Figma prototype testing, no recruiting required
Tessary is a figma usability testing tool for product designers. Paste a prototype share link, configure an AI persona for your target user, and get structured usability findings in minutes, before the sprint window closes.
- Setup time
- A few minutes
- Time to findings
- Under 15 min
- Recruiting required
- None
Why prototype testing gets skipped
The User Interviews State of User Research 2025 report found that 61% of researchers struggle to find enough qualified participants, and 54% say recruiting on their own is too time-consuming. By the time participants confirm availability, the sprint window has passed and the prototype ships reviewed only by people who already know the product.
- 61%
of researchers struggle to find enough qualified participants for a study
User Interviews State of User Research 2025
- 54%
say recruiting participants on their own is too time-consuming
User Interviews State of User Research 2025
- 0 days
of scheduling delay when you replace recruiting with an AI persona
The sprint window closes before recruiting does
For B2B prototypes, the target user is usually a specific job title at a specific company size: a finance director at a mid-market SaaS company, an IT lead at a regulated firm, an operations manager whose workflow the product is supposed to fit. Generic panels do not have many of those. Enterprise testing platforms can source them but require annual contracts and weekly scheduling windows. Neither fits a Tuesday-to-Thursday sprint. So the test gets cut. The designer and PM align on the design in a stakeholder walkthrough where everyone already knows the product.
Prototype
is complete and ready to test on Tuesday
Sprint
closes Thursday with no external eyes on it
Three steps, findings in minutes
Tessary takes a Figma prototype share link and runs configured AI personas against it. No recruiting, no scheduling, no waiting for participants to confirm.
Paste the Figma share link
No plugin install, no file export. Tessary accepts a standard Figma share link. Make the prototype publicly accessible or share it with a link, paste the URL into Tessary, and the persona reads directly from it.
Configure the persona
Set the job title, domain familiarity, technical comfort, and the goal the user is trying to complete. A persona configured for a first-time operations manager navigating an admin dashboard behaves differently from one configured for an experienced IT lead on the same screen.
Write one task
One objective per run, phrased as user intent: "Find the billing settings and update the payment method." Single-task runs keep findings focused on where friction actually is. Multi-objective tasks blur the source of friction.
Findings organized for action
Tessary returns structured usability findings organized by severity. Each finding includes reasoning, not just a data point. Share the output with your team directly without writing a synthesis document first.
Where the persona hesitated
Tessary records the exact step where the persona paused, backtracked, or re-read the interface, with a reasoning trace explaining why. Hesitations are ranked by severity so the highest-friction moments surface first.
Copy that caused confusion
Which button label, section header, or tooltip the persona misread or had to re-read before taking action. Directly actionable for designers and copywriters without an additional synthesis pass.
Controls the persona expected
Where the persona looked for a control that was not there: the edit button expected in the header, the undo option expected after a destructive action. Gaps in mental model are identified per screen.
Screenshot evidence per step
Each finding includes a screenshot at the step where friction appeared. Share the report with your team directly without writing a synthesis document first.
Tessary vs. recruiting participants
Maze and similar tools return quantitative metrics and require recruiting real participants for every run. Tessary returns qualitative reasoning with no scheduling step.
Maze and similar tools
Quantitative metrics, requires recruiting
- Task success rates and misclick metrics
- Time-on-task measurements across participants
- Requires recruiting real participants for every run
- No reasoning trace for why users hesitated
- Scheduling delay of days to weeks per study
Tessary
Qualitative reasoning, no recruiting
- Why the persona hesitated at each step
- Copy confusion and missing controls identified
- No scheduling delay, no participant panel needed
- Works on any Figma share link in minutes
- Findings ready before the sprint window closes
Questions about Tessary and Figma testing
Test your next Figma prototype today.
Free plan includes three sessions per month, no credit card required. Paste your Figma link, configure a persona, and get findings before the sprint closes.