Supernova vs Zeplin
No clear leader: Zeplin (74.3) and Supernova (73.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for design handoff. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Supernova
A platform for managing and distributing design system data, documentation, and skills to AI assistants via secure endpoints, keeping AI tools synchronized with current design tokens, components, and code.
Zeplin
A design delivery and handoff platform that sits between design tools and development. It provides versioning, documentation, feedback, and integrations to help designers and developers collaborate with confidence on production-ready specifications.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Supernova
From $35/seat/month. Free tier available.
- FreeFree
- AI context management
- Manual data filtering
- Distribute contexts via MCPs
- Figma and Storybook data sources
- Multiplayer documentation editor
- +2 more
- Pro$35/seat/month
- Unlimited skills
- Dynamic data filtering
- Automatic data source updates
- Page drafts and selective publishing
- Custom documentation domain
- +4 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Nested context composition
- Code adoption tracking
- Content approval and reviews
- Invite-only design systems
- Design system permissions
- +9 more
Zeplin
Free plan available. Paid plans from $12/seat/month (team) or $13.75/month (per-project). Annual billing includes 1-2 months free.
- FreeFree
- Unlimited members per project
- Annotations, Flows, and Approvals
- Screen versioning with version compare
- Screen variants
- Jira, Azure DevOps, VS Code extension, Storybook, Slack, Teams integrations
- +7 more
- BasicFrom $13.75/month per project, annual billing
- Unlimited members per project
- All members can edit projects
- Practically unlimited screens (1,000 per project)
- AI Design Review Beta (20 screens/week)
- AI Organize Beta (10 runs/week)
- +6 more
- Advanced$12 per seat/month, billed annually (2 months free)
- 50 projects
- Unlimited screens per project
- Flow Boards
- Unlimited styleguides
- Unlimited components
- +14 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Advanced
- Unlimited projects
- AI Design Review Beta (20 screens × seats/week)
- AI Organize Beta (20 runs × seats/week)
- SAML-based Single Sign-on (SSO)
- +8 more
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.
- Figma
- Storybook
- VS Code
Supernova
- Tokens Studio
- GitHub
- Azure
- Bitbucket
- GitLab
- Raycast
- Lottie
- React
- Tailwind CSS
- Reach
- Style Dictionary
- Flutter
- Cursor
- Copilot
- Claude Code
- Codex
Zeplin
- Jira
- Azure DevOps
- Slack
- Teams
- Zeplin API
- Webhooks
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.