Two tools, two jobs
Figma is where designs get explored, debated, and approved. ZORALI is where they become real, hosted, published websites. Trying to make one tool do both jobs usually means compromises, prototypes that aren't shippable, or builders that aren't design-friendly. Used together, each tool does what it's best at.
- Figma: wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and design-system work
- ZORALI: the live, hosted, editable website on a custom domain
- Design decisions happen in Figma; the source of truth for the live site is ZORALI
- No context-switching tax, each tool stays in its lane
A clean handoff workflow
The handoff from Figma to ZORALI works best with a little structure. Finalize the design in Figma, export the tokens (type, color, spacing) and assets (images, icons), then rebuild on ZORALI's freeform canvas. Because the canvas supports free placement, the translation from Figma frames to live sections is direct and faithful.
- Lock the design in Figma before rebuilding, avoid moving targets
- Export design tokens and assets up front for consistency
- Rebuild section by section on the freeform canvas
- Use custom code embeds for interactions Figma prototyped but ZORALI doesn't cover natively
Keep the design system in sync
If your team maintains a Figma component library, mirror its discipline in ZORALI: set site-wide typography and color defaults first, then build sections from those shared decisions. When the Figma library evolves, update the ZORALI site's defaults to match. The two systems stay aligned because both derive from the same tokens.
- Translate Figma text and color styles into ZORALI site defaults
- Rebuild core components once, duplicate them across pages
- Document the mapping so teammates can maintain both sides
- Review the live site against Figma at each milestone
When to skip Figma entirely
Not every project needs a Figma phase. For landing pages, portfolios, and marketing sites, ZORALI's templates plus AI Studio, which builds a site from a written description, can take you from idea to live page in one sitting. Save the Figma round-trip for projects with stakeholders who need to approve visuals first, or design systems that must stay canonical.
- Simple sites: describe it to AI Studio and start from a generated draft
- Tight deadlines: templates plus canvas editing beat a full design phase
- Stakeholder approval needed: Figma first, then rebuild in ZORALI
- Design systems: keep Figma canonical, mirror tokens in ZORALI
Publish and iterate without the round-trip
Once the site is live on ZORALI, hosted, on your custom domain, day-to-day changes stop going through Figma. Copy tweaks, new sections, campaign pages: all of it happens on the canvas in minutes. Figma stays the home of big redesigns; ZORALI becomes the home of the living site.
- Routine updates ship from the canvas, no design-file round-trip
- Multi-site hosting included; custom domains on paid plans
- Preview every change before it goes live
- Big redesigns go back through Figma; everything else stays in ZORALI
