AI app building for every small business
Go from spark of an idea to a working app in minutes. With Figma Make, your small business app builder, you can design, prototype, and refine interactive experiences—no coding required.
Build small business apps faster with AI
Turn ideas into real apps
Skip the dev queue and bring your small business workflows to life. Describe what your app should do, and Figma Make transforms your prompts into screens, logic, and interactions instantly.
Build apps with natural language
Explain your app in everyday words—“a booking flow for my customers” or “a dashboard to track inventory”—and Make auto-generates layouts, structure, and logic.
Stay on-brand with your design system
Connect to your Figma design system so every app looks and feels like your product. Build interactive screens using your components, styles, and tokens.
Test with real data
Plug in APIs or databases to preview authentic interactions. Validate flows with live information and get actionable feedback before you invest in engineering.
Built by real teams.
See how makers, designers, and PMs are using Figma Make to build no-code web apps—from internal tools to product MVPs.
- Jacques Debeuneure Jr.
- Daniela Muntyan
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- Seungmee Lee
How to build a small business app with AI in Figma Make
Create a screen in Figma Design—or paste an existing frame into Figma Make to kickstart your app.
Use natural language prompts to define your features, flows, and screens. Example prompt:“Create a customer check-in flow with login, booking options, and confirmation states.”
Make converts your prompt into an interactive app structure—complete with layout, logic, and behavior you can click through.
Prompt again or adjust details yourself. Example prompt:“Add a responsive layout and a simplified navigation bar.”
FAQs
A small business app builder lets you create functional apps without coding. In Figma Make, you describe what you want, and AI generates the design, structure, and logic automatically.
Yes. Figma Make lets you design, prototype, and test fully functional app flows. You can even connect real data or export code depending on your workflow.
No coding required. But if you want to customize further, you can open the built-in code editor and refine components, logic, or styles.
Absolutely. Copy any frame or component from Figma Design into Figma Make. AI will use your layouts and design system as the foundation of your app.
Yes. You can connect APIs or databases to test your app with real information—helpful for workflows like scheduling, dashboards, or inventory tools.
You can build booking apps, onboarding flows, dashboards, internal tools, customer portals, and more. AI handles structure and logic, so you can focus on the experience.
You can try Figma Make for free on the Starter plan. Paid plans unlock advanced features like data integrations and expanded usage.
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