Mockup and Wireframing Design Tools Comparison

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2013-05-11 16:46:46

If you need to draw a diagram, a website wireframe, sketch an interface or create prototype quickly, you have now a lot of choices in web apps or software.

This list compares App Sketcher vs Axure vs Balsamiq Desktop vs Cacoo vs Concept Draw vs Denim vs Designer Vista vs FairBuilder vs ForeUI vs HotGloo vs Inpreso vs iPlotz vs Justinmind vs Justproto vs Lovely Charts vs LucidChart vs Lumzy vs MockFlow vs Mocking Bird vs MockLinkr vs Mockup Builder vs Napkee vs OmniGraffe vs Pencil vs ProtoShare vs Simulify vs Website Wireframe vs WireframeSketcher

It is a collaborative comparison chart that you can edit and improve.

App SketcherAxureBalsamiq MockupsCacooConcept DrawDenimDesignerVistaFairBuilderForeUIHotGlooIndigo StudioInpresoiPlotzJustinmindJustprotoLovely ChartsLucidChartLumzyMockFlowMocking BirdMockLinkrMockup BuilderNapkeeOmniGrafflePencil Firefox Add onPidocoPowerMockupProtoShareSimulifyWebsite WireframeWireframeSketcher
Image
Websitehttp://www.appsketcher.comhttp://www.axure.com/http://www.balsamiq.com/http://cacoo.com/http://www.conceptdraw.com/http://dub.washington.edu:2007/denim/http://www.designervista.com/http://www.flairbuilder.com/http://www.foreui.com/http://www.hotgloo.com/http://www.infragistics.com/products/indigo-studiohttp://www.inpreso.com/http://iplotz.com/http://www.justinmind.com/http://www.justproto.com/http://lovelycharts.com/http://www.lucidchart.comhttp://www.lumzy.com/http://www.mockflow.com/http://gomockingbird.com/http://www.mocklinkr.com/http://www.mockupbuilder.comhttp://www.napkee.com/http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnigrafflehttps://addons.mozilla.org/sv-SE/firefox/addon/8487http://pidoco.comhttp://www.powermockup.com/http://www.protoshare.com/http://www.simulify.com/home.aspxhttp://wireframe.talltree.us/default.asphttp://wireframesketcher.com
Like 0 6 12 1 0 0 1 2 1 5 3 0 1 4 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2
Free plan- 14 days (free trial)- 30 days (free trial)NoYes- 21 days (free trial)Yes- 20 days (free trial)No- 15 days (free trial)YesYesNoYesYesNoNoYesYesYesNoYesNo- 14 days (free trial)- 31 days (free trial)No- 15 days (free trial)YesYesNo
Price
  • 14 days free trial
  • $99 single user
  • Free updates for life
  • Free 30 day trial
  • $589 Perpetual Single User License (PC + Mac) with support and 12 months of updates.
  • $539 per license when you purchase 5 or more at one time
  • Optional $149 per license for existing customers renewing their maintenance agreement for another 12 months of updates.
  • Desktop:
    • $79 Single user
    • Volume discounts available
  • Hosted:
    • $12/mo for 3 Active Projects
    • $24/mo for 10 Active Projects
    • $49/mo for 20 Active Projects
    • $99/mo for 50 Active Projects
    • $249/mo for 100 Active Projects
  • Free Plan
  • $4.95/Month (Plan for single user)
  • $24.50/month (10 users)
  • $49/month (30 users)
  • $99/month (100 users)
  • Free 21 days Trial
  • $199 ConceptDraw Project
  • $249 ConceptDraw PRO
  • $499 ConceptDraw Office 2
  • $219 ConceptDraw Mindmap V7
Free
  • Price: $79.99
  • 20-days Free Trial
  • Desktop, Web, Mobile and Sketch Mockups
  • Windows, .NET, Java Swing, SWT, Office Ribbon Mockups
  • Websites, Silverlight, Sharepoint, YUI Mockups
  • iPhone, Phone 7, Android Mockups
  • Desktop and Web Sketch GUI Mockups
  • $99 unit price
  • $150 single user
  • $7/month (Single)
  • $14/month (Team)
  • $48/month (Enterprise)
  • 1 project (FREE Plan)
V1 Totally Free Forever; V2+ on Yearly Subscription Basis (TBA)
  • $29/year
Free online version
$75 desktop version
  • Free Edition
  • $19 / Month Pro Edition Subscription
  • $495 Pro Edition Perpetual license
  • $14/month (Standard)
  • $35/month (Plus)
  • $69/month (Unlimited)
  • 29€/year (online edition)
  • 59€ (desktop edition)
  • Free (max 60 objects)
  • $4.95/month: Personal
  • $9.95/month: Professional
  • $25/month: Team
FreeFree (1 mockup with 4 pages) 59$/Year : Premium Version (unlimited)
  • $9/month - Personal
  • $20/month - Team
  • $40/month - Pro
  • $85/month - Unlimited
Free (up to 10 images)
$19/month (unlimited images)
Free Online version, Desktop version installs from Online version$49 to convert Balsamiq mockups to one of either HTML or Flex; $79 to convert to both
  • 14 days free trial
  • $99.99 individual license
  • $199.99 individual pro license
  • $149.99 family license
  • $299.99 family pro license
Free
  • 31-day free trial!
  • Basic $9 per month
  • Classic $29 per month
  • Expert $59 per month
  • Single License: $39.95
  • Small Team License: $119.95
  • Team License: $199.95
  • Free 15-day Trial on All Plans
  • Starting at $29/month
  • Free online version
  • $89 desktop version
Free$99 single user
Video tourhttp://vimeo.com/23253027http://youtu.be/70hfU7_95Gwhttp://vimeo.com/7502521http://www.designervista.com/demo.phphttp://youtu.be/tTyDVMnYvIMhttp://youtu.be/W01FNJPleeIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x7Yec1bquI&list=PLZ4rRHIJepBuVK59H1W6cOg6foOD5wqii&index=1http://iplotz.com/web/files/videotour/index.htmlhttp://vimeo.com/16211751http://youtu.be/yXZWdQJdCN0http://youtu.be/7DdRIgTH__ohttp://www.omnigroup.com/ftp/pub/software/MacOSX/movies/OmniGraffle/tutorials/part1.mov?width=690&height=388http://youtu.be/QR6fu-gI9QYhttp://youtu.be/OQcEdYwrFmQhttp://youtu.be/mzMjD4t4dx8
Overall rating0 no rating4.3 3 ratings4.2 6 ratings5.0 2 ratings0 no rating0 no rating4.0 1 rating0 no rating5.0 1 rating4.5 4 ratings5.0 2 ratings0 no rating0 no rating5.0 2 ratings5.0 1 rating0 no rating5.0 1 rating4.0 1 rating3.7 3 ratings0 no rating0 no rating5.0 1 rating0 no rating0 no rating0 no rating0 no rating0 no rating0 no rating0 no rating0 no rating5.0 3 ratings
VersionAxure RP Pro 6.0Balsamiq desktop2.14.015.15ProtoShare 5
Features
Offline modeYesYesYes able to continue editing even if the connection with the server has been disconnected - modifications will be saved when connected againYesYesYesYesYesNo It's an online application.NoNoYesYes FreewareYesNo HTML Export to simulate prototypes offlineYesNoYes Paid version onlyYes
Flow DiagramsYesNoYesYesYes Storyboards, In-Screen Interaction Flow, and Project FlowYesNoNo Note yet plannedYesNoNo Planned for near future
APIYesNoYes http://cacoo.com/apiYes File Format is XMLYesNoYes JSONYesNoNoYes Open XML format
Sharing/FeedbackYes (Beta) Secure sharing for discussions and gathering feedback by uploading to share.axure.com.Yes Built-in Free Hosted Prototype Sharing and ExportsYesYesYes Feedback via PowerPoint's review features; sharing possible via SkyDrive or SharePoint
AnnotationsYesYesNoYesYesYes Notes - also delivered via emailYesYesYes pins and notes + chat with smart conversation historyYes annotations, chat, commentsYes Available in review / presentation modeYesYesYes Developer Annotations & Reviewer CommentsNo
Generate Documentation/SpecificationsYesYes Generate Annotated Prototypes Today; PDF Coming/In ProgressYesYes
Master TemplatesYes- Implied Masters in Screens; Cross-Screen Masters PlannedYesYesYes Using PowerPoint Slide Masters
Master ControlsYes Use masters to create reusable design elements (headers, footers, etc.) Unlimited masters on a page and nesting is supported.- Coming in V2 TimeframeYes
Predesigned Mockup Templates1000+ TemplatesComes with built-in samples you can customize; others published on blog (http://www.infragistics.com/community/blogs/indigo-studio/) and in help topics.A complete set of examples is available at: http://www.justinmind.com/examples
Predesigned Icons bundled5000+ IconsMore than 300, searchable, categorized vector-based icons.Icons for iPhone, iPad and AndroidYesMore than 100 wireframe icons included
Favorites Controls LibraryYesYes
Widgets LibrariesYesYes 75 built-in user interface components, 187 icons, plus a whole lot of community-generated componentsYes many stencils including ones for iPhones and AndroidsYesYes Resource: http://www.foreui.net/Yes Symbols, Pictures, Templates (tbc)Yes Many built-in, interactive controls, stencils, and shapes, plus custom shapes.YesYesYes Currently 63 built-in components, over 200 iconsYes drag & dropYesYes Drag & Drop ComponentsYes
Custom LibrariesYesYesYesYes Custom Element (*.fce) & Library (*.fcl)Yes Custom Template Library (tbc)YesNo Not supportedYesYes Add Mini-Masters or Custom Widgets thru HTML, CSS & JavascriptYes Extensible palette. Downloadable stencils for Android, iPhone and more.
Click-Through PrototypesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes Simple as pie; and easily add rich animations if you like.YesYes Fully interactive and clickable projects.Yes Fully interactive and clickable prototypesYesYesYesYesYes
Export filesYes HTML/CSS/JavaScript in a Zip fileYes PDF, HTML, DOCX, PNGYes PNG, PDFYes PDF, PS, SVG, PNGYes HTML,Adobe PDF, Image (PNG, GIF, JPEG)Yes PDF, PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF, DHTMLYes *.pdf, *.pngYes PNG; HTML Prototype Generation in Beta; PDF Coming SoonYes HTML, PDF, JPG, PNGYes HTML+javascript, PDF, imageYesYes Export to PDF or JPG, plus export summary of annotationsYes PNG, PDF, PPT and HTML5Yes PDF, PNG, ZIP of PNG(many screens)YesYes PDF, XPS, PNG, JPG, WMF, EPS, WMV, ...Yes Export to HTML archive, Web URL, or Word Doc SpecYes Vector PDF, PNG.
Drag and Drop componentsYesYes In future releaseYesYesYesYesYesYes Also quick add in place (alt+click/drag).YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Mockups saved as.asap filesRP-filesBMML files
  • HTML
  • Adobe PDF
  • Images (PNG, GIF, JPEG)
.4ui filesCustom XML Schemasfile, html or imageonline + HTMLonline, or export to PDF or JPGJSON / XMLPowerPoint file (.pptx, .ppt)Interactive online prototype, interactive offline prototype, or Word spec.XML files
Embeddable WireframeYesYesYesYes Live/Dynamic Integration in Indigo Storyboards, with Real-World ScenesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes Via Component widget
Platforms
WindowsYes Adobe AIR basedYes Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista, or 7YesYesYesYes Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, or Vista, including the Tablet PCYesYesYesYesYesYesYes with Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera, Safari etc.Yes web-basedYes Web (Flash)Yes Web and Silverlight basedNoYesYesYes Add-on for Microsoft PowerPoint 2007/2010Yes Web-basedYes
Mac OSYes Adobe AIR basedYes Mac OS X 10.5+YesYesYesYes Mac OS X 10.2YesYesYesYesYesYes with Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera, Safari etcYes web-basedYes Web (Flash)Yes Web and Silverlight basedYesYesNoYes Web-basedYes
LinuxNoYesYesNoYes Solaris, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systemsYesYesNoNoYes with Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera, Safari etcYes web-basedYes Web (Flash)Yes Web and Silverlight basedNoYesNoYes Web-basedYes
Social Networks
Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/axurerphttp://www.facebook.com/mockupshttp://www.facebook.com/Cacoocomhttp://facebook.com/flairbuilder/http://www.facebook.com/hotgloohttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Barcelona-Spain/JustInMind-Prototyper/90153054718http://facebook.com/JustProtohttp://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_191446157545901&ap=1http://facebook.com/pidocohttp://www.facebook.com/pages/ProtoShare/52959382045http://www.facebook.com/pages/WireframeSketcher/111660160942
Twitterhttp://twitter.com/axurerphttp://twitter.com/balsamiqhttp://twitter.com/cacoocomhttp://twitter.com/flairbuilderhttp://twitter.com/foreuihttp://twitter.com/hotgloohttp://twitter.com/indigodesignedhttp://twitter.com/iplotzhttp://twitter.com/just_in_mindhttp://twitter.com/justprotohttp://www.twitter.com/LucidCharthttp://twitter.com/mockflowapphttp://www.twitter.com/gomockingbirdhttp://twitter.com/#!/mockupbuilderhttps://twitter.com/#!/pidocohttp://twitter.com/wulfsofthttp://www.twitter.com/ProtoSharehttp://twitter.com/wiresketch
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