Framer ships gorgeous. Framer doesn't ship fast. We grade both — for $1.
Framer's animations are unmatched. They also routinely add 1.5–2 seconds of LCP and break above-the-fold rendering. We measure your tradeoffs.
Framer's strengths are its weaknesses on slow connections
Framer's animations look magic. They're powered by ~400 KB of motion runtime and frequently lazy-load above-the-fold imagery. Combined with Framer's default header configuration, you can lose Core Web Vitals scores even when the site looks pristine.
The 7 issues we keep finding on Framer sites
Each one is real, severity-ranked, and ships with a one-line fix suggestion in the report.
Above-the-fold image lazy-loaded
Framer defaults to lazy-loading every image. On the hero, this means LCP fires after the image finally arrives — usually 1.5–3s late on 4G.
Cumulative layout shift from animation entrances
Framer's signature ‘fade up’ entrances often cause CLS scores above 0.25 (Google's ‘poor’ threshold). Hurts ranking.
Decorative animations without prefers-reduced-motion
Framer doesn't auto-respect the reduced-motion media query. Vestibular-disorder users get nauseated by your hero.
Page titles not customised per CMS item
Framer CMS pages frequently inherit the collection template's title. Every blog post ends up with the same <title>.
No CSP / limited security headers control
Framer's hosting offers limited header customisation. We'll tell you what's missing and the workarounds available on Pro.
Heavy reliance on JS-rendered content
While Framer pre-renders most content, interactive sections (carousels, accordions) render client-side and are invisible to some crawlers.
Custom fonts without fallback
Common Framer pattern: gorgeous font, no font-display: swap, no fallback. Result: invisible text for 1–3s on first visit.
Framer pre-launch checklist
Check these before you share your link. The full PageLens audit catches everything else.
- Set hero/above-the-fold images to eager loading (not lazy)
- Reduce CLS by avoiding fade-up entrance animations on layout elements
- Add prefers-reduced-motion: reduce support for all animations
- Customise page titles per CMS collection item
- Set a custom meta description for every page
- Add a font-display: swap fallback for custom fonts
- Test your site at 375px width for mobile layout issues
This covers the basics. A full PageLens scan checks hundreds of rules across 10 categories — including the ones that are hard to spot manually.
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Questions Framer users ask us
Framer publishes pages already SEO-friendly. Is your audit redundant?
Framer handles the basics (sitemap, canonical, SSR) well. Our audit covers the layer beyond — Core Web Vitals, accessibility, security headers, content quality, and the platform-specific gotchas above.
Does the audit work on Framer's free *.framer.website subdomain?
Yes. For accurate header analysis run it on your custom domain — Framer's defaults differ slightly between subdomain and custom-domain hosting.
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