Figma Slides vs Keynote

Figma Slides

• Design teams that already work in Figma
• Presentations that include live, clickable product prototypes
• Turning a FigJam brainstorm into a deck outline

Keynote

• People who work mainly on Mac, iPad and iPhone
• Presenters who want animated decks without paying for software
• Exchanging decks with PowerPoint users through import and export

Figma Slides

• Figma Slides cannot be bought on its own; it comes with a Figma seat, and View seats, which are free, cannot create decks.
• The iOS and Android apps can view and comment on slide decks but cannot edit them.
• Dev seats can create slides but have no access to Design Mode.
• Professional prices here are for annual billing; Figma's help center example puts a Dev seat at $15 a month on monthly billing against $12.

Keynote

• The apps are for Apple devices only; on a Windows PC, Keynote is available just in a browser through iCloud.com.
• Generating slides from an outline, generated presenter notes and slide clean-up need Apple Creator Studio, at $12.99 per month or $129 per year, and are labeled beta.
• Apple's compatibility list marks PowerPoint WordArt, text effects, image effects and OLE objects as not supported on import; SmartArt is imported as a shape.

Figma Slides

Slide editor and Design Mode

Decks are shaped in a simple slide interface, with a switch to Design Mode for Auto Layout, the layers panel and advanced properties. Existing Figma designs can be dropped straight in.

Live prototypes in slides

Playable Figma Design prototypes and live objects sit on a slide, so the audience can click through a product during the talk or view it afterward.

Polls, voting and alignment scale

Built-in audience tools collect feedback through live polls and voting, and the Alignment scale shows where a team agrees. Responses are saved to the deck automatically.

Team collaboration

Everyone works in the same file with chat, audio and comments, and presentations run with presenter notes and co-presenting control.

AI text tools

AI rewrites selected text to be shorter, longer, more professional or more casual, and drafts presenter notes for a finished deck. Usage draws on the seat's AI credits.

PowerPoint import and export

A .pptx file can be imported into Figma Slides and a deck exported back to PowerPoint. A deck can also be pre-loaded to present offline.

Keynote

Themes and slide layouts

Every presentation begins with an Apple-designed theme, a set of slide layouts whose placeholder text and images are replaced with your own. Layouts and backgrounds can be changed slide by slide.

Animations and Magic Move

Slide transitions, emphasis builds and Magic Move animate objects within and between slides, with a live preview on the canvas while editing.

Presenter tools

A customizable presenter display for rehearsing, remote control from an iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch, multi-presenter slideshows, and a separate window for notes and controls during video calls on a Mac.

Real-time collaboration

Share a presentation publicly or with specific people through iCloud or Box and see a list of their changes as they happen. Collaborators can also join from a browser on a Mac or Windows computer.

PowerPoint import and export

Imports and edits Microsoft PowerPoint files and exports to PowerPoint, PDF, HTML, movies and images. Apple publishes a feature-by-feature list of what carries over from PowerPoint.

Creator Studio slide tools

For Apple Creator Studio subscribers, Keynote can turn an outline into a slide deck with presenter notes and correct layout, typography and alignment issues. Apple labels these features beta.

Figma Slides

• Starter$0

  Free, limited access to Figma products with unlimited drafts, UI kits and templates, and 150 AI credits a day, up to 500 a month.

• Professional$3

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Collab seats cover Figma Slides, FigJam and Figma Buzz. Dev seats are $12 and Full seats, which add Figma Design and 3,000 AI credits a month, are $16.

• Organization$5

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Adds shared libraries and fonts and centralized admin tools across teams. Dev seats are $25 and Full seats $55 a month.

• Enterprise$5

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Adds custom team workspaces, design system theming and SCIM seat management. Dev seats are $35 and Full seats $90 a month.

Keynote

• Keynote$0

  Create, edit and present on Mac, iPad, iPhone and iCloud.com, with real-time collaboration, Apple-designed themes and PowerPoint import and export.

• Apple Creator Studio$12.99

  per month, or $129 per year

  Adds premium templates and themes, the Content Hub media library and beta tools that generate slides and presenter notes, plus Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro and Pixelmator Pro.

Figma Slides

• Annual discount

  Lower Professional rates on annual billing

  Professional seats cost less when billed annually. Figma's billing help gives a Dev seat as $15 a month on monthly billing, against $12 a month on the annual price list.

• Education

  Free for verified students and teachers

  Figma's education page offers Figma and FigJam free to students and teachers who sign up with a school email address and complete verification.

Keynote

• Annual discount

  About 17% less on the yearly plan

  Apple Creator Studio is $129 per year or $12.99 per month. Twelve monthly payments come to $155.88, so the yearly plan costs about 17% less.

• Education

  Students and educators: $2.99 a month

  Verified college students and educators pay $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year for Apple Creator Studio. Apple calls it a limited-time offer, and it cannot be shared through Family Sharing.

• Other savings

  3 months free with a new Mac or iPad

  Buyers of an eligible new Mac or iPad can try Apple Creator Studio free for 3 months, claimed within 3 months of activating the device.