Figma
Good for. Your files and your team already live there, and agents are not part of the work. Vector editing, components with variants, variables with modes, auto layout, live cursors and comments. Designs stay in its own format, with version history and branching on Organization.
Not for. Teams whose agents draw the design. Outside agents draw only in beta, on paid plans, and only if they are approved clients. Free seats get 20 calls a month and can't draw.
Agents. A hosted MCP server, and a local one in Dev Mode. Drawing is in beta on paid plans. The free-seat limit is 20 calls a month.
Price. A free plan with those 20 MCP calls a month. Paid use adds AI credits, on top of whatever you already pay your agent.
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paper.design
Good for. An HTML and CSS canvas, a pen tool, CSS layout, multiplayer, comments, and admin, editor and viewer roles. Several agents can work across file tabs. You can paste in from Figma. There is a desktop app and a Snapshot extension.
Not for. Teams that need components, or variable modes. paper.design has no components yet, and its tokens have no modes yet. There is no hosted server yet.
Agents. Agents can write. The server runs on your machine, with the app open, plus WebMCP in the browser. Agents read comments over MCP. They do not take a job from an @-mention.
Price. Unlimited editors, and 100 MCP calls a week, on the free plan. Pro raises the limit to 1M calls. The meter is weekly MCP calls.
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pen.dev
Good for. Design files on your disk, with agents in its desktop app on Mac, Windows and Linux. Pen tool and point editing, components without variants, variables with themes, and flex layout. Up to 6 agents, by plan.
Not for. A team that wants one cloud file and a link that stays live. Links are snapshots you update by hand. The canvas is .pen JSON, not HTML and CSS. Figma comes in, and does not go back.
Agents. Agents can write, and you can bring your own. The server is local only, with the app open. There is no hosted server, so an agent in the browser cannot connect on its own.
Price. Free is 5 agent-days a month and 1 agent. Model credits, or your own key. Member roles are on Pro. History is through git.
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Wonder
Good for. You want the tool's own AI chat, and you also want outside agents. Components, variables, layout, cloud files, roles, fonts, a Capture extension and a desktop app. Figma import. MCP itself is unlimited.
Not for. A team that already pays for Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor and does not want a second AI bill. Vectors are AI-made SVGs, with no point editing on the canvas. There is no local MCP server.
Agents. A hosted server. Outside agents can write. The AI chat is Wonder's own, metered in tokens.
Price. A free plan with limited AI chat tokens. AI tokens are $20 a seat each month.
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MagicPath
Good for. Its own agents and outside ones generate React screens that you then edit. Auto layout, a hosted server, parallel agents, cloud files, per-design revisions and rollback. Export as an image, to Figma, or as code. Figma import and export. Comments on shared designs, roles, share links, fonts, an extension and a Mac app.
Not for. Teams that design by hand with a full vector editor. Vector editing and components are basic. Variables are themes. The free plan is a small call allowance, then credits.
Agents. A hosted server. Outside agents can write, and several can work at once.
Price. Free is 50 calls a week, and 20 credits a day, up to 120 a month. Credits come in packs.
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Subframe
Good for. A canvas and a coding agent for your codebase. Components, tokens with light and dark modes, flex stacks and breakpoints, and about 50 tools. Multiplayer, comments and share links. History runs from 24 hours to 30 or more days, by plan.
Not for. Brand and product work that needs a pen tool. Subframe has none. A Figma file is rebuilt with AI, not pasted as layers. The web app runs on a credit meter.
Agents. A hosted server. You can bring Claude or Codex, or use its credits. Jobs go through comments, and run as async jobs. The limit is the AI credits.
Price. Free is 1 project. Credits are monthly, and a higher seat tier raises them. Kite's free plan is 3 files, with no AI credits.
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Google Stitch
Good for. A free Google Labs tool where Gemini generates UI and code. A hosted server and an official local CLI. Export to React and HTML. Figma import and export. Comments and share links. Its rules live in a DESIGN.md.
Not for. Teams that want their own agent drawing and editing layers, then reviewing that work in the file. In Google Stitch, agents prompt Gemini to generate screens. There are no variable modes.
Agents. Any MCP agent can connect, and Gemini generates. A daily credit limit caps that.
Price. Free, with a daily credit limit. The sources list no seat price.
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Uizard
Good for. Quick mockups from its own AI. Templates, cloud files, multiplayer, comments and roles. Figma import.
Not for. Any team whose own agents should draw. There is no API to connect them. Templates are not linked component instances. Figma does not export back. Generations are counted.
Agents. Its own AI only. Outside agents cannot write, take a comment job, or run beside each other. There is no hosted server and no local one.
Price. Free is 3 generations a month. After that, generations are the credit.
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Visily
Good for. An agent that reads a design and builds from it somewhere else. Components, themes, cloud files, multiplayer, comments and roles. Export to React, Vue or HTML. Figma import and export.
Not for. Agents that should draw and edit the file itself. The server only reads, and only on Pro or Business. Responsive layout is in the code export, not as auto layout on the canvas. History is paid, kept 7 to 30 days.
Agents. You can bring your own agent. It can read. It cannot draw. Connecting it needs Pro or Business. The limit is credits.
Price. Free includes 300 credits a month. More credits are top-ups.
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Relume
Good for. Marketing sites built from its component library, which it can also host. You can bring Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Codex. Cloud files, version history, comments and roles. Export to Figma, Webflow, React or HTML.
Not for. Screens, brand and product work that is not a marketing site. Auto layout is in the Figma export, not on the canvas. The style guide lists no modes. There is no local server. Agents build and edit sites on paid plans.
Agents. A hosted server, on paid plans, that builds and edits sites. The clients it names are Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Codex.
Price. There is a free plan. Agents build and edit sites on paid plans. No dollar price is listed.
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