Bookkeeping categories
What category is Figma in bookkeeping?
Figma is usually categorized as Online Software. Even Margin applies that category automatically when the charge arrives.
What Figma is for
Inside Online Software, Even Margin also tags Figma by what it is for: Design & Media. It does the same for the 1,300+ tools on its list, so Analytics can show what your software is for: your spend on each kind of tool, side by side in one chart, with Figma counted under Design & Media.
What Figma charges are
Figma bills per seat, monthly or yearly, for Figma Design, FigJam, Dev Mode and its other products.
How Even Margin categorizes Figma
Online Software. Applied automatically, at high confidence.
- Even Margin recognizes Figma on your bank transaction, using the merchant list its team curates.
- It categorizes the charge as Online Software with high confidence, so it is applied without asking you.
- Change it whenever you like, and Even Margin keeps your choice.
When a different category fits
Whatever you choose, a rule keeps every Figma charge in the same place, including the ones already in your books.
- FigJam on its own is Online Software too, tagged Collaboration & Office, so whiteboarding shows apart from your design tools in Analytics.
- Seats you add for one client project can go with that project's costs, if your books track projects that way.
Is Figma a software expense or a design expense?
Online Software. Even Margin categorizes it there automatically and tags it Design & Media, so it adds up beside Adobe Creative Cloud and Canva in Analytics.
Do I need a category for each Figma seat?
No. Every seat lands in Online Software, so you see one Figma total each month. To see what one client's seats cost, split the charge across the parts.
About this page
Reviewed 2026-10-16 by the Even Margin team.
These are categories for your books; for how a cost is treated on your tax return, ask your accountant. Merchant names are trademarks of their owners, and Even Margin is not affiliated with them.