FigJam Reviews

FigJam is an awesome digital whiteboard for users of Figma

Comments: Designing features for an existing large product, from beginning to end in Figma - from discovery and analysis (using FigJam as a repository), through concepting to design iterations and prototyping, all in Figma. FigJam was a flexible repository for all reference materials and artifacts throughout.

Pros:

FigJam is best when used alongside Figma, of course. The perfect integration between designs and prototypes and whiteboards makes for a seamless end-to-end process toolset.

Cons:

FigJam is less attractive to teams that are not using Figma. In that case, other tools are more mature and powerful (though FigJam is growing on a consistent basis.)

FigJam - The sweet sauce of Figma - intuitive, capable, and flexible!

Comments: FigJam has been helpful to me when sketching out rough wireframes, meting out ideas and concepts, as well as creating flowcharts, diagrams, and site maps. The software is both extremely intuitive and beautifully detailed as well as capable. It also has a steep learning curve for beginners but offers a great support base thanks to the Figma community (where users can ask questions, offer tips, and share file/templates and feedback to fellow users.

Pros:

FigJam, a feature and product of Figma is an ingenious and indispensable tool when it comes to UX/UI design and development. I find it to be more intuitive that Adobe XD, yet in some ways similar to Adobe Illustrator. Both FigJam and Figma allow me to focus on my passion - graphic design - while also creating innovative and fulfilling experiences without writing a single line of code. The software does all the heavy lifting for me but also has the option for me or any collaborator I'm working with to step in and add code, if needed.

Cons:

The most frustrating thing about FigJam and Figma is the clunky file/project management system. The software insists on dividing my work into groups (workgroups) even though I am a team of one. And, because I am a student, my account is limited unless I'm willing to ante up the full subscription price. Pricewise, Figma/FigJam is a huge investment - moreso than the whole Adobe Creative Suite combined. Yet, the capability of the software outweighs its competitor. I wish that the software was at a lower price point for those just getting started and are not part of a large team situation. Tiered subscription options should be offered with the ability to add-on alacarte features/smaller packages. Doing so would allow Figma customers to customize their experience and optimize their loyalty because the flexibility offered would engender good faith and support.

Creative and easy to use digital whiteboard

Pros:

Figjam has made working in teams seamless because information can be easily presented to everyone. Most people in the world are visual learners, so having a tool like this helps to understand the work between different teams better. In our company, we use Figjam to design interfaces, ideate and collaborate. Instead of using a physical whiteboard where information gets deleted, we can present our diagrams on Figjam and store it permanently. Figjam has become an integral part of our working methodology. The ease of scrolling, zooming and exporting information is seamless and therefore I consider it better than its alternatives.

Cons:

I would like to have better use of Tables in Figjam. Currently, the tables are very simplistic. It would be interesting to have more functions within each 'cell' of a table. Kind of like excel, or maybe some form of integration with it.

First in class

Comments: Despite these minor drawbacks, FigJam has truly transformed the way our design team ideates, sketches, and iterates on designs together. The cross-platform availability and tight integration with the broader design ecosystem have further enhanced our creative workflow, making FigJam a must-have for any team looking to elevate their collaborative design process. If you haven't already, I encourage you to give FigJam a try – it just might change the way you approach design collaboration.

Pros:

As a design lead, I've had the pleasure of extensively using FigJam over the past year, and I can confidently say that it has become an indispensable tool in our design arsenal. FigJam's seamless collaboration capabilities are a game-changer, allowing multiple team members to work on the same whiteboard in real-time. The intuitive interface and wide range of tools, from sticky notes and shapes to freehand drawing and text, make it easy for our team to dive in and start leveraging the full potential of the platform. The robust plugin ecosystem has also been a significant advantage, enabling us to integrate a variety of third-party tools that seamlessly extend the capabilities of the platform.

Cons:

While FigJam has been an incredibly valuable addition to our design workflow, there are a few areas where I believe the tool could be improved. The lack of advanced version control and history tracking can be a pain point when trying to revert to previous iterations of our designs. Additionally, the inability to directly import assets from other design tools, such as Sketch or Adobe XD, can be a hindrance to our cross-platform design process.

A simple tool for whiteboarding sessions or workshops

Comments: FigJam is very useful and intuitive online collaboration tool. Although it's a very new product as compared to other competitors in market, but it's 'simplicity' makes it stand out from the rest.

Pros:

I use FigJam for product ideation or brainstorming sessions with my team. I also use it to build basic workflows or task flows for client reviews. The UI is very clean and simple. I love that multiple stakeholders and team members can work on FigJam board simultaneously without any lag. Whenever I need to discuss any product idea with business stakeholders or clients (who are not tech savvy), this is my go-to tool, as it is very easy for them to understand and use.

Cons:

There is no offline version, so if you don't have internet connection, you will not be able to work on any updates. And it doesn't have lot of rich functionalities like Miro.

Great whiteboarding tool for our Design Team

Comments: Since it's release we've incorporated FigJam as our whiteboarding tool of choice for our design team. It works perfectly in sync with our main design tool; Figma.

Pros:

FigJam does the basics of a whiteboarding tool really well and has been growing quickly these past few months with new features. It also has a great community where you can find great templates for canvasses and frameworks. It helped us a lot with doing team workshops.

Cons:

I'm still missing some functionalities that other competitors might have.

Bringing idea to life with FigJam.

Comments: Compared to other whiteboarding software, FigJam's tight incorporation with Figma makes it a unique and powerful solution for design team members like me. The capability to bring in design elements and prototypes directly into the brainstorming space is priceless. I enjoyed this product. I would love to suggest this to everyone.

Pros:

FigJam is breaking down silos between our designer and non-designer teams. The intuitive interface and friendly whiteboard make it easy for everyone to give ideas, regardless of their designing experience. It's become our one of the most using platform for cross-functional brainstorming and workshops.

Cons:

The cursor chat feature can be a little annoying at times, especially during large discussion sessions. And while the search facility is helpful, it could be enhanced for getting specific elements within a complex FigJam file.

easy and simple way to understand

Comments: everything is good like flowchart, Mind Mapping, Collaboration ,Diagram,Idea Management

Pros:

workflow and flowchart creating is easy and simple

Cons:

minimum zoom out screen is very loose seen

Love the real-time collaboration features

Comments: Figma's been a real game-changer for me. It's brilliant for collaborating with clients and colleagues on design projects. I mostly use it for web design, but it's versatile enough for all sorts of graphic design work. Compared to some of the other design software I've used, Figma's a breath of fresh air.

Pros:

Love the real-time collaboration features – makes it so much easier to work with others. The prototyping tools are top-notch too, and it's really intuitive to use overall. Plus, being web-based means I can access my projects from anywhere.

Cons:

Every now and then it can be a bit glitchy, especially when working with large files. And I reckon the offline functionality could be improved.

FigJam is a great whiteboarding tool

Comments: My overall Experience tell now is great with FigJam it does really well what it can do. The Collaboration features are awsome you can use emojies and other plugins that makes it fun and you can take benefit of that infinite canvas.

Pros:

I like FigJam because it makes your work that you can do with FigJam so fun. You can use emojies and timer to collaborate with your team effectively moreover it provides you a infinite canvas which is better than those predefined sized artboards i really love it.

Cons:

I like most of the things about the FigJam but one thing i do not like is it does not support vectors graphics so even if you import a figma file it will not be a vector based graphics anymore

Best for New Learners

Comments: It has been great, me and my colleagues love it.

Pros:

easy workflows, quick actions for import and update, easy to navigate, many quick templates

Cons:

it takes some time to get used to it migrating from other tools and seems larger

Digital Whiteboard for your needs

Pros:

It's an easy-to-use digital whiteboard to brain-dump ideas and plan out project cycles. It is also easy to implement into Figma whenever we need a quick reminder on ideas we want to highlight.

Cons:

It's hard to find something I didn't like about Figjam but if I had to say something it would be it could be confusing for people who are not used to using whiteboards like this and having to make an account

Figjam for ideation

Pros:

Even though there is a lot of similar products, FigJam is great because of the connection with Figma and also the collaboration possibilities are endless.

Cons:

There could be more possibilities with drawing and connecting the sticky notes.

Great collaborational tool for remote work

Comments: Overall great tool for remote work, we have some people who are across the country and so being able to hop on and work simultaneously is a very rewarding and great experience.

Pros:

I loved the sticky notes and the ability to add comments and work alongside, it helped me organize my thoughts alongside my team and we all were able to brainstorm and come up with ideas together and "whiteboard" even while all working remotely.

Cons:

It was a little more complex to use than I would have liked? could have scaled back on some of the complexity and keep it more simplified and not lost much in terms of functionality in what I needed to accomplish

FigJam is the best whiteboarding tool I have found

Pros:

FigJam makes it easy for me to create diagrams for everything from process diagrams for internal use to customer facing diagrams to help them better understand workflows.

Cons:

FigJam doesn't really have any cons with their current product. Of course, I would love to see some more but overall there isn't anything objectively bad about their software.

Beats Jam board hands down

Pros:

The ability to collaborate and brainstorm in my courses

Cons:

Just the price as a non profit but they assisted.

Figjam- An easy way to organize your life

Comments: It is a phenomenal product if you wish to make documentation of meetings, ideas and concepts for your organisation. It can even be used for super fast, simple, team presentations. Scrum meetings can also be facilitated.

Pros:

Figjam is a whiteboarding tool. In essence, it eases the process of documentation, note-taking and conceptual learning and explanation. It can be used with one of its many preloaded templates or you can use its many tools to craft a whiteboard as you please. It is very intuitive, and everything is click-drag-drop. Easy to learn and easy to teach. There are many tools to allow collaboration and discourse. Audio chat is available as well. Plugins, stickers, and shared files from the community all make it one of the best tools in the space right now.

Cons:

Figjam is a well-rounded product. Routine updates and troubleshooting the problems of the community (bug fixes, quality of life) would make it great. A suggestion for this would be to allow users to choose from many themes of the editor, including background texture, colour, and icon styles.

Balances ease-of-use with functionality

Comments: Highly recommended, easy-to-use collaborative whiteboarding tool.

Pros:

Extremely easy to use and intuitive. Although it lacks some functionality, FigJam has 99% of the features needed, and is so convenient and easy to use that it's a go-to tool for whiteboarding / collaborating. The easy exporting (without resolution limitations) is extremely convenient.

Cons:

There are no major issues with FigJam, but hopefully it'll include those "1%" of missing features eventually.

The soon to be market leader in digital canvases?

Comments: Overall a great experience and FigJam is a strong contender for the number one spot of digital canvases in the future.

Pros:

FigJam has really developed in a positive way the last year or so since it has been out. The integration into Figma of course being one of the major pros allowing you to keep all your files in one place. This feature is better than one might realise at first but it really solves a lot of problems. For example if you want to collaborate with stakeholders who have seen your design in Figma previously they will quickly feel right at home with FigJam.

Cons:

There is one issue that I have with FigJam and that is how you share access to collaborators that do not have a Figma account. This feature is missing today but (hopefully) on the way and would make a world of difference. As it is today you have to create a Figma account to access FigJam which just makes some stakeholders more reluctant to use the software.

Better Online Whiteboard

Pros:

Flawless, virtually excellent, for working with remote teams and design team collaboration

Cons:

Sincerely ? Nothing at the moment, maybe there could be a higher limit for the free plan.

My review for Fig Jam

Comments: I used Figma for 1 and half years and I like it so much because he is very easy to use more his competitors

Pros:

freeeasy to useon browserThere are many updates to solve problems that we faced as usersthe community

Cons:

must have A internet to open the Figma .

Great tool for brainstorming with team

Comments: It works fine

Pros:

I love the fact that I could work with a group of people on the same project while using figjam, i haven't found other collaborative tools like this, but its really great

Cons:

I don't have alot of negative reviews about them but it takes time to process if the network isn't so fast, and i would love an offline version

An endless whiteboard for structuring knowledge

Comments: We use FigJam as a freestyle mind map and knowledge representation tool during brainstormings and team discussions.

Pros:

"Endless" scalable whiteboard Easy to copy from Figma Figma tools to align and arrange figures Free starter plan is a decent solution for small teams

Cons:

Maybe a little more advanced vector drawing tools.

Useful for whiteboarding

Pros:

I like that I can pull up a FigJam file for ideation, if needed, before jumping into using Figma. There's also many useful templates.

Cons:

I wish some of the functionalities were as sophisticated as Figma itself (changing fonts, colors, size of shapes, etc).

Easy to Use

Comments: Convenient and easy to use. When we want to create a sketch with other employees, they can easily grasp it and we can start working very quickly.

Pros:

It has a very easy to use and understandable interface.

Cons:

It has a lot of shortcomings compared to software that does similar work, but you can make up for those shortcomings with the tools in it.