FLUX vs Figma
A feature-by-feature comparison of FLUX and Figma across 7 capability categories.
Modalities — Figma Wins
| Feature | FLUX | Figma |
|---|---|---|
Text Input | Yes, requires free plan. Text prompts drive FLUX text-to-image on the BFL API and open-weight inference. | Yes, requires free plan. Canvas, comments, and the Figma agent take prompts. Starter includes limited AI credits. |
Image Upload / Vision | Yes, requires plus plan. FLUX.1 Kontext and Fill/Expand endpoints take images for editing. Hosted API is pay-as-you-go. | Yes, requires free plan. Place images; AI image editing and Weave tools. Agent can add images/files. |
Image Generation | Yes, requires free plan. Core product: FLUX.1 [schnell]/[dev] locally, plus FLUX.2 Pro/Max/Flex/Klein via API. | Yes, requires plus plan. Weave tools generate images and vectors. AI credits: 500/mo on Starter, 3,000/mo on Professional Full ($16). |
Voice Mode | No. Not a conversational voice product. Docs mention synchronized audio on some FLUX 3 video paths; that is generated soundtrack, not a voice loop. | No. Audio conversations exist for collab. That is not a voice-assistant loop. |
Video Understanding | No. FLUX 3 docs talk about generating video, not Q&A over uploaded video. | No. Video in prototypes / Figma Motion. The agent does not watch YouTube as a vision model. |
Video Generation | No. Not a video generation product. | No. Not a video generation product. |
File Upload (PDF, DOCX) | No. Inputs are prompts and images, not PDF/DOCX. | Yes, requires free plan. Import files; Make can add images and files. Not a PDF-chat product. |
Code Execution | No. You run inference code; the model does not execute your Python. | Partial. Figma Make and MCP can produce code/PRs. That is codegen, not a Python sandbox in chat. |
Audio Input | No. No audio-file input is documented for image endpoints. | No. Not a speech-to-text product. |
Canvas / Artifact Editor | Partial. Kontext/Fill/Expand are image editors via API, not a chat canvas. | Yes, requires free plan. The product is a multiplayer canvas. |
Screen Sharing / Computer Use | No. No computer-use product. | Partial. Observation mode / audio conversations. Not computer-use of your OS. |
Memory & Context — Figma Wins
| Feature | FLUX | Figma |
|---|---|---|
Persistent Memory | No. Each generation is a job. No user memory layer. | No. Files persist. The agent is not a personal-facts memory profile. |
Large Context Window | No. Not an LLM context-window product. | No. AI credits, not a published token window. |
Custom Instructions | No. No global instruction profile. Fine-tunes/LoRAs are weights, not a system prompt. | Partial. Skills, Make kits, and design-system libraries. Not a global chat instruction card. |
Conversation History | No. Dashboard jobs are not a chat history product. | Yes, requires free plan. Comments, version history (30 days on lower plans), agent on-canvas chat. |
Integrations — Figma Wins
| Feature | FLUX | Figma |
|---|---|---|
Web Search / Browsing | No. Does not browse the live web. | Unknown. Visual search of your files is listed. Live web search was not. |
Plugins / Extensions | Partial. Community hosts FLUX on Replicate/Hugging Face. That is not a BFL plugin marketplace. | Yes, requires free plan. Community plugins on Starter; private plugins on higher plans. Generative plugins (beta). |
API Access | Yes, requires plus plan. Official async API at api.bfl.ai (plus eu/us regional). Auth is an x-key. Pay-as-you-go, no seat fee. | Yes, requires pro plan. REST APIs, webhooks, MCP (20 tool calls/month on Starter; more on paid). |
Zapier Integration | Unknown. No first-party Zapier app was checked. | Unknown. Not checked this round. |
Custom GPTs / Bots | No. No Custom GPT store. Fine-tunes are weights. | Yes, requires plus plan. Generative plugins: describe a plugin and the agent builds it. |
Real-time Collaboration | No. No multiplayer editor. | Yes, requires free plan. Multiplayer, comments, spotlight, unlimited viewers. |
Live Social Data Integration | No. No live social firehose. | No. No live social firehose. |
Live Citation Mapping | No. Not a cited-search product. | No. Not a cited-search product. |
Developer — FLUX Wins
| Feature | FLUX | Figma |
|---|---|---|
Function Calling | No. You POST a generation job and poll. No tool-calling chat. | Yes, requires plus plan. MCP server so external agents can read/act on designs. Agent skills/connectors. |
Streaming Responses | No. Async poll for the finished image, not token streaming. | Unknown. Agent streaming was not specified. |
Fine-Tuning | Yes, requires plus plan. Open-weight [dev]/[klein] plus paid self-host licenses list fine-tuning and LoRA rights. API OpenAPI also lists fine-tune management. | No. Uses off-the-shelf and fine-tuned models they host. You do not train Figma. |
Embeddings API | No. Not an embeddings API. | No. Not an embeddings API. |
Structured Output (JSON) | No. Output is an image (jpeg/png/webp), not JSON schema. | Partial. Variables, Code Connect, MCP. Not arbitrary JSON chat. |
Reasoning / Thinking Mode | No. Not an LLM reasoning mode. | No. Figma agent is design automation, not Deep Think. |
Local Execution | Yes, requires free plan. Official GitHub inference repo runs open-weight FLUX.1 [schnell] and [dev] on your hardware. | No. Cloud editor. Make-on-local-codebase is still a Figma feature, not self-hosted Figma. |
Open Weights | Yes, requires free plan. FLUX.1 [schnell] is Apache-2.0; [dev] is a non-commercial license. Hosted Pro/Max stay closed. | No. Closed product. |
Multi-Agent Orchestration | No. Not a multi-agent orchestrator. | No. One Figma agent plus external MCP clients. Not a swarm orchestrator. |
Platforms — Figma Wins
| Feature | FLUX | Figma |
|---|---|---|
Web App | Yes, requires free plan. Docs point at a playground plus the dashboard at dashboard.bfl.ai. | Yes, requires free plan. figma.com editor. |
iOS App | No. No official iOS app is documented. | Partial. Figma Make on mobile is listed. The full Design editor is not the iPhone app. |
Android App | No. No official Android app is documented. | Unknown. Make on mobile is listed without OS. Android was not isolated. |
Desktop App | No. Self-host is your own stack, not a BFL desktop app. | Yes, requires free plan. Official desktop app is a long-standing Figma product (not re-listed on the AI pricing table). |
Chrome Extension | No. No official Chrome extension. | No. Not a Chrome-extension product. |
Privacy — Figma Wins
| Feature | FLUX | Figma |
|---|---|---|
GDPR Compliant | Partial. api.eu.bfl.ai is documented as the EU/GDPR regional endpoint. That is data routing, not a published DPA we read here. | Unknown. Security page exists; a GDPR assertion was not copied from marketing. |
Opt Out of Data Training | Unknown. Training use of API prompts was not checked on a privacy policy this round. | Yes, requires enterprise plan. Admins control AI content training; powered by off-the-shelf plus fine-tuned models. |
Enterprise Privacy Mode | Yes, requires enterprise plan. Pricing lists Enterprise self-host licensing plus custom volume/SLA. EU and US regional APIs exist. | Yes, requires enterprise plan. SSO, SCIM, localized hosting, Governance+ add-on. Enterprise Full $90/mo. |
Workspaces — Figma Wins
| Feature | FLUX | Figma |
|---|---|---|
Projects / Folders | No. No notebook/project product. Dashboard jobs only. | Yes, requires plus plan. Unlimited files/folders on Professional. Starter is limited. |