2 FREE Figma Alternatives | Adobe Buys Figma

Adobe buys out Figma - one of the top prototyping tools for a reported $20 billion in cash and shares. But, what does that mean for Figma and its users?
Right now, we only have public statements from both companies. But, with Adobe's track record of killing off competing tools, there is warranted uncertainty in the design community.
Before you panic too much, let me show you 2 great free Figma alternatives you may want to check out for yourself.
Spoiler alert: They are damn good tools and should make transitioning from Figma to either of these alternatives relatively easy.
My top free Figma alternatives:
Lunacy: icons8.com/lunacy
Penpot: penpot.app/
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[@armageddon990]

Founder of Icons8 here. I’m impressed by your tutorial; I think it’s the best one I’ve seen so far. I definitely want to see more tutorials of Lunacy! We will include them in our mailings and our documentation.

[@WPTuts]

Thanks for stopping by Ivan and glad you like the video. :) I certainly will be doing some more tutorials on Lunacy over the coming weeks/months. :)

[@lucidcannibal]

Why do I feel like that this platform will have locked premium features as well?

[@wpglob-wordpresstutorials]

Thanks, Paul. As always very helpful content. Liked the Lunacy's features.

[@sumaodutta7356]

I was thinking of starting with figma but I figure I will give these a try now. More detailed video on Lunacy please Paul. And as always thank you for bringing us the best content. You are my guru

[@charlesmagno28]

did you use Lunacy ?

[@katjalange528]

Great content. thanks a lot.Really enjoyed the video. I was heading for figma for report design, but now I ´m looking for these two tools and let the team decide what they want to go with. Well done.

[@KlaudiusL]

Great video, thank you! quick question: what about exporting options for dev, like CSS, color palette, dimensions ?

[@JorgeIhlenfeldUT]

Thanks you very much Paul for this and many other tutorials. On track to adopt Figma, but hesitant to this transition to Adobe (and a simple matter of cost). So please... More detailed Lunacy videos...!!!

[@ChristinaMcKay]

Thanks for the alternatives. This was already announced 4 days back. i was wondering why so few people talk about this.

[@abhishekkdev]

Helpful video. Will try both. Thanks

[@stevestapelberg9163]

A tutorial on Lunacy would be appreciated. Thx in advance.

[@ancientimmie]

I'd be in favor of a Lunacy tut. It looks awesome. Thank you for these two alternatives. Awesome tuts as always.

[@dianagreenspells]

Thank you so much for this video!🌞

[@Line49Design]

Good timely topic. There are a ton of tools. I like UXPin. Unlike Figma, UXPin screens are text selectable web pages. Do a mockup and hand it off, then the builder can get images and text out of it without a separate step.

[@gashumba888]

Too expensive for most and the free one is pretty much useless.

[@bertminderbertminder6741]

Thanks for this video. The first thing that came to mind when I heard the news was to delete Figma and find a new software.

[@obinnaokafor6252]

Thanks. Please do some videos on Lunacy

[@globdug8132]

Thank you ! I'm trying Lunacy and I'm loving it.

[@sameerhussain2579]

But it doesn't requires any sort of installation. The one you see on your desktop is just a client software.

[@bazimtsweni5343]

Thank you for Lunacy.. just what I needed, I hope they paid you for this🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bubbled8794]

Thank you so much! I am currently studying UI/UX and I use Adobe Xd unfortunately XD the new version isn't free anymore I moved to Figma and currently looking for other free web design tools.

[@bradleylambert3284]

Off topic but do you have a recent studio tour and why you use the tools and hardware you do? Love to see that, also your take on those Tannoys etc.

[@WPTuts]

I do have a recent video, but will be doing another one soonish as there’s some changes and I’m using 2 setups. Here’s the studio one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jonJYWarf6ian6s The Tannoys are good, but I’ve replaced them with my Adam Audio T7V’s which are superior and smaller.

[@juliandavidac]

Thank you, very helpfull

[@technexusgr]

Please make a tutorial for both !

[@hopelubkin7721]

+1 for tutorial for Lunacy

[@thijs7504]

Yes please ! A tutorial would be great !!!

[@josgrinsven7558]

I would like a mockup tutorial of Lunaci

[@deepsoul2012]

great video! one question: what about the copyright to all those icons and photos? am I allowed to use this on my website?

[@WPTuts]

You’d need to check out the license info on the icons8 website.

[@nhsareng]

Yes, want a tutorial....

[@armageddon990]

+1

[@dorian1370]

Yes tutorial lunacy !

[@designdrudge]

Adobe: “We bought Software XYZ for $20,000,000” Also Adobe: “We can not include the new app in the ‘all apps’ subscription, because you know, our developers continue to develop innovative solutions for you...” Adobe becomes more and more like Microsoft or Facebook the bigger they become. Eliminate competition by assimilation.

[@synjarimyriam]

That has been ongoing for many MANY years lol

[@designdrudge]

@@synjarimyriam Since they bought Macromedia. But until recently all acquisition was included in the “all apps” subscription. Since they acquired the 3D software they let you pay extra. They even wanted to get rid of Dimension until their customers complained and Dimension was back. As a heavy XD user I’m concerned now for those reasons.

[@synjarimyriam]

@@designdrudge Yeah Macromedia immediately came to mind. I've been trying to pry myself from Adobe's grip but its hard.

[@designdrudge]

@@synjarimyriam Im around since Photoshop 2.0. Generally I’m happy with the set of products, but recent policy changes let me pay more attention. I hope the acquisition of Figma will accelerate XD or replace XD but not put Figma into another ”extra“ that you have to pay for.

[@gashumba888]

When Adobe bought Macromedia back in 2005, they also acquired a very nice piece of software called Fireworks and killed almost immediately. This is not new to Adobe.

[@tamis5908]

Please do a series on Lunacy!

[@andrewdowniephd]

I like the look of both of these so tutorials would be very nice please.

[@WPTuts]

Coming soon! They are great tools (as is Figma) and I'll be covering them more in the coming months for a range of different topics. :)

[@gashumba888]

I am leaning towards Lunacy, but it seems the pros on KZbin are going with Penpot. Considering Penpot just closed a round of funding, it may start to push out some promotions to get more gurus to support it.

[@Winstonbee3366]

It’s the Adobe way. If you can’t beat ’em you buy them out. Quick (not complete, just what I can remember offhand) history of what Adobe has bought: Freehand (folded into Illustrator), Pagemaker (folded into InDesign), and if memory serves me correct, they bought Photoshop. Still it’s a bit depressing. I was about to learn Figma, but now Maybe not. Let’s just hope they don’t buy out Affinity.

[@WPTuts]

Sadly very true. They've killed off way too many great tools. The Macromedia buyout still annoys me as they killed off a lot of really great apps.

[@badcatdesign]

It's true for (CoSA's) After Effects and others too. What Adobe does bring though (most of the time) is a generally consistent UI as well as a decent clipboard and/or way to "round-trip" files from one app to another with less hoop jumping to make it all work. Of course, that comes at price - or... an ongoing monthly never-ending fee.

[@tamis5908]

@@badcatdesign I find Adobe's interfaces way too cluttered - I switched to Affinity 4 yrs ago and have never looked back. I've been using Lunacy for awhile - never did use Figma much as I like working offline for dev. Affinity lets you round trip too - and its an inexpensive 1 time purchase for each program with free upgrades.

[@sreyadas4890]

heyy that's awesome.. but how we get the css of any design in Lunacy?

[@WPTuts]

Select the object and press F4 to access the CSS code for it.

[@MichaelFidelis]

Master P at it again! Thanks Paul!

[@saimasadia513]

Yes, want a tutorial.

[@harshalshahu6029]

thank you sir.

[@JimKernix]

I had no idea Figma got bought by Adobe. I've been learning over the last week or so. Let's hope they don't get rid of the free version.

[@WPTuts]

Fingers crossed!

[@gashumba888]

I would say continue learning Figma as it has a lot of structured courses available, and it will be an easy transition to Lunacy or Penpot.

[@mischform_ch]

Hopefully, they will release the best of both worlds as a new Adobe app. I definitely prefer Figma but XD also has it's UX advantages.

[@gashumba888]

The problem with Adobe is pretty much the bundling and charging high fees to use their software. I also hate the extra sh*t they add to my PC that gives me the privacy jitters.

[@mrmalio]

Good Job

[@obinnaokafor6252]

I love Lunacy ❤❤

[@meisterleise]

I remember how Adobe once killed Freehand. Thanks for this hints! Adobe, you didn't get us into your cloud!

[@christianhoper9378]

We are in the unfortunate position of needing to migrate from XD.. Figma seems good.. but dev mode pricing is a joke... and Pixso seems like a bit of a rough alternative.. but an option.. just that they don't support adobe fonts like Figma does so that's a big issue. They only support fonts that are downloaded to your machine.. not adobe CC fonts.. I have reached out to support and they have been useless.. doesn't bode well!

[@Daniele77ba]

Hi! Just trying Lunacy, but I'm I the only one that experienced ZoomIn/ZoomOut issue (on 2 different mac)? Can't do it via cmd+/- neither with just +/-

[@Icons8]

We've just checked zoom, and it works both via cmd +/- and +/-. Please try restarting Lunacy. If it doesn't help, let me know what macOS you have, and I'll do my best to help you 🙂.

[@4thfugee]

ty

[@ahmadsulaiman247]

Pls do lunacy tutorials for us sir

[@gerdwillemen]

Tutorial ❤❤❤

[@rogerio8710]

Lunacy, please.

[@vyteniskuciauskas]

Some time ago I was using avocode

[@chrisbenn]

Why would you use Figma if you have 100% free alternatives?

[@WPTuts]

If you're looking to collaborate or get a job in the industry, Figma is one of the most popular tools. That's one good reason to learn it. :)

[@chrisbenn]

@@WPTuts Thank you for your reply! :) Ah offcrouse! :) So, not really a practical reason? A 100% free alternative could be better, but because of the reason you said, too many will use Figma? And you said in the video you used Figma for a few months - What did you use before? How did you start your design process on a new website if you did not use Figma? :)

[@nested9301]

Figma is fast bro and has some neat features

[@rashaadhartley]

What are the alternatives?

[@chrisbenn]

@@rashaadhartley Dude! How can you ask that?! LOOK AT THE FREAKING TITLE OF THE VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sebabatsomashego7988]

should i still learn figma?

[@WPTuts]

I don't see why not. Until we know more, it's still free and one of the most popular prototyping tools out there. Plus, learning and understanding it will help transition and use tools like those covered here today.

[@danielrindraniaivo1553]

more tutorial please John

[@WPTuts]

Who’s John? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@danielrindraniaivo1553]

@@WPTuts owh so sorry!I don't know why I said that!

[@vanheber6080]

Lunacy is good, but need be more polished.

[@zlobert9877]

Cant really decide between these two..

[@WPTuts]

I’ve found Lunacy is a bit more stable in use.

[@zlobert9877]

@@WPTuts that was quick! Thanks alot!

[@firstlast493]

It's happened now

[@zyxyuv1650]

20 billion is utterly insane for Figma. That's 5 times more than Disney paid for *Star Wars.* I mean come on, this little vector UI design/mockup app they worked on for a few years is 5X more valuable than the biggest entertainment movie franchise ever? You better bet Adobe will be heavily monetizing it and removing free access in various ways. Figma is ruined, I would not recommend learning it or relying on it for anything at this point.

[@leth_5016]

Figma Why!!!😭

[@WPTuts]

My reaction exactly!

[@antonichristian5845]

20 billion reasons...

[@letsgetto1millwithoutvids]

I hope adobe keeps it free figma is the easiest to use pen pot and others are trash lunacy is meh the maniplulation of vectors in figma is just so much easier and less hastle

[@skyfuzzball8312]

Well, never

[@Valeras]

Now this is an alternative - *Canva* 👍

[@hopelubkin7721]

Ha. Ha. Canva is my #1 when I need to design smth quickly like ads. But I used Figma for my UI designs, and now I do it in Lunacy. It was surprisingly easy to switch from Figma, though I miss auto-layout a bit.

[@tamis5908]

@@hopelubkin7721 I think I heard Lunacy is adding auto-layout.

[@bradzimmer239]

For now download figma, and turn off all updates. We all know Adobe is going to rape us on monthly subscriptions.

[@Rob-ib8xw]

Adobe sucks

[@kevinschmidt2210]

They remind me of Microsoft Office. You pay hundreds of dollars for hundreds of whistles and bells you will never use. Open source is the giant killer.

[@tamis5908]

Agreed. Try Affinity products instead. You'll love 'em.

[@cuberwarriorstudent7838]

Could you please conduct my interview it would be a major boost for my carer I age 15 and my name is Matthew I am current employed at a software House(rsfsoft)