What is Figma Sites?

First of all, what is Figma Sites?
For those familiar with Framer, I’ll keep it short: it’s a direct competitor to Framer. It’s essentially a move by Figma to keep its users from switching platforms. I hope it succeeds—we’re honestly tired of constantly learning and changing tools.

For those who don’t know Framer and are still asking “What is this tool?”:
Figma Sites is Figma’s way of saying, “Don’t stop at design. If you’ve created a simple website (without heavy dynamic features), come—let’s turn this into code together.”

Based on my initial impressions, I can talk about its pros and cons.
The disadvantages I’ll mention do not mean this product is unusable. It will evolve; it simply needs time. This is just a heads-up for those who want to start using it early.

Advantages

• No learning curve. If you’re familiar with Figma, it’s very easy to pick up.

• Full access to Figma libraries.

• Ready to release: You can design directly inside the tool without needing separate design documentation.

• Locked pages can be created.

• Analytics tools like Google Analytics can be connected.

• External meta tags can be added via head and style. This allows installing feedback tools such as UserGuiding or Hotjar.

• CMS-generated content can be displayed in a specific section of a page, or the entire page can be powered by the CMS.

Disadvantages

• The CMS is very basic. It doesn’t support advanced Markdown features (for example, you can’t create tables).

• No site search. There’s no way to search content created in the CMS.

• System pages such as 404 pages cannot be customized.

• Password-protected pages are not customizable.

• No i18n support: If you already have language collections in Figma, you can use them, but there is no live language-switching functionality.

• Multi-select behavior is critical. If it’s not enabled, changes made on desktop don’t apply to other viewports—this breaks Framer habits.

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