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Design solutions with Figma
November 29, 2023

Design solutions with Figma

Benedikte Vanderweeën | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Figma Professional

Overall Satisfaction with Figma

I use Figma mainly to replace UI/UX design that I did previously in Adobe XD. Websites and app designs with prototyping to present to the client are the main focus. Other than that, I use it to place illustration work and add moodboards with illustration work to present. I'm still using Adobe Illustrator for most of the vector artwork but from time to time, I also create icons and other vectors in Figma. I did some idea boards with FigJam and this was very intuïtive to work with. My students learn to work with Figma, the different app and screens presets are super handy.
  • FigJam is a good place to collect ideas
  • The web version is handy
  • the community has lots of great files and templates
  • flexibility to work with artboards and prototypes
  • importing .fig files
  • autolayout in program tutorials
  • speed in rendering the prototype
  • the collaboration feature
  • free educational license
  • big community
  • Better product presentation
  • Real life preview of icons and apps
  • speed of design
Figma has a web version, the other programs are not. The speed of design is a lot better in Figma. The presets, the community and the simplicity of the user interface is a big advantage in Figma. Students learn the screen and app presets in a quick and understandable way. The CSS approach with flexbox is integrated in the autolayout, which is not super simple to use, but for development purposes a great asset

Do you think Figma delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Figma's feature set?

Yes

Did Figma live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Figma go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Figma again?

Yes

For vector illustration work, I think Figma is not well suited because the interface is mainly focussed on UI design. The flexibility of the artboards and the prototype works well for presentation, the animation in the ui is also intuïtive and works well. A thing of improvement is the overall user interface when starting the program. The feature to run a real preview of a website like Framer would also be a good improvement.