Host a Framer site on Amazon S3

Deploy it

Unzip the export first, so the commands below run from inside the folder that contains index.html.

aws s3 mb s3://your-site-bucket
aws s3 website s3://your-site-bucket --index-document index.html --error-document 404.html
aws s3 sync . s3://your-site-bucket --delete

The bucket-policy.json you need

Make the objects publicly readable — S3 buckets are private by default.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [{
    "Sid": "PublicRead",
    "Effect": "Allow",
    "Principal": "*",
    "Action": "s3:GetObject",
    "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::your-site-bucket/*"
  }]
}

Custom domain

S3 website endpoints do not speak HTTPS. You put CloudFront in front, request a certificate in ACM in us-east-1, and alias the domain at the distribution.

What it costs

Storage and requests are billed by usage from the first byte once the introductory free tier lapses — the only host here with no permanent free plan.

Before you move the domain

1. 1. Deploy to the host's own subdomain and open every page from the nav.
2. 2. Visit a URL that does not exist and confirm you get a real 404, not a 200.
3. 3. Submit any form on the site — exported forms post nowhere until you rewire them.
4. 4. Only then move DNS, and keep the Framer plan active for one more cycle as a rollback.

Questions