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What is Balsamiq?

Balsamiq is a wireframing tool that allows users to sketch out user interfaces for websites and web and and mobile apps.

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Good Tool for Quick Mockups

Rating: 8 out of 10
January 4, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
As a Product Manager, I use Balsamiq to create Low low-fidelity mockups of the UI Screens to visually orient the Cross-Functional Teams of the Proposed Solutions. The solution...
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Sumit Kadam
Analyst - Product Management
Associate Product Manager
ZS Associates
Balsamiq3 years of experience

Simple and speedy mockup tool to visualize your ideas before they slip your mind

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 29, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I use Balsamiq for a range of applications. Firstly, I use it for ideation and creating mock ups to flesh out ideas. Secondly, I use it to create wireframes for quick communic...
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Ming Hon
Consultant - Other
Solutions Architect
Clearstream Collaborative Inc
Balsamiq4 years of experience

Balsamiq is an excellent tool for prototyping interfaces, it can be expensive but if you are a not for profit it is usually free

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 8, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Balsamiq is used in my organisation to assist in the development of systems. Usually in the early stages of development, we will use Balsamiq to mock up screen designs / proto...
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Professional
Balsamiq9 years of experience

Balsamiq is Sweet

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 2, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Multiple people at my company use this for software design mockups. We've used it to gain approval for the pages in a customer's portal, including how customers would be funne...
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Karen Chamberlain
Contributor - Corporate
Consultant
HMS Cornerstone Solutions
Balsamiq1 year of experience

Balsamiq: The Solution for Creating Quick Lo-Fi Wireframes

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 16, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Currently, we use Balsamic to quickly create wireframes that “feel” like wireframes. In other words, we use Balsamic to create designs that communicate the idea of a design to...
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Verified user
Professional
Balsamiq3 years of experience

When you need to create rough mockups, Balsamiq is the fastest choice.

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 19, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Balsamiq to create quick mockups for website design. This process tends to cover rough drafts, copy, layout, image needs, and other high-level ideas. It's much faster t...
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John Rougeux
Vice-President - Marketing
VP Marketing, North America
Skyfii
Balsamiq4 years of experience

Mockups in a Jiffy makes Basalmiq a welcome tool for agile marketing groups

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 3, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We create a great deal of affiliate properties, and since the business case comes from marketing, we often need to describe mockups in detail to our in-house design team. Bals...
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Craig Orser
Manager - Marketing
Marketing Specialist
E-Brand Marketing Inc.
Balsamiq1 year of experience

Perfect for sketching out a UI/UX for clients!

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 2, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Balsamiq is simply a quick way of drawing out your idea and is easy to pick up and put down. When you launch Balsamiq, your previous "Mock-ups" are ready and waiting.Its great...
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Verified user
Administrative Assistant
Balsamiq1 year of experience

Great wireframing tool

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 31, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Balsamiq for low fidelity wireframes early in the design process. Because of its intentionally ugly approach (Comic Sans, anyone?), it allows us, and the client, to foc...
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Ben Seigel
Project Manager - Marketing
Principal
Versa Studio LLC
Balsamiq7 years of experience

Balsamiq - Simple Wireframes

Rating: 5 out of 10
May 29, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Balsamiq is primarily used by our UX department to wireframe concepts prior to design.Creating wireframes in black and white before moving into the design phase helps us (and ...
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Elizabeth Coppinger
Analyst - Marketing
Senior Business Analyst
Lucid Agency
Balsamiq7 years of experience

Balsamiq is efficeint!

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 21, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
It is being used in my project to create wireframes and mockups for software development. It is being used across my organization.
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Verified user
Engineer
Balsamiq1 year of experience

An excellent tool to design applications

Rating: 7 out of 10
April 26, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Balsamiq is used in our department to sketch all screens of our application. We draw in an easy way the mockups and later we use the images with another tool to get the app wo...
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Miguelangel Nuñez
Contributor - Information Technology
Software Developer
Incostas S.A.
Balsamiq2 years of experience

Amazing for fast prototyping

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 13, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We have been using Balsamiq as a prototyping tool at the Product department. Being a small software startup this allowed us to make low fidelity prototyping very fast. It has ...
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Alexis Medvedeff
Project Manager - Product Management
Product Manager
Omnia Salud
Balsamiq1 year of experience

Amazing solution for quick, iterative wireframing

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 21, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I've used Balsamiq off and on for a while. First while working on the design of a new user interface for a software system for a defense contractor. The software functionality...
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Verified user
Engineer
Balsamiq2 years of experience

My designs with Balsamiq

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 16, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Balsamiq is currently used in the Software Development department, as a design tool. We rely on the tool to design screens that are discussed with the internal users, the vers...
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Eliz Marvic Melicio Carvajal
Supervisor - Research & Development
Coordinador de desarrollo de software
Ingeniería de Consulta Incostas
Balsamiq3 years of experience
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What is Balsamiq?

Balsamiq is a wireframing tool that allows users to sketch out user interfaces for websites and web and and mobile apps.

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What is Balsamiq?

Balsamiq is a wireframing tool that allows users to sketch out user interfaces for websites and web and and mobile apps.

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Balsamiq Cloud is the industry-leading solution for fast, approachable, collaborative wireframing. Check it out at https://balsamiq.cloud

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Balsamiq has proven to be a valuable tool for various departments and teams within organizations. Users have found that Balsamiq is particularly useful for creating wireframes and low fidelity prototypes in the early stages of the design process. This helps teams and clients focus on user flows and on-page content, allowing for quick iterations based on user feedback. Balsamiq has also been utilized by product management departments as an alternative to more complex design software like Photoshop or Illustrator, enabling the quick mocking up of layouts and workflows. Additionally, Balsamiq has been used by software development teams to visualize new feature enhancements and refine requirements based on customer feedback. Multiple departments across organizations have found value in Balsamiq's ability to set up mockups quickly, refine requirements, and gain approval for project planning. The software has also helped standardize the design process and improve communication between marketing and design channels. Overall, users appreciate Balsamiq for its ability to create low fidelity wireframes early in the design process, allowing for a focus on layout before getting distracted by colors and other design elements.

Based on user reviews, here are the three most common recommendations for Balsamiq:

  1. Use Balsamiq for quick prototypes and wireframes. It is recommended for creating talking points and drafting design concepts. The software is particularly useful for rapid low-fi comps and prototypes, making it a great choice for beginners learning about user experience design.

  2. When working on more complex applications, consider exploring other options in addition to Balsamiq. While Balsamiq is suggested for wireframing needs and offers a free trial, users also recommend checking out alternative wireframe tools that may better meet specific UI element needs or pricing requirements. They suggest considering other tools after the initial design sprint.

  3. Reach out to Balsamiq's support team for any questions or assistance. Many users appreciate the helpfulness of the support team and find it beneficial to have access to assistance while using the software.

Overall, users find Balsamiq to be an easy-to-use tool for wireframing, especially for quick prototyping and creating basic wireframe concepts. It is considered a good option for beginner designers and teams working with difficult stakeholders. However, some users mention that as users progress in their careers and require more advanced prototyping tools, they may need to explore alternatives to Balsamiq.

Reviews

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Good Tool for Quick Mockups

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
January 04, 2024
SK
Sumit Kadam
Associate Product Manager
ZS Associates (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
As a Product Manager, I use Balsamiq to create Low low-fidelity mockups of the UI Screens to visually orient the Cross-Functional Teams of the Proposed Solutions. The solution in terms of new features is created post due diligence of the Business Problem Statements and is shared with the cross-functional team to get their agreement on clarity in problem statement and scope. Balsamiq helps in this process to make the cross-functional teams aware of the UI solution & scope way before the actual high-fidelity wireframes are created.

Simple and speedy mockup tool to visualize your ideas before they slip your mind

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
December 29, 2023
MH
Ming Hon
Solutions Architect
Clearstream Collaborative Inc (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
4 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Balsamiq for a range of applications. Firstly, I use it for ideation and creating mock ups to flesh out ideas. Secondly, I use it to create wireframes for quick communication with clients. Lastly I use it for verification and collaboration with clients. I find that it is much more effective for requirements elicitation to have something visual drawn up and Balsamic is fast and easy.

Balsamiq is an excellent tool for prototyping interfaces, it can be expensive but if you are a not for profit it is usually free

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
August 08, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
9 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Balsamiq is used in my organisation to assist in the development of systems. Usually in the early stages of development, we will use Balsamiq to mock up screen designs / prototype the UI / UX of the system. We also use it to mock up changes as part of a change request or new screens when the system is in the maintenance phase. It is an excellent product that makes it very easy to quickly produce high quality mock ups and prototypes. It is used in the development team of the IT services department.

Balsamiq is Sweet

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 02, 2020
KC
Karen Chamberlain
Consultant
HMS Cornerstone Solutions (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Multiple people at my company use this for software design mockups. We've used it to gain approval for the pages in a customer's portal, including how customers would be funneled and traverse them (depending upon their goals), and how processes would work through APIs we are developing. For this type of design, we previously used Visio.

Balsamiq: The Solution for Creating Quick Lo-Fi Wireframes

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
May 16, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Currently, we use Balsamic to quickly create wireframes that “feel” like wireframes. In other words, we use Balsamic to create designs that communicate the idea of a design to stakeholders without presenting a design that looks “finished.” The benefit to this is that our stakeholders don’t get too tied to what a potential finished design may look like, so they can contribute big-picture feedback that helps us create a high-fidelity wireframes that answer their needs. When we offer stakeholders more polished designs earlier in the design process, we find that they get too wrapped up in the details and end up offering feedback that is less relevant to solving the design need.

When you need to create rough mockups, Balsamiq is the fastest choice.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
December 19, 2018
JR
John Rougeux
VP Marketing, North America
Skyfii (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
4 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Balsamiq to create quick mockups for website design. This process tends to cover rough drafts, copy, layout, image needs, and other high-level ideas. It's much faster than using a more technical product and the fact that it's "low res" by design helps collaborators focus on high-level feedback and not get caught up in minutia.

Mockups in a Jiffy makes Basalmiq a welcome tool for agile marketing groups

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
December 03, 2018
CO
Craig Orser
Marketing Specialist
E-Brand Marketing Inc. (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We create a great deal of affiliate properties, and since the business case comes from marketing, we often need to describe mockups in detail to our in-house design team. Balsamiq helps us standardize the design process and give an even means of communication from marketing to design channels with little risk of misinterpretation or conjecture.

Perfect for sketching out a UI/UX for clients!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
August 02, 2018
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Balsamiq is simply a quick way of drawing out your idea and is easy to pick up and put down. When you launch Balsamiq, your previous "Mock-ups" are ready and waiting.

Its great for mapping out a system diagram, but excellent for application/web development. Each item you add to the page has a "Link" function will allow you to link this to another mock-up. This means that you can mock up a website then when you preview it, all of the links work and take you to other pages. The beauty of it is that you do not have to be a web developer to make a great mock-up. We find it very useful to plan our ideas and then hand our mock-ups over for them to develop.

Great wireframing tool

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 31, 2018
BS
Ben Seigel
Principal
Versa Studio LLC (Internet, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
7 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Balsamiq for low fidelity wireframes early in the design process. Because of its intentionally ugly approach (Comic Sans, anyone?), it allows us, and the client, to focus on layout and not get distracted by colors, fonts, or other design elements that come later.

Balsamiq - Simple Wireframes

Rating: 5 out of 10
Incentivized
May 29, 2018
EC
Elizabeth Coppinger
Senior Business Analyst
Lucid Agency (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
7 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Balsamiq is primarily used by our UX department to wireframe concepts prior to design.Creating wireframes in black and white before moving into the design phase helps us (and our clients) focus on the user flows and the on-page content rather than colors and graphics. We find that this leads to more thoughtful, effective final products. Balsamiq is also a great way to create quick mock-ups of existing pages to facilitate problem-solving conversations with clients.

Amazing for fast prototyping

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 13, 2018
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have been using Balsamiq as a prototyping tool at the Product department. Being a small software startup this allowed us to make low fidelity prototyping very fast. It has been great for showing users the basic functionality of new features and iterate rapidly with the feedback. It's also perfect for the development team to understand the basic idea and complement it with some written specifications.

Amazing solution for quick, iterative wireframing

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 21, 2018
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I've used Balsamiq off and on for a while. First while working on the design of a new user interface for a software system for a defense contractor. The software functionality was quite complex, and needed significant amounts of prototyping and iteration. Balsamiq allowed us to prototype the functionality and general layout on each screen without getting very attached to any particular look and feel. This helped significantly with iterating designs from a functional standpoint while separating out any distractions of particular colors and aesthetics. I'm currently using Balsamiq to prototype a GUI interface for wind speed monitoring equipment that we are using.

My designs with Balsamiq

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 16, 2018
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Balsamiq is currently used in the Software Development department, as a design tool. We rely on the tool to design screens that are discussed with the internal users, the versions of the screens are made and it is possible to assemble a whole process with all the screens and it is shown as a presentation for the final approval before starting to develop.

Friendly, simple and effective tool for mockups and prototyping

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 15, 2018
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Balsamiq is being used in the business in multiple departments and by multiple people, mainly in design, product and project teams. The tool helps to communicate ideas and flows in a quick and effective manner. Balsamiq wireframes are often attached to design briefs which makes the whole creative process much more efficient and successful.

Balsamiq - Easy Peasy

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 01, 2018
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The analyst team uses Balsamiq regularly to wireframe use cases for business review and approval of concepts. The real gain is translating and throwing back to the business their requests as drawings, "You mean like this, with a drop down? No? Oh, those are called radio buttons; no problem." Ensures a common understanding.

Balsamiq review from a Designer

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
September 28, 2017
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Balsamiq is used in an Interface Prototyping class at Georgia Tech, the class is meant to provide skills/training for a professional career in UX design. Every semester about 20 students register for the class with different levels of understanding of design and level of comfort with manual sketching. Balsamiq is a tool that the students in the class are offered to do their assignment in case the students are not comfortable with their hand sketches and would like a more refined version of their sketch. It is pointed out that Balsamiq doesn't help overcome the need for sketching - as that is still the best way to think rapidly - it is just a way to present some final designs for feedback.

Balsamiq: Easy Tool for simple Wireframing & Prototyping

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
August 30, 2017
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our company purchased Balsamiq software after using the free trial. It was mainly bought for wireframing for a new website we were creating for a new software platform. It's mainly used by the marketing department to relay the vision for the new website to the developer team overseas.

Cooking Up Quick Mockups

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
February 24, 2017
GW
Grant Wilkins
Senior UX Designer
Northern Tool + Equipment (Retail, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
3 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Balsamiq is software being used by the UX Design team for the e-commerce channel of Northern Tool + Equipment. Balsamiq provides a great way for us to quickly create mockups and prototypes to share with other members of our team and project stakeholders. The style of Balsamiq elements intentionally looks cartoony. This helps communicate to others that it's a work in progress and not a finished pixel perfect mockup.

Faster Friendlier tool - Balsamiq

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
February 15, 2017
PS
Pooja Sawant
UX Researcher/Usability
zeal (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
3 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Balsamiq is used in our organization for creating wireframes usually in the early stages of the design phase. Whenever there is a need to create rapid prototyping and/or getting feedback. We use it in our creative department. Mainly, during collaborative sessions where the creative team works on them and we need feedback from our clients. It typically addresses any redesign problems that we may have or could face.

Get your hands on Balsamiq and become stress free.

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
December 01, 2016
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I used Balsamiq in one of my projects with my previous employer. This product is used by almost all the engineering teams which focus on designing the front-end portal applications. It is basically used to design and structure your thoughts in the form of wireframes which can be further leveraged by the software developers.

Simple, Quick, and Easy Wireframing

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
December 01, 2016
JS
Jordan Sakowitz
Product Manager
Burgiss (Financial Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
6 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using Balsamiq within the product management department to create wireframes that will be used for requirements documentation. We find it to be a good alternative to Photoshop or Illustrator for quickly mocking up layouts and workflows, where the visual design is secondary to determining which components are needed on a page, and where they should go. This is much quicker to implement than a full Photoshop/Illustrator mockup, and much more useful than trying to describe requirements in words to the developers.

Communicate your design quickly to start a conversation

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
November 07, 2016
AC
Abbie Cataldo
Principal UX Designer, UX Practice Lead
Accruent (Computer Software, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
6 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
UX designers use it at their discretion depending on the situation and need of the project. Sometimes designers opt for more visually stimulating tools. However, I use and encourage the use of Balsamiq to put together a basic design solution to communicate with engineering and product team members. I think having a quick way to wireframe without the "noise" of colors and highly polished design elements is important to starting a conversation.

Great tool to get out in front of planning problems

Rating: 9 out of 10
September 27, 2016
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Balsamiq
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our team uses Balsamiq to get high fidelity napkin sketches put together. We have a team of key stakeholders that are spread across the country and having the ability to create, share, markup and version has been tremendously valuable. Having Balsamiq helps us all envision the same end in a way that using only words tends to leave too much open to interpretation.
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