Figma vs n8n

Collaborative interface design — the dominant tool for UI, UX + prototyping
vs. Source-available workflow automation — fair-code, self-host or cloud

Figma website ↗n8n website ↗

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

Figma website ↗

n8n

Community (self-host)

Source-available (fair-code). Free forever. Full feature set self-hosted.

$0 base (usage-based)

Cloud Starter

€20/mo annual (~$22). 2,500 workflow executions. 5 concurrent. 1 shared project. Unlimited users.

$22/mo

Cloud Pro

€50/mo annual (~$55). Custom execution volume. 20 concurrent. 3 shared projects. 7-day insights.

$55/mo

Cloud Business

€667/mo annual (~$735). 40,000 executions. 30 concurrent. 6 projects. Self-host option. SSO, SAML, LDAP. Git version control.

$735/mo

Enterprise

Custom. 200+ concurrent. Unlimited projects. SLA. 365-day retention.

Custom

n8n website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Figma vs starter on n8n.

Metric	Figma	n8n
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.

n8n · 19 features

500+ Integration Nodes — Apps, SaaS, DBs, cloud services, AI models.
AI / LangChain Nodes — AI Agent, Chain, Memory, Vector Store nodes out of box.
Audit Logs — Enterprise compliance logging.
Code Nodes (JS + Python) — Drop-in custom code nodes with full data access.
Credentials Vault — Encrypted credentials per service.
Environments — dev/staging/prod environments.
Error Workflows — Global + per-workflow error handlers.
Execution History — Full run log with inputs/outputs per node.
Expression Editor — JavaScript expressions for data mapping.
External Secrets — HashiCorp Vault + AWS Secrets + Azure Key Vault integrations.
Git Version Control — Version workflows in Git (Business+).
HTTP Request Node — Full-featured HTTP client node (any REST API).
Queue Mode — Redis-backed execution queue for scaling.
Schedule Triggers — Cron-based triggers down to the minute.
SSO + SAML + LDAP — Business+ authentication.
Sub-Workflows — Reusable child workflows.
Variables — Global variables + per-workflow variables.
Visual Editor — Drag-and-drop flow builder. Node-based canvas.
Webhooks — Webhook triggers + responses.

Developer interfaces

Kind	Figma	n8n
CLI	—	n8n CLI
SDK	Plugins API, Widgets API	—
REST	Figma REST API	n8n REST API
MCP	Figma MCP (Dev Mode)	n8n MCP
OTHER	Figma Desktop, Figma Web, Figma Webhooks	n8n Editor UI, Webhook Triggers

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