[LAUNCHED] All plans should offer more than 4 variable modes

Hi! Me again - I’d like bring up a point: as someone who uses a TON of variables within design the idea that paying per variable mode is also useless - my team would end up paying the same amount for enterprise, consider this:

When building a dropdown you have multiple states:
Default
Hover
Active
Focused
Filled
Disabled
Error
Success
Warning
Filled disabled
Filled error
(I’m sure there are more)

This along would require over 11 modes just to cover this, so there isn’t a million collections to account for different states.

So if Figma said “pay $5 per mode” this WOULD NOT work and that would already bring a plan back up to $60. Huge jump and unaffordable for small scale teams.

At config they said they really want to focus on that experience. Well small teams also need a usable product that is just as built out as a large team. So 40 variable modes minimum on all plans feels appropriate. Idc about dev mode.

@dvaliao

Hey everyone, great news!

I created a plugin that allows you (sort of) to have infinite number of modes on any plan. Sure, it’s still a workaround that works by combining multiple collections together to create one with more modes, but the native experience is replicated as much as possible and also the inconveniences that come along with such solution (like managing variables across connected collections) are mostly taken care of. I think it’s the best solution we’ve got for now. Give it a shot, and let me know what you think.
[https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1404783727338541788/infinite-modes]
If you find a bug, don’t be harsh on me, I’ll try to fix it ASAP 🙂

It sounds like you probably participated in a conjoint analysis study.

It’s unlikely that any of the specific combinations you were presented with actually represented anyone’s idea of what a good pricing/bundling options would look like.

Rather, I expect that you simply saw one of hundreds of different randomly/dynamically generated assortments, through which they’re gathering a wide swathe of data across the multiplicity of potential relationships between a bunch of different product attributes. Your responses, combined with hundreds of others, will then be crunched together to help statistically identify which levers (and combinations of levers) might be most profitable for them to pull in order to maximize customers’ willingness to pay.

As such, you shouldn‘t take the “utter chaos” you were shown too seriously, or as indicative of Figma’s actual current strategy (or lack thereof).

Hello, maybe you could try this https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1404783727338541788/infinite-modes

Here is a plugin that leverages multiple collections to give you infinite modes, but it’s trying to simulate the native experience as much as possible. Give it a shot https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1404783727338541788/infinite-modes

There are so many valid points made here. The variable mode limitation jump in subscription tiers simply doesn’t serve the Figma community. We go from a limit of 4 variable modes to… still 4… to 40? That’s a weird strategy: non-jump to massive jump. Why not give us an in-between number like 20 for the Organization tier? It would increase the value of upgrading.

Please sir, may I have more modes :cries in needing just 2 more modes:

Hi! Me again - just hoping we could get 40 modes on all plans. That would be incredible. Keeping small business’ in mind is imperative and handing off to clients as well. So please 40 modes for ALL. I’m literally begging at this point.

Still a bit strange that this (lively) topic is completely ignored by Figma… (copied but it gets the point)

I made a new Figma plugin called Token Swapper. This plugin enables unlimited “Modes”/Themes, given you organize your themes using top-level folders/groups.

You can find the plugin here: https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1413574934305847457/token-swapper

Token Swapper is currently in Beta. Let me know if this helps!