Figma’s powerful AI-powered prototyping tool is now transforming how designers and non-coders bring ideas to life. The tool that turns text prompts into working apps has exited beta and is ready to shake up the design world.
Figma Makes AI App Creation Available to All Users
Figma Make, the text-to-app tool that transforms natural language descriptions into functional prototypes, has officially launched for all Figma users. After an initial beta period limited to “Full Seat” subscribers, this AI-powered tool is now accessible across all subscription tiers, with different usage capabilities based on plan level.
This puts powerful app creation capabilities into the hands of designers, product managers, and team members who may lack coding skills but have plenty of ideas to test and share.
“Figma Make is a format for collaboration because with a prototype that turns ideas into experiences, we all get to be users of our own product, and that’s how we get conviction about what to build,” says Tara Nadella, Product Manager at Figma.
What Sets Figma Make Apart
Unlike many similar AI coding tools, Figma Make offers a unique advantage, which is design reference integration. Users can upload existing Figma designs or images alongside text prompts to guide the appearance of the final product. This ensures new prototypes maintain visual consistency with established brand styles and design systems.
The tool also stands out with its recent addition of two key features:
- Library import capability: Users can now import existing Figma libraries to maintain consistency in color palettes, typography, and core styling elements across prototypes.
- Supabase integration: This connection to backend database services enables the creation of richer prototypes and web apps with functional data handling.
Access Levels and Limitations
While Figma Make is now available to all users, capabilities vary depending on subscription tier:
- Full seat users get complete access to all AI features including the ability to publish or privately share Figma Make files.
- View, Collab, and Dev seat users can create unlimited Figma Make files in drafts and try AI features available to their subscription tier.
- Starter plan users have unlimited draft access to Figma Make and can share up to three files with their team.
The New AI Credit System
Alongside this broader availability, Figma has introduced an AI credit system that allocates usage based on subscription level:
- Professional plan: 3,000 credits monthly (approximately 50-70 Make prompts)
- Organization plan: 3,500 credits monthly (approximately 60-80 Make prompts)
- Enterprise plan: 4,250 credits monthly (approximately 80-100 Make prompts)
While Figma plans to introduce additional credit purchases later this year, the company states it “won’t be strictly enforcing credit limits for Full seats” until then. However, users with View, Collab, Dev seats, and those on the Starter plan will have lower credit limits that are enforced daily and monthly.
How Teams Are Already Using Figma Make
Early adoption within Figma’s own teams shows how the tool is changing workflow dynamics:
Faster Prototype Creation
What would typically take days of coding can now be accomplished in hours. Figma Product Designers Kelly Hu and Giorgio Caviglia used Figma Make to prototype complex interactions for the new Auto layout Grid feature, reducing development time from several days to just 90 minutes.
“With Grid, mouse heuristics and hover effects came into play. Having the prototype lessened the amount of iteration cycles with engineers because we could simulate the functionality and get to a clearer decision point before they implemented it,” explains Kelly Hu.
Accessible Design for Everyone
Figma Make democratizes the prototyping process, allowing team members without technical backgrounds to contribute to product development.
Researcher Rie McGwier used Figma Make to build a functional Survey Traffic Calculator that incorporated complex mathematical models based on data inputs like weekly active user rates and audience overlap. The interactive prototype helped other team members visualize the problem, sparking discussions about building a minimum viable product.
“Figma Make can supercharge your work, help get buy-in, and unlock new ways to collaborate,” notes McGwier.
The Broader AI Rollout
Figma Make’s general availability comes alongside other AI features exiting beta, including:
- Make and Edit Image: A tool that uses generative AI to create or manipulate images based on text descriptions
- Boost Resolution: A feature that improves low-quality images
These additions position Figma as a more comprehensive platform for the entire design workflow, from ideation through prototyping.
What This Means for Designers and Developers
The widespread availability of Figma Make represents a significant shift in the design-to-development workflow. The tool allows teams to:
- Test multiple design directions quickly
- Get stakeholder feedback on functional prototypes, not just static mockups
- Improve communication between designers and developers
- Bring more team members into the design process
As Gui Seiz, Design Director at Figma, explains: “It’s a mindset shift that encourages you to play, take risks, and come up with more interesting solutions.”
With Figma Make now available across all subscription levels, the company is poised to transform how teams approach ideation and prototyping, potentially shortening the gap between concept and creation for products of all kinds.
