Adobe XD vs. ProtoPie

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe XD
Scoreย 7.0ย outย ofย 10
N/A
Adobe XD is a prototyping and UX/UI option for website and mobile application design, featuring a range of UI tools and and templates, a versatile artboard and contextual layer panels, and deep integration with Adobe's creative suite of products for fast import of objects from these applications.
$33.99
per month per license
ProtoPie
Scoreย 8.5ย outย ofย 10
N/A
ProtoPie is a tool used to turn UI/UX design ideas into interactive prototypes for mobile, desktop, web, all the way to IoT, from the company of the same name in Seoul. Designers can explore, validate, and test design solutions and ideas by creating realistic, production-like prototypes without code and the help of engineers.
$13
per month
Pricing
Adobe XDProtoPie
Editions & Modules
Individual
$9.99 ($119.88)
per month (annual, prepaid)
Students & Teachers - All Apps
$19.99 ($239.88)
per month, annual plan (for the year)
Business - Single App
$33.99
per month per license
Business - All Apps
$79.99
per month per license
Schools & Universities - Institution Wide
Contact Sales
Individual
$13
per month
Team
$50
per month per editor
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe XDProtoPie
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Detailsโ€”17% discount for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
Adobe XDProtoPie
Considered Both Products
Adobe XD
Chose Adobe XD
More and more competitors, agencies, start-ups, tech companies are using Figma instead of Adobe XD or Sketch so our company is trying to get licenses of Figma in addition to Adobe XD. At a large company like us, we already have an Adobe Creative Cloud license so it makes sense โ€ฆ
ProtoPie

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Adobe XDProtoPie
Small Businesses
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Scoreย 9.2ย outย ofย 10
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Scoreย 9.2ย outย ofย 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Adobe XDProtoPie
Likelihood to Recommend
5.6
(34 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.7
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
5.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(16 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe XDProtoPie
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe
If its already part of your organization, and they have a license for Creative Cloud, its worth learning. It doesnt take long to get started, but compared to other software in the same field, its lacking in many ways, from quality of life features to just simply not having the option for Darkmode. Even for website design, UX/UI, and mocking up proof-of-concepts, there are much better tools like Figma.
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ProtoPie
I will definitely recommend ProtoPie as it is free in the market and provides a number of features to design a prototype. For starters, I will surely tell you to go and try it . If you are a web developer or App developer then ProtoPie is a good option to give a try for creating prototypes.
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Pros
Adobe
  • Easy and simple animations.
  • Good tool for website mock-ups.
  • Easy user interface and tools that are like most Adobe products.
  • You can share a dev link and it displays all assets for developers to download or user like it's very own style guide.
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ProtoPie
  • Websites prototyping
  • App prototyping
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Cons
Adobe
  • Doesnโ€™t have image editing tools, so having to go back to Photoshop or Lightroom just to make a sight edit can be a pain.
  • Could add some text editing functionality. It feels silly that I have to draw a line under text when I should just be able to underline.
  • Would be nice to have some real-time collaboration functionality.
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ProtoPie
  • Can have more features
  • Can add on UI design tools options
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
We utilize many of the applications in the Adobe CC suite and our usage of this application came about simply because it was the one that was already paid for. Bearing that in mind we will definitely be renewing the software upon the expiration of the licensing. I am not sure if this is the solution we would go with were it not already included, we would have to evaluate all other options
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ProtoPie
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Usability
Adobe
Adobe XD is basically on life-support now, there are much better software out there that do everything XD can do, and a few that you don't even have to pay a monthly subscription fee on. While Adobe XD is great as shortcuts that are used in other CC software works, and its integration with CC is great. But it still lacks compared to its closest competitor.
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ProtoPie
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Support Rating
Adobe
I have not had a need to connect with the Adobe XD support team as of yet, but from past experience when dealing with the other products, the support has been very very good, and I would have no reason to think that this product would be any different. There are a good number of training videos on the Adobe site for this product as well as on other social media sites so a quick search should let you find the answers in several different ways.
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ProtoPie
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Implementation Rating
Adobe
Implementation was a snap
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ProtoPie
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Alternatives Considered
Adobe
Before XD came to the company, screens were designed in Illustrator or Photoshop and a PDF presentation was generated, which was extremely time-consuming. XD saved us a lot of time (and money) by generating interactive prototypes, which are much more tangible for the client than a PDF. The "fight" with Figma is frequent. Both have features in which they are better than their competition. And, while I still choose Adobe XD, don't rule out moving to Figma with its multiple updates.
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ProtoPie
Figma is pretty much similar to ProtoPie. But it is paid tool whereas ProtoPie is free which competes with Figma on features and easiness. Figma is more of UI designing prespective tool whereas ProtoPie can be used even by starters due to its simple UI and navigation.
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Return on Investment
Adobe
  • Ease of use means we are up and running in no time.
  • Integrates and is a part of the Adobe CC platform (which we already subscribe to) so there was no additional cost.
  • Online proofing and developer handoff links are the icing on the cake. Keeps everything in one place.
  • Handles all our assets (mostly created in Illustrator) like a dream. Even imports native Photoshop docs, too, so that saves us so much time round tripping.
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ProtoPie
  • Helped me alot to create websites according to clients needs
  • Number of editss in actual sites decreased
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