Is There a Free Framer Auth Plugin?

• Yes, there's a free Framer auth plugin: Auth Plugin's Basic tier costs $0.
• It includes 100 identities, 1 site, and all 13 components, not a stripped-down trial version.
• No credit card is required to start, and there's no expiry date on the free tier itself.
• It becomes worth upgrading once a site needs more than 100 identities, more than 1 site, or advanced access control.

If you've searched "is there a free alternative" or "any free auth provider for Framer," the short answer is yes. Here's exactly what the free Framer auth plugin option includes, what it doesn't, and when it's actually worth paying for something more.

Yes. Auth Plugin's Basic tier is free, no trial period, no card required to sign up. It's a real, permanent free tier, not a 14-day trial of the paid product that expires and stops working.

The free Basic tier includes 100 identities, 1 site, and all 13 components: Sign In Form, Sign Up Form, Forgot Password, Reset Password, OTP Verification, Magic Link, Social Auth Buttons, Sign Out Button, Profile Form, Avatar Component, Identity Label, Access Switch, and unlimited Protected Pages.

That covers the full auth stack, not a limited preview. Email and password login, Google and GitHub OAuth, magic links, OTP, custom branding, and email templates are all available on the free tier, the same components used on paid plans. See the full component list for what each one does.

100 identities and 1 site is enough for a real, working build, not just a test sandbox. A few concrete examples of what that looks like in practice:

• A gated content page. Drop in Sign In Form and Sign Up Form, connect Protected Pages to whichever path holds the content, and anyone who isn't signed in gets redirected before the page loads. This is the whole build for something like a private resource page, a lead magnet gated behind a free signup, or a client-only changelog. It uses a handful of identities, not all 100.
• A small membership site. Pair Protected Pages with Profile Form, Avatar Component, and Identity Label so each signed-in member has their own profile and sees content the page shows only to logged-in visitors. Access Switch adds a second layer if part of the content should stay free while another part is members-only. A membership site with a few dozen active members fits well inside 100 identities, with room to grow before hitting the cap. The membership site guide covers the full build.
• A client portal. For an agency or freelancer running a handful of client accounts, Sign In Form plus Protected Pages locks each client's private page (proofs, invoices, project files) behind a login, with Profile Form letting each client manage their own account details. A portal serving 10 to 20 clients uses a small fraction of the 100-identity limit.

All three use the same components available on every paid tier, since Basic isn't a cut-down version of the product, just a capped one.

No card, no trial window, no countdown. The two real limits on Basic are the identity count (100) and the site count (1). As long as a site stays under both, there's nothing that expires or gets disabled later.

Advanced access control, tiered gating by role or plan rather than a single flat gate, is the one feature that isn't on Basic. It's a Pro and Scale feature. Everything else on the component list works the same on every tier.

The other place people expect a catch is payment processing. There isn't one there either: Auth Plugin doesn't take a transaction fee on any tier, Basic included, because it doesn't process payments at all. That's a real difference from other Framer-adjacent tools that bundle auth with payments: Outseta charges 2% on its entry tier and 1% on higher tiers, and Thenty charges 1.5%, both on top of their subscription price. Auth Plugin's free tier has neither a subscription cost nor a percentage cut, since checkout stays with whatever payment processor the site already uses. For the full breakdown against Outseta and Thenty, including what that transaction fee adds up to at scale, see the pricing comparison.

A fair question for anyone who's been burned by a "free" product that wasn't. Auth Plugin's Basic tier is a standard freemium setup: the free tier is genuinely free and fully functional, and revenue comes from sites that outgrow it and move to Pro or Scale, not from anything charged on Basic itself. A site that never needs more than 100 identities, 1 site, or advanced access control can stay on Basic indefinitely without ever paying. The free tier isn't a loss-leader trial designed to expire, it's the entry point of a pricing model that makes money further up the tier list, from usage, not from converting free users through pressure or a countdown clock.

100 is an abstract number until it's measured against an actual project. A few reference points for what it looks like in practice:

• A small agency site. If each client gets one login to a portal, 100 identities covers dozens of clients, well beyond what most small agencies manage at once. This is the use case least likely to hit the cap.
• A course with a few dozen students. A single cohort of 30 to 40 students uses well under half the limit. Running two or three cohorts through the same site without removing old accounts is where a site gets close to 100, since identities count signups, not concurrent logins, someone who signed up once still counts even if they never log back in.
• A private community. This is the case most likely to hit the ceiling fast. A community that's actively promoted, an email list, a social following, a launch push, can clear 100 signups within days or weeks rather than months. If community growth is the actual goal, it's worth treating 100 as a near-term milestone to plan around rather than a distant limit.

The identity count only moves up as people sign up; it isn't tied to how many people are active on a given day. A site with 100 signups and 10 regular visitors still counts as 100 identities.

Outgrowing Basic means hitting either the 100-identity limit or needing more than 1 site, or wanting advanced access control for tiered access. At that point, Pro is $19/month for 1,000 identities across 5 sites, plus advanced access control and priority support. Scale is $49/month for 10,000+ identities across unlimited sites, with overage billing at $0.004 per additional user beyond that.

There's no forced upgrade at a set date. A site stays on Basic indefinitely as long as it's under 100 identities and running on 1 site.

Upgrading itself is a plan change, not a rebuild. The components already placed on the page, Sign In Form, Protected Pages, Profile Form, whatever's in use, don't need to be swapped out or reconfigured. Existing identities carry over onto the new tier, so a site moving from Basic to Pro at 100 identities doesn't lose any accounts or have to ask members to sign up again.

Does the free Framer auth plugin tier expire?
No. Basic doesn't have a trial window or expiry date. It's usable indefinitely under its identity and site limits.

Do I need a credit card for the free tier?
No. Auth Plugin's Basic tier requires no credit card to sign up or use.

How many users can I have on the free plan?
Up to 100 identities on 1 site. Beyond that, upgrading to Pro is the next step.

Does the free tier include OAuth and passwordless login?
Yes. Google and GitHub OAuth, magic links, and OTP are all included on Basic, the same as on paid tiers.

What's the actual difference between Basic and Pro?
Identity count (100 vs 1,000), site count (1 vs 5), and advanced access control, which is Pro and Scale only. The core components are identical across every tier.

Is a free Framer auth plugin good enough for a real launch?
For a small site under 100 identities on a single Framer site, yes, it's the full component set, not a limited demo. It stops being enough once user count, site count, or tiered access control become real requirements.

What happens if I exceed the free tier's identity limit without upgrading?
Existing identities keep working. New signups get blocked until the site upgrades to a tier with room for them. Nothing breaks, and no accounts or data get deleted; the limit stops growth, it doesn't undo what's already there.

Can I upgrade or downgrade anytime?
Yes. Moving between Basic, Pro, and Scale isn't locked to a contract term or a specific date.

Auth Plugin's free tier is a genuine free Framer auth plugin option: 100 identities, 1 site, all 13 components, no credit card, no expiry date. It covers the same login, OAuth, passwordless, and gating features as the paid tiers, just capped by identity and site count. The pricing page has the full breakdown, and the setup guide covers getting it running on a Framer site from a blank page.