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            "tagline": "Design-first website builder with AI tools, CMS and hosting",
            "summary": "Framer is a website builder for designing and publishing sites with AI tools and a CMS. Its free plan includes a Framer domain, and paid plans for personal and professional sites add more AI credits, bandwidth and features.",
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                "Free plan to start",
                "AI tools for generating and editing sections",
                "Hosting and CMS on paid plans"
            ],
            "limits": [
                "AI credits are metered by plan",
                "Extra editors cost $20 per month"
            ],
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            "overview": "Framer lets users design pages visually and publish them to Framer hosting, with AI tools that help generate and edit sections. The free plan includes a Framer domain, 1 GB of bandwidth and 500 AI credits to try.\n\nPaid plans add more AI credits, bandwidth and your own domain. Basic is $10 per month and Pro is $30 per month on the pricing page, and extra editors cost $20 per month while viewers are free. Framer suits designers and small teams who want interactive pages without writing code."
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            "tagline": "Interaction prototyping for macOS and Windows with AI-generated interactions",
            "summary": "ProtoPie is an interaction prototyping tool for macOS and Windows that lets designers build detailed prototypes and generate interactions with AI. The homepage says it can be started for free and lists industry solutions such as automotive and aviation. Paid plans are on its pricing page.",
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                "Desktop downloads listed for macOS and Windows only",
                "Less general than Figma for interface design"
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            "overview": "ProtoPie is built for prototypes with detailed interactions, which the vendor describes as advanced prototyping. The homepage says AI can generate interactions that the designer then refines, and that clean specifications can be handed off to developers. The site lists industry solutions for automotive, aviation and finance, which points to complex product interfaces.\n\nDesktop downloads are listed for macOS and Windows. Compared with Figma, which covers design and prototyping in one browser tool, ProtoPie focuses on interaction detail, so it complements a design tool rather than replacing one. The free start is listed on the homepage, and paid plans are on the pricing page."
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