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Users find Balsamiq to be exceptionally easy to use, thanks to its intuitive drag-and-drop features and simple setup. (9 mentions)
Users find Balsamiq's easy drag-and-drop features highly beneficial for creating wireframes quickly and intuitively. (5 mentions)
Users love the variety of shapes in Balsamiq, enhancing their wireframing experience with diverse options and ease. (5 mentions)
Users find easy creation in Balsamiq ideal for quickly building wireframes and prototypes without complex software. (4 mentions)
Users love Balsamiq's clean and intuitive user interface, which enhances collaboration and accelerates wireframing processes. (4 mentions)
Users note the limited capabilities of Balsamiq in producing high-fidelity designs, hindering intricate project needs. (3 mentions)
Users find the learning curve steep, requiring time to master Balsamiq's features and functionalities effectively. (2 mentions)
Users find limited free access to Balsamiq restrictive, lacking essential features for a more customized experience. (2 mentions)
Users find the initial complexity of Balsamiq to be a hurdle for first-time users, impacting their experience. (1 mentions)
Users find the lack of freehand drawing tools limit the creativity and functionality of Balsamiq. (1 mentions)

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Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Balsamiq for Mockups"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Balsamiq?

Symbols, which I can re-use again and again for the common elements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Balsamiq?

Cannot type in the value for the scroll bars from the UI Library. The only way is to adjust the slider accordingly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ganesh B.
Fullstack Developer - Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"If you're looking for a decent wire-framing tool, Balsamiq is here to help you"
5/5
What do you like best about Balsamiq?

Wireframing is a rapid prototyping technique and is crucial in designing interfaces for human computer interaction. Balsamiq is used by UX designers and it is the go to standard for designing web interfaces and mobile interfaces. It is very expensive to design full fidelity prototypes but Balsamiq makes it super cheap and convenient to create wireframes. It enables even newbie users to generate stunning prototypes. Before using Balsamiq I was sketching prototypes on paper, but these prototypes were not easily editable, I had to erase many parts and redraw them. But with Balsamiq editing these prototypes was a breeze, I could incorporate changes suggested by my teammates easily. They offer both desktop and cloud apps that can get your prototype up in minutes. Balsamiq comes with a good set of inbuilt icons. It also lets users import their own assets. It is easy to export these prototypes to PDF and PNG. Adding components to Balsamiq is as simple as a drag and drop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Balsamiq?

Balsamiq isn't as feature rich for high fidelity prototyping, in scenarios like that I use Sketch, It would be awesome if they let me invite another user to the desktop app to collaborate with me. The licensing fee could be made a bit less expensive. Also the app consumes a lot RAM so it might be slow in older machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Adriana L.
Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"It comes with plenty of templates"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Balsamiq?

There are different templates available for different purposes, which makes it easy to start Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Balsamiq?

I would like to be able to change more details related to the design Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dylan T.
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Dylan T.
Organization Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"It is easy to use thanks and has a great interface"
4/5
What do you like best about Balsamiq?

We can place the components in the desired place to verify if customers can feel the importance of the element applied on the page we are creating. We can easily put ourselves in the user's place and think from their perspective to verify if we are working on a usable interface. In addition, the link between the pages and mosaics helps us see how the transition between each page looks, I usually use RAW prototypes scribbling in my notes after starting to use the Balsamiq tool and everything worked as expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Balsamiq?

Multiple display screens the canvas size could be improved since it could be a problem if the user wanted to draw multiple screens, not dynamic enough, the program only exports to certain file formats what is inefficient for many users, in the same way if the user wants to create something customized from scratch the built-in forms can be a bit restrictive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Sunny A.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Balsamiq helps wit initial wireframes design"
4/5
What do you like best about Balsamiq?

Balsamiq is a good tool to create quick wireframes. these wireframes are created as prototypes for our client projects. Balsamiq has good elements to create the wireframes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Balsamiq?

Nothing to dislike about Balsamiq. Most elements are available and is used in flowcharts by our team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

James R.
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James R.
UX Designer and Front End Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"I love it. It’s the simplest wireframes software and still the best."
5/5
What do you like best about Balsamiq?

It’s so easy and so good. The wireframes are perfect without requiring a lot of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Balsamiq?

They started charging for updates. The license used to be ‘forever’ Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ikbal M.
Senior Business Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best UX Tool"
5/5
What do you like best about Balsamiq?

The ability to turn real life artefacts into something that looks more cartoon like really helps the end user to visualise and able to articulate their requirements more clearly and succinctly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Balsamiq?

The desktop version that I have is limited with the latest icons that are available however the cloud version is much more up-to-date with the latest and most recent iCons available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Virendra S.
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Virendra S.
Digital Marketing Executive
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good for Wire-frame & Prototype"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Balsamiq?

One of the best is UI & icons for Wireframe, Huge number of icon will available You can easily export into PNG & PDF Easy to use (You can use by Drag & Drop Simplicity) you can work offline You can share wireframe easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Balsamiq?

I do not think so is there any dislike except Pricing, Pricing is more According to me Limited sharing Options limited canvas SIZE Some time client-facing challenges in presentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rochele A.
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Rochele A.
Business Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Simple and fast wireframes"
5/5
What do you like best about Balsamiq?

We use Balsamiq to make wireframes beginning in the design process. We draw simply the mockups and later we use the images with another tool to get the application workflow completed. This is much more useful than trying to describe requirements in words to the developers. The analyst team uses Balsamiq regularly to wireframe use cases for business review and approval of concepts. Balsamiq is simply a quick way of drawing out your idea. There is very good support from the vendor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Balsamiq?

We can not share files via the web.

Text input function can be a bit tricky.

Limited User Interface elements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Anna C.
Manager General
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Thanks for helping me create Prototypes, Sketches and Wireframes can only be achieved with Balsamiq"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Balsamiq?

I really like Balsamiq since it helped me to improve the designed screens that store in files of extension bmml, a language of the application, based on XML, that can be interpreted to obtain the design information created, this helps us later to be able to create the project as similar as possible to our sketch on paper. While we do it in pencil, we make changes, we cross out, we have better ideas and these sketches become the prototype. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Balsamiq?

To be honest, it does not have anything to displease me, since it serves to create flowcharts, UML and others it is very versatile, it also facilitates me to draw an idea quickly, so that I can move on to a more detailed prototype. If you need a simple tool for models and fast structures, Balsamiq is a too simple option for employees to develop excellent projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.