Figma alternative
A Figma alternative
you can start free
zvena Design is for screens, posters and interfaces, built on the open-source Penpot editor. Components, auto layout, prototypes and inspect mode are on the free plan, for your whole team.
Everyone in the file, on the free plan. The people who design, build and decide open the same file, with inspect mode for everyone and no seat to buy — and the design sits next to the docs and tasks it belongs to.
Inspect mode,
for everyone
Developers pick a layer and get its size, colours, CSS and SVG straight from the design, on the free plan too. Export to PNG, JPG, WEBP, SVG and PDF.
More about DesignNext to its docs
and its tasks
Put a board in a Docs page with /design, and its preview updates when the design changes. Link a design to the tasks in Projects it belongs to, and open one from the other.
How links workSide by side
zvena Design and Figma
What each one gives a team, from Figma's own pages and ours.
| Figma | zvena Design | |
|---|---|---|
| Price and places | ||
| Price for a team | Paid per seat (Full, Dev or Collab); the free Starter plan has one team with 3 design files | ✓Free plan, unlimited members |
| Works in the browser | ✓ | ✓ |
| Desktop app | ✓macOS and Windows | ✓In the zvena desktop app (Windows, macOS, Linux; not yet signed) |
| Phones and tablets | Apps to view, comment and play prototypes | View, comment and play prototypes in the browser or the Android app |
| Designing | ||
| Real-time collaboration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Components and variants | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto layout | ✓ | ✓Flex and grid |
| Prototyping | ✓Variables and conditions on paid plans | ✓With variables and conditions |
| Dev / inspect mode | Dev Mode with a Full or Dev seat on a paid plan | ✓Inspect mode for everyone, on the free plan too |
| Design tokens | ✓Variables; imports W3C (DTCG) token files | ✓Tokens in the W3C (DTCG) format |
| Plugins | ✓Large ecosystem | Penpot plugin API |
| Around the design | ||
| Docs and tasks in the same workspace | Through other apps | ✓Built in: Docs and Projects |
| Your files used for AI training | On by default on Starter and Professional (an admin can turn it off); off on Organization and Enterprise | ✓Never |
Figma is a trademark of Figma, Inc. Compared with Figma's own pages, checked on October 24, 2026; features and plans change over time. Sources: pricing and seats, apps, variables and token import, AI training, localized file hosting.
What's missing
What zvena Design doesn't have yet
zvena is young, and we would rather tell you up front.
- Figma import doesn't bring everythingPages, frames, auto layout, text, fills, effects and components come over; variables stay behind. Imported from inside Design, instances arrive as plain layers; Settings → Import keeps them as components, with prototype links.
- Only Design: no whiteboard, slides or site builderNothing like FigJam, Figma Slides or Figma Sites. Apps you describe are built in zvena Make, outside Design.
- A smaller plugin ecosystemPlugins use the Penpot plugin API; Figma plugins and widgets don't run.
- Editing needs a computerPhones and tablets view, comment and play prototypes. There is no app in the App Store or Google Play yet; the desktop apps are not yet signed.
- No community file galleryStart from our templates instead: a landing page, a mobile app and a UI kit.
Moving over
How to move from Figma
New to the editor? zvena Design is based on Penpot, so the Penpot user guide covers every tool.
- Create your accountSign in with Google, GitHub or an email link. You get a personal workspace and 2 GB of storage.
- Get a Figma access tokenIn Figma: Settings → Security → Personal access tokens → Generate new token, with read access to file content.
- Import into zvena DesignWhole files: Settings → Import → Figma, with the token and the files' links; the token is deleted when the import ends unless you keep it. One file or frame: File → Import from Figma… in a design. A .fig file needs no token.
- Rebuild what mattersRecreate text styles, turn repeated elements into components, set up auto layout and move colors and type into tokens.
- Invite your teamCreate a shared workspace on the Team page and send an invite link with the right role.