The Figma price increase hits differently when you're wearing multiple hats – freelancer, full-time designer, and contractor. 🧵

While my full-time job covers the cost, I've seen firsthand how hard it is to justify additional seats to leadership who view it as "just another design tool" rather than the collaboration powerhouse it truly is.

As a freelancer though? That price jump hits my personal budget hard, especially when I'm not using Dev Mode, FigJam, or Slides for every project.

Here's a thought: Why not offer à la carte pricing? Let users choose their tools – maybe just core Figma design features for $10/mo? Not every designer needs the full suite, and flexibility could help maintain accessibility for independent creators.

Figma revolutionized design collaboration, but should accessing industry-standard tools come at the cost of excluding part of the community?

It’s hard actually, Figma is too good to move on but this price change is enough for my team to look for alternatives. The company I’m working on is not a tech-focused so they don’t allocate the budget for us. Ala carte is def a good idea but seems they won’t go that way.