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Zeplin pricing
Zeplin publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $19/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Zeplin plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
| Starter | $19/month | 5 | +$19/month, 5 more features |
| Professional | $49/month | 5 | +$30/month, 5 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 1 project, 1 workspace, basic specs, unlimited viewers, comments.
Starter
$19/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Unlimited projects
- Multiple workspaces
- Advanced specs
- CSS code snippets
- Design tokens
Professional
$49/monthOver Starter, this tier adds:
- Everything in Starter
- Team collaboration
- Admin controls
- Advanced integrations
- Dedicated support
Where Zeplin stops being free
Free, Free
- 1 project
- 1 workspace
- Basic specs
- Unlimited viewers
- Comments
Starter, $19/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Unlimited projects
- Multiple workspaces
- Advanced specs
- CSS code snippets
- Design tokens
What the product covers
The full Zeplin feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Design specs
- Asset export
- Code snippets
- Design tokens
- Comments
- Version control
- Handoff workflow
- Accessibility checks
Integrations
- Figma
- Sketch
- Adobe XD
- Jira
- Slack
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Trello
Security
- SOC2
- 2FA
- GDPR
- Encryption
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Desktop support
- Mobile support
Localization
- English language support
- Turkish language support
- Chinese language support
People bring Zeplin in for handing off design specs from figma or sketch to developers, sharing screens, assets and style guides with an engineering team, reviewing and commenting on design versions. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Zeplin are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Design Tools
Across the 4 design tools tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $17.49/month. Zeplin starts at $19/month, which puts it in line with the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeplin (this page) | Free, then $19/month | subscription | - | |
| Magnific | On request | usage-based | - | vs Zeplin |
| Gravit Designer | Free | freemium | - | vs Zeplin |
| Adobe Illustrator | $22.99/month | subscription | - | vs Zeplin |
| Balsamiq Wireframes | On request | subscription | - | vs Zeplin |
| Krea | On request | usage-based | - | vs Zeplin |
| Abstract | Free, then $12/month | subscription | - | vs Zeplin |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Zeplin badges page.
Before you pay for Zeplin
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $49/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Zeplin runs on web, desktop, mobile, and is published by Zeplin of Istanbul, Turkey. The full record is on the Zeplin review, and the rest of the category is under best design tools tools.
Zeplin pricing questions
- How much does Zeplin cost?
- Zeplin publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $49/month for Professional. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Zeplin have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 1 project, 1 workspace, basic specs. Paying starts at $19/month for Starter.
- What is the difference between Free and Starter on Zeplin?
- Starter costs $19/month against Free, and adds unlimited projects, multiple workspaces, advanced specs, css code snippets.
- Is the Professional plan on Zeplin worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in starter, team collaboration, admin controls, advanced integrations. It costs $49/month against $19/month for Starter. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Zeplin expensive for a design tools tool?
- It starts in line with the middle of its category. Across the 4 design tools tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $17.49/month; Zeplin starts at $19/month.
- Which design tools tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 design tools tools listed alongside Zeplin have a free tier: Gravit Designer, Abstract, Linearity Curve.
- What am I actually paying for with Zeplin?
- The record lists 27 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for handing off design specs from figma or sketch to developers, sharing screens, assets and style guides with an engineering team, reviewing and commenting on design versions.
- Does Zeplin charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Zeplin prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Zeplin against before paying?
- The closest design tools tools in this directory are Magnific, Gravit Designer, Adobe Illustrator, Balsamiq Wireframes. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Zeplin covering price, platforms and features.