Figma vs Gamma Comparison 2026
Figma gives precise control over every element of an interface or a graphic, free for unlimited solo drafts, then $16 a month for a full seat once collaborators join. Gamma generates a deck, document or small website from a prompt or a pasted document, free for 400 credits at signup, then $9 a seat a month billed annually for 1,000 monthly credits and Gamma's branding removed. Figma is for designing something exactly. Gamma's own guidance concedes the point: anybody needing precise control over every element will find it frustrating, and should be on a real design tool instead.
Interface design and prototyping in a browser
Decks, docs and sites generated from a prompt
At a glance
- Gamma starts cheaper, at $9.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Figma | Gamma | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $16 | From $9 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | None |
| API | Not stated |
Figma
Interface design and prototyping in a browser
Figma is where most interface design happens now, and creators arrive at it for brand kits, thumbnails and anything a developer has to build from later. Files live in the browser and several people can be inside one at the same time without anybody emailing a version. The free Starter plan carries unlimited drafts, which covers solo work. Seats are priced by what you actually do in the file.
Our note
The free tier is genuinely enough for one person maintaining their own brand assets, and the seat split is what makes bringing in an editor or a developer affordable. Penpot is the answer if self-hosting or open formats matter to you.
Gamma
Decks, docs and sites generated from a prompt
Gamma turns a prompt or a pasted document into a deck, a page or a small website, then lets you edit the result the way you would edit a document rather than by dragging boxes around a slide. Everything it makes is responsive, so the same file reads properly on a phone. Credits meter the generation and the free plan starts you with four hundred of them. Export goes out to PDF, PowerPoint and Google Slides.
Why people weigh these two
- Gamma instead of Figma
- Gamma generates decks, docs and sites from a prompt, from $9 with a free tier, for people who want the artefact rather than the canvas.
- Figma instead of Gamma
- Figma gives precise control over every element on the page, which suits anybody a prompt-based layout frustrates, with a free tier and plans from $16.
Which one should you pick
Pick Figma for anything a developer has to build from, or a brand kit that needs pixel-level consistency across thumbnails and merch. Starter is free with unlimited drafts, and Professional is $16 a month for a full seat, with a $3 comment-only seat for a collaborator who does not need full editing rights. It has no prompt-to-draft generation the way Gamma does; every element is placed by hand.
Pick Gamma for a deck or a one-pager produced regularly by somebody who is not a designer: a sponsor pitch, a course outline, a client report. Free gives 400 credits at signup, and Plus is $9 a seat a month billed annually for 1,000 monthly credits and the better image models. Watch the credit consumption rather than the seat price; that is what actually decides the tier needed.
Common questions
- Is Gamma cheaper than Figma?
- At the entry paid tier, yes: Gamma Plus is $9 a seat a month billed annually against Figma's $16 full seat. They do different jobs though, Gamma generating a first draft from a prompt and Figma giving precise manual control over a design.
- Can Figma generate a deck from a prompt the way Gamma does?
- Not in the way Gamma does; Figma includes a daily AI credit allowance on its free plan, but its core workflow is manual design with components and prototyping. Gamma's entire product is turning a prompt or a pasted document into an editable first draft.
- Does Gamma give the same precise control over layout that Figma does?
- No, and its own guidance says so directly: anybody needing precise control over every element on a page will be frustrated by it and should use a real design tool. Figma is built exactly for that kind of pixel-level control.
- How is Figma's pricing structured differently from Gamma's?
- Figma splits seats by role, $16 for a full seat, $12 for a dev seat and $3 for a collaboration seat, priced by what somebody actually does in the file. Gamma meters credits per generation instead, 1,000 a month on Plus at $9 a seat, on top of a flat seat price.
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