Do I own the code with Kashvi like I would expect from a site builder?

You own more than you would with Framer. Kashvi gives you the full downloadable source of your app to host anywhere and hand to any developer. Framer keeps your design and content on its own hosting with no app code to export.

Can either tool make a real Android or iOS app?

Only Kashvi. It builds native mobile apps through React Native from the same English description. Framer is a website builder and does not produce native apps.

How does pricing compare for an Indian founder?

Framer charges per site in USD subscription tiers. Kashvi prices in INR, supports Razorpay and UPI inside the apps it builds, and refunds credits when an AI generation fails, so you are not paying for broken runs.

Should I use Framer and Kashvi together?

Sometimes yes. Use Framer for a polished marketing site if you want one, and use Kashvi for the actual product behind it, the part with accounts, data and payments. They solve different problems.

Comparison

Kashvi vs Framer

Framer is one of the best tools in the world for designing a marketing site or landing page, and its AI can turn a rough brief into a polished, animated page fast. But a beautiful page is not an application. Kashvi exists for the moment your idea needs real logins, a real database, transactions, and eventually an app on the Play Store and App Store. This page draws a fair line between the two so you pick the right tool.

What Framer is genuinely great at

Credit where it is due. Framer is a design-first website builder with a canvas that feels closer to Figma than to a form-based site tool. If you want a portfolio, a product launch page, a startup homepage or an event microsite, Framer gives you fine typographic control, smooth scroll and hover animations, responsive breakpoints, and hosting bundled into the price. Its AI is good at scaffolding a layout you then refine visually. For a team whose deliverable is a page that looks expensive, Framer is a legitimately strong pick, and Kashvi is not trying to out-design it on brochure sites.

Where the two tools stop overlapping

The gap opens the instant your idea stores data. A Framer site can embed a form or a booking widget, but it has no database of your own, no user accounts you control, and no server-side logic. If a customer signs up, places an order, checks their order history, and an admin updates its status, that is an application, and that is Kashvi's whole job. You describe the app in plain English and Kashvi provisions a real Postgres database, real email-and-password sign-up and login, a live preview you can click through, and downloadable code you fully own. There is no proprietary runtime holding your project hostage.

Kashvi generates a real Postgres schema, not a hosted CMS collection, so your data model is yours to query and extend.
Users actually sign up and log in with sessions, so you can gate content, show a personal dashboard, and store per-user records.
The same English description can produce a native Android and iOS app through React Native, which Framer does not do at all.
You download the full source, host it anywhere, and hand it to any developer without lock-in.
Billing is transparent: when an AI generation fails, Kashvi refunds the credits instead of charging for a broken run.

Capability	Kashvi	Framer
Code ownership	Full source you download and own, host anywhere	Design and content locked to Framer hosting
Real backend and database	Real Postgres, server logic, per-user records	No app database; embeds and form widgets only
Native mobile apps	Real Android and iOS via React Native	Websites only, no native apps
Billing model	Credits with refunds on failed AI generations	Per-site USD subscription tiers
India payments	Razorpay, UPI and INR pricing first-class	No native India rails beyond basic embeds

The India angle Framer skips

If you are building for Indian users, payments are not an afterthought. Kashvi treats Razorpay, UPI and INR as first-class, so a generated app can take real money the way your customers actually pay, and you are priced and billed in rupees rather than converting from a USD per-site plan. That matters whether you are a solo founder charging for a subscription, a shop taking UPI on delivery, or a services business that needs GST-friendly invoices flowing out of a real order table.

Rule of thumb: if the deliverable is a page, reach for Framer. If the deliverable is a product with accounts, data and payments, reach for Kashvi.

Which should you pick

Be honest about what you are shipping. If you need a stunning marketing site, a launch page, or a portfolio and you have no user accounts or database behind it, Framer will likely get you there faster and prettier, and there is no shame in pairing the two. But if your idea only works with logins, stored data, transactions, or a phone app, a website builder will keep you stuck at the front door. That is exactly where Kashvi starts: describe the app in English, get a working full-stack build with code you own, and take real payments in INR.

Questions

Frequently asked

Can Framer build an app with user logins and a database?: Not in the way an application needs. Framer can embed a form or third-party widget, but it has no database of your own, no user accounts you control, and no server-side logic. Kashvi provisions a real Postgres database and real sign-up and login for you.
Do I own the code with Kashvi like I would expect from a site builder?: You own more than you would with Framer. Kashvi gives you the full downloadable source of your app to host anywhere and hand to any developer. Framer keeps your design and content on its own hosting with no app code to export.
Can either tool make a real Android or iOS app?: Only Kashvi. It builds native mobile apps through React Native from the same English description. Framer is a website builder and does not produce native apps.
How does pricing compare for an Indian founder?: Framer charges per site in USD subscription tiers. Kashvi prices in INR, supports Razorpay and UPI inside the apps it builds, and refunds credits when an AI generation fails, so you are not paying for broken runs.
Should I use Framer and Kashvi together?: Sometimes yes. Use Framer for a polished marketing site if you want one, and use Kashvi for the actual product behind it, the part with accounts, data and payments. They solve different problems.

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