Both tools draw the same interfaces; one never leaves the browser, the other kept a way to own the software outright.
TL;DR
Figma runs in the browser with a free Starter plan, then Professional at $16 per full seat per month billed annually (dev seats $12, collab seats $3), Organization at $55 and Enterprise at $90 — the top two tiers bill annually only. Sketch sells subscriptions per editor: Standard $12, Professional $24 and Enterprise $44 a month billed yearly, Private Cloud on quote — plus a $120 per-seat perpetual licence that keeps the Mac app with one year of updates. Pick Figma for cross-platform, browser-based teams; pick Sketch for Mac-native work with a buy-it-once option.
Figma's pricing page opens with a free Starter plan: unlimited drafts, UI kits and templates, and 150 AI credits a day capped at 500 a month. Professional charges $16 per full seat per month billed annually with 3,000 AI credits, $12 for a dev seat and $3 for a collab seat (500 credits each), and unlocks unlimited files and projects, team-wide design libraries and advanced Dev Mode inspection with an MCP server. Organization rises to $55, $25 and $5 per seat with 3,500 credits for full seats, shared libraries and fonts and centralized admin; Enterprise reaches $90, $35 and $5 with 4,250 credits. Organization and Enterprise bill annually only, and Figma's FAQ notes that seats added mid-term during an annual subscription are invoiced at the monthly price until moved onto the annual plan.
Sketch prices per editor with a yearly discount: Standard at $12 per editor per month billed yearly covers real-time collaboration, unlimited documents, unlimited free viewers, document version history, developer handoff, 50 GB of storage per editor and one workspace; Professional at $24 adds single sign-on, project archiving and permission groups; Enterprise at $44 adds SCIM provisioning, BYOK encryption, dedicated support and custom terms; Private Cloud is quoted individually with a one-time setup fee. Sketch also sells a $120 per-seat perpetual licence for the native Mac app including one year of updates, runs a 30-day trial without a credit card, has no free plan, and is free for education.
| Feature | Figma | Sketch |
|---|---|---|
| Entry paid price | Professional full seat $16/month billed annually (dev $12, collab $3) | Standard $12/editor/month billed yearly |
| Free tier | Starter: unlimited drafts, UI kits, 150 AI credits a day up to 500 a month | No free plan — 30-day trial without a credit card |
| Mid tier | Organization $55 full seat (annual billing only): shared libraries, centralized admin | Professional $24/editor: SSO, project archiving, permission groups |
| Top tier | Enterprise $90 full seat (annual only): advanced security and admin controls | Enterprise $44/editor: SCIM, BYOK, dedicated support, custom terms |
| One-time option | None — subscriptions only | $120 per seat perpetual licence for the Mac app with one year of updates |
| AI credits | 500 to 4,250 per seat per month by plan | No credit meter published on the pricing page |
| Reviewers and storage | Collab seats at $3 for non-designers; storage by plan | Unlimited free viewers; 50 GB per editor |
| Platforms | Browser, Windows and Mac desktop, plus mobile apps | Native Mac app (offline), web app and iPhone/iPad |
Pick Figma if
The browser removes the operating-system question, the free Starter plan lets everyone in before anyone pays, and split seat types — $16 full, $12 dev, $3 collab — stop you from buying designer seats for reviewers. Windows engineers and Mac designers open the same file.
Pick Sketch if
At $12 per editor billed yearly Sketch is cheaper per seat, the $120 perpetual licence ends the subscription question for solo Mac work, and unlimited free viewers mean stakeholders can open files at no cost. Figma has no equivalent buy-once path on any tier.
We collected no independent reviews, ratings or user quotations for Figma or Sketch in this run. Prices come from figma.com/pricing and sketch.com/pricing fetched October 2, 2026; Figma's page rendered its annual view, so the month-to-month figure quoted in the FAQ relies on published price guides rather than that snapshot.
Sketch's Standard subscription is $12 per editor per month billed yearly against Figma's Professional full seat at $16 billed annually, and Sketch also sells a $120 per-seat perpetual licence. Figma answers with a free Starter plan and $3 collab seats for non-designers, which Sketch matches with unlimited free viewers.
Yes — $120 per seat buys a perpetual Mac licence including one year of updates. The subscriptions (Standard $12, Professional $24, Enterprise $44 billed yearly) add cloud collaboration, and Private Cloud is quoted individually with a one-time setup fee.
Yes — Starter is free with unlimited drafts, templates and 150 AI credits a day capped at 500 a month. Sketch responds with a 30-day trial without a credit card rather than an ongoing free tier, though its education programme is free for students and educators.
On Professional, a full seat is $16 a month billed annually, a dev seat $12 and a collab seat $3, each carrying AI credits (3,000 for full seats, 500 for the others). Organization and Enterprise raise full seats to $55 and $90 with annual billing only.
In Sketch, no: unlimited free viewers are included on every subscription tier. On Figma, the $3 collab seat is the lightweight paid option for people who comment and view rather than design, while free viewership is built into the Starter plan.
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