Anima turns a prompt, a Figma file, a screenshot or a live website into working code, aimed at designers who want to skip a manual developer handoff. Whether it suits you comes down to whether that Figma-first, code-out workflow matches how your team already works, since Anima has no template library and does not support real-time co-editing of a project.
What is Anima?
Anima (animaapp.com) is based in Israel, with a presence in New York. Its AI Playground runs in the browser and turns a prompt, a Figma file, a screenshot or a cloned website into a working app. An API and MCP server, available by request, let coding agents such as Bolt.new and Replit call on Anima directly.
Designing screens in Anima
Anima builds a working app from a prompt, then lets you keep refining the design, features and flow visually. It also converts a screenshot or an image into code, and can clone a live website by importing multiple pages from it into an editable design.
A live interactive preview updates as you build, with a pages dropdown for moving between the screens in your app. Importing an existing Figma design system lets a team prompt new screens that stay on-brand, though this needs the Starter plan or higher.
Generated code exports as React, HTML or Tailwind CSS, can be viewed and edited directly, and can be synced into an existing codebase or pushed to GitHub.
Working with other people
Team members can be invited as Viewers or Contributors, but Viewers work by forking a playground for independent editing rather than co-editing live with others. Anima connects to Figma and GitHub, and powers visual-to-code workflows inside Bolt.new and Replit.
The AI Playground runs in the browser; Anima also ships as a Figma plugin, a VS Code extension and a Chrome extension.
Anima pricing: what each plan gives
The Free plan includes 5 chat messages, 5 Figma design imports or website clones, and 5 code generations a day, with no credit card required. There is no time-limited trial; the Free plan takes its place.
Starter costs $25 a month per seat, or $20 a month per seat billed annually, and includes 100 monthly chat messages and 50 monthly code generations. Pro costs $50 a month per seat, or $40 a month per seat billed annually. Business starts at $180 a month, or $150 a month billed annually, with additional seats at $49 a month each. Enterprise starts at $500 a month, paid annually.
Privacy and support
Anima uses anonymized customer data to train its AI by default, but this can be switched off at any time; your own source code is never used to train models without explicit permission. Anima says its API is built to SOC 2-level standards, and its privacy policy names the GDPR and lists rights such as access, correction and erasure.
Code you generate is yours to keep; Anima's terms make no claim on it, even when built from a free design sample. SSO is available on the Enterprise plan. Support runs through email, phone, in-app chat, a help center and a community.
Who Anima suits
Anima suits designers already working in Figma who want a code handoff without a developer, and teams that want new screens to stay on-brand by prompting on top of an imported Figma design system. Developers building with Bolt.new or Replit have a direct path in through Anima's API and MCP server.
It suits less well anyone who wants a template library to start from, since Anima has none, or a team that needs several people editing the same playground live, since only forking for independent work is offered rather than real-time co-editing.
How Anima compares
Anima scores 7.3 out of 10 among the AI UI design tools we rate. These three do the same job and are the closest to it, compared on what each vendor publishes.
Builder.io
Builder.io lets whole teams work in the same project with live co-editing and comments for approval; Anima has neither, and viewers can only fork a copy to work independently. Builder also connects to far more of a team's stack, 15 integrations against Anima's 4. Both start from a screenshot, sketch, or URL and hand back working code, and both keep a free plan with commercial use allowed.
Pick Builder.io if your team needs to co-edit a project and get sign-off through comments.
Pick Anima if you're working solo and just want a screenshot or URL turned into code quickly.
Uizard
Uizard starts you from a ready-made template library and adds a Focus Predictor that flags where attention lands on a screen; Anima has no template library and starts only from a prompt, a screenshot, or a live URL. Uizard also lets several people edit the same project live and leave comments, while Anima only lets invited viewers fork a copy to work apart. Uizard's cheapest paid plan is $19 against Anima's $25.
Pick Uizard if you want a template to start from and to collaborate live with comments.
Pick Anima if you want to start straight from a prompt, screenshot, or live URL instead of a template.
Visily
Visily's cheapest paid plan is $14 against Anima's $25, and it adds a template library plus live co-editing and comments, none of which Anima offers; Anima's invited viewers can only fork a copy to work apart. Anima instead offers an API by request for its top accounts, while Visily has no public API. Both turn a screenshot, sketch, or URL into a design, with a free plan on each side.
Pick Visily if you want to start from a template and collaborate live with comments.
Pick Anima if you need API access, even if you have to request it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Anima have a free plan?
Yes. It includes 5 chat messages, 5 Figma design imports or website clones, and 5 code generations a day, with no credit card needed. There is no separate timed trial; the Free plan is the way to try Anima before paying.
What does Anima cost?
Starter costs $25 a month per seat, or $20 a month per seat billed annually. Pro costs $50 a month per seat, or $40 a month per seat billed annually. Business starts at $180 a month, or $150 a month billed annually, with extra seats at $49 a month each.
Can Anima clone an existing website?
Yes. Anima can import multiple pages from a live website and convert them into an editable design, alongside its prompt-to-app and Figma-import starting points.
Does Anima train its AI on what I create?
By default, yes: Anima uses anonymized customer data to train its AI, though this can be switched off at any time. Your own source code is never used for training without explicit permission.
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