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# Page 4 - Reviews of Balsamiq

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Director Of Special Projects  
Events Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Simple mock up solution with limited template options"

June 25, 2018

4.0

Pros

It was easy to use this mock up software, and they had a number of "template" options to quickly add to help speed the design process along. I was able to make a mock up of several pages of my companies website in half the time using this system. It also allowed for easy modifications, and duplications - which is a plus! There is also an easy way to download your design for sending to others.

Cons

The example items you can use are few and a bit outdated, and there was no simple way to add a new asset to a project without going back to the main menu, adding, and then going back into your project (which is kind of a pain).

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Response from Balsamiq Studios

June 27, 2018

Hi there and thanks for the review! Just so you know, the easiest way to add images and icons is to simply drag and drop an image file from your computer on to the wireframes canvas, as detailed here: https://docs.balsamiq.com/cloud/images/ Hope this helps! :) -Virgin

Rod W.  
Owner  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My go-to tool for fast prototyping"

May 25, 2018

4.0

We use Balsamiq to prototype our software. It allows the dev team to visualize the software and make changes before we start coding. When you see a UI design take shape quickly, you can make changes to improve it, and understand what you're building much better. The software that is eventually built is much stronger as a result.

Pros

Balsamiq is quick, easy to use and does a good job of prototyping screen design and other UI elements.

Cons

Has a dependency on Adobe Air which wants to update almost every time I use the software! Would be good to have more "psudo dev" code-like behaviour built in.

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Response from Balsamiq Studios

May 30, 2018

Hi Rod and thanks for sharing your thoughts about our little tool! :) Just wanted to let you know that we're working hard on our next major Desktop version and it will be native (no more Adobe Air). It should be ready this year (2018) but in the meantime, you might want to try out our new web version, Balsamiq Cloud, that is already out: https://balsamiq.cloud/ Any questions, we're here! :) -Virgin

Flavio A.  
Creative Director  
Design  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Used to be an interesting wireframing tool"

July 21, 2019

2.0

Pros

When it first launched years ago Balsamiq Mockups was a useful wireframing and prototyping tool with an interesting proposition - barebones in its visual presentation it aimed to create a digital representation of sketched wireframes on a piece of paper. It still carries that visual style to this day, which looks quite dated by today's standards and makes it a lesser option when compared to Figma, Sketch and other modern tools.

Cons

Visually, Balsamiq failed to keep up with the times and could certainly do with an overhaul.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Founder and CEO at PhraseExpander  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The best tool to sketch interfaces"

December 4, 2019

5.0

Whenever I want to draw a new interface, I pick up Balsamiq. It's very easy to draw a sample and readjust it. And if you have any questions, they support is second to none. They will do all it's humanly possible to help you.

Pros

It's so simple to use. In a few minutes, you have a sketch ready to get feedback on and modify. The fact that is low res makes it easy to throw it away (you didn't invest a lot of time in it in the first place) and start again.

Cons

It's very hard to find a defect there. The software works great and support is amazing. No, nothing to say here :-)

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Soham M.  
Head of Product Design (Director)  
Internet  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best way to get started with any UX"

October 15, 2018

5.0

Pros

Easy drag and drop of elements to convey any complex idea in minutes.

Cons

Android and ios specific components would be great to have.

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Svetla M.  
Marketing manager  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Super easy to use, saves tons of time in the design phase"

April 7, 2021

5.0

Great tool for doing product wireframes. All you need, easy to use, easy to share and export your work. Must have.

Pros

Very easy to use by anyone involved in doing wireframes of product screens. Easy to export and share the wireframes. Saves tons of time in the follow-up design phase when you have the wireframes finalized and approved by everyone.

Cons

It did take some time to figure out the editing interface but in general UI is easy and intuitive, no problems.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Project Manager  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "I really enjoy using Balsamiq to create project mockups"

May 12, 2018

4.0

Balsamiq mockups allowed me to take client ideas and turn them into a rough wireframe. It works really great for this, similar to using UXPin or InVision, but stripped of design down to the basic elements. I've found this useful as a starting point to get the customer thinking of flow and layout, but not yet getting into overall style.

Pros

I've used Balsamiq a number of times to wireframe a website. The somewhat cartoony approach gives enough of a visual so customers can get an idea of how it will be structured, but not so much that they get lost in thinking it will look exactly like the mockup. There are plenty of features to make both, a good desktop and mobile mock up, and also the right amount of "functionality" to have links so a user can get a feel for how it will work before actually implementing.

Cons

Getting going was a little challenging at first, but there is a fair bit of trial and error to find out how to do things. I'm sure there are tutorials and help, but it wasn't so difficult that I had to seek those things out.

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Daniel Mario M.  
CTO  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Very useful mockup tool"

January 24, 2019

4.0

Overall great, we've been using it for over three years now with no reason to change.

Pros

This is the tool we use for all our mockups. It's very simple to use and flexible, it won't produce a finished and polished design, but that's not the point. The point is to transmit the idea of the design in a fast and simple way and Balsamiq does it well.

Cons

It can get tricky with files from different versions. I's like to have more flexibility in using colors for some items (like lists, etc)

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Daniel C.  
Product Developer  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great Way To Prototype"

September 11, 2018

4.0

Very valuable prototyping tool that makes development much faster and more straightforward.

Pros

It is such an easy, quick way to map out what you want your site or app to look like. It has made so many projects so much simpler to begin and follow through with.

Cons

The service itself is great, but the pricing structure is a little high (given the simple nature of the feature set) if used as an individual and not a team.

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Response from Balsamiq Studios

September 21, 2018

Hi Daniel! We understand that Balsamiq Cloud (our web app) might not be the best fit for you and we do have other products that may fit your needs best. For example, our Desktop product is a one time license: https://balsamiq.com/buy/#d Don't hesitate to reach out via sales@balsamiq.com if you have any questions! -Virgin

Fernando D.  
SAP BW Consultant  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "A big help for your projects"

August 16, 2018

5.0

Balsamiq Mockups helped me with my final grade project. Everyone liked it. The screenshots in the documentation, the interactive screen prototypes and the visual components made the difference. I'm glad to have Balsamiq Mockups as an ally.

Pros

Balsamiq Mockups can help you in designing prototypes and showing it to your users to know very earlier if they will accept your interface or not, and what can be improved. It has many different components so you can reach your goal very easily. You can choose themes to make a singular experience. Your customer (or key users) will love to see what you intend to do by using Balsamiq Mockups. I do recommend it, for sure!

Cons

I guess the licensing fee is a bit high for solo developers. For a company, it's fine to pay monthly to use the software, but I guess it can be expensive if you don't use it regularly. It has a 30 day trial, you can check if it will serve your purposes though.

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Response from Balsamiq Studios

September 21, 2018

Hi Fernando and thanks for sharing your thoughts about our little tool. :) We do have different products that may fit your needs best. For example, our Desktop product is a one-time license fee: https://balsamiq.com/buy/#d Don't hesitate to reach out via sales@balsamiq.com if you have any questions! -Virgin

María Alejandra U.  
Web Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Awesome tool for mockups and prototyping"

January 31, 2018

5.0

Pros

I really like the fact that Balsamiq has so many field types and shapes available, and is also customizable to work with web or mobile.

Cons

More than a con, an improvement would be to add some sort of navigation between the screen a in the mockups.

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Response from Balsamiq Studios

January 31, 2018

Thanks for your review, María! Our little tool which has low interactivity on purpose but the Linking feature might help you to demonstrate navigation between your wireframes. More details here: https://docs.balsamiq.com/desktop/linking/ Hope this helps! -Virgin

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Marketing Communications & Design  
Mental Health Care  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Terrific for quick mockups; not intended for exact look-and-feel"

March 10, 2018

4.0

Pros

Balsamiq is a great tool to quickly make mockups to show the general idea or functionality of software, websites, etc. It's terrific for designing additional features and functionality for existing software that already has an established style. Balsamiq makes it extremely easy to align different elements with automatically snapping guides whether you're moving an element with your mouse or nudging it with your arrow keys. That definitely helps with efficiency.

Cons

You can only design using a single font, which can be an issue if you need to easily show that a piece of text on the design needs to be monospace, for example. This isn't a tool designed for exact, pixel-perfect mockups, so don't expect functionality beyond wireframing.

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Response from Balsamiq Studios

March 12, 2018

Hi there and thanks for sharing your thoughts about our little tool! We just wanted to let you know that you can change a project's font from the Project Info Panel, as detailed here: https://docs.balsamiq.com/desktop/projectinfo/ Hope this helps! :) -Virgin

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "A great application to start understanding how to make wireframes"

June 19, 2021

4.0

It was a great platform to be introduced website wireframing.

Pros

the simple and basic design and ability to import assets we want along with easy to understand interface.

Cons

The lack of collaborative feature for the students.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Director of Development  
  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Balsamiq = the best tool ever"

June 25, 2018

5.0

Pros

I was a total newbie to mocking up, but this tool made it SO EASY. It's similar to powerpoint in intuitive usability, and being able to map out the logic is incredibly helpful for the development team and demonstrating mockups.

Cons

Sometimes there is a variable difference between the sizes of the screen squares...that sounds like a strange problem, but basically if you put a web browser container on one screen, it can sometimes be slightly different than the next, making presentation a little clunky.

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Response from Balsamiq Studios

June 26, 2018

Hi there and thanks for sharing your thoughts about our tool! Just wanted to let you know that the Wireframe skin (available in the project info panel) might be useful for having more precise elements: https://docs.balsamiq.com/cloud/overview/#the-project-info-panel Hope this helps! -Virgin

Alvaro I.  
Director of Web Development  
Internet  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great tool for the non designer guys "

June 22, 2018

5.0

Pros

You can do prototypes fairly easy for web and mobile applications. It would help you to speed things up in your team and it would be easier to transfer your ideas to the UI/UX team as well. You will have a lot of predefined assets that will simplify your work.

Cons

It would be awesome that you could export this directly to other tools like photoshop or sketch and so a designer will be able to easily improve your prototype.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Media and Content Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Perfect for Quick Visualization"

September 5, 2019

5.0

We would use Balsamiq to mockup several forms, apps, and mobile layouts. It did a great job to help us move forward quickly in a project.

Pros

If I had a website, app, or design I wanted to quickly sketchup and present to my team in a form that could be easily modified, Balsamiq was my favorite tool to do so. Very easy, intuitive, and got the job done.

Cons

While I might like even more customization options, what was present served me very well, and was otherwise adaptable to my needs.

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RP

Reyes P.  
Artista  
Computer Games  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Quick and easy way to make mockups and wireframe."

January 29, 2019

5.0

Pros

Balsamiq has a wide variety of predefined forms that facilitate and speed up the creation of mockups, interfaces, wireframes, etc. It has a high performance does not consume many resources, you can export the protects in many different formats, photos like png, jpg, pdf documents, etc. It has a web-based version and a desktop version.

Cons

You can not edit the predefined shapes, some look very old so you can not always achieve the desired result.

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JB

JOSE B.  
IT MANAGER  
Oil & Energy  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "I use this software to show our development projects to our clients."

December 15, 2017

5.0

Among the benefits I have obtained, I recognize that it has been much easier for me to present ideas and that they are approved by our clients, more quickly. I invest a short time to propose an idea.

Pros

I like that it is a multiplatform application (mac & windows). It is very simple to use, ideas can be easily translated into your "canvases". The insertion of objects and other components is very intuitive. It is easy to present a project on different platforms. When I have to use the full screen mode, it works well, the links that I activate on my screens make navigation through the project real and allow our clients to better understand the idea.

Cons

Using the software, I noticed that in recent versions the symbol libraries are duplicated and I do not know why. It does not have an interactive whiteboard, which allows other team members to join together to develop the same idea.

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Response from Balsamiq Studios

December 18, 2017

Hi José and thanks for taking the time to review our tool. :) About your issue with Symbol libraries, we'd love to investigate this further in case you're still seeing it. Also, let's make sure that you're using our latest version (3.5.15): https://balsamiq.com/download You can reach us directly via support@balsamiq.com, we'll do our best to help! -Virgin from Balsamiq

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Senior UX Designer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great tool but careful with lo-fi wireframe"

April 14, 2020

4.0

Excellent tool and really easy to use

Pros

The tool is excellent and lets you produce really rapid lo-fi prototypes. Learning curve is quite shallow because if you ever used another design tool everything is pretty much intuitive.

Cons

The problem with Balsamiq is not the tool itself but delivering your customers a lo-fi wireframe. Depending on the industry and culture many middle managers and executives don't quite grasp an app or web design using these. They just see a bunch of boxes with scattered text. These kind of wireframes are great for clients with experience in design and of course for team discussion or super rapid prototyping environments like lean startups. But don't go beyond that

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Senior Software Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A simple and well rounded tool for screen mockups"

December 6, 2018

5.0

Pros

It allows even terrible-at-art developers to throw together screen layouts and designs, and chat with the team about where items should be. They can be easily moved around, and it's very simple to learn and use. Great for initial project work.

Cons

Although the mockups are useful, they can also look quite unprofessional, which sometimes means spending more time tidying up or redrawing layouts to show to management in other tools.

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Francisco P.  
CTO  
Publishing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Magical time saver"

December 10, 2018

5.0

I've been using this app for over 7 years and couldn't be happier, one of things I like the most is the customer service quality, real humans behind the company makes a lot of difference.

Pros

Super easy to use and it feels magical because in a matter of minutes you can build an entire UI mock

Cons

I would rather have the UI elements on the left side, so you can scroll vertically instead of having them on top and do a horizontal scrolling.

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Jesus I.  
FrontEnd Developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Amazing way to mockup"

February 20, 2019

5.0

In my experience using it, is the best way I found to mockup the designs and ideas for websites. I used it when I was a Freelancer and it was one of my primary tools. Hardly I could find a better tool.

Pros

1) Easy 2) Have almost anything I need to mockup 3) complete 3) A lot of options 4) Export the designs is so easy.

Cons

1) a little bit cheaper would be great. 2) Or maybe a single payment with support for updates for a period of time.

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Melissa P.  
Digital Productivity Coach  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Almost too good."

January 21, 2019

5.0

Pros

This software allows me to take an idea and throw it into the screen. I'm not a design person. I have a hard time putting my thoughts into reality when it comes to designing software, but this is a great place to start. I have the ability to make something look like I want it without having to worry about the technical side of things.

Cons

I'm able to make something look the way I want it without having to worry about the technical side of things...which means when it's time to make my idea happen in real life I'm usually disappointed. :)

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Emelda D.  
Product Manager Intern  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Quickest Wireframing Tool"

September 12, 2022

5.0

The overall experience was good. Would be even better if it integrate with other tools

Pros

I loved that as soon as I installed it I was able to create my wireframes without any struggles

Cons

It does not integrate with other tool like Adobe, Invision or Figma

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Luis Daniel R.  
Lead Application Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Pretty Good Mocks up Site."

December 24, 2019

5.0

It's really good and simple. We use it at work and I use it personally to prototype a lot of the apps I'm going to be working on, but it's pretty good!

Pros

I've used Balsamiq a few times and it really helps to collaborate and build mock ups to show to clients and provide them with examples of how their apps are going to look and quickly collaborate and show them how we're going to do some changes and workflow of the applications they want us to design. I also do it to quickly prototype an app workflow and export it to a PDF that has links that you can use to navigate the app like a real one.

Cons

A lot of good features and customization can be missing, but if you're looking for a free and quick to build prototyping/mock ups app, Balsamiq is really good.

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