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Making Figma Work Better for Freelancers and Agencies | Figma Blog (opens in new tab)

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Figma is revising its billing model to better support freelancers and agencies that work across multiple clients. The company acknowledges that its organization-focused plans create licensing and administrative overhead, and proposes connected workspaces, easier project transfers, and stronger billing controls. These changes aim to make external collaboration easier while reducing unexpected seat charges.

Connected Workspaces for External Collaboration

  • Figma is developing connected workspaces that link separate Figma accounts.
  • Freelancers and agencies will be able to collaborate with clients and co-edit files using their existing seats.
  • The feature is expected to roll out early the following year, reducing the need for multiple licenses.

Easier Project Transfers

Figma plans to improve transferring work between accounts and plans so freelancers can hand projects to clients with less friction.

  • Users will be able to transfer a copy while retaining the original.
  • Collaborators can be removed during transfer to prevent accidental paid-seat upgrades.
  • Work can be transferred across Professional, Organization, and Enterprise plans.
  • These improvements went live on August 20.

More Visibility and Control Over Billing

Figma’s browser-based collaboration model lets users begin editing immediately, but it can leave admins responsible for remembering to downgrade seats after a project ends.

  • Admins can enable daily, weekly, or monthly notifications showing who upgraded and what action caused the upgrade.
  • New accounts receive these notifications by default:
    • Weekly on Professional plans
    • Monthly on Organization and Enterprise plans
  • Admins can set new users’ default role to “viewer-restricted,” requiring explicit approval before they receive a paid seat.
  • Figma says broader billing-architecture improvements are still underway.

Figma’s immediate tools help admins monitor and approve seat changes, while connected workspaces and improved transfers address the larger structural challenges freelancers and agencies face.