FigJam is Figtastic for whiteboarding
Rating: 8 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
Full-time designer in a product team. Work with a PM and Eng. Manager to figure what's the right thing to build and how we plan to build it right, etc. You know the drill. FigJam is a go-to, daily white board that use primarily for my own notes, sketches and visual thinking. But I also use it several times a week for collaborative purposes, usually for exercises that only last a few minutes. It's been a steady tool for quick, cheap whiteboarding largely becuase we already use Figma, but also because this is simple, low-barrier to entry. You don't want people frustrated with the tools before they even start thinking about contributing feedback to design, etc.
Pros
- quick startup, like walking up to a physical whiteboard
- restrained tools, just enough to not worry too much about style or other choices that don't really matter at this fidelity (all the time)
- excellent integration with Figma itself. Cross-cut and paste, no loss of data, editability, etc.
- dead simple to learn
Cons
- love to see it kept feature light ... already seeing the little creeping features like timing clocks, AI help, etc ...
Likelihood to Recommend
If you're working in small product teams, like triads, and already using Figma, this is a no brainer for white boarding, quick/fast sketches, wireframing, collaborative doodling ... it gets less appropriate with large teams, infrequent. IMO, due to the way in which they price, it's better to keep the inner circle small-ish.
Vetted Review
5 years of experience