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June 29, 2023

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

  • June 29, 2023
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It would be great if the professional plan offered more than 4 variable modes. Right now I want to set up a mode for each component size-- XS - XL, 5 sizes all together-- which puts me over the 4 limit for pro, but well under the 40 limit for enterprise, which is a quantity I will never need. And there’s no use case for enterprise at all for a team our size.

I think 10-12 modes for pro would be perfect to give small teams like mine room to grow before we reach the scale where an enterprise plan would be worth consideration.

    Pinned Reply By jjcm

    It’s finally here - mode count updates across Pro and Org. 

    Pro → 10
    Org → 20

    I want to thank everyone who posted in this thread - we used a lot of the responses here to inform the mode increase decision. Happy theme swapping y’all :) 

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    Richard Lovell
    Richard Lovell
    New Member
    June 12, 2025

    Disclaimer: AI generated...

      Tara_Price2
      Tara_Price2
      Active Member
      June 12, 2025

      Just got a message back from my account manager. They will not be doing anything about this. I would recommend everyone here contact support also. 

        Peter4
        Peter4
        New Participant
        June 20, 2025

        In 2025, I find the mode limit crazy. The gap between 4 and 40 modes between the two paid plans is incredible. Most people only need 5 or 6 for standard web projects.

        Yes, there are paid plugins to get around this but from what I’ve heard these are not reliable, buggy and aren’t ideal.

        So please Figma Team… Be professional… and add a few additional modes for the Professional Plan to allow us to be professional please.

          Tiziano
          Tiziano
          Active Member
          June 26, 2025

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          Love it! Seriously this is real.
          We can’t work properly with just 4 modes.

            Mariana5
            Mariana5
            New Participant
            July 1, 2025

            Hey, Figma, it’s been 2 years. We’re all watching your disconsideration towards the issue and your users. 

              Jason_Thompson
              Jason_Thompson
              New Participant
              July 1, 2025

              Giving this a bump as it’s STILL beyond frustrating. It’s been years now, and still only 4 modes for both Pro and Org plans? C’mon man, we don’t need more AI, we need tools that actually allow us to get our day to day things done easier...especially when we’re paying thousands more for Org upgrades.

                vincent.kammerer.ofc
                vincent.kammerer.ofc
                New Member
                July 1, 2025

                The good news (all things considered) is that the Penpot team are hard at work changing their rendering engine to a WebAssembly based one, which means that its performance should be on par with Figma's. Once they release that new renderer, our team will be able to make the switch.

                It's such a disappointment, we have all our projects in Figma, and our design team really enjoys it. But the unavailability (let's call it for what it is, 4 modes means it's useless) of variables is unfortunately a blocker for us. We are ready to give up on many useful features of Figma to be able to implement a proper Design System, using variables ("Design tokens" in Penpot)

                  Tiziano
                  Tiziano
                  Active Member
                  July 4, 2025

                  Giving this a bump as it’s STILL beyond frustrating. It’s been years now, and still only 4 modes for both Pro and Org plans? C’mon man, we don’t need more AI, we need tools that actually allow us to get our day to day things done easier...especially when we’re paying thousands more for Org upgrades.

                  It‘s totally sad and infuriating.

                  For Figma to think that they can get away with this strategy in the long run…

                  They don‘t get communities. People will just leave sooner or later.

                    Tiziano
                    Tiziano
                    Active Member
                    July 4, 2025

                    The good news (all things considered) is that the Penpot team are hard at work changing their rendering engine to a WebAssembly based one, which means that its performance should be on par with Figma's. Once they release that new renderer, our team will be able to make the switch.

                    It's such a disappointment, we have all our projects in Figma, and our design team really enjoys it. But the unavailability (let's call it for what it is, 4 modes means it's useless) of variables is unfortunately a blocker for us. We are ready to give up on many useful features of Figma to be able to implement a proper Design System, using variables ("Design tokens" in Penpot)


                    Penpot just released Variants! 🥳

                    Figma better start listening or they will wipe themselves out of the map.

                     

                     

                      Tara_Price2
                      Tara_Price2
                      Active Member
                      July 7, 2025

                      this is looking so much better than the way Figma messed it up.

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