In an interview with Bloomberg, Adobe Chief Product Officer Scott Belsky has reassured nervous Figma customers that the net collaborative design platform’s acquisition is not going to change its pricing mannequin and ease of use. If you may recall, Adobe introduced in mid-September that it is buying Figma for roughly $20 billion in money and shares. Users understandably raised issues concerning the merger, seeing as Adobe’s applications are fairly costly. 

Belsky stated within the interview that Figma will stay a “freemium” providing with a primary tier that is accessible for gratis. Figma co-founder Dylan Field added that Adobe is not planning any worth improve and that the platform will stay free for schooling. Adobe does have modifications deliberate for the platform, after all, together with integrating options from its software program portfolio, in addition to its library of fonts and inventory photographs. 

According to Belsky, although, any replace Adobe rolls out will not be obstructive and will not make it tough to navigate the platform’s interface. Perhaps most significantly for many who use Figma for collaborations, it can proceed permitting file sharing with out further charges — customers will not should get a Creative Cloud subscription to work on the identical doc. 

Adobe’s suite of applications will bear modifications as a result of acquisition, as properly. The firm plans to undertake Figma’s collaborative options and will construct multi-user internet platforms for its applications. Adobe Express and Acrobat may additionally get their very own variations of Figma’s whiteboard and presentation features. “We would only want to amplify and continue and learn from the things that Figma has done to become a viral product in the enterprise and throughout the world,” Belsky stated. 

There is one Adobe program which may not survive the acquisition: Figma’s direct competitor Adobe XD. The firm has no rapid plans to kill the software program, however it can “reevaluate where [it] want[s] to shift [its] resources and focus” as soon as Figma is available in. Both events anticipate the deal to shut someday in 2023, as long as it will get approval from each regulators and shareholders.