Figma vs Hoppscotch
Collaborative interface design — the dominant tool for UI, UX + prototyping
vs. Open-source web-based API development ecosystem — self-hostable + lightweight
Pricing tiers
Figma
Starter
$0. 3 Figma files, 3 FigJam files. Unlimited collaborators. Basic features.
$0 base (usage-based)
Professional
$15/editor/mo annual ($20/mo). Unlimited files, version history, team libraries.
$15/mo
Dev Mode Seats
$25/dev/mo. Read-only access for engineers (alternative to full editor seats).
$25/mo
Organization
$45/editor/mo annual ($55/mo). Design systems, branch + merge, SSO.
$45/mo
Enterprise
$75/editor/mo. SAML, audit log, security reviews, dedicated CSM, HIPAA.
$75/mo
Hoppscotch
Self-Hosted (OSS)
$0. MIT license. Full Hoppscotch Community Edition. Docker Compose deploy.
$0 base (usage-based)
Cloud Free
$0. Personal workspace, syncing, collections. No commercial use restrictions.
Free
Enterprise Cloud
Custom. SSO, audit logs, compliance, dedicated infra, SLA.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Figma vs oss-self-host on Hoppscotch.
| Metric | Figma | Hoppscotch |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Figma · 19 features
- Auto Layout — Flexbox-like layout constraints.
- Branch + Merge — Git-like workflow for designs.
- Comments + Reactions — In-file discussion.
- Components — Reusable + variants + properties.
- Design — Vector + layout tools.
- Dev Mode — Handoff view with code specs.
- FigJam — Whiteboard / brainstorming.
- Figma AI — Generative design + Make Designs.
- Figma MCP — AI agent access via Model Context Protocol.
- Figma Slides — Presentations.
- Inspect + Code Tokens — Extract CSS/iOS/Android.
- Plugin Ecosystem — 10,000+ community plugins.
- Prototyping — Interactive flows + transitions.
- REST API — Read file contents + export.
- SSO — SAML/OIDC (Org+).
- Team Libraries — Shared component libraries.
- Variables + Modes — Design tokens with dark/light mode switching.
- Webhooks — File / version events.
- Widgets — Custom interactive widgets in files.
Hoppscotch · 18 features
- Auth Helpers — OAuth, JWT, Bearer, etc.
- Browser Extension — Proxy through extension.
- Code Generation — Generate curl, fetch, axios, etc.
- Collections — Grouped requests + hierarchy.
- Environments — Variables with inheritance.
- GraphQL Client — Query + schema explorer.
- hopp CLI — Run tests in CI.
- Hoppscotch MCP — MCP server for AI agents.
- MQTT — MQTT client.
- Pre-request Scripts — JS runs before each request.
- Progressive Web App — Install offline-capable PWA.
- Request History — Browser-local history.
- REST Client — HTTP request builder.
- Self-Host — Docker Compose.
- Server-Sent Events (SSE) — SSE stream.
- Socket.IO — Socket.IO client.
- Test Scripts — Assertions on responses.
- WebSocket — WS messages.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Figma | Hoppscotch |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | — | hopp CLI |
| SDK | Plugins API, Widgets API | — |
| REST | Figma REST API | Hoppscotch Cloud API |
| MCP | Figma MCP (Dev Mode) | — |
| OTHER | Figma Desktop, Figma Web, Figma Webhooks | Browser Extension, Hoppscotch Desktop, Hoppscotch Web, Self-Host (Docker) |
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