# Figma vs Zeplin

| Attribute | Figma | Zeplin |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 72.4 (73% (medium)) | 74.3 (39% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | An integrated design and development platform where teams create, prototype, and build products together in real-time, powered by AI-native tools and shared design systems. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"ai_design":true,"auto_layout":true,"dev_handoff":true,"pricing_model":"freemium","self_hostable":false,"vector_design":true,"platform_breadth":"Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android","plugin_ecosystem":"Figma Community with 1000+ templates, plugins, and community-built integrations","component_libraries":true,"advanced_interactions":true,"clickable_prototyping":true,"realtime_collaboration":true}` | `{"ai_design":true,"dev_handoff":true,"pricing_model":"freemium","self_hostable":false,"platform_breadth":"Web application, VS Code extension, integrations with Jira, Azure DevOps, Slack,","plugin_ecosystem":"Official integrations with design tools (Figma) and dev tools (Jira, Azure DevOp","component_libraries":true,"realtime_collaboration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Zoom"},{"name":"Supabase"},{"name":"AWS (Cloudscape design system integration)"},{"name":"ChatGPT"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"VS Code"}]` | `[{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"VS Code"},{"name":"Storybook"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Teams"},{"name":"Figma"},{"name":"Zeplin API"},{"name":"Webhooks"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"freemium","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free","features":["Unlimited drafts","UI kits and templates","150 AI credits/day (up to 500/mo)","Basic design features"],"description":"Free limited access to Figma products","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"files":"Unlimited drafts","ai_credits":"150/day, up to 500/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Professional","summary":"$16/full seat, $12/dev seat, $3/collab seat per month","features":["Unlimited files and folders","Team-wide design libraries","Advanced Dev Mode inspection","Advanced prototyping tools","Easier dev handoff","AI credits included"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"full_seat","amount":16,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"dev_seat","amount":12,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"collab_seat","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For professionals or small teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"files":"Unlimited","teams":"1","ai_credits_dev_seat":"500/mo","ai_credits_full_seat":"3,000/mo","ai_credits_collab_seat":"500/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Organization","summary":"$55/full seat, $25/dev seat, $5/collab seat per month (billed annually)","features":["Unlimited teams","Shared libraries and fonts","Centralized admin tools","Organization-wide design system management","Version branching","SSO (Single Sign-On)","AI credits included"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"full_seat","amount":55,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"dev_seat","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"collab_seat","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For businesses designing across their organization","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"files":"Unlimited","teams":"Unlimited","ai_credits_dev_seat":"500/mo","ai_credits_full_seat":"3,500/mo","ai_credits_collab_seat":"500/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$90/full seat, $35/dev seat, $5/collab seat per month (billed annually)","features":["Custom team workspaces","Design system theming and APIs","SCIM seat management","Enterprise-level security","Scalable design systems","Simpler admin management","AI credits included","Governance+ add-on available"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"full_seat","amount":90,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"dev_seat","amount":35,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"collab_seat","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For businesses designing multiple products or brands at scale","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"files":"Unlimited","teams":"Unlimited","ai_credits_dev_seat":"500/mo","ai_credits_full_seat":"4,250/mo","ai_credits_collab_seat":"500/mo"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"AI credits"},{"name":"Governance+"}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans from $16–$90/month per full seat, billed monthly or annually. AI credits included in all paid tiers.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.figma.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:31:05.402Z","startingPrice":{"amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["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","Zeplin API and Webhooks","Component versioning with version compare","Component variants","AI Design Review Beta (3 screens/week)","AI Organize Beta (3 runs/week)","Chat & email support","Training sessions"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"screens":"100","projects":"1","components":"100","styleguides":"1","version_history_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Basic","summary":"From $13.75/month per project, annual billing","features":["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)","All integrations","Annotations, Flows, and Approvals","Screen versioning, Screen variants","Component versioning, Component variants","Chat & email support","Training sessions"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":13.75,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"1 project, annual billing (1 month free)"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":35.75,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"3 projects, annual billing"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":63.25,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"6 projects, annual billing"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":90.75,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"9 projects, annual billing"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":118.25,"period":"month","currency":"USD","description":"12 projects, annual billing"}],"description":"One flat fee per project, unlimited members","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"1-12 (choice at purchase)","components":"unlimited","styleguides":"1","screens_per_project":"1,000","version_history_years":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Advanced","summary":"$12 per seat/month, billed annually (2 months free)","features":["50 projects","Unlimited screens per project","Flow Boards","Unlimited styleguides","Unlimited components","Permanent version history","Team workspace with centralized management","User Dashboard","Advanced user permissions (Admin, Editor, Developer, Reviewer)","Unlimited reviewers","Role-based access control","AI Design Review Beta (10 screens × seats/week)","AI Organize Beta (10 runs × seats/week)","All integrations including on-prem Jira","Annotations, Flows, and Approvals","Screen versioning, Screen variants","Component versioning, Component variants","Chat & email support","Training sessions"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":12,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Per-seat pricing for teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"screens":"unlimited","projects":"50","components":"unlimited","styleguides":"unlimited","version_history":"forever"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Contact sales.","features":["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)","Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)","SCIM user provisioning","Domain capture","Activity logs","Invoiced billing (bank transfer)","Custom terms (MSA)","Success Manager","Priority support (24-hour SLA)"],"description":"Unlimited projects with advanced security and support","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"screens":"unlimited","projects":"unlimited"}}],"summary":"Free plan available. Paid plans from $12/seat/month (team) or $13.75/month (per-project). Annual billing includes 1-2 months free.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://zeplin.io/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T10:27:08.715Z","startingPrice":{"amount":12,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (UI/UX & Prototyping Tools)

| Capability | Figma | Zeplin |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Design** |  |  |
| Vector UI design | ✓ | - |
| Component / design-system libraries | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto layout / responsive | ✓ | - |
| **Prototyping** |  |  |
| Clickable prototyping | ✓ | - |
| Advanced interactions (variables / conditions) | ✓ | - |
| **Collaboration** |  |  |
| Real-time multiplayer collaboration | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Handoff** |  |  |
| Dev handoff / spec export | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Platform** |  |  |
| Platform breadth (Web / macOS / Windows / Linux / self-hosted) | Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android | Web application, VS Code extension, integrations with Jira, Azure DevOps, Slack, |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Self-hostable / open-source | ✗ | ✗ |
| **AI** |  |  |
| AI design assist | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| Plugin / community ecosystem | Figma Community with 1000+ templates, plugins, and community-built integrations | Official integrations with design tools (Figma) and dev tools (Jira, Azure DevOp |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:13:21.245Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*