Ant Design License for Figma: What You Can and Can't Do
Clear answers to the most common licensing questions about Ant Design System for Figma — commercial use, client work, team access, and where the MIT license fits in.
If you landed here from a search like "ant design license" or "is ant design free," you've probably run into the same confusion many designers and developers hit: there are two separate things with very similar names, and their licenses are completely different.
This post clears that up and answers the six questions I get asked most often before a purchase.
The one thing to understand first: two products, two licenses
Ant Design (React) is an open-source UI component library maintained by Alibaba and the open-source community. It is released under the MIT license, meaning it is free to use, fork, and distribute, even commercially.
Ant Design System for Figma is a separately maintained, paid Figma UI kit sold at antforfigma.com. It mirrors the React library — same component names, same props, same design tokens — but it is not the same product and is not covered by the MIT license. It comes with a commercial license that governs the Figma source files specifically.
If someone tells you "Ant Design is MIT, so the Figma kit is free," they are mixing up the two. The React library is free. The Figma kit is not.
Is Ant Design System for Figma free?
No. It is a paid product with a one-time, lifetime-access purchase — no subscription.
There are three bundles at different price points (Starter, Plus, and Ultimate) and three license tiers (Personal, Team, and Enterprise). You can see the full breakdown on the pricing page.
What license applies to the Figma kit?
The kit is sold under a commercial license that grants you an ongoing, non-exclusive, worldwide right to use the source files to build end products. The key framing in the license is the concept of an end product — a finished web app, dashboard, or mobile app that you design using the kit's components.
The license does not give you rights to the source files themselves beyond using them to create those end products.
Full terms are available at /docs/licensing. Everything in this post is a plain-English summary of those terms, not a replacement for them.
Can you use it for client work?
Yes, without restriction. The license explicitly permits:
- Creating end products for clients
- Selling, licensing, or distributing those end products
- Using the kit across multiple projects (it is a multi-use license)
- Combining it with other tools or frameworks
One thing you cannot do: hand the Figma source files to the client as a deliverable, or publish them anywhere with public edit access. The license covers your use of the files to design — not redistribution of the files themselves.
What about team or shared access?
This is where the license tier matters. There are three:
- Personal — one named user, one seat. You cannot give edit access to other people in Figma, and you cannot publish the kit to a shared Figma team library under this tier.
- Team — for teams on Figma's Professional or Organization plans. All members of your Figma team or organization can access and edit the files.
- Enterprise — for teams on Figma's Enterprise plan. Organization-wide access for all Enterprise team members.
If more than one person at your company needs to work with the kit directly in Figma, you need a Team or Enterprise license. If you are the only designer and you are handing off specs or a finished file to developers (who do not need edit access), a Personal license covers that workflow.
Need to upgrade after purchase? Contact support with your purchase email and the license tier you want. The price you already paid is applied toward your next order.
How do the Plus and Ultimate bundles differ from Starter?
All three bundles include the core Ant Design System for Figma kit plus lifetime updates and unlimited commercial usage.
The difference is what else you get:
- Starter — Core kit, Figma blocks
- Plus — Everything in Starter, plus Ant Design Mobile for Figma, Ant Design Charts for Figma, Ant Design Vue for Figma, UX Toolkit for Figma, and access to older versions of the kit
- Ultimate — Everything in Plus, plus React blocks (the /blocks library), ready-made Figma templates, the Theme Buddy plugin, and the AI Dev for Ant Design plugin
For most independent designers and small teams working on standard web apps, Starter is enough to get going. If you work across multiple platforms (mobile, charts, Vue), Plus adds significant value. Ultimate is aimed at teams that want the full toolkit, including the React code blocks and the AI-assisted code generation plugin.
See current prices for all tiers and license types on the pricing page.
Where do I find the official terms?
The complete licensing agreement, including what is and is not permitted, the refund policy, and the disclaimer, lives at /docs/licensing.
If you have a question that the documentation does not answer, reach out at hi@antforfigma.com. Personal and Starter licenses receive a response within 48 hours; Plus and Ultimate customers within 24 hours.