Figma Make
Shares rank 10 of 14 AI app builders by recommenders
People recommend it for quickly generating app concepts and prototypes that need little adjustment in Figma. Critics say its output often ignores existing components, tokens and brand guidelines.
People recommend it for quickly generating app concepts and prototypes that need little adjustment in Figma. Critics say its output often ignores existing components, tokens and brand guidelines.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 40%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Quick prototypes and one-shot pages
“I've found that Gemini 3 in Figma Make works very well at one-shotting a page when it actually works”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Claude Opus 4.5” “Pretty good at making app concepts that are well designed, and you can try it out on a free plan.”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Non-tech background, choosing between using CLaudeCode and CodeX” “can make pretty good prototypes that need very little adjustment back in Figma”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “Figma's woes compound with Claude Design” Free plan to try it
“Pretty good at making app concepts that are well designed, and you can try it out on a free plan.”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Non-tech background, choosing between using CLaudeCode and CodeX” “Figma Make was at least useful for the free tokens.”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “Figma restricts MCP access to whitelisted clients, excluding Pi”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Ignores components, tokens and brand guidelines
“It generates pages that ignore your components, skip your tokens, and treat every screen like a fresh snowflake.”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Claude Design” “I couldn't even import our brand guidelines into make which is already a .fig”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “I design with Claude more than Figma now” Only generates React or HTML code
“figma make to do these things, and it's much worse. It can only generate react code”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Claude Design” “Figma Make first renders an HTML/React app with your design.”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Claude Design” “it is very limited in the types of code bases it can work on”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “Figma restricts MCP access to whitelisted clients, excluding Pi” Weaker than rival prompt tools
“I didn't want yet another lovable.dev or v0 with figma make”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “Figma's woes compound with Claude Design” “a strictly more powerful design prompt than figma make”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “I design with Claude more than Figma now” Underwhelming, walled-garden tool
“stays in their walled garden without practical utility”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Thoughts and Feelings Around Claude Design” “The Figma Make thing was incredibly underwhelming”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Claude Design”
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The four most recommended other AI app builders, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovable | 73 | 77 | 49% | 11 | — | — |
| Replit | 51 | 39 | 57% | 11 | 9 mo3 owners | — |
| Squarespace | 23 | 23 | 50% | 11 | — | — |
| Bolt.new | 20 | 14 | 59% | 9 | — | — |
| Figma MakeThis page | 6 | 9 | 40% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it is very limited in the types of code bases it can work on”
“Figma Make was at least useful for the free tokens.”
“Pretty good at making app concepts that are well designed, and you can try it out on a free plan.”
“a strictly more powerful design prompt than figma make”
“I couldn't even import our brand guidelines into make which is already a .fig”
“I didn't want yet another lovable.dev or v0 with figma make”
“can make pretty good prototypes that need very little adjustment back in Figma”
“stays in their walled garden without practical utility”
“figma make to do these things, and it's much worse. It can only generate react code”
“It generates pages that ignore your components, skip your tokens, and treat every screen like a fresh snowflake.”
“Figma Make first renders an HTML/React app with your design.”
“The Figma Make thing was incredibly underwhelming”
“Figma Make is actually extremely impressive.”
“I've found that Gemini 3 in Figma Make works very well at one-shotting a page when it actually works”
“It is the Claude Code, Figma Make products that make them productive.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.