Subframe vs Figma

Design and ship with real code, not pixels.

Subframe is a visual UI builder for designing with real components, not mockups. Engineers export pixel-perfect React code, every time.

Top companies build with Subframe

The design to dev hand-off process is broken. We built Subframe to fix it.

Finally – a UI design tool to bridge the gap between design and code.

Design with real components, not mockups.Finally, a visual UI editor loved by designers & developers alike. Drag-and-drop on an intuitive, responsive canvas and get pixel-perfect UI, every time.

Real components under-the-hood → code your developers will use.Subframe lets you visually design with React components & Tailwind CSS in real-time based on front-end best practices. No plugins required.

Hundreds of beautiful UI examples – built with your design system.Get access to hundreds of templates, UI snippets, and components – all using your custom theme and design system. Dark mode included.

Why choose Subframe over Figma?

Perfect code export every time.

Unlike Figma's dev mode, Subframe exports clean, production-ready React and Tailwind CSS code that your developers actually want to use.

Custom design system included.

Stop reinventing the wheel with every project. Customize prebuilt components visually, create variants with ease, and add interaction states—all without writing a line of code.

Theme your UI instantly.

Subframe's theming system lets you apply pre-made themes with a click, or fully customize colors, fonts, text styles, borders to perfectly match your brand identity.

100's of templates & snippets.

Get started with an extensive collection of page templates and UI snippets. These aren't just static mockups—they're code-ready examples built on your design system.

Auto-layout that just works.

No more pixel-pushing and broken layouts. Subframe is built on actual CSS code so your designs always behave as expected. Create responsive layouts effortlessly.

Collaborate with your team.

Subframe brings familiar workflows you are used to with your team, only better. Your entire team can collaborate on designs in real-time, just like in Figma.

Join thousands of happy builders.

Subframe customer here, highly recommend this custom design & component library that just ✨works✨

Arvind SubramanianCo-Founder @ Contour (YC S23)

I'm non-technical and my team is mostly backend-focused. Subframe saved us a lot of time by letting me ship frontend code and control the product experience.

Alex LeeCEO @ Truewind (YC W23)

Subframe is like chipotle. Even if you have no taste (me) you can put things together and it still comes out pretty good.

Andrew WangCTO @ GoldenBasis (YC W24)

Highly recommend it for backend-heavy teams that need to ship quality UI quickly

Felipe AragãoFounder @ Fiber (YC W23)

I’m doing a project and am addicted to using Subframe for wireframing and building UI

Ish BaidCo-Founder @ Wayside

Been playing around with @SubframeApp. Literally the tool I've always wanted.

Paul JollyCo-Founder @ CueLang

Subframe was a game changer for us. We went from design/UI being our Achilles' heel to it becoming one of the strengths of our product.

Fawad KhaliqCTO @ Chkk

I've been using Subframe for a few months now and went from an engineer who occasionally messed around w Figma -> designing beautiful product UI in minutes

Kushal ByatnalCo-founder @ Extend (YC W23)

I'm truly blown away by how quickly I can build out a dashboard UI with their product.

Ross CampbellUser Experience Engineer

I've been using this for months and it's easily the best level of abstraction for building UI of any tool I've used (and I've tried a bunch).

Hansen QianFounder @ Lightski (YC W23)

With Subframe, 80% of the things I’m likely to need on a page are there at my fingertips. I don’t need to think about organisation and layout, just about what the ideal UX would be.

Tom WeaverFounder, Author

We evaluated retool and went with @SubframeApp because it's simpler. We're developers, and at some point we found complex low code systems more difficult to work with than typical code

Hunter BrooksCo-Founder @ Ellipsis (YC W24)

Winning frontend combo: @SubframeApp + @AnthropicAI for all of the glue code. Couldn't recommend subframe more

Carl CortrightCTO @ Flyflow (YC S24)

Thanks to Subframe turning me into a front-end developer. Creating the pricing table took just 10 minutes with their awesome code—simply amazing!

Serkan HaşlakFounder @ Nonresident Tax

Quick comparison.

Discover why thousands of product teams have been choosing Subframe over traditional tools like Figma.

Feature

Figma

Subframe

Drag-and-drop editor

Real-time collaboration

Auto-layout

Custom components & variants

Custom design tokens

Prototype preview mode

Production-ready code export

Pre-built reusable UI components

Responsive breakpoints

Design system documentation

100s of templates & UI examples

Built-in spacing scale

Navigation layouts

Interactive text inputs & form controls

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