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Whiteboard · San Francisco, US · Founded 2012

FigJam

Figma's whiteboard with AI-assisted clustering, voting and a free tier that includes meaningful AI credits

Overall score
6.7

Overview

FigJam is the whiteboard product inside Figma — sticky notes, voting, timer, audio, music, expressive cursor stamps, an AI co-pilot that clusters and summarises sticky notes, and dozens of community retro templates. Sits inside the Figma platform so design and product teams already living there get retros without buying a second tool, with Figma's strong SSO/SCIM and SOC 2 enterprise posture on Org+/Enterprise plans.

Best for: Design and product teams already on Figma who want retros on the same platform as their design files, with playful engagement and AI clustering.

How FigJam describes itself

FigJam pitches itself as a whiteboard for thinking together — bundled inside the Figma platform for design and product teams who already collaborate there.

"FigJam is for everyone — brainstorm, plan and run a retro on the same platform you ship designs from."

The Starter plan now includes meaningful AI credits (150/day, 500/month), templates, voting, timer, audio and music. Paid plans (Professional $16/mo, Organization $55/mo, Enterprise $90/mo) layer on SSO, SCIM, audit logs, and Org/Enterprise admin controls. The buyer narrative is "Figma is already your platform — why pay for a second whiteboard?"

Our take

FigJam is the most fun retro venue in this list. Audio chats, music, stamp stickers and expressive cursors do a lot of work for engagement, the AI clustering is genuinely useful, and the free tier is unusually generous — Starter unlocks unlimited FigJam files plus 500 AI credits/month. For design-led product teams already inside Figma, it's a no-brainer.

The honest gaps are predictable for a whiteboard: no action-item tracking, no recurring retros, no health checks, no cross-team reporting. Anonymous input is weak — you can hide votes but not contributors. And while the Starter plan is generous, retro hosts realistically need a Professional seat ($16/mo) for private files and history, which compounds quickly across a team. Best fit if Figma is already your home base. If it isn't, a dedicated retro tool will give you more retro-native features for the same cost.

Score breakdown

Ease of Use 7.0
Retro Toolkit 4.5
Value 6.0
Fun Factor 9.0
AI & Insights 5.0
Integrations 6.0
Enterprise-grade 9.5

Pros

  • + Generous free tier with real AI credits (150/day, 500/month) baked in
  • + Same login and platform as Figma — zero friction for design-led teams
  • + Playful, engaging UX (audio, music, stamps, expressive cursors) lifts retro fun factor
  • + AI clustering, summary and template suggestions are well integrated
  • + Strong enterprise posture inherited from Figma: SAML, SCIM, SOC 2, ISO 27001

Cons

  • No native action-item tracking, recurring retros or health checks
  • Anonymous mode is weak — no built-in 'private until reveal' equivalent
  • No Microsoft Teams or Azure DevOps integration
  • Pricing is per-seat across Figma plans — paying for a full editor seat ($16+/mo) just to host retros is expensive
  • Built primarily for designers; agile coaches sometimes find the canvas paradigm fiddly for structured retros

Features

Retrospectives

Templates· Hundreds of community retro templates Custom templates Private/public retros· Private files on paid teams

Facilitation

Meeting timer Presentation mode Screen-share mode @mentions Drag-and-drop grouping Async mode Whiteboard

Voting

Independent dot voting Custom vote count

Engagement

Mobile friendly· iOS app; full editing best on desktop Polling Icebreakers GIFs Music Custom backgrounds Planning poker· Via community widgets Team kudos· Via stamp/sticker reactions

AI

AI grouping / clustering AI template suggestions AI summary

Reporting

Facilitator meeting notes

Enterprise

SSO / SAML· SAML SSO on Organization and Enterprise SCIM provisioning· SCIM on Organization and Enterprise SOC 2 Type 2 GDPR compliant Audit logs· Enterprise tier Guest / observer roles Meeting history· Files persist with version history Email domain restrictions· Enterprise tier Uptime SLA / dedicated support· Enterprise tier Multi-year contracts ISO 27001 certified Public API Webhooks Data residency · United States (Enterprise tier only)

Integrations

Jira Linear GitHub Asana Slack Confluence

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