
Balsamiq Wireframes
Balsamiq Wireframes is a wireframing and prototyping tool available for macOS, Windows, and the web, with both desktop and cloud deployment.
What Balsamiq Wireframes is
Balsamiq Wireframes is a wireframing and prototyping tool available for macOS, Windows, and the web, with both desktop and cloud deployment. It supports interactive prototypes and prototype sharing, real-time collaboration, design systems, and developer handoff. Listed integrations include Slack, Jira, Confluence, Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, and VS Code. Balsamiq Wireframes offers paid plans, with no free plan. The Starter plan is $16 a month billed annually ($192/year) and includes 10 projects and 500 monthly AI credits per editor. Teams costs $24 a month billed annually ($288/year), with 100 projects and 1,000 monthly AI credits per editor. Enterprise costs $35 a month billed annually ($420/year), with 400 projects and 2,500 monthly AI credits per editor. The maker was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Bologna, Italy. Support is available by email, chat, and documentation. Listed compliance includes SOC 2, GDPR, PCI DSS, and SSO SAML.
Good
- Available on macOS, Windows, and web
- Supports interactive prototyping and prototype sharing
- Offers real-time collaboration and design systems
- Integrates with Jira, Slack, and listed AI tools
Watch out
- No free plan
- Starter includes 10 projects
- Plans are billed annually
Who it suits
It suits individuals and organizations from solo users to enterprise teams that need wireframing, collaboration, and developer handoff. Its desktop and web availability may fit teams working across those platforms.
Verdict
Balsamiq Wireframes combines wireframing, interactive prototypes, sharing, and collaboration across desktop and web. Its paid plans vary by project limits and monthly AI credits per editor.
Plans and prices
From Balsamiq Wireframes's own pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $16 a month | 10 projects · 500 monthly AI credits per editor · Billed annually ($192/year) |
| Teams | $24 a month | 100 projects · 1,000 monthly AI credits per editor · Billed annually ($288/year) |
| Enterprise | $35 a month | 400 projects · 2,500 monthly AI credits per editor · Billed annually ($420/year) |
The facts
Each one read from Balsamiq Wireframes's own pages, with the date it was checked.
The company
- Company size fit
- solo, small, mid market, enterprisechecked 21 Sep 2026
- Founded
- 2008checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Bologna, Italychecked 28 Sep 2026
What it does
- Compliance
- SOC 2, GDPR, pci dss, sso samlchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- cloud, desktopchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Slack, Jira, Confluence, Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, VS Codechecked 21 Sep 2026
- Paid from
- 16checked 21 Sep 2026
- Support channels
- email, chat, docschecked 21 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
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