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Figma AI (Make / First Draft) vs Bolt (StackBlitz)
A plain-English comparison to help you choose between them.
Both turn intent into interfaces; they differ on which artefact survives: Figma's AI keeps the work in design space, Bolt ships running code from the first prompt. Pick Figma AI when iteration, testing and fidelity to a design system matter, First Draft laying out screens from Figma-built libraries, Make making your own designs clickable without a hand-off, everything accumulating in the files the team already works. Pick Bolt when the prototype should be a real full-stack app in the browser, code visible and editable throughout, packages installing in seconds, deployed from the same tab, with Figma imports converting to code with unusual fidelity when the design already exists.
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- Summary
Figma's AI turns the design tool into a generator: First Draft produces editable screens from a prompt using Figma-built libraries, with generation on your own design system not yet available, Make converts designs and descriptions into interactive prototypes and working front-end code, and smaller assists handle content replacement, image cleanup and smart search across files.
The output is the point: not pictures of interfaces but real Figma files and structured code, editable by designers and usable by engineers. That keeps AI work inside the team's existing system rather than beside it.
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It accelerates drafts and mechanical revisions; finished production design still comes from designers refining what it starts.
- Best for
- Editable first-draft screens generated from Figma-built libraries
- Prompts to interactive prototypes without leaving Figma
- Design-to-code handoff as an engineering starting point
- Mechanical revisions executed by prompt
- AI that lands in real files, not flat mockups
- Cost
- Freemium (Free tier + paid plans)
- Ease
- Openness
- Hosted service
- Data
- Designs and prompts stay within Figma's platform terms, with admin controls on AI features for enterprise plans. Make output is a prototype starting point, not production code, so review before anything ships.
- Summary
Bolt builds, runs and deploys full-stack web apps from a prompt, entirely in the browser: the agent generates the project, a real runtime executes it instantly, and the live preview updates as you talk. Packages install in seconds and the terminal is right there when you want it.
It spans the modern JavaScript framework landscape, wires databases and auth through integrations, and deploys from the same tab. The in-browser runtime is the distinctive piece: no cloud VM, no local setup, just code running where you prompt.
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It is a prototyping and building surface with real code underneath; production hardening remains a developer's job.
- Best for
- Full-stack web apps generated and running in the browser
- Live preview that updates as you iterate by prompt
- Modern JavaScript frameworks scaffolded from a description
- Database and auth wired through integrations
- Deploying the prototype from the same tab
- Cost
- Freemium (Free tier + paid plans)
- Ease
- Openness
- Hosted service
- Data
- Projects run in-browser on StackBlitz infrastructure; exported code is yours to take anywhere.
Pricing
- Figma AI (Make / First Draft)
Free$16/user·$55/user·$90/user
Prices as of August 2026.
- Starter
- Free
- Professional
- $16per user, per monthbilled annually; $20 per user per month if billed monthly
- Organization
- $55per user, per monthbilled annually
- Enterprise
- $90per user, per monthbilled annually
- Bolt (StackBlitz)
Free·from $25from $30/user·Custom
Prices as of August 2026.
- Free
- Free
- Pro
- from $25per monthbilled monthly
- Teams
- from $30per user, per monthbilled monthly
- Enterprise
- Price on applicationno list price published
By area
Where each one pulls ahead, area by area.
| Area | Figma AI (Make / First Draft) | Bolt (StackBlitz) |
|---|---|---|
| By job | ||
| Founders & entrepreneurs | what accumulates is Figma files a first designer will inherit rather than replace, so the exploring leaves an asset behind instead of being cleared away | the prototype is built to be thrown away once it has answered its question, which is the whole phase rather than a shortcoming of it |
| Product management | the prototype is generated from the team's own files, so it looks like the product because it was built out of it rather than described to resemble it | the project's files are open to change directly, so an approach the prompt keeps getting slightly wrong can be corrected in place instead of described again |
| By task | ||
| Design, UI & prototyping | Figma AI (Make / First Draft) comes back polished enough that stakeholders assume the product is nearly done, which is an expectation to set explicitly rather than a compliment to accept | Bolt (StackBlitz) hands over a running prototype instead of a video of one, so what gets reviewed is the behaviour itself |
Common questions
Who steers each tool best?
Figma rewards people who think in design systems, designers and PMs working visually, with generated code as an engineering starting point rather than a deliverable. Bolt is code-first by temperament: it rewards a builder willing to steer the build and glance at the files, its own positioning placing it with developers who want to see what the prototype is made of.
What does the Figma-to-Bolt path look like?
Surprisingly practical: Bolt reads Figma imports with unusual fidelity to brand detail, so a designed concept can jump from design space into running code without a manual rebuild. That makes the pair sequential more than rival, design truth established in one, working software stood up in the other, with a developer hardening anything customer-facing before it ships.
What are the metering models?
Figma's AI ships as a credit allowance on every plan, the free tier included and paid tiers raising it, so the marginal cost of drafting is effectively zero for a design team. Bolt runs a free tier for trials with paid tiers metering usage by tokens, which rewards focused sessions and makes heavy meandering iteration a real cost, worth confirming on the vendor page before a team leans in.
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Tool facts last checked August 2026