Why developers like Figma

What is Figma?

Figma is the first interface design tool with real-time collaboration. It keeps everyone on the same page. Focus on the work instead of fighting your tools.

Figma is a tool in the Graphic Design category of a tech stack.

Who uses Figma?

Companies

428 companies reportedly use Figma in their tech stacks, including Alibaba Travels, Bitpanda, and Graphy.

Alibaba Travels

Bitpanda

Graphy

Figma

Revolut

Ruangguru

9GAG

Paralect

Primer

Developers

1134 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Figma.

eNPi Techs

My Stack

Personal Stack

My Stack

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My Stack

Personal Stack

My Stack

Figma Integrations

Slack, Jira, Trello, Dropbox, and notion.so are some of the popular tools that integrate with Figma. Here's a list of all 36 tools that integrate with Figma.

Slack

Jira

Trello

Dropbox

notion.so

Zeplin

Storybook

Framer

ProtoPie

Pros of Figma

Web-based application

Intuitive interface and perfect collaboration

Works on both Mac and Windows

Free software

Great plugins, easy to extend

Interactive, event-based prototypes

Works on multiple OS's

Large community, tutorials, documentation

Hands done the best design tool for collaboration!

Imports Sketch files

No more syncing between Sketch and InVision

Prototyping, design files and comments all in one place

Highly Collaborative

Decisions about Figma

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Figma in their tech stack.

Felix Hungenberg

Graphic Designer & Web Developer at hosting.de GmbH · Jan 9, 2020 | 2 upvotes · 24.5K views

Shared insights

Figma

WebAssembly

Imo Figma is an everywhere-available tool, that uses modern technology (WebAssembly) and intuitive design to let you build awesome things.

Slava Krampetz

CTO at Online-media.ru · Jul 16, 2020 | 2 upvotes · 8.2K views

Shared insights

Figma

It's magical changes in my life. Figma is :

Perfect for Web-design
Impressive in collaboration with other colleagues
Have a really magic components
Doesn't require any software on your computer, all you need is modern browser and enough memory

Jakub Olan

Node.js Software Engineer · Sep 6, 2020 | 17 upvotes · 85.3K views

Shared insights

Last time we shared there information about our decision about using YouTrack over Jira actually we found much better solution that our team have loved. Linear is a minimalistic issue tracker that integrates well with Sentry, GitHub, Slack and Figma which are our basic tools. I would like to recommend checking out Linear as a potential alternative to "heavy" issue trackers, maybe at enterprises that may not work but when we're a startup that works awesome!

Lucas Litton

Director of Strategy at DigitalSignal · Aug 20, 2020 | 1 upvote · 47.4K views

Shared insights

We chose Figma because of the collaboration aspect of it. We are able to work as a team to create designs for web apps, mobile apps, and alike. After creating our designs in Figma we start exporting the assets and designs over to Webflow and Supernova.

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Figma's Features

Online Sketch alternative
Free for small teams
Easy to use

Figma Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Figma?

Sketch

Easily create complex shapes with our state-of-the-art vector boolean operations and take advantage of our extensive layer styles.

InVision

InVision lets you create stunningly realistic interactive wireframes and prototypes without compromising your creative vision.

Adobe XD

A vector-based tool developed and published by Adobe Inc for designing and prototyping user experience for web and mobile apps.

Zeplin

Collaboration app for designers & developers. Supports Sketch and Photoshop (on beta!).

ProtoPie

It is the easiest tool used to turn your UI/UX design ideas into highly interactive prototypes for mobile, desktop, web, all the way to IoT. ProtoPie runs on macOS & Windows and the player app is on iOS and Android.

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