FigJam API
FigJam boards are covered by Figma's public REST API: file JSON, node reads, rendered exports, comments, and webhooks, with OAuth or personal access tokens. Mutation happens only through the Plugin API inside the client, so server-side board edits are off the table.
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FigJam scores A on the API Report Card. FigJam boards are covered by Figma's public REST API: file JSON, node reads, rendered exports, comments, and webhooks, with OAuth or personal access tokens. Mutation happens only through the Plugin API inside the client, so server-side board edits are off the table.
FigJam has a workable official integration path. Most engineering teams can build against it directly. Open API: self-serve, documented, with SDKs
FigJam is the online collaborative whiteboarding product from Figma, Inc. (San Francisco; acquired by Adobe in 2022 for $20B, deal terminated in 2023, IPO'd on NYSE as FIG in July 2025). FigJam launched in April 2021 as a separate-but-bundled companion to Figma's design product.
Vertical: misc, horizontal visual collaboration / online whiteboarding. Not a vertical SaaS in any Supergood-named vertical. Brainstorming & ideation: sticky-note divergent/convergent workshops, affinity mapping, dot voting. Diagramming: user flows, system diagrams, org charts, journey maps (snap-to-grid connectors).
High within its category, but the category is horizontal/saturated. FigJam is one of the three category-defining whiteboards alongside Miro (the enterprise share leader) and Mural (the facilitation-led incumbent).
Data that flows through / lives inside FigJam on behalf of customer organizations: Board contents: sticky notes (text, color, author), shapes, connectors, text blocks, freehand drawings, embedded media (images, GIFs, video, audio clips), code blocks, tables, sections, widgets.
Launched April 2021. Modern web architecture (multiplayer CRDT-based collaboration engine inherited from Figma Design, WebGL/Canvas rendering, real-time presence). Native macOS/Windows desktop apps, native iPad app, browser-first delivery.
REST API is read-heavy, historically limited ability to *create* or *modify* file contents from the REST side; mutation must be done via Plugin API running inside Figma. Plugin API runs only inside the Figma client (sandboxed iframe), no server-side automation of FigJam board edits without a headless browser. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Miro, Mural, Lucidspark (Lucid Software), Whimsical, Excalidraw, tldraw. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.