Alternatives to Figma in India
We list 8 alternatives to Figma. 7 have a free plan. The lowest price we state is ≈ ₹2,191 a month for Adobe Creative Cloud.
Why people look for an alternative to Figma
- No billing in rupees: “USD billing only + 18% GST reverse charge overhead”. Cards are charged in dollars, so the rupee price moves with the exchange rate and the card fee.
- No GST invoice: “USD billing — Indian companies must account for 18% GST reverse charge”. A company that claims input credit needs one.
Figma and 8 alternatives at a glance
| Tool | From, a month | Free plan or tier | Our score | Bills in ₹ | Built in India |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Figma (the one you are replacing) | ₹1,250 a month | Yes | 40 / 100 | No, dollars | – |
| Canva | Free plan; paid price not stated | Yes | 40 / 100 | Yes | – |
| Lottie | Free plan; paid price not stated | Yes | 40 / 100 | Not checked | – |
| Adobe XD | Free plan; paid price not stated | Yes | 20 / 100 | Not checked | – |
| Sketch | Free plan; paid price not stated | Yes | 20 / 100 | No, dollars | – |
| Adobe Creative Cloud | ≈ ₹2,191 a month | No | 20 / 100 | Yes | – |
| Framer | Free plan; paid price not stated | Yes | 20 / 100 | No, dollars | – |
| Whimsical | Free plan; paid price not stated | Yes | 20 / 100 | No, dollars | – |
| Origami Studio | Free plan; paid price not stated | Yes | 10 / 100 | Not checked | – |
The alternatives, one by one
Canva
Best for: Australia's pre-IPO design giant — $42B valuation, $3.5B ARR. Suits startups.
Free plan; paid price not stated. Bills in rupees: “Canva Pro at ₹4,500/year (~₹375/month) with GST-compliant INR invoicing is one of the few international design tools with genuine local pricing”. Gives a GST invoice. Our score: 40 out of 100 (5 of 8 checks read). Vendor pricing page.
Lottie
Best for: Lightweight vector animations for mobile and web applications. Suits startups.
Free plan; paid price not stated. Our score: 40 out of 100 (3 of 8 checks read). Vendor pricing page.
Adobe XD
Best for: UI/UX design tool — now in maintenance mode. Suits startups.
Free plan; paid price not stated. Our score: 20 out of 100 (2 of 8 checks read).
Sketch
Best for: B.V. Suits startups.
Free plan; paid price not stated. Bills in dollars: “Sketch publishes per-editor pricing in USD only (no INR billing, no GST invoicing, no Indian entity)”. Our score: 20 out of 100 (5 of 8 checks read). Vendor pricing page.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Best for: Enterprise creative suite of graphic, vector. Suits startups.
From ≈ ₹2,191 a month (converted from dollars). Bills in rupees: “Adobe offers localized billing in Indian Rupees (INR) with payment methods including Indian credit cards, net banking, and UPI”. Our score: 20 out of 100 (5 of 8 checks read). Vendor pricing page.
Framer
Best for: Amsterdam-built AI-first website builder — co-founded in 2014 by Koen Bok and Jorn van Dijk. Suits startups.
Free plan; paid price not stated. Bills in dollars: “Billing is in USD only via the Framer Netherlands entity”. Our score: 20 out of 100 (5 of 8 checks read). Vendor pricing page.
Whimsical
Best for: Denver + Latvia-built visual workspace platform — flowcharts, wireframes, mind maps, sticky notes, docs. Suits startups.
Free plan; paid price not stated. Bills in dollars: “Whimsical publishes per-editor pricing in USD only (no INR billing, no GST invoicing, no Indian entity)”. Our score: 20 out of 100 (6 of 8 checks read). Vendor pricing page.
Origami Studio
Best for: Facebook-built high-fidelity interactive prototyping studio. Suits startups.
Free plan; paid price not stated. Our score: 10 out of 100 (3 of 8 checks read).
Before you switch
- Billing: ask each vendor whether it invoices in rupees with GST. Where we have not read the answer, the table says “Not checked”, not “No”.
- Data: exports differ. Try one real export from Figma into the new tool on a free plan before you pay for a year.
- Price: a monthly figure is for one seat or the entry plan. Work out your own number of users, and read the vendor page linked under each tool.
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How this page is made
This page is built by a script from the same files as our tool pages, so it changes when a price, a score or an India-fit answer changes. Alternatives are picked by what we list for Figma (its curated alternatives, the same use case and sub-category, shared tags and the compare pages we have), then ordered with Indian-built tools first, then by our score. A tool is left out when we have fewer than five real matches. Prices come from each vendor's own pricing page as read on our tool pages; the dates above are the days we read them. We may earn a commission on some vendor links elsewhere on the site; it does not change the order here. How the score works.