Comparison

Pentrical vs Supernova

Supernova does more than we do, and we are not going to pretend otherwise: it generates code, manages tokens, and automates pipelines into your repository. We do one job - documentation that stays current with Figma - for a flat price. This page is about which of those you are actually buying, with the sums so you can check them.

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The short answer

This is not a bigger-versus-smaller fight. It is machinery versus documentation, and they cost differently.

Choose Pentrical if…

You want documentation, not a delivery pipeline.

  • You are paying for a team: three editors cost €39 here and $105 there - the gap only widens from four
  • You want more than 15 people able to edit without an enterprise contract; Supernova's Pro plan caps at 15, we have no cap
  • You run several brands or clients: unlimited hubs at a flat €99, where Supernova's Pro stops at two design systems
  • You want to know which components are documented and which are actually read, without an enterprise contract - their code adoption tracking is Enterprise-only
  • You want documentation history measured in months: 90 days on Starter and 180 on Team, against their 7 free and 30 on Pro
  • You want one tool that does one job, not a platform your team needs onboarding for

Choose Supernova if…

We mean this. In these cases they are simply the better product.

  • You want your tokens and design decisions delivered into code automatically - their automation pipelines do something we do not attempt at all
  • Storybook or multiple sources feed your system; we read Figma and nothing else
  • You are small and want a generous free tier: five seats free against our one
  • You need SAML, approval workflows or content reviews - Enterprise-only there, absent here
  • You need documentation history without an end date: unlimited on their Enterprise, 180 days at most here
  • You want AI features beyond lookup - their AI contexts go further than our MCP server

We sell the smaller tool, so read the left column with that in mind. Every number on this page comes from supernova.io/pricing, checked on the date above - if something is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

Feature by feature

Marked row by row with whoever genuinely wins. Supernova takes several - that is what being the bigger machine means.

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Comparison of Pentrical and Supernova per feature
Pentrical Supernova
Price for a paying team of 3 per month included €39 - the plan includes 3 editors better limited or paid extra $105 - 3 × $35 per seat
Editors without an enterprise contract included No cap - €10 each after the third better limited or paid extra 15 on Pro, unlimited only on Enterprise
Documentation sites hubs / design systems included 2 on Starter, unlimited on Team (€99) better limited or paid extra 1 free, 2 on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise
Adoption analytics documented, and actually read included Included from €99 better limited or paid extra Code adoption tracking is Enterprise-only
Page history on a paid plan included 90 days on Starter, 180 on Team better limited or paid extra 30 days on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise
Free plan limited or paid extra 1 editor, 1 hub, 5 Figma files included 5 seats, 1 design system better
MCP server for AI tools included Every paid plan included Every plan, including free better
Code automation and token delivery tokens and decisions pushed into your repo not available Not available included Pipelines on every plan, more on Pro better
Sources beyond Figma Storybook and more not available Figma only included Multiple sources better
SAML and approval workflows not available Not available included On Enterprise better
Figma sync included Measurements, colours and tokens included Yes
Readers included Free and unlimited included Free and unlimited
Price visible without a sales call included Every plan included Free and Pro public, Enterprise on request

Verified on 8 August 2026 against supernova.io/pricing. Supernova bills in US dollars per seat; Pentrical in euros per plan. Amounts exclude VAT, at list price - both of us discount yearly billing.

What it actually costs

The same team, priced on both. Monthly, excluding VAT, at list price.

A small team of 3, one design system

Pentrical €0-39 Free covers one person; Starter (€39) covers all three
Supernova $0 Their free tier covers 5 seats and 1 system

Honestly: at this size Supernova's free tier is the more generous offer. The comparison only starts to matter when you outgrow it.

3 editors, two brands or clients

Pentrical €39 Starter - 2 hubs included
Supernova $105 2 design systems needs Pro: 3 × $35

The second design system is where their free tier ends and per-seat pricing begins.

12 editors who want adoption analytics

Pentrical €115 Team - €99 + 2 × €8
Supernova $420 + a sales call 12 × $35, and code adoption tracking is Enterprise-only

Per-seat pricing punishes exactly the thing a design system wants: more people involved.

A team that wants tokens delivered into code

Pentrical not possible We do not build automation pipelines
Supernova $35 per seat Pipelines are included from the free plan up

Here we are not the cheaper option but the wrong one. If this is the job, Supernova is your answer.

Supernova's yearly billing is about 22% cheaper than the monthly prices shown; ours is two months free. Neither changes who wins any row above.

Supernova does more. That is the point - and the tax

Supernova is a design system platform in the full sense: documentation, token management, code generation, automation pipelines, AI contexts. If your team will genuinely use that machinery, it is worth every dollar, and we are not the alternative. The tax is everything that comes with machinery: more to configure, more to learn, more that can silently break, and a per-seat price that counts everyone who touches it. Most teams we talk to use a fraction of what a platform offers and pay for all of it. If that sentence stings, you know which column you are in.

What we would defend

Three things. Flat pricing that does not punish involvement: €39 covers a team of three, and the gap widens with every seat. A cap that does not exist: when the fifteenth editor arrives, nothing happens. And the adoption gap, visible without an enterprise contract: how many components exist in Figma, how many are documented, and how many anybody actually reads - Supernova can tell you about code adoption, but only on Enterprise; here the equivalent sits on the €99 plan.

Where Supernova is genuinely ahead, and why we say so

The pipelines are real: tokens and design decisions delivered into your repository is a capability we do not attempt, and no amount of positioning changes that. Their free tier is more generous than ours - five seats against one. Their MCP server is on every plan including free, where ours starts at the first paid plan. And on Enterprise their page history has no end date, where ours stops at 180 days. If you recognise your needs in that list, buy Supernova and do not look back.

How to choose, in one question

Do you want your design system delivered into code, or documented for people? If the answer is code - pipelines, token sync, generated output - Supernova is built for you. If the answer is people - developers looking up a measurement, a new joiner reading the guidelines, a client checking the brand rules - that is the whole of what we do, and doing only that is why we are simpler and cheaper. Both answers are respectable. Paying platform prices for the people-problem is the only mistake on this page.

Questions people actually ask

Is Pentrical cheaper than Supernova?

For a paying team, clearly: €39 including three editors against $35 per seat, and the gap grows with every person. But Supernova's free tier covers five seats where ours covers one - if you fit inside their free plan, they are cheaper, and we would rather say that than have you discover it.

Can Pentrical generate code or sync tokens into my repo?

No. We read from Figma and publish documentation; nothing flows into your codebase. If token delivery or code generation is on your list, Supernova genuinely does that and we genuinely do not.

Can I import from Supernova?

There is no one-click import. In practice the move is smaller than it looks: your components and tokens live in Figma, and we read them from there - what needs moving is the written guidance, which teams usually copy across in an afternoon.

Do you have a free plan?

Yes: one editor, one hub, five Figma files, forever. Supernova's free plan is more generous on seats - five - so for a very small team theirs may be the better free home, until you need a second documentation site or hit their limits.

Where is my data hosted?

In the European Union, on servers in Germany. That matters for a European organisation answering a data processing question without a paragraph on international transfers.

Try the smaller tool first

Fourteen days, no credit card, your own Figma files. If it turns out you need the machinery after all, Supernova will still be there - and you will know exactly which features you were about to pay for.

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