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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FigJam

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AFigJam is an online interactive whiteboard from Figma headquartered in San Francisco, presently in beta (2021) but available to the public in a free trial. The vendor states that in 2022, FigJam will have plans for $0, $8, and $15 per editor, per month.

    $5

    per month per editor

    HotGloo

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    HotGloo is an online wireframing and prototyping tool. This solution has been designed for all those engaged in the concept, design and development of web or app projects: project managers, information architects, usability experts, freelancers, concept people, digital agencies, web companies, publishers, web designers, web developers and many more. The vendor’s value proposition is that this solution makes it easy to wireframe web and mobile sites and to collaborate with others due to the…

    $13

    up to 4 users, 2 active projects, unlimited reviewers

    Pricing
    FigJamHotGloo
    Editions & Modules
    FigJam Professional
    $36
    per year per editor
    FigJam Organization
    $60
    per year per editor
    Group
    $13
    up to 4 users, 2 active projects, unlimited reviewers
    Team
    $27
    up to 10 users / 6 active projects / unlimited reviewers
    Agency
    $54
    up to 20 users / 15 active projects / unlimited reviewers
    Enterprise
    150 +
    More users and projects, priority support. Get in touch for an individual quote.
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FigJamHotGloo
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The billing period starts on the day you upgrade from the free trial to a paying plan. If you pay by credit card the service is billed in advance on a monthly basis and is non-refundable. There will be no refunds or credits for partial months of service, upgrade/downgrade refunds, or refunds for months unused with an open account. If you do choose to cancel your account in the future, you will never be charged again, but you are responsible for charges already incurred up until your cancellation. For monthly recurring payments we accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express through our online payment system. You can also prepay any account for 12 months with credit card. In certain cases we also take money transfers – please contact us beforehand if you want to use this option.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    83%
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    Happy with the feature set
    67%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    FigJamHotGloo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    FigJamHotGloo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Figma
    If you're working in small product teams, like triads, and already using Figma, this is a no brainer for white boarding, quick/fast sketches, wireframing, collaborative doodling ... it gets less appropriate with large teams, infrequent. IMO, due to the way in which they price, it's better to keep the inner circle small-ish.
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    HotGloo
    Overall, I am happy with HotGloo. It supports and fits well into my workflow. Here, I use HotGloo mainly during the prototyping scale. More preciously for wireframing. Eventhough, there are other tools - which I also use in subsequent steps - that would support wireframing as well, I like HotGloo and will keep using it during this stage. This is mainly because I think the elements and symbol library has just the right depth and detail for wireframing. It is important in wireframing to not include to much detail yet. Otherwise, testers get distracted by design aspects. Therefore, I like HotGloo and us it for different Product and Service design projects.
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    Pros
    Figma
    • One file, auto updated, no need to get latest
    • Easy to preview
    • Lack of client is benefit to some (not me)
    Incentivized
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    HotGloo
    • Prototyping.
    • Collaboration.
    • Widget library.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Figma
    • It misses easy-to-use pre sets of diagrams. The ones presented seem to be not native and hard to use. Miro is a good benchmark.
    • Navegating throught projects in the main page is confusing, specially when people are not admin users.
    • It should suggest ways of organizing the pages designers do, specially when the project is big and have many pages and sections.
    • It could have, for example, a draft version for every page, so that one can hide it when they finish the work, but can open it whenever something needs to be modified, versioning the job.
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    HotGloo
    • logical structure of interface objects
    • preview view does not scale frame on small screens
    • Tool ribbon
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Figma
    I don't use it often, because the organization I work in uses a different environment on a commo basis. This is rather used between the designers, who prototype the solutions in Figma - they just have it as a workbook/notebook for their ideas. However, if those need to be shared with stakeholders or other organization members, the designers are expected to use a different environment.
    Incentivized
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    HotGloo
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Figma
    FigJam works best in pair with Figma, as it allows you to keep track of your project in one place, supporting all phases of the process. The functionality is more intuitive, quick, and efficient. Visually, I also prefer it more —it’s more enjoyable and playful, making the experience much more engaging.
    Incentivized
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    HotGloo
    Being able to export the finished wireframe to HTML was a huge time saver for me and my team. Getting to that next step quickly and seamlessly was a massive help. Not only that, but other tools that do this, we have not as much luck. HotGloo's functionality was a step above the others.
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    Return on Investment
    Figma
    • FigJam saves a lot of time ... it's nice to have all my visual notes/sketches within Figma itself where a lot of design work lives
    • The project organization and other features contribute to the ease of answering that age old question ... "where can I find that mockup?"
    • Dev Mode is pretty cool. Not many use it, so some designers may spend unnecessary time spec'ing out things that no one will appreciate, let alone look at.
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    HotGloo
    • Quicker lead time in testing interactions with latest designs.
    • Shorter build time through use of standard branding.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of HotGloo 24/7 run & test anywhere.Screenshot of Responsive wireframing with different viewports.Screenshot of Create mobile app wireframesScreenshot of From desktop over tablet to mobile.