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Clarification on Professional Plan: Multi-editor access for small teams

  • January 29, 2026
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caroll

Hi everyone,

I recently upgraded to a Professional Plan, which is advertised as being "for small teams." However, I'm having a bit of trouble with the permissions.

Even though I have the subscription, it seems only one person (myself) can edit the files. Everyone else I invite only gets "view-only" access unless I pay an additional fee for them.

Since the plan is marketed for teams, I expected that it would allow more than one person to edit files under the same base subscription. Is this the correct behavior for the Professional Plan, or am I missing a configuration step to enable my team members as editors?

Thanks in advance for the help!

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    djv
    Figmate
    • djv
    • Community Support
    • February 5, 2026

    Hi ​@caroll, thanks for reaching out! 

    This is expected behavior for the Professional plan, but I completely understand your confusion. The Professional plan includes a single upgraded Figma team, but editing access is billed per editor seat.


    Here’s how it works:

    • When you upgrade to Professional, you’re upgrading the team, as is, not getting unlimited editors.

    • The plan is designed for small teams, but each person who needs edit access requires their own paid editor seat.

    • By default, only the person occupying a paid editor seat can edit files.

    • Anyone invited without an editor seat will automatically have view-only access.

    • To allow additional people to edit, you’ll need to purchase additional editor seats for the duration of your billing term.

     

    What you’re experiencing isn’t a permissions issue or a missing setting. It’s working as intended under our seat-based billing.
    Figma has a great breakdown of this here, including how seats and billing work on Professional plans:
    👉 https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041061034-Manage-billing-on-the-Professional-plan#how-billing-works
     

    Hope this helps clear things up!

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