Figma vs Slack comparison

By starting price alone, Slack is $11.25 cheaper. But price is not everything, so check the highlighted rows in the table below.

Figma and Slack compared side by side in Design and collaboration tools.

CurrencyUSDKRWEUR

Figma

Collaborative design tool for designing UI, app and web screens together in the browser, through to prototypes

What is good

  • Real-time co-editing in the browser with no installation
  • Strong developer handoff (Dev Mode) and plugin ecosystem
  • Industry standard for UI design, so there are many resources and templates

What could be better

  • Seat types (Full, Dev, Collab) are split, which makes pricing complicated
  • Not suited to print or photo editing

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Slack

Channel-based work messenger supporting a huge number of app integrations and huddles (voice calls)

What is good

  • Most app integrations
  • Clean channel and thread structure
  • Strong for collaboration with overseas partners

What could be better

  • Free plan hides messages older than 90 days
  • Costs get heavy as headcount grows

Slack official site

At a glance

Highlighted rows are where they differ.

ItemFigmaVisit siteSlackVisit site
Starting price$20+Converted from official price$8.75+Official USD price
Free tierFree plan availableFree plan available
Korean supportGoodGood
What you can do for freeStarter (free): unlimited files, 3 projects, 2 editing members, 30-day version history. FigJam whiteboards are also free to use90-day message history, 10 app integrations, 1:1 huddles only, 1:1 messages only with outside organizations, basic AI features
Team size limitFree has 2 editing members and unlimited viewers. Paid has no limit on people (billed per seat)No limit on people
Good for
  • Designers and planners who make app and web screens
  • Startups that work with developers
  • Development teams
  • Startups
  • Teams working with overseas partners
TypeDesign and collaboration toolsDesign and collaboration tools
CategoryDesign, WhiteboardMessenger
CompanyFigma, United StatesSalesforce, United States
Plans
  • Professional: Full seat yearly billing $16
  • monthly billing $20, Dev seat $12
  • $15, Collab seat $3
  • $5 (team libraries, unlimited projects, unlimited version history)
  • Organization: Full seat $55, Dev $25, Collab $5 (yearly billing only, organization-wide design system, SSO, audit log)
  • Enterprise: Full seat $90, Dev $35, Collab $5 (advanced security, dedicated support)
  • Pro: monthly billing $8.75
  • yearly billing $7.25. Unlimited message history and integrations, group huddles, canvases, lists
  • Business+: $18
  • $15. Full AI features, workflow conditional branching, SAML SSO, SCIM, 24-hour support
  • Enterprise+: contact sales. Enterprise search, audit log, unlimited workspaces
Pros
  • Real-time co-editing in the browser with no installation
  • Strong developer handoff (Dev Mode) and plugin ecosystem
  • Industry standard for UI design, so there are many resources and templates
  • Most app integrations
  • Clean channel and thread structure
  • Strong for collaboration with overseas partners
Cons
  • Seat types (Full, Dev, Collab) are split, which makes pricing complicated
  • Not suited to print or photo editing
  • Browser gets heavy with large files
  • Free plan hides messages older than 90 days
  • Costs get heavy as headcount grows
  • Lacks features such as approvals and attendance that Korean business messengers have

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Prices converted at 1 USD = ₩1,327.84 (2026-10-20). Original price shown in brackets. Taxes as listed by each provider.

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