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Figma vs Supabase

A side-by-side look at Figma and Supabase: 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

Choose Supabase if

  • Developers who want Postgres with auth and APIs out of the box
  • Startups and indie projects replacing Firebase
  • AI apps that need vector search alongside relational data

Cheapest to start

Not confirmed

Free plan

Figma, Supabase

Highest editor rating

Figma · 4.8

Comparison of Figma and Supabase
CompareFigma
Free planYes
Free trialNo
Starting priceFrom $20/mo
Editor rating4.8
Ease of useModerate (3/5)
CategoryDesign
Pricing modelStarter 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.
Plans
  • Starter Free
  • Professional $20/user/mo
  • Organization $55/user/mo
  • Enterprise $90/user/mo
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, API
IntegrationsJira, 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
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
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
AI assistantNo
AI content generationYes
API accessYes
AuthenticationNo
Comments & mentionsYes
Design systems & componentsYes
Desktop appYes
Git integrationNo
Interactive prototypingYes
Managed databaseNo
Mobile appYes
Real-time collaborationYes
Roles & permissionsYes
Self-hosting optionNo
Serverless functionsNo
SSO / SAMLYes
TemplatesYes
Two-factor authenticationNo
Vector editingYes
WebhooksNo

Common questions

Does Figma or Supabase have a free plan?
Both do. Figma and Supabase each offer a free tier, so you can try either without paying.

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