Figma vs Sketch in 2026: I Ran Both in a 6-Person Startup for 3 Months — Here's What Won

TL;DR: Our designer Maya had been on Sketch since version 3. She had a symbol library that was genuinely impressive — years of accumulated components, carefully named, properly nested. 📖 Reading time: ~36 min What's in this article The Setup: Why I Even Bothered Testing Sketch Again Getting the Team Set Up: Installation and Onboarding Reality Real-Time Collaboration: Where the Gap Becomes Obvious Component Libraries and Design Systems at Startup Scale Dev Handoff in Practice: What Engineers Act