Get your hands on Balsamiq and become stress free.
Updated December 01, 2016
Get your hands on Balsamiq and become stress free.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Balsamiq
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.
- It has a lot of tools for designing wireframes.
- It has a very small learning curve.
- It is cross platform and portable.
- Communication can be improved between designers and developers.
- The gap can be bridged between content writers and designers in order to collaborate in a more fruitful way.
- Functional specifications should be allowed to be imported to any .docx or .pdf format.
- It had a positive impact overall on the business in terms of Return on Investment.
- It certainly increased the productivity within the project.
- It would have been great if it also had a feature to collaborate as well.
- Axure
I have also used Axure. I feel both these tools have different features to offer. So, it depends on the use case you want to implement.
Key features:
Key features:
- Interactive prototypes
- JQuery Widget libraries for website and mobile applications
- Masters which allow for updating of every page of your website wireframe from a single location similar to how CSS changes run right through the whole site.
- Produce functional specifications in Microsoft Word format that document the interactions, annotations, and even content in your design.