Our small company uses Figma Make to create wireframes and leverage the AI tool for writing acceptance criteria and generating designs. We’re on an enterprise-level subscription, which provides excellent functionality for designers. However, the current collaboration model presents challenges for non-designers on our team.
While the design and AI capabilities in Figma Make are impressive, the permissions structure limits collaboration. Everywhere I click I need to request access and elevate my subscription! Specifically, collaborators cannot share or distribute their Figma Make designs — even though collaboration across roles is essential to our workflow. This restriction feels counterintuitive to Figma’s collaborative ethos.
For small companies like ours, paying for multiple full-design licenses isn’t cost-effective since most team members are not designers, but they still play key roles in defining and validating product direction. The current setup unintentionally creates silos by making it difficult to:
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Share AI-generated wireframes or acceptance criteria across teams.
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Collaborate asynchronously without a full designer seat.
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Allow non-design stakeholders to contribute meaningfully to early design stages.
Suggestion:
We’d love to see Figma explore more flexible sharing and collaboration tiers, such as a “light creator” or “AI collaborator” role. This would empower non-designers to:
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Create and share AI-assisted wireframes or acceptance criteria.
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Participate in design discussions without needing a full editor license.
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Seamlessly collaborate within Figma Make’s ecosystem.
This would make Figma Make far more accessible and valuable for small, cross-functional teams that rely on tight collaboration between product, design, and engineering.