FrameAuth Alternative? Auth Plugin vs FrameAuth for Framer

• FrameAuth is the broader product: login plus Stripe and Lemon Squeezy payments, tags, a REST API, webhooks, and free templates. Auth Plugin does login and gating only.
• Auth Plugin has a permanent free tier (Basic, 100 identities, 1 website). FrameAuth offers a 14-day free trial, then paid plans, with no permanent free plan on its pricing page.
• Thinking of a Framer client portal? Auth Plugin gates content by login and by grant, but has no portal template. FrameAuth publishes a client-portal guide of its own.
• Auth Plugin has no payments layer, so there is no transaction fee to compare. If you sell memberships or products inside the plugin, FrameAuth covers more of that job.
• As a FrameAuth alternative, Auth Plugin is the lighter fit if you only need sign-in, passwordless login, and page or section gating. If you need payments, an API, or webhooks today, it is not.

If you are searching for a FrameAuth alternative, the starting point is scope. FrameAuth is a membership plugin that does a lot. Auth Plugin does less, on purpose. This post compares them using only what both sides publish. We did not run a timed setup test, so there are no "faster" or "easier" claims here.

FrameAuth is a no-code authentication and membership plugin for Framer, previously named FramerAuth, per its Marketplace listing. It adds sign-up, sign-in, gated content, and payments to a Framer site.

Auth Plugin is a partial alternative. It covers the authentication half: 13 components, email and password, magic links, OTP, Google and GitHub OAuth, and page and section gating. It does not sell anything. There is no checkout, no subscription billing, and no paywall logic built in. Payments are on the roadmap and marked in progress, but you cannot use them today.

So Auth Plugin fits when login and gating are the whole job. If you were drawn to FrameAuth for its payments, you would be trading features away, not swapping like for like. The same split shows up in our comparisons with Thenty and Outseta.

FrameAuth's full setup guide has 11 steps. Condensed:

1. Create a dashboard account inside the plugin and connect your Framer project.
2. Run the setup prompt, which has an agent build the sign-up, sign-in, reset, and account pages. The guide says this requires an existing overrides file (FramerAuthV2.tsx).
3. Configure optional plugins, create tags if you are selling, and add custom fields.
4. Lock pages in the dashboard, test, and go live.
5. Connect a custom subdomain (the guide's example is auth.yoursite.com) with DNS records. FrameAuth uses it internally for cookies.

FrameAuth's homepage says setup takes under 10 minutes, while the guide has 11 steps including the DNS work. We have not timed either.

Auth Plugin's setup wizard runs four screens: Connect, Shields, Scripts, and Components. There is no DNS step in those four screens. Both setups add code to your project. Auth Plugin's wizard inserts two scripts and generates an overrides file, and FrameAuth's guide requires an overrides file. Judge each by what it asks you to do, not by the marketing line.

FrameAuth's rows come from its homepage, its guides index, and the Marketplace listing. The homepage also mentions Apple sign-in and "coming soon" providers. We could not find an Apple guide, so we left it out of the table.

Auth Plugin splits gating into two jobs. Protected Pages (called Shields in the wizard) locks whole pages behind login using patterns you define, and an optional Required Grants field narrows a page to users who hold specific grants. Access Switch shows or hides a section on a page that is otherwise public, with modes for login, grant, label, and tier.

FrameAuth locks whole pages in its own dashboard. For content on a page, its setup guide describes two overrides: ToggleVariant for sign-in gating and ToggleVariantIfWithTag for purchase or tag gating. Access is driven by tags, and the homepage lists access levels such as Pro, Access, Free, Basic, and Denied.

If your gating question is "logged in or not," both work. If it is "which paid product does this member own," FrameAuth's tag model, tied to its checkout, is built for that. Auth Plugin can gate by grant, but it has no checkout to issue grants on purchase.

Yes for a private client area, with a caveat on the Auth Plugin side: it has no built-in client-portal component or template. You assemble one from documented pieces:

• Sign In Form and Sign Up Form, plus OTP, Magic Link, or Google and GitHub OAuth for login
• Protected Pages to lock routes such as /dashboard and /account, with a regex pattern that also covers subpaths
• A Sign Out Button, an Avatar, an Identity Label, and a Profile Form so users can see and edit their own details
• Code Overrides like ShowWhenAuthenticated and ShowWhenGuest to swap nav links, and IdentityName or IdentityEmail for a "Welcome" line
• Branded emails for the sign-in messages
• Access Switch in Grant ID mode, or the Required Grants field on a Shield, which check for a specific permission instead of just login, so one client can see their content while another does not

How grants get assigned to users is not covered in the docs we checked, so test that part in your own project before you promise separate client areas.

FrameAuth handles different content for different users through tags and its ToggleVariant overrides, as described above. It also publishes a client portal guide, which covers private client logins, content tailored to each client, and file downloads. We have not tested that setup.

FrameAuth does. It lists Stripe and Lemon Squeezy, one-time purchases and subscriptions, and free trials. FrameAuth also states it charges 0% commission on every plan. That is its own claim: you still pay Stripe or Lemon Squeezy processing fees.

Auth Plugin does not handle payments. If you sell something, you would use a separate checkout and keep Auth Plugin for sign-in and gating, which means you own the wiring between purchase and access. For a site where selling is the point, bundled payments are a genuine FrameAuth advantage.

Pricing changes, so check FrameAuth's pricing page before deciding. We quote only that page.

FrameAuth, per its pricing page

FrameAuth also offers a 14-day free trial. The page lists one more offer with no plan name: $19.99/month, billed yearly, for 100 users. Yearly prices for the larger plans are not shown.

Auth Plugin, per its pricing page

Scale adds overage billing at $0.004 per user.

At 1,000 users, Pro is $19 and Starter is $29.99. The difference is real, but so is the scope gap: FrameAuth's price includes payments, tags, and an API. Auth Plugin's does not. Our pricing breakdown and the post on free options go deeper on Auth Plugin's tiers.

Switching is a data question. FrameAuth documents user data export, so getting your members out is possible. We have not documented an import path into Auth Plugin, so ask the Auth Plugin team about moving existing accounts before you plan a migration for a live site.

Running both on one Framer site is not something we recommend. Two auth systems means two sets of accounts and sessions. Pick one as the source of truth for who is logged in.

Reach for FrameAuth when:

• You are selling digital products, courses, or memberships and want payments in the same plugin
• You need tags to control access per product
• You want a REST API or webhooks for connecting other tools
• Free templates (marketplace, course, blog, and others) would save you design time

Reach for Auth Plugin when:

• You need login and gating, and payments are not part of the site yet or run elsewhere
• Passwordless sign-in matters. Magic links and OTP are built-in components
• You want to start free and pay only when identity counts grow
• You manage a few client sites. The Pro tier covers 5 websites

If you are weighing a Framer membership plugin for a paid community, FrameAuth is the more complete option today. If "membership" for you just means members-only pages, Auth Plugin is enough.

• Quoting an old FrameAuth price. Use its pricing page and recheck before you commit.
• Assuming Auth Plugin handles payments. It does not. If selling is central, plan a separate checkout or choose a plugin with payments built in.
• Expecting Auth Plugin to grant access when someone pays. It has no checkout, so nothing in the plugin issues access on purchase. Plan that wiring yourself.
• Trusting a setup-time claim. "Under 10 minutes" is a marketing line. Read the steps, including the DNS subdomain step on the FrameAuth side, then judge.
• Forgetting the free-tier cap. Auth Plugin's Basic tier stops at 100 identities and 1 website, so plan for Pro if you grow.

Is Auth Plugin a good FrameAuth alternative?
For login and gating, yes. For payments, an API, or webhooks, no. Those are FrameAuth strengths that Auth Plugin does not offer yet.

Does FrameAuth have a free plan?
Not a permanent one, based on its pricing page. It offers a 14-day free trial. Auth Plugin's Basic tier is free with no time limit, capped at 100 identities and 1 website.

Can I use FrameAuth and Auth Plugin on the same site?
It is technically possible to install both, but we advise against it. Pick one system as the source of truth for who is logged in.

Does Auth Plugin support passwordless login?
Yes. Magic links and OTP are both included, alongside email and password and Google and GitHub OAuth. FrameAuth's published methods include OTP, and we did not find magic links in what we reviewed.

Does Auth Plugin have templates like FrameAuth?
We did not find ready-made templates. FrameAuth offers six free ones. Auth Plugin gives you 13 components and page guides in the docs to assemble pages yourself.

FrameAuth is the broader plugin: login, payments, tags, an API, and webhooks, with a 14-day trial and paid plans starting at $19.99/month billed yearly (100 users) or $29.99/month billed monthly, per its pricing page. Auth Plugin is the narrower one: login, passwordless options, and page and section gating, with a free tier and no payments layer. Pick FrameAuth if selling is central. Pick Auth Plugin if you want authentication without the rest. To go deeper on Auth Plugin, see the pricing breakdown, how Protected Pages work, and the Thenty comparison.