Copera vs Figma: Complete Comparison 2026
Figma is a powerhouse design tool used by millions of product designers, and its companion whiteboard product FigJam has become a popular choice for brainstorming, workshops, and visual collaboration. Copera is not a design tool — it is a workspace that replaces 70+ apps with nine integrated tools, including built-in whiteboards powered by Excalidraw alongside project management, documents, video meetings, drive, chat, e-signatures, shared inbox, and AI. This comparison is specifically for teams that use Figma (or FigJam) primarily for whiteboarding and brainstorming, not for professional UI/UX design work. If your team needs pixel-perfect design files, component libraries, and developer handoff, Figma is the right tool for that job. But if your whiteboarding needs are about quick sketches, brainstorms, and meeting collaboration, read on.
At a Glance
| Category | Copera | Figma / FigJam |
|---|---|---|
| Core focus | All-in-one workspace | Design tool (Figma) + whiteboard (FigJam) |
| Whiteboarding | Built-in (Excalidraw) | FigJam — dedicated whiteboard product |
| UI/UX design | No | Core product — industry-leading design tool |
| Real-time collaboration | Yes, across all features | Yes, across Figma and FigJam |
| In-meeting whiteboard | Yes — open whiteboards during live video calls | No — FigJam is standalone |
| Video meetings | Built-in meeting channels | No |
| Text channels | Yes | No |
| Project management | Boards with 29 field types, 7 views, automations | No |
| Documents | Real-time collaborative wiki | No |
| File storage (Drive) | Built-in Drive with OnlyOffice editing | No |
| E-signatures (DocSign) | Built-in | No |
| AI features | AI across chat, boards, documents, and meetings | FigJam AI (generate diagrams, summaries) |
| Pricing | Single workspace subscription | Free tier; Professional from $12/editor/month |
Whiteboarding: FigJam vs Copera Whiteboards
FigJam
FigJam is Figma's dedicated whiteboard product. It provides an infinite canvas with sticky notes, shapes, connectors, stamps, emojis, drawing tools, and voting. Teams use it for brainstorming sessions, retrospectives, user journey mapping, workshop facilitation, and early-stage ideation. FigJam shines in structured collaboration — templates for sprint planning, stakeholder mapping, and design critiques make it easy to run facilitated workshops.
FigJam also includes AI features: you can generate diagrams from text prompts, summarize sticky-note clusters into themes, and turn conversations or PDFs into editable board content. The integration with Figma proper is seamless — you can copy elements between FigJam and Figma design files, making it ideal for design teams that want to move from brainstorm to mockup without leaving the Figma ecosystem.
FigJam is currently included free with all Figma seats. On the free Starter plan, you get up to 3 FigJam boards. Paid plans (Professional at $12/editor/month, Organization at $45/editor/month) offer unlimited boards.
Copera Whiteboards
Copera's whiteboards are powered by Excalidraw, an open-source whiteboard with a distinctive hand-drawn aesthetic. The toolset includes shapes (rectangles, ellipses, diamonds, lines), freehand drawing, text, arrows and connectors, color and fill controls, and layering. Multiple users can draw simultaneously with real-time cursor visibility.
What makes Copera's whiteboards distinctive is their integration into the broader workspace:
- In-meeting whiteboards: Open a whiteboard during a live video call in a meeting channel. All participants see and interact with the same canvas while discussing ideas face-to-face. When the meeting ends, the whiteboard is saved automatically.
- Saved to Drive: Every whiteboard is persisted as a file in your workspace Drive. You can reopen it outside of meetings, continue editing, or share it with teammates who were not in the original session.
- Session history: Whiteboards created during meetings are linked to the meeting session history, so you can always find which whiteboard belongs to which conversation.
Copera's whiteboards are simpler than FigJam. There are no built-in templates, no voting or stamping tools, no AI diagram generation, and no integration with a design tool. The focus is on quick, collaborative sketching — the kind of drawing you do when explaining an idea during a meeting or mapping out a quick architecture diagram.
Comparison
| Feature | Copera Whiteboards | FigJam |
|---|---|---|
| Infinite canvas | Yes | Yes |
| Shapes and connectors | Yes | Yes |
| Freehand drawing | Yes | Yes |
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Sticky notes | No | Yes |
| Voting / stamps | No | Yes |
| Templates | No | Yes (extensive library) |
| AI diagram generation | No | Yes |
| In-meeting use | Yes — live video whiteboard | No |
| Saved to workspace | Yes — saved in Drive | Saved in Figma project |
| Hand-drawn style | Yes (Excalidraw aesthetic) | Optional |
| Design tool integration | No | Seamless with Figma |
FigJam's advantage: More whiteboarding features, templates, voting, AI generation, and tight integration with Figma for design workflows.
Copera's advantage: Whiteboards live inside your meeting channels so you can sketch while talking face-to-face. No separate tool or subscription needed.
Winner: FigJam for dedicated whiteboarding power; Copera for whiteboarding integrated into live meetings and the broader workspace.
Beyond Whiteboarding — The Platform Gap
Figma (including FigJam) is a design and whiteboarding tool. It does not provide team messaging, video meetings, project management, documents, file storage, or e-signatures. Teams using Figma still need Slack or Teams for chat, Zoom for meetings, Asana or Jira for project tracking, Google Docs or Notion for documentation, and Dropbox or Google Drive for files.
Copera includes all of these in a single platform:
- Meeting channels with video conferencing, screen sharing, whiteboards, transcription, and AI summaries.
- Text channels and direct messages for daily communication.
- Classroom channels for webinars and training.
- Inbox — a shared team email client.
- Boards — project management with 29 field types, 7 views, automations, and 100+ formula functions.
- Documents — real-time collaborative wiki with AI.
- Drive — file storage with OnlyOffice for editing Office files in the browser.
- DocSign — built-in e-signature workflows.
- AI across chat, boards, documents, and meetings.
For teams that use FigJam solely for brainstorming (not design), switching to Copera means one less tool to manage and one less subscription to pay for.
Real-Time Collaboration Beyond Whiteboards
Both platforms excel at real-time collaboration, but in different domains.
Figma pioneered multiplayer design — the ability for multiple people to work on the same file simultaneously with live cursors. This collaborative model extends to FigJam, where everyone on a whiteboard sees each other's cursors, drawings, and sticky-note edits in real time. Figma's collaboration is focused on visual content: designs, whiteboards, and prototypes.
Copera applies the same real-time multiplayer approach across a wider set of tools. Documents support simultaneous editing with live cursors and presence indicators. Boards show real-time updates as team members move cards, update fields, or add rows. Meeting channels provide live video with shared whiteboards and documents. The collaboration is broader but shallower in any single visual domain compared to Figma.
For teams whose collaboration needs span multiple types of work — not just visual design — Copera's breadth is an advantage. For teams whose collaboration centers on visual and design work, Figma's depth is unmatched.
Professional Design Work
Let us be direct: Copera is not a Figma replacement for design work. Figma is an industry-leading design tool with vector editing, component libraries, auto layout, design tokens, prototyping, developer handoff with Dev Mode, branching and merging for design files, and a massive plugin ecosystem. If your team does professional UI/UX design, you need Figma (or a comparable design tool). Copera does not offer any of these capabilities.
This comparison is relevant only for the whiteboarding and brainstorming use case — teams that adopted FigJam for visual collaboration but do not use Figma's design features.
Pricing and Value
Figma's pricing (2026):
| Plan | Price | FigJam included |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Free | 3 FigJam boards, 3 Figma files |
| Professional | $12/editor/month (annual) | Unlimited FigJam boards |
| Organization | $45/editor/month (annual) | Unlimited FigJam boards |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited FigJam boards |
If your team uses Figma only for FigJam whiteboarding, you are paying $12-$45 per editor per month for a tool where you use a fraction of its capabilities. On top of that, you still need separate subscriptions for messaging, video meetings, project management, documents, and file storage.
Copera's free workspace bundles whiteboards alongside all 9 built-in tools at $0 for unlimited seats. Only teammates who want more AI credits, storage, or inbox channels need a Pro seat ($20/month, sold in lots of 5) or Max seat ($100/month, sold in lots of 3); everyone else stays free. For teams that do not need Figma's design features, consolidating into Copera eliminates a standalone whiteboard subscription and reduces overall tool count.
Winner: Figma if you also use it for design; Copera if you only need whiteboarding and want it bundled with your workspace.
Why Teams Choose Copera Over FigJam
- Whiteboard during meetings — sketch and diagram while on a live video call, not in a separate tab.
- No extra subscription — whiteboards are included in the workspace alongside chat, boards, docs, and drive.
- Meeting context preserved — whiteboards are linked to the meeting session where they were created, making it easy to find them later.
- One less tool to manage — fewer accounts, fewer permissions, fewer invoices.
- All-in-one workspace — the brainstorm whiteboard, the project board, the meeting recording, and the follow-up document all live in the same platform.
When Figma / FigJam Is the Better Fit
- Your team does professional UI/UX design work and needs Figma's vector editing, component libraries, prototyping, and developer handoff.
- You run structured whiteboarding workshops and need FigJam's templates, voting, stamps, and AI diagram generation.
- You want seamless handoff from brainstorm (FigJam) to design mockup (Figma) within one product.
- You already pay for Figma for design work, so FigJam comes included at no additional cost.
- You need to invite external guests (clients, contractors) to whiteboard sessions — FigJam allows guest access for 24 hours without a login.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Copera replace Figma?
No. Copera does not offer UI/UX design capabilities. If your team designs interfaces, Figma (or a similar design tool) is still necessary. Copera can replace FigJam specifically for teams whose whiteboarding needs are simple brainstorming and meeting collaboration rather than design-adjacent workshops.
Can I import FigJam boards into Copera?
There is no direct import from FigJam to Copera whiteboards. If you are migrating, you would need to recreate whiteboard content manually or export images from FigJam and upload them to Copera.
Does Copera support whiteboard templates?
Currently, Copera whiteboards start from a blank canvas. There is no built-in template library like FigJam offers. The trade-off is simplicity — you open the whiteboard and start drawing immediately.
Can I use Copera whiteboards outside of meetings?
Yes. Whiteboards saved during meetings are stored in your workspace Drive. You can open and edit them at any time, independently of a meeting session. You can also create new whiteboards from the collaboration menu within a meeting channel.
How many people can use a Copera whiteboard at the same time?
Whiteboards are shared in real time during meeting channel sessions. All meeting participants (tested with over 100 simultaneous users) can view and interact with the same canvas.
Summary
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Whiteboarding features | FigJam |
| In-meeting whiteboarding | Copera |
| Templates and workshops | FigJam |
| AI diagram generation | FigJam |
| UI/UX design | Figma (no contest) |
| Video meetings | Copera |
| Text communication | Copera |
| Project management | Copera |
| Documents | Copera |
| File storage | Copera |
| E-signatures | Copera |
| Pricing / value (non-designers) | Copera |
Figma is the undisputed leader for professional design, and FigJam is a polished whiteboarding tool with features that surpass most competitors. For teams that need design capabilities, Figma is the right choice. But for teams that adopted FigJam purely for brainstorming and whiteboarding — without using Figma's design features — Copera offers a simpler whiteboard integrated into live meetings and a full workspace, eliminating the need for a standalone whiteboarding subscription.