Figma

Figma is a cloud-based design platform in which whole product teams work together on the same canvas. Designers, developers and others use it to move from a first idea through prototypes to shipped products, and it now includes AI tools alongside the design and code features.

What Figma offers

• Design canvas: the main space for drawing interfaces, apps and websites.
• Prototyping: turns designs into clickable prototypes that teammates can review and share.
• Online whiteboard: a shared space for brainstorming with a team.
• Developer tools: carry designs through to production so that what is designed is what gets built.
• AI features: let teammates and AI agents work in one space with shared context.
• Community resources: ready-made files, UI kits and plugins that other users publish.

Clients

Design and product teams, plus the developers, writers and researchers who contribute to a product. The site says most large US companies on the Fortune 500 list use it.

Key facts

• Delivery: cloud-based, with an on-premise option noted on the older listing
• Community: designers, plugin creators, illustrators and others