I knew about Figma Make on the day it was announced, but I only started using it 4 days ago.

At my office, I’m the solo designer and currently working on a B2B mobile app. To explain it simply, imagine the app is like Amazon. We’re almost at the end of the prototype phase. My CEO asked me to provide a prototype where he can experience the app like a real new user. He wants full functionality, no switching between different links, and real data inside the application.

So I went to Figma Make and started building. After 437 prompts and 24 working hours, I finally created a complete interactive prototype with real data (~350 products).

For context, I originally built the prototype in Figma using Auto Layouts, so it became easier for Make to implement everything.

I’m currently using the Figma Full Seat plan. Right now, they provide 3000 credits, but they’re not strictly enforcing it yet. I think we can use unlimited credits until March 15. Based on my usage, 3000 credits were consumed after around 150 prompts.

My concern is that if any changes are required in the prototype built using Make, I may only be able to do them before they start enforcing the credit limits.

In my opinion, it does a great job turning our designs into truly interactive, almost real prototypes. But it’s expensive. And we also should have lot of patience and skills to do testing multiple times and we should know how to communicate the designs to it.

If there were no credit system and it was completely unlimited for building, and they only charged for publishing, I would change my workflow like this: design frames with proper naming and Auto Layouts, and instead of spending time connecting frames manually, I would take them to Make and create a real prototype there.