Best end-to-end design tool on the market
October 25, 2024

Best end-to-end design tool on the market

Maria Halse Duloquin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Starter

Overall Satisfaction with Figma

I use Figma for enabling prototyping and testing of ideas for client solutions in product design/innovation workshops like Design Sprints and Hackathons. Design tasks can often be left to UX/UI designers only - Figma is collaborative and enables non-tech to also contribute (with copywriting, sourcing images, branding etc) and helps to reduce barriers and understand the product design process. It's now also so much easier to collaborate directly with Developers and reduces the friction of project handover for deployment. The best part for me, is the easy way to test prototypes on target users and receive quick feedback before investing a considerate budget to development.

Pros

  • Collaborative Prototyping
  • Testing prototypes with target users
  • Developer hand-over

Cons

  • The learning curve for non-designers could be easier
  • Figma accelerates the time to data from user testing (1-5 days) which empowers my clients to make decisions faster
  • Including Figma training and templates in my workshops empowers non-tech participants and increases their satisfaction rating (4-5 star rating)
  • Using interactive prototypes in product demos to leadership after a 2-day hackathon cranks up the WOW factor and spotlights the hackathon teams to feel like Rockstars.
For designers I think it's great - but for my use-case we encourage non-tech participants to collaborate on the tool. It can feel overwhelming for many non-designer innovators compared to tools like Canva or Squarespace which have easier "drag and drop" usabilty. But for it's purpose it's very usable, and crucially there is an active community and Instagram accounts sharing cool Figma features and hacks that are very useful
Figma is the go-to design tool that can be pushed to production very easily with developer tools. In my opinion it's the most complete design tool that considers the entire design process including the creation of solid design systems, high-fidelity prototyping, user testing, collaborative iteration and developer hand-over all in the same platform.

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

Figma is the go-to design tool for digital products and is perfect for collaborative designs and where developer hand-over is necessary. Figma's template library and community is very rich and helpful to avoid starting from zero each time. The prototyping functionality for interactive prototypes is the most helpful feature for innovation workshops to get product ideas into the hands of users quickly. Reducing the time to data from testing is crucial and Figma facilitates this perfectly.

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