I Tested Every Figma Pricing Plan: Here’s What Designers Need to Know

I’ve used quite a few cloud-based design tools in the past, from Adobe XD to Sketch, but Figma is definitely one of my favorites.

Figma is one of the most “collaborative” design tools around, great for bringing teams together on website design projects, prototypes and wireframes.

It’s also one of the more affordable design tools around. Not only is there a free plan for beginners, but the premium plans, ranging from $16 to $90 per user per month, are great value for money.

The question is: which Figma pricing plan is going to give you the most bang for your buck?

This Figma pricing guide should help you make the right decision based on your specific goals, budget, and feature requirements. Let’s dive in.

Figma Pricing Overview:

Core Plans:

• Starter Team: $0, ideal for initial experimentation
• Professional Team: $16 per user / per month, best for small to mid-sized businesses
• Organization: $55 per user / per month, perfect for larger teams
• Enterprise: $90 per user / per month, best for full-scale enterprise companies

Extras:

• Figma Slides: Free on Starter plans or $3-$5 per month
• FigJam: Ranging from free to $5 per month

How Much Does Figma Cost?

Figma, the cloud-based design platform, has four core plans to choose from: there’s a free plan, “Starter Team” for beginners, and three premium plans.

The premium plans range from $16 to $90 per month. Interestingly, the “Professional Team” plan (for $16 per month), is the only one that offers both monthly and annual payment options. If you choose the annual plan, you can save 20%.

The Organization and Enterprise plans are both billed on an annual basis as standard.

Another thing worth noting is that the Professional Team plan is available for free for students and educators, so if you’re an academic, it’s definitely worth reaching out to Figma’s sales team.

Viewers (guests without editing access) are free on all plans. Additionally, the Organization and Enterprise plans have different prices if you want the “Dev Only” mode.

Dev Mode Only costs $25 per month per user on the Organization plan, and $35 per month per user on the Enterprise plan.

Extra features can have additional fees too. Figma Slides, for instance, is free on Starter plans, and $3-$5 per month on paid plans.

FigJam, the collaborative whiteboard, is free for Starter plan users (with 3 collaborative files) or $5 per month added onto other plans.

Is Figma Good Value for Money?

I mentioned above that I think that Figma is decent value for money, and I stand by that. It’s a flexible, powerful platform with tons of collaborative features, and a lot of unique tools.

The free plan is generous enough for beginners who just want to experiment with the platform, but I do think you’ll need to upgrade pretty quickly if you’ll be using this tool regularly.

Figma’s premium plans aren’t the most expensive I’ve seen, but they’re not particularly cheap either. I’d probably define Figma as a “moderately” priced solution.

Some alternatives like Sketch are a little cheaper, starting at $9 to $12 per month. However, there are more expensive options out there too.

Let’s break down Figma’s plan options in a bit more detail.

Figma Starter Team: $0 Per Month

The “Starter Team” plan, is Figma’s basic “entry level” option for beginners who really just want to take the platform for a test drive.

It comes with access to the Figma editor, and allows users to create unlimited personal drafts of documents, but only 3 collaborative design files.

The good news is that the Editor you get is still pretty feature rich. You’ll be able to take advantage of advanced drawing tools, plugins and widgets, unlimited file storage, and cross-platform support.

You can import sketches and use auto-layout tools to streamline design. Plus, there’s basic CodeGen support and a version history of up to 30 days.

Beyond all that, Figma’s Starter Team Plan supports:

• Real-time collaboration for multiple users
• Unlimited viewers
• Shareable links and on-canvas commenting
• Figma observation mode
• Interactive prototypes
• Overlays, transitions and animations on prototypes
• Access to videos for prototypes from the Figma community
• Variables, components, styles, and UI Kits
• REST APIs, third-party integrations and live embeds

You also get access to Figma’s support forum and help center for additional assistance with any technical issues, both of which I consider to be excellent.

Who I Recommend the Starter Team Plan For

I’d recommend using this plan if you’re an individual designer that wants to experiment with Figma’s Editor and basic prototyping tools.

Although there are some collaborative features available, you’ll miss out on things like private projects and custom workspaces, so it’s not great for bigger teams. Plus, there are limits to how many design systems and features you can actually use.

Figma Professional Team: $16 Per Month

The Figma Professional Team plan is $20 per user per month billed monthly, or $16 per user per month if you pay annually (a saving of 20%).

As mentioned above, you can also use this plan for free if you’re a student or educator. Despite being relatively affordable, Figma’s first premium plan adds a lot of functionality.

First, you’ll have unlimited Figma files, and access to Figma’s “Dev Mode” tools. You also get a lot more collaboration features, prototyping tools, and admin features.

Alongside all of the features included in the free plan, some of the standout components of the Professional plan include:

• Private projects, prototype sharing permissions, audio conversations and team project transfer, for collaborative design teams.
• The option to upload your own videos to prototypes, set variables and variable modes, and add conditional logic, multiple actions, and expressions to prototypes.
• 4 variable modes for design systems, and comprehensive team libraries.
• Password protection and default roles, as well as webhooks for new software integrations.

Perhaps most importantly, you’ll get access to the basic features of “Dev Mode” on Figma.

Users can experiment with advanced code generation, developer resources, plugins, VS code extensions, asset exportation, annotations, and advanced inspection tools.

You can also view detached components, mark assets as “ready for development” and experiment with a component playground.

Who I Recommend the Professional Team Plan For

If you’re part of a small to mid-sized team and need more advanced development and prototyping tools, the Professional plan is a great choice.

You’ll be able to do a lot more with Figma’s resources, and collaborate more effectively with staff using audio conversations and team workspaces.

Figma Organization: $55 Per Month

As mentioned above, the Figma Organization is only available with annual billing (so you have to commit to a full year, at $55 per month, per user, upfront).

However, you can choose to access the “Dev Mode” only, for $25 per user, per month instead.

If you choose the exclusive Dev Mode plan, you’ll get all the features included in the Professional Team plan, plus access to Code Connect tools, private plugins, and a hand-off process management system.

If you choose the full $55 per month plan, you get everything in the Professional Team plan, the extra Dev Mode tools, and:

• New admin controls like domain capture, link access control, centralized administration, plugin and widget approval, activity logs, and single sign-on (SSO).
• Shared fonts, organization-wide design systems, and in-app library analytics for your “design systems” toolkit.
• Unlimited teams, and branching and merging options for collaboration.

Who I Recommend the Organization Plan For

The Organization plan doesn’t add a huge number of extra features to the Professional Team plan for the extra cost.

However, it could be a better option for slightly larger teams. I think slightly larger businesses would benefit from access to more advanced developer tools, support for unlimited teams, and of course, the huge range of extra admin controls.

Figma Enterprise: $90 Per Month

Like the Organization plan, Figma’s Enterprise plan is only available on an annual billing cycle, for $90 per seat per month.

Once again, you can choose to access the Dev Mode only kit, for $35 per month per user. This will give you access to all the features you’d get on the Figma Organization plan, plus REST API syncing and workflow automation, and admin controls for the inspect panel.

The full Enterprise plan, on the other hand, unlocks access to everything in Figma’s toolkit. On top of all the options included in the Organization plan, you’ll get:

• Custom workplaces you can design based on your team’s needs.
• New design systems tools like the Library Analytics API, default libraries by workspace, REST APIs for variables, and approved libraries.
• Premium onboarding, planning, and customer support services.

What really makes the Figma Enterprise plan stand out though is the huge range of extra admin features.

Beyond everything included in the Organization plan, you get team and guest access controls, external content controls, default teams, workspace administration apps and SCIM for role assignment support.

There’s also an activity logs API, plugin and widget analytics, options for expiring public links, and EU data hosting controls.

You even get your own Windows installer for the Figma app, and the option to automatically sign employees out of the app when they’re idle for too long.

Who I Recommend the Enterprise Plan For

Probably unsurprisingly, I’d recommend the Figma Enterprise plan for much larger businesses with bigger design teams.

It’s the most comprehensive of all the plans, and definitely gives you a lot more security and control over administrative factors.

How Figma’s Seats Work

Before you compare plans, it helps to understand how Figma charges, because it no longer bills one flat rate per person. Every paid plan is priced by “seat,” and there are three paid seat types plus a free one. The seat you assign to each team member decides what they can do and how much they cost, so the right mix can save you a lot.

Here is what each seat includes:

• Full seat: complete access to every Figma product, including Figma Design, Figma Make, Figma Draw, Figma Sites, Dev Mode, FigJam, Figma Slides, and Figma Buzz. This is the seat designers need.
• Dev seat: full access to Dev Mode, FigJam, Figma Slides, and Figma Buzz, plus view and comment access in Figma Design files. Built for developers who inspect and hand off work rather than create designs.
• Collab seat: full access to FigJam, Figma Slides, and Figma Buzz, with view and comment access in Design files and only basic inspection in Dev Mode. Ideal for product managers, marketers, and stakeholders who brainstorm or present but do not design.
• View seat: free on every paid plan. Viewers can open files, leave comments, and use basic inspection, so you never have to buy a seat just to give someone read access.

Here is how the three paid seats are priced across the plans:

Prices are per user, per month. Professional is the only plan you can pay for monthly; the lower figure above is the annual rate, and the amount in brackets is the month-to-month price. Organization and Enterprise are billed annually only. The takeaway: work out who actually needs to design before you buy, because a developer on a Dev seat or a stakeholder on a Collab seat costs a fraction of a Full seat.

What Each Seat Unlocks: Figma’s Product Lineup

Figma is no longer just a design canvas with a whiteboard attached. Your seat gives you access to a whole suite of products, and you cannot buy any of them on their own; they come bundled with a paid plan and the right seat. Here is what is included:

• Figma Design: the core interface design tool for UI, prototypes, and design systems.
• Dev Mode: the developer handoff workspace, with code properties, annotations, and inspection tools.
• FigJam: the online whiteboard for brainstorming, diagramming, and workshops.
• Figma Slides: a presentation tool with live interactions and prototypes built in.
• Figma Draw: expanded illustration and vector tools for more detailed artwork.
• Figma Make: a prompt-based tool that turns ideas into working prototypes and web apps.
• Figma Sites: publish your designs as a live website with its own URL.
• Figma Buzz: produce on-brand marketing assets at scale from your design system.

Figma keeps expanding this list, adding tools like Figma Motion and Figma Weave along with an AI agent, and some of the newer products are still in beta. The budgeting point is simple: you are paying for the whole ecosystem through your seat, not picking individual apps, so weigh that when you judge each plan’s value.

AI Credits and Add-ons

The newest cost to understand is AI credits. Figma’s AI features (things like Figma Make and AI image editing) run on a credit system, and every seat comes with a monthly allotment. How many you get depends on your plan and seat type:

Starter plan users also get 500 credits a month. Two things are worth knowing before you rely on them: credits reset every month and do not roll over, so unused ones are lost, and Starter and View users have an added daily cap of 150 credits.

If your team runs through its included credits, admins can buy more at the plan level, either as an ongoing subscription or as pay-as-you-go billing that starts once the included pool is empty. If you lean heavily on AI generation, treat these credits as a running cost sitting on top of your seat price, not a free extra.

Discounts and Special Pricing

Before you pay list price, check whether you qualify for one of Figma’s discounted routes:

• Students and educators: Figma offers free access through its education program, which is why I suggested academics skip straight past the Starter plan. Verified students and teachers get the paid feature set at no cost.
• Government and public sector: Figma runs dedicated plans for government teams, so if that is you, it is worth contacting Figma rather than signing up at standard rates.
• Larger teams: annual billing already trims the per-seat cost, and bigger rollouts on Organization and Enterprise can often negotiate volume discounts through Figma’s sales team.
• Governance+ (Enterprise): not a discount, but worth flagging here: this is an Enterprise-only security and compliance add-on for organizations with stricter administrative requirements.

Figma Pricing: Our Recommendation

Ultimately, the right Figma plan for you is going to depend on your feature requirements, and your team’s size.

If you’re a freelance graphic designer, I’d recommend starting with the free Starter plan, and potentially upgrading to the “Professional Team” plan once you’re convinced you want to continue using the platform.

If you’re an educator or student however, skip the Starter plan and go straight for the Professional plan (it’s free for you anyway, and offers a lot more functionality).

If you’re part of a team, I’d recommend either the Organization plan, or the Enterprise plan, depending on how many people you need to manage and work with.

With either of these plans, if you’re focusing on development, remember you can save a lot of cash by starting with “Dev Mode Only” and upgrading at a later date.

Figma Pricing FAQ

What counts as a seat in Figma?

A seat is assigned to anyone who needs to create or edit in Figma. People who only view and comment do not need a paid seat, since viewer access is free on every paid plan.

Can I buy just one Figma product, like Figma Make or Dev Mode?

No. Figma’s products are not sold individually. You subscribe to a plan and assign a seat type, and that seat decides which products each person can use.

What happens if I add seats partway through an annual plan?

On a Professional plan, new paid seats added mid-term are billed as a separate monthly subscription at the monthly rate and show up on your next invoice. On Organization and Enterprise, an admin approves the new seat, the cost is prorated from the approval date, and you are invoiced for it, usually on a quarterly basis.

Can people inspect designs without a paid Dev Mode seat?

Yes, up to a point. Free viewers get basic inspection, so they can review files and pull limited detail. Full Dev Mode, with code properties and developer handoff tools, needs a Dev or Full seat.

Do unused AI credits carry over to the next month?

No. AI credits reset each month and do not roll over, so it is better to plan around your average monthly usage than to expect to bank credits for a busy stretch.

Is the Starter plan a free trial or free forever?

It is free with no time limit. The trade-off is the caps: a small number of collaborative files and a limited feature set, which is why most regular users move up to a paid plan fairly quickly.