iRise (discontinued) vs. UXPin

I would say it is less appropriate in situations where the ask is relatively simple and easy to deploy. In that case, I would not waste any time mocking it up in iRise and instead I would have the developers start right away. In projects where there is less complexity I find less of a need for iRise.

Incentivized

If you're a very simple designer, with very simple requirements UXPin is very good, especially because you can share the designs very easily. If you are an advanced designer with specific client requirements never use UXPin. Don't even get started because you will waste your time. Example is their component feature, it has a lot, but misses very crucial aspects to be functional on a broader scale.

• Drag and drop tool for designing simple to complex screen prototypes. Makes it easier to document requirements.
• With interactive visual, it is easier to analyze different use cases and validate the usability of the screen designed.
• For business analysts, it is a really helpful tool to document screen related requirements. The requirements package is much more effective when the iRise document is included on it. The iRise document can use used by both business and IT stakeholders. With a business team, it makes it easier to finalize the requirements. For the IT or development team, it makes it easier to understand the screen requirements for development.

Incentivized

• Collaboration with teammates.
• Rapid prototyping.
• Design Systems.
• JSON File for content importing.
• Bulk editing via library components.
• Interactions, and micro UX.
• Sharing and requesting feedback.
• Version branching.
• Spec mode for developers (access to assets).
• Automatically produced visual style guide with fonts, colors, and imported assets.
• Imports from sketch while keeping the shapes, colors, and fonts fully editable.
• Boolean Pen (bezzier pen) for vector drawing, and pathfinder.
• Annotation capability via documentation mode.
• Password protect prototypes.
• Upload custom fonts (enterprise, or Pro version is key imho).
• 1,000s of built in icons (iOS, Android, Font Awesome etc).
• Prebuilt design component libraries (Material Design, Booptstrap, iOS).
• Video tutorials in-app.
• Moderate learning curve - UI is familiar, and customizable.
• Copy/paste interactions, and element properties.
• Canvas properties (grids, adaptive screen sizes, scrolling).
• Asynchronous Spell check.
• UXPin's customer support is top tier.

• The cost of license per user is high compared to other options out there.
• A light version of the software for enterprise use would be helpful to manage a small but very collaborative team.
• The abilty to auto save the edits would be helpful.

Incentivized

• Sometimes, it can be a bit buggy and slow if the prototype is complex with dozens of layers.
• The learning curve can be steep the first time you use it. Or, if you haven't used the app for awhile; I sometimes need to relearn it if I haven't used it for a month or so.
• The loading times can be quite slow where a page gets stuck. It would be great if this didn't happen.

Incentivized

This platform solves the problem that enterprise software sales teams encounter, and iRise cuts to the chase. Sales people often say "do your magic thing with the prototype" and the customer gives immediate feedback, we change it on the fly

Incentivized

We'll definitely continue to use UXPin. Right now it provides us with everything we need in order to deliver quality projects to our clients. If at any point in time, UXPin doesn't provide us with what we need, we'll start vetting other software out there that may be similar. My guess is that UXPin will continue to make updates and improvements so we'll likely stick with it for quite some time.

Incentivized

As far as I know, my teams have only had to use the UXPin support once. The experience went really well. We just needed a bit of assistance with using the Documentation feature. UXPin's support was quick and helped my team in a matter of minutes. We will definitely reach out to their support without hesitation in the future.

Incentivized

Axure is very similar to irise. but I am not sure why I prefer irise more. I like the back blank screen on irise.

Incentivized

I went through several tools trying to find something that was easy to use and made me faster. Visio was such a pain at creating something reusable to make me faster, too much building. Axure and Balsamiq looked like great options but were too cumbersome for my needs and I couldn't get to the live link fast enough. Moqups was my first choice before I heard about UXPin. I switched to UXPin because the had more built in features, more icons and just an overall better and more usable interface that appealed to my design side.

Incentivized

• iRise allowed us to generate a very high fidelity mockup based on extensive business requirements gathered from stakeholders.
• This excellent mockup resulted in us being awarded a very large multi-year contract from a major corporation.

Incentivized

• Saving money by using one tool for lo-fi wireframing, high fidelity wireframing, prototyping, and user testing, rather than four separate tools.
• The ability to create and use team libraries enables us to create visually consistent designs with less effort than creating every single design from scratch, which allows us to save considerable time (and therefore money!)
• In-platform collaboration saves our team a lot of time and energy. With everything in one place (wireframes, prototypes, user feedback, collaboration comments), we can all be on the same page about the design workflow and pinpoint discussion points that are based on up-to-date designs.

Incentivized