Adding Features to Your Framer AI App

Framer is best for marketing sites and landing pages with rich animations. It's not well-suited for applications that need user authentication, complex data management, e-commerce with custom checkout, or multi-step user workflows requiring server-side state

Connecting to a headless CMS (Contentful, Sanity) via Framer's CMS or code components. Custom form handling with a backend form service. Stripe payment links for simple e-commerce. Analytics via Framer's integrations or a code component. A/B testing via Framer's built-in experimentation features

Almost every SaaS app needs payment processing. Stripe is the standard — it handles credit cards, subscriptions, invoices, and payouts. The key pieces: a checkout flow for collecting payment, webhooks to update your database when payments succeed or fail, and a customer portal for managing subscriptions. Framer AI might generate a basic checkout page, but the webhook handling and subscription lifecycle management usually need to be built by hand.

Your app needs user accounts with secure login. The easiest options: NextAuth (for Next.js), Supabase Auth, or Clerk. These handle email/password login, social login (Google, GitHub), password resets, and session management. Don't build auth from scratch — the security implications are too complex for a first implementation.

Transactional emails — welcome emails, password resets, order confirmations — require an email service provider. Resend is the simplest to set up, SendGrid is the most established, and Amazon SES is the cheapest at scale. You'll need email templates, a sending service, and proper DNS configuration (SPF, DKIM) so your emails don't land in spam.

If a feature requires deep technical expertise (payment compliance, data privacy, real-time systems), it's faster and safer to get professional help than to iterate with AI tools. Our team adds features like these to Framer AI apps every week — we know the patterns and the pitfalls.