Best for
Best for businesses and agencies that need legally safe images for client deliverables.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI Design Comparison
Adobe Firefly vs. Figma
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for product teams designing UI and design systems collaboratively.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Adobe Firefly | Figma |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | lower value From $9.99 / month | Free Starter; from $16 / month per full seat Professional full seat; dev seats $12 and collab seats $3. Organization from $55 and Enterprise from $90 per full seat, both billed annually. Every seat carries a monthly AI credit allowance. |
| Free trial | Free tier with 25 generative credits per month | Free Starter |
| Commercial use | Yes, with contractual IP indemnification | Yes |
| Output | Commercially safe images, deeply integrated with the Adobe apps | UI/UX designs and design systems |
| API | Yes, the Firefly API | Yes |
| What it makes | Commercially safe images | UI/UX designs and design systems |
| AI generation | Image generation from a text prompt | AI-generated layouts with First Draft, plus layer cleanup and prompt to code |
| Brand, style and templates | Custom Models carry a house look across hundreds of assets, keeping one character recognisable across scenes and expressions and one set of colours, shapes and textures across a campaign | Design systems rather than brand kits: reusable components, variables for colour, spacing and type, slots, and shared libraries and fonts across an organisation, with a check that compares work against the system; UI kits and templates are included from the free Starter plan |
| Export and handoff | Download as a high-resolution PNG, copy to the clipboard or share directly; a result can also be taken further in Firefly with Generative Fill and Crop and Expand | Dev Mode handoff and prompt to code |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Not stated | Email helpdesk, Community forum |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials |
| Company size | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Not stated | Slack, Jira, Confluence, Linear, Asana, Notion, Zapier, Dropbox, Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, VS Code, Storybook, GitLab, zeroheight, Zeplin, Frontify, Maze, UserTesting, Mixpanel, ProtoPie |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Adobe Firefly From $9.99 / month Figma Free Starter; from $16 / month per full seat
- Free trial Adobe Firefly Free tier with 25 generative credits per month Figma Free Starter
- Company size Adobe Firefly Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Figma Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Commercial use Adobe Firefly Yes, with contractual IP indemnification Figma Yes
- Output Adobe Firefly Commercially safe images, deeply integrated with the Adobe apps Figma UI/UX designs and design systems
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Adobe Firefly
Strengths
- Only major generator with full commercial copyright indemnification
- Trained on licensed data
- Deep Adobe integration
Limitations
- Creative range less striking than Midjourney
- Best value inside the Adobe ecosystem
Figma
Strengths
- The standard for product and UI design
- AI inside the real design file
- Dev Mode handoff to code
Limitations
- Seat-based pricing and credit limits add up
- Overkill for simple graphics
Plans
Pricing
Adobe Firefly
- Free $0 25 generative credits per month.
- Not stated From $9.99 Per month.
Figma
- Starter $0 Free tier. Unlimited drafts, UI kits and templates, 150 AI credits a day and up to 500 a month.
- Professional $16 Per full seat per month; dev seat $12, collab seat $3. Unlimited files and projects, advanced prototyping, 3,000 AI credits a month.
- Organization $55 Per full seat per month, billed annually; dev seat $25, collab seat $5. Unlimited teams, shared libraries and fonts, central admin, 3,500 AI credits a month.
- Enterprise $90 Per full seat per month, billed annually; dev seat $35, collab seat $5. Custom team workspaces, design system theming and APIs, SCIM seat management, 4,250 AI credits a month.
What users say
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Adobe Firefly
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Figma
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
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- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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