Balsamiq vs. InVision

Balsamiq

106 Reviews and Ratings

InVision

215 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Balsamiq	Score7.6 out of 10	N/A	Balsamiq is a wireframing tool that helps lean product teams turn early ideas into clear, actionable direction. The tool helps product managers, founders, and engineers worldwide share concepts, reduce rework, and build better products.	$12 per month (up to 2 projects)
InVision	Score5.7 out of 10	N/A	InVision is a collaborative design and prototyping platform with features such as freehand drafting mode and interactive mockups, collaboration, idea management, user testing, and integration with Slack and other collaboration tools. According to the vendor, 1 million designers are using the free version.	$0

Pricing

Balsamiq

InVision

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Free: $0
Pro: $7.75
per user/per month
Enterprise: Contact Sales

Pricing Offerings
Balsamiq	InVision
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

Pay per project, not per user

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Balsamiq	InVision
Considered Both Products	Balsamiq Craig Orser Marketing Specialist in Marketing at E-Brand Marketing Inc. (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees) Chose Balsamiq InVision integrates well with Photoshop but Balsamiq has a much more intuitive pick-up-and-play quality that makes it a useful entry tool to marketing teams just getting their feet wet in the design process. The standardized layout and methodology also gives it an edge if you … Incentivized Helpful? Alexis Medvedeff Product Manager in Product Management at Omnia Salud (Internet, 1-10 employees) Chose Balsamiq We have used some other alternatives and Balsamiq is the best one for fastest results. InVision and Justinmind both work very well and have great tools for collaboration and making interactive mockups. With Justinmind, I have done some app mockups that felt almost functional … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Balsamiq While I love these other tools for many different reasons, Balsamiq is the tool I use for low-fidelity wireframing every time. It’s the most simple and easy-to-use out of the bunch, and it gets the job done without a ton of effort and time required. In the early stages of … Incentivized Helpful? Elizabeth Coppinger Senior Business Analyst in Marketing at Lucid Agency (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Balsamiq Creating digital wireframes in Photoshop is a nightmare. Photoshop was not really designed for this purpose. It doesn't have good collaboration options and it doesn't allow pattern libraries, which are essential for consistency and efficiency. We use UXPin and Axure for some … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Balsamiq Balsamiq is a quite simple tool; but does exactly what was designed for, it helps with creating mockups, wireframes, and flows. Its simplicity works great for people who are not designers but need to visually represent their ideas. Low-fidelity wireframes work really well in … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Balsamiq The Pen tool in Paper is definitely a happy middle between Balsamiq and actual paper prototyping. It has the advantage of being able to copy/paste a section that has already been designed - but even there selecting a specific section is hard - balsamiq's sections are more … Incentivized Helpful?	InVisionApp Inc. Wojciech Szafalowicz Project Manager in Engineering at Apzumi (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees) Chose InVision Balsamiq is a better tool for interactive prototyping and dynamic transition. InVision is definitely better for handling various designs, separated by projects and shared with different access levels across multiple organizations. Incentivized Helpful? Albert Ellenich Sr. Experience Designer in Information Technology at Maestro Health (Human Resources, 201-500 employees) Chose InVision InVision works seamlessly and easily when sharing and requesting comments from others. Other products I've used like Balsamiq and Dropbox (earlier versions) provided online displays of work, but no easy way to collect feedback or quickly update. InVision provides enterprise … Incentivized Helpful? Stephanie Martin UX/UI Designer (Design, 11-50 employees) Chose InVision Axure is expensive, and there's a much bigger then you get with InVision. I also feel like the finished prototype just never looks as nice. I do still use Balsamiq on occasion, that's the best option when you want to create something quickly, to communicate a simple idea. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose InVision Axure is too expensive and often an overkill in time and effort to create a clickthrough. Flinto is nice for interactions, but often times for workflow Invision is just easier to use. Pixate has a little bit of a learning curve similar to Axure, but not as powerful. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose InVision InVision's design is much more polished and seamless due to its apps on mobile and web. They are very easy to learn and gather feedback compared to Sketch or Principle. Although these features are quickly coming to the other apps, InVision has an upper hand at the moment with … Incentivized Helpful? Elizabeth Coppinger Senior Business Analyst in Marketing at Lucid Agency (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose InVision We compared Invision to MarvelApp, Notism, and ViewFlux before purchasing. Admittedly, it has been quite a while since we made that purchase decision, so these platforms may have changed significantly. However, at the time of purchase, we went with Invision because of its … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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User Ratings
	Balsamiq	InVision
Likelihood to Recommend	8.5 (31 ratings)	8.0 (48 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (2 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	5.0 (1 ratings)	8.8 (4 ratings)