Does Figma or Penpot have a free plan?

Both do. Figma and Penpot each offer a free tier, so you can try either without paying.

Figma vs Penpot

A side-by-side look at Figma and Penpot: what each costs to start, whether there is a free plan, how easy they are to pick up, and which features and integrations they cover.

Which should you choose?

Choose Figma if

Product design teams building and maintaining design systems
Designer-developer collaboration and handoff
Cross-functional teams that also want whiteboarding and slides in one workspace

Visit Figma

Choose Penpot if

Teams that need self-hosted design tooling for compliance or data residency
Developer-heavy teams that value CSS-accurate layouts
Open-source projects and budget-constrained teams

Visit Penpot

Cheapest to start

Not confirmed

Free plan

Figma, Penpot

Highest editor rating

Figma · 4.8

Comparison of Figma and Penpot
Compare	Figma Visit site	Penpot Visit site
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Free trial	No	No
Starting price	From $20/mo	From $7/mo
Editor rating	4.8	4.0
Ease of use	Moderate (3/5)	Moderate (3/5)
Category	Design	Design
Pricing model	Starter is free; Professional is $20 per Full seat per month billed monthly ($16 annually), with cheaper Dev and Collab seats; Organization ($55) and Enterprise ($90) per Full seat per month are billed annually only.	Hosted Free plan with unlimited editors, files and projects; a paid hosted tier costs approximately $7 per editor per month; Enterprise pricing for supported self-hosting is custom. Self-hosting the open-source edition is free.
Plans	Starter — Free Professional — $20/user/mo Organization — $55/user/mo Enterprise — $90/user/mo	Free — Free Premium — $7/user/mo Enterprise — Custom
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, API	Web, API
Integrations	Jira, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zapier	—
Best for	Product design teams building and maintaining design systems Designer-developer collaboration and handoff Cross-functional teams that also want whiteboarding and slides in one workspace	Teams that need self-hosted design tooling for compliance or data residency Developer-heavy teams that value CSS-accurate layouts Open-source projects and budget-constrained teams
Pros	Real-time multiplayer editing with comments on the canvas Mature components, variables and shared libraries for design systems Dev Mode gives developers measurements, tokens and code snippets Large plugin and community file ecosystem View-only seats are free and the Starter plan costs nothing	Open source (MPL 2.0) and self-hostable with Docker or Kubernetes SVG and CSS-based files; Flex and Grid layouts map directly to code Real-time collaboration, comments and prototyping included on the free plan Native design tokens and a growing plugin system No seat limits on the hosted Free plan
Cons	Starter plan caps the number of collaborative files Organization and Enterprise plans are billed annually only Full, Dev and Collab seat types make cost management more complex No Linux desktop app and limited offline editing	Much smaller plugin, template and community ecosystem than Figma Performance drops on very large files No desktop or mobile apps and no offline mode Few AI-assisted features
AI content generation	Yes	No
API access	Yes	Yes
App marketplace	No	Yes
Comments & mentions	Yes	Yes
Design systems & components	Yes	Yes
Desktop app	Yes	No
Import & export	No	Yes
Interactive prototyping	Yes	Yes
Mobile app	Yes	No
Real-time collaboration	Yes	Yes
Roles & permissions	Yes	Yes
Self-hosting option	No	Yes
SSO / SAML	Yes	No
Templates	Yes	Yes
Vector editing	Yes	Yes

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