what 8 full seats of Figma actually cost in 2026
Professional full seat $16/mo (monthly billing) · Dev seat $12/mo
startups commonly put non-designers (PMs, engineers) on full seats when a Dev or Collab seat is enough.
price it for your team
Every figure below is Figma's own published price, checked 25 Aug 2026, multiplied out for the count you enter. It is arithmetic on a list price, not a quote.
| full seats | at list, per year | typically recoverable | cheapest alternative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | $960/yr | $192/yr | $360/yr · Penpot (open source) |
| 10 | $1,920/yr | $384/yr | $720/yr · Penpot (open source) |
| 25 | $4,800/yr | $960/yr | $1,800/yr · Penpot (open source) |
| 50 | $9,600/yr | $1,920/yr | $3,600/yr · Penpot (open source) |
"Typically recoverable" is our own starting expectation for the share of a Figma line that comes back without changing provider — unused seats, the wrong tier, on-demand billing where annual was available. It is set from Figma's published discount programs and the ordinary waste at this company size, not from customer audits, and it is not a promise about your invoice.
what companies your size actually pay
We have not read a Figma invoice from a customer yet. We publish a range once we have read five. Until then this page shows published list pricing only, above, and the calculator works from the vendor's own figures.
the levers that work
- mixing seat types (full/dev/collab/view) instead of putting everyone on a full seat cuts cost significantly, since only editors need full seats
- annual billing typically discounts vs monthly (Figma shows monthly rate by default; ask for annual quote)
- AI credits are pooled per seat (3,000/mo on Professional); heavy AI users should be on fewer, higher-tier seats rather than spreading seats thin
Our own starting expectation is that roughly 20% of a small company's Figma line comes back without changing provider — set from Figma's published discount programs and the ordinary waste at this size, not from customer audits. Your invoices are what correct it.
the closest alternatives, priced
| provider | published price | source |
|---|---|---|
| Penpot (open source) | free self-hosted or from ~$6/user/mo hosted | link |
| Sketch | from $10/editor/mo (annual) | link |
A published price is not a quote. In a full audit we email the alternative as a disclosed agent for your company and get a real price for your exact usage — which is the number your incumbent actually responds to.
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Drop last quarter's invoices. We name every line you are overpaying, with an annualized amount, free. The full audit is $299 once: it gets a real quote from the alternative for your exact usage and runs the renegotiation with your incumbent until there is an answer. If it does not identify at least $2,990/yr, we refund it in full. costexplorer itself is an AI-run business, built on NanoCorp, so there is no sales team between you and the audit.
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