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Figma vs Penpot
Penpot is open-source and self-hosted, whereas Figma is a cloud SaaS with AI features and extensive integrations.
Which to pick
Pick Figma if you want…
- Collaborative UI design & dev handoff
- Integrations with Supabase, React or VS Code (on Figma's list, not Penpot's)
Pick Penpot if you want…
- Open-source full-stack design platform
- Open-source design and prototyping
- Open-source code (penpot/penpot on GitHub, MPL-2.0 license)
- Integrations with HTML, SVG or JSON (on Penpot's list, not Figma's)
Figma: Closed-source collaborative design tool with different pricing model.
Side by side
- What it is
- Figma:Figma is a collaborative design platform that lets teams create, prototype, and hand off UI designs with AI assistance.
- Penpot:Penpot is an open-source design and prototyping platform for collaborative UI, design systems, and AI-enhanced workflows.
- Best for
- Figma:Collaborative UI design & dev handoff
- Penpot:Open-source full-stack design platform
- Who it’s for
- Figma:Designers, developers, and product teams needing shared design and handoff tools
- Penpot:Designers, developers, and AI agents needing scalable, open-source design collaboration.
- Pricing
- Figma:Freemium
- Penpot:Freemium
- Plans
- Figma:Starter Free · Professional (Full seat) $16/mo per month · Professional (Dev seat) $12/mo per month · Professional (Collab seat) $3/mo per month · Organization (Full seat) $55/mo per month (billed annually)
- Penpot:Professional $0 per user/month · Unlimited $7 per editor/month · Enterprise $25 per member/month · Private Server $50k per year
- Open source
- Figma:—
- Penpot:Yes, 60,575 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Figma:Supabase, React, VS Code, CSS
- Penpot:CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON, AI agents
Figma features
- Real-time multiplayer editing. Multiple editors can work in the same file simultaneously with live cursor chat.
- AI design assistance. AI credits enable layer renaming, image editing, and generative design prompts.
- Dev Mode inspection. Developers can view measurements, CSS, and export code directly from the canvas.
- Advanced prototyping. Create interactive prototypes with variables, conditional logic, and smart animations.
- Design systems & libraries. Shared libraries, variables, and theming support consistent branding across teams.
- Figma Make low-code builder. Prompt-based generation of functional prototypes and web apps, with Supabase backend integration.
Penpot features
- UI Design. Create responsive, rules-based interfaces with wireframes, interactive prototypes, CSS Grid and Flex layouts.
- Design Systems. Manage reusable components, native design tokens, and shared libraries for scalable visual frameworks.
- AI Workflows. Integrate any LLM, agent, or AI tool directly into design-to-code and code-to-design pipelines.
- Code Inspection. Export and inspect CSS, HTML, SVG and JSON that match the design, using open standards.
- Open Source & Self-Host. Self-hostable with no vendor lock-in; all core features are open source.
- Unlimited Collaboration. Unlimited teams, unlimited files, and real-time collaboration across roles.
Figma vs Penpot FAQ
Is Figma or Penpot free?+
Figma has a free plan (Starter); paid plans start at $3/month (Professional (Collab seat)). Penpot has a free plan (Professional); paid plans start at $25/month per user (Enterprise).
Which is cheaper, Figma or Penpot?+
Figma starts at $3/month (Professional (Collab seat)) and Penpot starts at $25/month per user (Enterprise); the plans are billed differently, so compare what's included.
Is Figma or Penpot open source?+
Penpot is open source (penpot/penpot on GitHub, MPL-2.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Figma.
Do Figma and Penpot integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list CSS. Figma also lists Supabase, React and VS Code; Penpot also lists HTML, SVG, JSON and AI agents.
On DevHunt
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.