecture without requiring you to rebuild anything.

Is Ceros better than Framer for enterprise teams?

▾

For enterprise requirements, yes. Ceros includes SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR compliance, SSO, audit logs, and role-based brand governance — all built in. Framer doesn’t offer SOC 2 and has limited SSO, which makes it difficult to clear enterprise IT and security reviews. If your team needs compliance, multi-team brand control, or AI that’s opt-in for regulated industries, Ceros is built for that. Framer is better suited to startups, agencies, and design-forward teams without enterprise security requirements.

Can I embed Ceros content into my existing website?

▾

Yes — that’s core to how Ceros works. Ceros content is HTML-first and embeds directly into your existing CMS, website, or marketing stack without requiring changes to your web architecture. You keep your existing site; Ceros adds interactive experiences inside it. Framer, by contrast, hosts the site itself and isn’t designed to drop interactive content components into an existing architecture.

How does Ceros compare to Framer for interactive content?

▾

Ceros has a native interactivity engine built directly into the canvas — state changes, triggers, sequences, microinteractions, and multi-step journeys without any code. Framer has strong motion and visual design defaults, but advanced interactivity still requires CSS or JavaScript. For teams that want to ship interactive experiences without a developer in the loop, Ceros gives designers full creative control without the technical bottleneck.

Can I migrate my existing Framer projects to Ceros?

▾

There’s no automated migration between the two platforms. Most teams don’t replace their Framer site with Ceros — they use Ceros to build the interactive experiences, reports, and content that live within their existing site. The transition is typically additive. Ceros’s onboarding team works with new customers to get their first pieces live quickly, usually within the first few weeks.

Does Ceros require coding knowledge?

▾

No. Ceros is genuinely no-code — designers build fully interactive experiences including animations, state changes, and multi-step journeys directly in the canvas without CSS or JavaScript. Flex AI accelerates the process further by generating layouts, copy, and structure. Framer is marketed as no-code but advanced customization still requires code; Ceros is built so design and marketing teams ship independently without engineering support.

The bottom line

Built for teams who treat interactive content as a craft.

Framer is a strong choice for teams building and hosting websites — especially with Framer 3.0’s AI agents. But if your team ships interactive content across the marketing lifecycle — reports, demos, RFPs, landing pages embedded in your existing site — you need a platform built for that scope. Ceros gives you the creative freedom, enterprise infrastructure, and AI-assisted speed to do it without a developer, without compromising on quality, and without losing brand control.