Figma is the better app overall, scoring 9.0 to 8.4. Figma wins on 4 of the 5 scores, Framer on 1.
Product designers and teams building apps and websites together
Designers, startups and freelancers who want a polished marketing site without code
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Figma | Framer |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Design & Creativity | Design & Creativity |
| Category rank | #3 of 10 | #8 of 10 |
| Developer | Figma, Inc. | Framer B.V. |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | — |
| Android | ✓ | — |
| Mac | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web | ✓ | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Figma better than Framer?
Figma is the better app overall, scoring 9.0 to 8.4. Figma wins on 4 of the 5 scores, Framer on 1.
Which is cheaper, Figma or Framer?
Figma: Free Starter plan; Professional full seats are $16 a month billed yearly, or $20 monthly. Framer: Free plan on a Framer domain; Basic, with a custom domain, starts at $10 a month. On value for money, Figma scores higher.
Do Figma and Framer work on the same devices?
Only Figma runs on iPhone & iPad, Android.
Which is more private, Figma or Framer?
Framer scores higher on privacy (7.4/10). Framer's privacy statement says it doesn't use customer personal data to train third-party general-purpose AI models. You can opt out of the sale or sharing of personal info by email.
Strengths and weaknesses
Figma
- Everyone edits the same file live, right in a browser
- Free Starter plan with unlimited drafts
- Covers design, whiteboards, slides and dev handoff
- Mobile apps are mostly for viewing and commenting
- AI features run on monthly credits
- AI training on content is opt-out on smaller plans
Figma lets a whole team design, prototype and comment on the same file in a browser tab, with nothing to install. Around it sit FigJam whiteboards, Slides, Dev Mode for handing work to developers, Figma Make for turning prompts into apps, and an AI agent that went fully live in October 2026. The free Starter plan covers unlimited drafts. Watch the AI credits, and note that AI training on your content is on by default for smaller plans.
Full Figma review
Framer
- Publish polished sites without writing code
- Hosting and CMS built in, nothing to set up
- Free plan to build and test before paying
- Extra editors cost $20 a month each
- Usage overages for bandwidth, pages and CMS
- No mobile apps for editing on the go
Framer lets you design a website on a canvas, much like Figma, then publish it straight to built-in hosting on a global CDN. A CMS, localization, staging, A/B tests and an AI agent handle jobs that usually need a developer. The free plan is fine for trying it on a Framer subdomain. Costs climb with extra editors and usage overages, so price it out before you commit.
Full Framer review
