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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 screens on your own components, Make prototypes 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.
Side by side
- Summary
Figma's AI turns the design tool into a generator: First Draft produces editable screens from a prompt on your own design system, 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.
- Best for
- Editable first-draft screens generated on your design system
- Prompts to interactive prototypes without leaving Figma
- Design-to-code handoff as an engineering starting point
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
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 July 2026