Design Buddy is an AI-powered assistant that offers design review and guidance to help boost your design confidence. It is a Figma plugin that provides structured feedback on your UI designs, covering layout, color, typography, and accessibility. With Design Buddy, you can improve your designs through design iterations and ensure that they are polished before presenting them to stakeholders.

Design Buddy is beneficial for both junior and senior designers, as it helps identify flaws in UI designs and saves time by providing quick feedback. It is especially useful when working with tight deadlines. The plugin acts as an extra teammate focused solely on reviewing your design iterations, giving you a quick feedback loop to tweak and retest your designs.

To access Design Buddy, you can choose from different pricing plans based on your needs. The Starter pack offers 50 reviews per month and is ideal for exploring the capabilities of Design Buddy. The Regular route provides 150 reviews per month, suitable for professional designers managing regular projects or freelance assignments. The Dynamic team plan is tailored for collaborative teams focusing on in-depth and frequent design reviews and offers 500 reviews per month.

Once you have selected your plan, you will receive an API key to activate the Design Buddy plugin in Figma. The plugin allows you to select the design section you wish to review and provides an easy-to-use interface to initiate the review process.

Design Buddy helps in improving the design process by identifying often-missed flaws in UI designs, ensuring they are polished before presenting them to stakeholders. This preemptive design review helps minimize the need for future revisions. The monthly quota for reviews is calculated based on a 30-day rolling cycle, ensuring that your quota always reflects your usage over the last 30 days.

If you have any feedback or questions about Design Buddy, you can reach out to the team at [email protected]. Design Buddy is created by mighty.tools and is trusted by over 132+ designers to enhance their design process.