AI prototyping · checked against Figma Make’s own site, 12 Oct 2026
1DesignTool vs Figma Make
Prompt-to-prototype inside Figma with shared AI credits, or a local studio where your own coding agent builds it.
Short answer
Choose Figma Make if your team already lives in Figma and wants prompt-to-prototype next to its libraries, with multiplayer and version history. Choose 1DesignTool if you want the coding agent you already pay for doing the work, locally, with no seats or credits — and designs beyond prototypes.
- Figma Make: in Figma's browser and desktop apps, Professional from $16 per full seat with monthly AI credits
- 1DesignTool: desktop studio, real free tier, Pro $29 once
- Figma Make runs Figma's hosted models; 1DesignTool drives 16 coding-agent CLIs on your plans
- Figma Make on a local codebase is a closed Mac beta; 1DesignTool adopts repos on Mac and Windows today
Figma Make
Figma Make is Figma's prompt-to-app tool, launched in May 2025. It builds functional prototypes and web apps in React and TypeScript, with an optional key-value backend, using a model you pick from Figma's list. Every Figma plan includes AI credits: Starter is free at 150 a day, Professional is $16 per full seat with 3,000 a month, and higher tiers add more. You can download the code, push it to GitHub, publish to the web, or copy designs back to Figma as layers.
www.figma.com/make1DesignTool
1DesignTool is a local design studio. Your own coding agent — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and 13 more — builds prototypes, UI, sites, slides, brand kits, 3D and more in a folder on your Mac or Windows PC. You steer by pointing at the live preview, compare 2–4 variants blind, and every turn runs through a design-kit gate. It can adopt your repo and redesign it on its own branch.
Side by side
| Feature | 1DesignTool | Figma Make |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Price | Free tier; Pro $29 once (1 machine) | Free Starter; Professional from $16 per full seat |
| Where it runs | Desktop app on your Mac or Windows PC | Figma in the browser or desktop app |
| Which AI does the work | Your own coding agent — 16 CLIs supported | Figma's hosted model list, paid in AI credits |
| What it makes | Slides, UI, sites, mobile, brand, 3D, diagrams, docs | Functional prototypes and React web apps |
| What you take away | Real files in a folder: HTML, PDF, PNG, SVG, GLB, ZIP | Code ZIP, GitHub push, publish, Figma layers |
| Your existing codebase | Adopts your repo and edits it on its own branch | Closed beta, Mac only |
| Design work | ||
| Lives next to your Figma libraries | No | Yes |
| Real-time multiplayer | No | Yes |
| Version history | A snapshot every turn, restore and fork | Covers AI and manual edits |
| Several variants, compared blind | 2–4 per brief, then Promote | No |
| Slides, brand kits, 3D, diagrams | Yes | No |
| Cost and control | ||
| Coding agents | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent, Grok, OpenCode, Antigravity, Qwen, Kimi, Amp, Devin, Cline, Hermes, Pi, Oh My Pi, Kiro, Aider | Figma's model list |
| What you pay as you build | Nothing extra — your own AI plan | AI credits; other models can cost more |
| Pricing model | Once, per machine | Per seat |
| Your existing codebase | Mac and Windows, on its own branch | Closed beta, Mac only |
Choose Figma Make if
- Your team already designs in Figma and wants AI next to its libraries
- You need real-time multiplayer and comments
- You want publishing and a lightweight backend built in
Choose 1DesignTool if
- You want your own coding agent and plan, not seats and AI credits
- You design solo or in a small team and want to pay once
- You need slides, brand kits, 3D or diagrams too
- You want to redesign your real repo today, on Mac or Windows
What you get with 1DesignTool
FAQ
Is 1DesignTool a Figma Make alternative?
For prompt-to-prototype work, yes. Figma Make runs inside Figma on its hosted models with seat-based AI credits. 1DesignTool runs on your machine, uses the coding agent you already have, and costs $29 once.
Does 1DesignTool export to Figma?
Not fully. A Figma hand-off exists, but it currently stops before import, so don't plan around it. 1DesignTool's dependable outputs are files: HTML, PDF, PNG, SVG, GLB and ZIP, depending on the template.
Figma Make’s column was read from its own pricing page and docs on 12 Oct 2026; plans change. www.figma.com/make · www.figma.com/pricing · help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/36400680326551 · www.figma.com/blog/figma-make-now-on-your-local-code. Spotted something out of date? Report a correction.
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