Design · replacement recipe

Go from Figma to Figma (free tier)

The job: UI design (UI design canvas, Components and design systems, Real-time collaboration). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
Figma
Figma Professional Collab seat · $5/mo
Year one+$48modeled
To · your pickBest fit
Figma (free tier)
Free plan · $0 a month
Change where you land

The money

$5/mo today $0/mo

Figma Professional Collab seat

Year one, net+$48
Pays back in2.4 months

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 2 of 3 covered

  • UI design canvas
  • Components and design systems
  • Real-time collaboration

The work

Setup
About 15 min
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Doesn't cover: Components and design systems

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from Figma

    Account invoices

    Export steps

  2. Check what Free plan keeps

    Starter: a single team with one folder and 3 design files, unlimited drafts, 30-day version history, 150 AI credits/day up to 500/mo

    Details

  3. Switch to Free plan

    Change the plan in Figma's billing settings before your renewal date.

  4. Check the next bill

    Your next Figma invoice should show the lower price. Check that your data and links still work.

Open FigmaHow to cancel Figma
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 1 ways out, best first

What you use

  • UI design canvas
  • Components and design systems
  • Real-time collaboration

Not covered

  • Prototyping
  • Dev Mode handoff
  • FigJam whiteboard
  • AI (Figma Make)
  • Plugins

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: UI design canvas, Components and design systems, Real-time collaboration
  • Export your data from Figma before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-figma") on the Stackcut MCP server.

1 ways out, best first

Cheaper planFigma (free tier)Saves $48 in year one
$5/mo today → $0/mo · setup 0.25 h · then $60/yr · payback 2.4 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Starter: a single team with one folder and 3 design files, unlimited drafts, 30-day version history, 150 AI credits/day up to 500/mo).
Covers 67% of the core features (not: Components and design systems)
Starter is free with limited files; Collab seat is $3/mo if someone only comments.
How we got this
You pay now: Figma Professional Collab seat$5/user/mo × 1 user$5/mo
New cost: Figma (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$5 − $0+$5/mo
Over 12 months+$5 × 12+$60
Setup, once0.25 h × $50/h−$12
Year one+$60 − $12+$48
  • Not counting your time (0.25 h in year one): saves $60 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: figma.com

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