FigJam vs Whimsical

Compare FigJam and Whimsical side-by-side: pricing, key highlights, and which tool to choose for your workflow.

FigJam

FigJam is Figma's whiteboard product, launched in 2021 as a cheaper companion to the main Figma product ($3/seat/month vs $15). It is designed for the activities that happen before and around design work — brainstorming, affinity mapping, retrospectives, workshop facilitation, and journey mapping — rather than as a design tool itself. The tight Figma integration is the real value proposition: you can link FigJam boards to Figma files so design artefacts and the thinking behind them live in the same workspace. Built-in templates cover common UX research and workshop formats, and emoji reactions and cursor chat make remote workshops feel less formal. Its biggest weakness relative to Miro is a shallower template library and no advanced diagramming.

Category: design collaboration
Pricing: Freemium

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Whimsical

Sketch wireframes and flowcharts at the speed of thought. Whimsical stays out of your way with a clean interface and smart defaults. You map out ideas and share them before the details matter.

Category: ux research
Pricing: Unknown

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Quick comparison

Criteria FigJam Whimsical
Category design collaboration ux research
Pricing Freemium Unknown
Company Figma, Inc. Unknown