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by albert_e 547 days ago
Sorry for a basic question-- does it require a paid Figma subscription?

I hear stories about Figma being expensive and dark patterns to bump up the charges. Keeping track of monthly subscription spend across services has become a drain. Hence the hesitation.

Otherwise this is an excellent use case. I sometimes wish I could create my own vector illustration library - mostly general purpose gepmetric or abstract shapes that we don't find in libraries like PowerPoint. Thanks.

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> Sorry for a basic question-- does it require a paid Figma subscription?

It doesn't, but you'll immediately need to (1) sign up for an account and (1) buy credits to generate more than one image. Although unexplained, each credit = one vector image. Buying plug-in credits costs $10 for 50.

The plug-in provides a limited GUI for ReCraft V3, notably less capable than what ReCraft's GUI and API allows. ReCraft itself gives users 50 credits/day, allowing them to create 12 vector images/day for free.

The ReCraft API used by the plug-in costs $0.08 per vector image (which consume 80 API Units).

Hey, currently it works in Figma only. But I’m thinking to integrate it into more platforms. Powerpoint sounds really good idea to integrate into.
How about a standalone version?
I was planning to gradually support more platforms including standalone version. Where are you planning to use the svg ai? Just trying to get more data from users.