He echoed Belsky that there are no price increases planned, that Figma will always be fully free for education and that he is “very committed” to maintaining a free tier, which fuels adoption.

Users won’t need to have a Creative Cloud subscription to work on a document, he said.Īdditionally, Figma cofounder and chief executive officer Dylan Field pledged that the app will remain free for educational users. “We don’t want to fix something that’s working really well.”įile sharing without additional licensing costs helped fuel Figma’s rapid adoption, and Belsky said this dynamic won’t be changed. But the company has told Bloomberg that the freemium model will remain as-is.įigma’s pricing model will remain “freemium,” Adobe Chief Product Officer Scott Belsky said - meaning that a basic tier will always be accessible without cost. Those using Figma for free were understandably concerned, fearing that Adobe would force them to buy a subscription for the app – perhaps a Creative Cloud one. It’s the largest-ever buyout of a private software company.

The deal is worth an incredible $20B, in a mix of cash and shares, dwarfing Apple’s $3B purchase of Beats back in 2014. The company has also offered some additional reassurances …Īdobe announced its agreement to purchase Figma earlier this month. Adobe has said that the Figma free tier will remain available if the company’s planned acquisition of the collaborative design platform is approved by shareholders and antitrust regulators.

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