The Best Balsamiq Wireframes AlternativesTop Wireframing & UI Design Tools like Balsamiq Wireframes

Balsamiq Wireframes is described as 'Low-fidelity wireframing tool emulating sketching, built for online teamwork, offering drag-n-drop simplicity, reusable components, interactive prototypes, and exportable wireframes' and is a very popular Wireframing tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Balsamiq Wireframes for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Web-based, Windows, Linux and SaaS apps. The best Balsamiq Wireframes alternative is Pencil Project, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Balsamiq Wireframes are Penpot, Figma, Penpot Desktop and Napkins.dev.

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  1. Pencil Project icon

    Pencil Project

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    Pencil is a standalone app that lets you create diagrams or UI mockups. It doesn't have collaboration/multi-user features.

    78 Pencil Project alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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    It's ok as an alternative, but it fails in creating interactive wireframes

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    All needed in, easy to use, stabel.

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    It's a simple cross-platform tool, but with minimal necessary set of features:

    • really cross-platform
    • good collections of shapes, which seems are extendable
    • export to various formats
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    • Most users think Pencil Project is a great Balsamiq Wireframes alternative.

    • Pencil Project is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Balsamiq Wireframes.

    • Pencil Project is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Balsamiq Wireframes.

    • Pencil Project is Free and Open SourceBalsamiq Wireframes is Paid and Proprietary
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    Penpot

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    Open-source design platform offering web-based and self-hosted workflows, code inspection in HTML and CSS, adaptive layouts with CSS Grid and Flex, real-time collaboration, auto layout features, reusable components, design tokens, layer support, plugins, and no tracking.

    67 Penpot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    Powerful interaction design tool for designers and developers.
     

    • Penpot is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Balsamiq Wireframes.

    • Penpot is Freemium and Open SourceBalsamiq Wireframes is Paid and Proprietary
    • Penpot is LightweightBalsamiq Wireframes is not according to our users
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    Figma

     236 likes
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    Figma is a web-based platform offering a robust set of tools for vector graphics editing and prototyping, along with offline desktop apps for seamless workflows. Designed specifically for UI and UX design, it emphasizes real-time collaboration, visual versioning, and vector networks to streamline the designer's work.

    96 Figma alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • Most users think Figma is a great Balsamiq Wireframes alternative.

    • Figma is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad, SaaS & Android Tablet alternative to Balsamiq Wireframes.

    • Figma is Freemium and ProprietaryBalsamiq Wireframes is Paid and Proprietary
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    Napkins.dev

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    An open source wireframe to app tool powered by Llama 3.2 vision. Upload a screenshot of a simple site/design & get code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Framer

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    Combines code-driven and visual editing workflows for interactive UI design, high-fidelity prototyping, real-time team collaboration, reusable components, inline commenting, mobile previews on Android/iOS, and smooth developer handoff for efficient workflow.

    79 Framer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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    OmniGraffle

     188 likes
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    OmniGraffle can help you make eye-popping graphic documents—quickly—by providing powerful styling tools, keeping lines connected to shapes even when they’re moved, and magically organizing diagrams with just one click.

    107 OmniGraffle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPad
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    • OmniGraffle is the most popular commercial alternative to Balsamiq Wireframes.

    • OmniGraffle is Paid and ProprietaryBalsamiq Wireframes is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Wireflow

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    Feature-rich, open-source Wireflow offers a collaborative platform for online creation of complex user flow prototypes. Ideal for team work in UI design, wireframing, and mind mapping, promoting idea sharing in real-time environment aided by modern whiteboard features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Moqups

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    A streamlined web app that helps you create and collaborate in real-time on wireframes, mockups, diagrams and prototypes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    Comments about Moqups as an Alternative to Balsamiq Wireframes
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    it helps to build the look and feel of real apps not just wireframe

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    • Most users think Moqups is a great Balsamiq Wireframes alternative.

    • Moqups is Freemium and ProprietaryBalsamiq Wireframes is Paid and Proprietary
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    Axure RP

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    Axure RP is the leading tool for rapidly creating wireframes, prototypes and specifications for applications and web sites.

    66 Axure RP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Sketch
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