About Figma and Penpot

Figma and Penpot are both design tools that provide user interface (UI)/user experience (UX) design, prototyping, collaboration, and developer collaboration.

Figma is a cloud-based design tool that works on a variety of devices and multiple platforms, including Mac, Windows, and Linux; Figma provides a library with many preset components and styles, allowing designers to create multiple design systems that can be reused across projects. It also has excellent collaboration features, allowing users to work together in real time and share comments and feedback.

Penpot is an open source design tool that provides similar functionality to Figma. Penpot provides many libraries, templates, and icons to help you build a design system, and has the same collaborative features as Figma.

Figma is easier to use, more versatile, and better suited for building design systems, while Penpot, being an open source tool, offers more control in terms of security and data privacy, and can be installed and used on your own server, making it suitable for internal use within a company or organization. It can be used.

Differences between Figma and Penpot

Despite being design tools with a common purpose, Figma and Penpot have some differences. Some differences are listed below.

1. operating environment
   Figma is a cloud-based design tool and runs in a web browser. Penpot, on the other hand, is a local-based design tool and must be installed and used on your own server.

2. price
   Figma starts with a free personal use plan, starting at $15/month for commercial use. Penpot, on the other hand, is an open source tool and is completely free.

3. features
   Figma offers a library with many preset components and styles, allowing designers to build a reusable design system. Penpot offers many libraries, templates, and icons to help build a design system, and has the same collaborative features as Figma, but it offers vector illustration tools that Figma does not. It also has vector-based illustration tools that are not available in Figma. 4.

4. security
   Penpot, being a locally based design tool, offers more control over security. Figma, on the other hand, is a cloud-based tool, which means that data is stored on cloud servers and is subject to Figma's security policies.

5. customization
   Penpot is open source and can be freely customized by users. Figma, on the other hand, is limited in the scope of customization.

These differences make Figma and Penpot the best design tools for each situation.