Figma Drops Free Student Plans, Adds Paid Viewer Requirements
What happened
Between the Apr 6, 2026 and Apr 13, 2026 captures of Figma's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Starter plan gains 'Free limited access to Figma products' subtitle. Footer messaging updated: student/educator free-access note removed; replaced with paid-plan viewer note and Figma Sites/Buzz beta notices. Pulse files it as a product change (positioning) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Organization at $5, Enterprise at $5 and Professional at $16.
It lands 28 days after Figma's previous change, "Figma launches AI credits and Governance+ add-ons across all plans" (Mar 16, 2026). Figma has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Sketch, Adobe and Framer also changed their Collaboration & Productivity pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Starter · PositioningRemoved
Beforestudent/educator free-access note
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Positioning | student/educator free-access note | Not listed | Removed |
Values as written on Figma's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Figma's pricing page (figma.com) from Apr 6, 2026 and Apr 13, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where the student/educator free-access note no longer appears.
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Figma, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 4, 2026packagingFigma echoes Professional plan, drops "Unlimited teams" for org-wide publishing
- Sep 3, 2026packagingFigma refreshes Professional plan card copy
- Aug 29, 2026packagingFigma boosts AI credits add-on: up to 2x more on Professional, 1.6x on Enterp...
- Apr 13, 2026packagingFigma Drops Free Student Plans, Adds Paid Viewer Requirements · this change
- Mar 16, 2026packagingFigma launches AI credits and Governance+ add-ons across all plans
Across Collaboration & Productivity in the same window
All Collaboration & Productivity changesQuestions about this change
Did Figma raise prices in April 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 6, 2026 and Apr 13, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: positioning.
What changed on Figma's pricing page between Apr 6, 2026 and Apr 13, 2026?
Starter positioning: student/educator free-access note → Not listed, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 6, 2026 and Apr 13, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Figma change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Figma in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Figma launches AI credits and Governance+ add-ons across all plans" on Mar 16, 2026; Figma has been tracked since 2023-11-14.