Comprehensive Software for Both Design and Whiteboarding
January 02, 2024
Comprehensive Software for Both Design and Whiteboarding
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Starter
Overall Satisfaction with Figma
I use the figjam whiteboard for brainstorming ideas, creating concepts, mapping out software features and roadmaps, planning content ideas. For designing UI screens, I use the regular Figma app to create quick mockups as well as high definition UI screens in both desktop and mobile sizes. Since both of these features are in a single app, it is easy for me to switch between planning a software feature, and designing the screens for that feature.
- Sharing designs with others
- Generous free tier
- Good drag and drop support for a variety of file types in both the UI editor and Figjam
- UI editor interface is starting to get complicated compared to early iterations
- Component system has a steep learning curve and is easy to make mistakes
- Figjam post it notes and other text and shape features often feel limiting since they can't be smoothly resized as compared to the UI editor
- Faster iteration time
- Easier sharing with other collaborators
- Easy preview of design on mobile devices
Compared to Sketch and AdobeXD, the Figma app was more flexible as Sketch only supported mac and not windows, while AdobeXD had some key bindings and features that were quite different from both Sketch and Figma. Overall I have been using Figma for several years and gotten familiar with its feature set, which contributes to my continue to using the product compared to others on the market.
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