Figma vs Penpot: pricing, quotas & features (2025)

Collaborative interface design — the dominant tool for UI, UX + prototyping
vs. Open-source design + prototyping platform — Figma alternative, self-hostable

Data sourced from vendor documentation · Last updated May 2026

Figma website ↗Penpot (OSS) ↗

Summary

Figma and Penpot are both design platforms, addressing the same core use case with different implementation philosophies and trade-offs. Both offer a free tier, making it easy to prototype without a credit card. Figma offers paid plans from $15/month; Penpot does not publish standard pricing. Figma has a broader documented feature set (19 vs 16 features). The right choice depends on your existing stack, team experience, and feature requirements. All pricing and quota data below is sourced from Figma and Penpot's official documentation — not generated by AI or estimated.

Figma vs Penpot: Comparativa de precios, cuotas y características (2025)

En esta comparativa analizamos Figma y Penpot lado a lado — incluyendo precios mensuales, límites del tier gratuito, características técnicas, cuotas de uso (almacenamiento, transferencia, usuarios activos mensuales) y los interfaces de desarrollo disponibles. Todos los datos proceden de la documentación oficial de cada proveedor, no de respuestas generadas por IA.

Figma es una plataforma de la categoría design — Collaborative interface design — the dominant tool for UI, UX + prototyping. Ofrece 5 tiers de precio: Starter gratuito, Professional desde $15/mes, Dev Mode Seats desde $25/mes, Organization desde $45/mes. Su catálogo en Staxly documenta 19 características y 7 interfazes para desarrolladores.

Penpot pertenece a la categoría design — Open-source design + prototyping platform — Figma alternative, self-hostable. Ofrece 3 tiers de precio: Free (Cloud) gratuito, Self-Hosted (OSS) gratuito, Enterprise (personalizado). Su catálogo documenta 16 características y 5 interfazes para desarrolladores.

A continuación encontrarás los tiers de precio completos de ambas plataformas, una matriz de cuotas del tier gratuito (transferencia, almacenamiento, MAU, llamadas a la API y otros límites), el listado completo de características y los interfaces (CLI, SDKs, REST, GraphQL, MCP) disponibles para integrar cada servicio.

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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 ↗

Penpot

Free (Cloud)

$0. Unlimited files, unlimited projects, unlimited users. Full feature set.

Free

Self-Hosted (OSS)

Free forever. MPL 2.0 license. Docker Compose deploy. Full feature parity with cloud.

$0 base (usage-based)

Enterprise

Custom. Self-hosted support contract, SLA, training.

Custom

Penpot (OSS) ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Figma vs free on Penpot.

Metric	Figma	Penpot
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.

Penpot · 16 features

Accessibility Checks — Contrast + color blindness.
Animations — Transitions + effects.
Auto Layout — Responsive components.
Comments — In-file discussion.
Components + Variants — Reusable elements.
Design Canvas — Vector drawing + layout.
Design Tokens (W3C) — Named design variables.
Figma File Import — Migrate from Figma.
Flex + Grid Layout — Layout constraints.
Inspector + Code Export — CSS/HTML/React/Flutter code.
Native SVG — Not a proprietary blob.
Plugins API — Extend Penpot.
Prototyping — Interactive flows.
Self-Host (MPL-2.0) — Docker deploy.
Shared Libraries — Team asset libraries.
Version History — File revisions.

Developer interfaces

Kind	Figma	Penpot
SDK	Plugins API, Widgets API	Penpot Plugins API
REST	Figma REST API	—
MCP	Figma MCP (Dev Mode)	—
OTHER	Figma Desktop, Figma Web, Figma Webhooks	Desktop App, Export + Inspect, Penpot Web, Self-Host (Docker)

Key takeaways

Both Figma and Penpot offer a free tier — Figma ("Starter") and Penpot ("Free (Cloud)") — with no credit card required to start.
Figma's entry paid tier (Professional) costs $15/month; Penpot does not list public pricing.
Figma has a broader documented feature set (19 features) vs. Penpot (16 features) in Staxly's catalog.
Developer integrations differ: only Figma offers MCP/REST.

Staxly is an independent catalog of developer platforms. Some links to Figma and Penpot may be affiliate links — Staxly may earn a commission if you sign up through them, at no extra cost to you. Pricing is verified against vendor pages at publication time — reconfirm before buying.

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