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Guide · August 18, 2026 · 6 min read

How to Add a Pricing Table to Your Framer Site

No page on a site gets read more carefully than the pricing page. Someone landing there has already decided the product might be worth paying for, they're just deciding whether this is the right amount, the right plan, the right moment. Get the table wrong and that hesitation turns into a closed tab.

What Actually Makes a Pricing Table Work

Clarity beats cleverness here, every time. The plan you want most people to pick should be visually obvious, usually the middle option, set apart with a border, a color, or a "most popular" label, not buried in a row of identical-looking cards. But don't hide the cheap plan or the enterprise tier to force a decision either; skeptical visitors notice that, and it reads as manipulative rather than persuasive.

If you're comparing plans by feature rather than just by price, check marks and X's need to be scannable at a glance, not something someone has to squint at a legend to decode. Grouping related features together (core, collaboration, support, security) beats one long undifferentiated list every time, and a sticky header keeps people oriented once they've scrolled past the plan names.

The other detail that gets skipped constantly: what a pricing table looks like on a phone. A three or four-column comparison table doesn't fit a 390px screen no matter how it's built, it needs a real mobile layout, usually a stacked card view, not just a horizontally scrolling table that nobody actually scrolls.

What's Genuinely Fiddly to Build From Scratch

None of this is conceptually hard, it's just a lot of small, easy-to-get-wrong details stacked on top of each other:

  • A monthly/annual toggle that actually updates every price on the page in sync, not just the ones near the toggle
  • A "popular" column that stays visually distinct without breaking the table's alignment
  • Check/X indicators and value labels ("Unlimited", "200GB") that stay legible in both light and dark themes
  • Per-row tooltips for features that need a one-line explanation, without cluttering the table
  • The responsive collapse from a side-by-side table to stacked mobile cards, while keeping every row's data attached to the right plan

Building all of that correctly, from a blank Framer canvas, easily eats a full afternoon, and that's before you've touched the actual copy and pricing strategy, which is the part that should be getting your attention.

Or Start From a Component Built for This

If the table itself doesn't need to be reinvented, and it almost never does, Comparison Table XL is built to handle exactly the list above out of the box: a theme-aware feature matrix with check/X indicators, grouped feature categories, a sticky plan header, a highlighted popular column, per-row tooltips, and CTA buttons on every plan. It auto-collapses to stacked cards on mobile, so the responsive part that's easy to get wrong on a first build is already handled.

That's the actual value of starting from a real component instead of a blank canvas: the fiddly, easy-to-mess-up parts are already solved, so the only work left is the part that's genuinely yours, your plans, your copy, your pricing.

A Quick Checklist Before You Ship It

DoSkip
Make the recommended plan visually obviousA wall of identical-looking cards
Keep every plan's CTA visible without scrolling back upBurying the buy button below the fold
Test the mobile layout, not just desktopAssuming a table will "just work" on a phone
Keep feature labels short and groupedOne long undifferentiated feature list
Show the free or entry tier if one existsHiding cheaper options to force a decision

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I always highlight one plan as "recommended"?

In most cases, yes. Decision fatigue is real, and a visually distinct recommended plan (usually the middle tier) measurably reduces how long people hesitate before picking one. Just make sure it's actually the plan that makes sense for most visitors, not just the most profitable one, or it reads as manipulative.

Do I need a monthly/annual toggle?

Only if you actually offer both. If you do, make sure every price on the page updates together when it's switched, a toggle that only updates some of the numbers looks broken, not just visually inconsistent.

How many plans should a pricing table show?

Three is the sweet spot for most products, enough to show a real choice without overwhelming anyone. Two can feel like a false binary, and five or more usually means the plans themselves need simplifying before the table design does.

Is a feature-comparison table better than simple pricing cards?

It depends on the product. Simple cards work well when plans mostly differ by price and a couple of headline features. A full comparison matrix earns its complexity when plans differ across many smaller features, and you want a skeptical visitor to be able to verify exactly what they're getting before they commit.