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Balsamiq

by Balsamiq Wireframes · Low-fidelity wireframing and prototyping for product teams

68.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Balsamiq is a wireframing and prototyping tool aimed at low-fidelity UI work. You build boards from reusable UI components, or prompt Balsamiq AI with a rough idea or a screenshot and then make the result interactive. Boards can be embedded in other tools, and an MCP server lets clients such as Claude and Cursor read, edit and build on projects.

Best for: Product teams and founders wanting fast low-fidelity wireframes and clickable prototypes
Pricing: No free tier: three plans at $16, $24 and $35 per editor per month billed annually ($192, $288 and $420 per year), after a 14-day free trial.
Runs on: Web

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Rough wireframe to interactive prototype with no code
AI builds prototypes from a prompt or a dropped screenshot
Unlimited free reviewers; you only pay for editors
MCP server plus Slack, Jira and Confluence integrations

Trade-offs

No free tier — a 14-day trial, then from $16 per editor per month
AI credits are capped per editor; top-ups cost $15 per 500 credits
Projects are capped at 10, 100 or 400 depending on plan
SAML SSO and US/EU data residency only on the $35 Enterprise plan

Pricing

Published plans from Balsamiq’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Balsamiq pricing tiers, monthly and annual rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Annual (per month)	Includes
Starter	—per editor	$16	Up to 10 projects Unlimited reviewers 500 monthly AI credits per editor MCP server, Slack integration, PDF/image export
Teams	—per editor	$24	Up to 100 projects 1,000 monthly AI credits per editor Billing admin role and permissions Priority support
Enterprise	—per editor	$35	Everything in Teams, plus up to 400 projects 2,500 monthly AI credits per editor SSO with SAML, US or EU data storage, enterprise SLAs Premium support and legal/security review support

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 100 out of 100
API quality: 10 out of 100
Documentation: 60 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 75 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 85 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 65 out of 100
Operational trust: 90 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 40 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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