Affinity Designer vs Figma
On the evidence we track, Affinity Designer leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Features
The capabilities each product documents. These tools do not share a category taxonomy, so this aligns what each vendor states rather than a normalised feature set.
| Feature | Affinity Designer | Figma |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced interactions | - | ✓ |
| Advanced micro interaction animation smart animate | - | ✓ |
| Ai design | - | ✓ |
| Architecture model | - | managed_cloud_saas_browser |
| Auto layout | - | ✓ |
| Clickable prototyping | - | ✓ |
| Component libraries | - | ✓ |
| Component variants and property overrides | - | ✓ |
| Css flexbox based auto layout engine | - | ✓ |
| Design token variable mapping colors spacing typography | - | ✓ |
| Dev handoff | - | ✓ |
| Developer mode handoff environment css swift export | - | ✓ |
| Digital painting | ✓ | - |
| Dtp layout | ✓ | - |
| Free available | ✓ | - |
| Platform breadth | Desktop (macOS, Windows) and mobile (iOS) | Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android |
| Plugin ecosystem | - | Figma Community with 1000+ templates, plugins, and community-built integrations |
| Pricing model | - | freemium |
| Raster editing | ✓ | - |
| Real time multiplayer crdt cursor sync | - | ✓ |
| Realtime collaboration | - | ✓ |
| Self hostable | - | ✗ |
| Soc2 type ii | - | ✓ |
| Stateful interactive prototyping with variables and logic | - | ✓ |
| Third party plugin ecosystem api | - | ✓ |
| Vector design | - | ✓ |
| Vector editing | ✓ | - |
| Vector illustration | ✓ | - |
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Affinity Designer
LeaderA comprehensive design tool that integrates vector drawing, photo editing, and layout capabilities with real-time performance, precision controls, non-destructive editing, and broad export support.
Figma
A web-based workspace enabling teams to design, prototype, and hand off products collaboratively, with integrated development tools, real-time teamwork, and AI-assisted design generation
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Affinity Designer
LeaderCompletely free with all features included
- AffinityFree
- Vector design with pen precision, snapping, and alignment
- Symbols and constraints for UI component consistency
- Non-destructive editing
- Real-time pixel previews
- Raster and photo editing tools
- +8 more
Figma
Free viewer access. Subscription plans from $16/month (Professional, billed annually). Enterprise available. Pricing varies by seat type.
- Starter-
- Professional$16/month billed annually
- EnterpriseContact sales
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Affinity Designer
Leader- Canva
Figma
- Zoom
- Supabase
- AWS (Cloudscape design system integration)
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Cursor
- VS Code
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Jira
- Linear
- Notion
- Confluence
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft Copilot
- Zapier
- Trello
- AWS Amplify
- Bubble
- Axure
- Zeplin
- Frontify
- UserTesting
- Userlytics
- +9 more
Affinity Designer or Figma: which one depends on you
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