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Finch vs Framer.

How Finch compares with Framer, the hosted visual site builder tool: what reviewers can do, what happens to their feedback, and which to choose.

The short answer

Framer is a visual site builder with hosting; collaborators can comment in the editor and, with On-Page Editing, change text, images and CMS items on the live site for a publisher to approve. Finch brings that kind of editing to sites that are your own code, and Claude Code commits the changes.

Side by side

Finch and Framer, compared.

FeatureFinchFramer
What reviewers doMake real edits on the live page (text, colours, spacing, size, layout, order) or leave a noteComment in the Framer editor; with On-Page Editing, change text, images and CMS content on the live site (not layout)
What happens nextYou approve on the page; Claude Code makes the changes on a git branch, one commit each, then merges and deploysA publisher reviews and publishes in Framer
Changes your codeYes, in your own repository, after you approveThere’s no git repository; the site lives in Framer
Reviewers needGoogle sign-in, one click. Nothing to installA Framer account, invited to the project
Works onYour own code: HTML, React + Vite, Next.js, Nuxt, Astro, AmpleSites built and hosted in Framer
PriceFree in early access (applying uses your own Claude plan)Free plan; paid site plans from $10 a month, editors from $10 a month each

Checked November 2026 from Framer’s own pages. Prices in US dollars. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@finchnotes.co.

Which one

Choose the one that fits.

Choose Framer if

  • You want to design visually and host in one place
  • Edits are mostly text, images and CMS content
  • You’re happy for the site to live in Framer

Choose Finch if

  • Your site is code in your own repository
  • Reviewers should also change spacing, size, layout and order
  • Every change should be a commit you can review and undo

Sources

Get started

Ready to ship your next change?

Add the plugin to Claude Code and run /finch-install in your project. It takes about two minutes, and Finch is free while it’s in early access.

Read the install guide

Claude Code
# needs a paid Claude plan (Pro or higher)> Add the Claude Code plugin finch@finch from the GitHub marketplace usefinch/notes (put it in my Claude Code settings if /plugin isn’t available here), then tell me how to load it and run /finch-install on this site.# or, in the terminal: /plugin marketplace add usefinch/notes
#   then /plugin install finch@finch
# open a new session in your site’s folder
> /finch-install
# sign in with Google, choose who sees Finch
✓ Finch is set up with editing on.
# deploy your site the way you usually do
# open it and click Edit, change anything, click Apply changes
# then, in a new session:
> /finch-apply
✓ Your changes are live.