#7 in Design ToolsUpdated 2026-08

Penpot

by Penpot · Open-source UI design and prototyping platform for teams

45.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Penpot is an open-source design platform for UI design, prototyping and design systems, hosted by Penpot or self-hosted. It covers wireframes, interactive prototypes, CSS Grid and Flex layouts, components, design tokens and shared libraries, with multiplayer editing and comments. A code inspector exposes CSS, HTML, SVG and JSON, and an MCP server is listed for AI agent workflows.

Best for: Design and development teams wanting an open-source, self-hostable UI design and prototyping tool
Pricing: Free Professional plan, then $7/user/month for Unlimited and $25/user/month for Enterprise, with a Private Server plan at $50k/year.
Runs on: Self-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Open source and self-hostable, stated as no vendor lock-in
Free plan is fully featured with no file limits
Inspect mode outputs open standards: CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON
Unlimited plan bill is capped at $175/month per team

Trade-offs

Free plan caps at 8 team members and 10GB of storage
SSO, audit logs and admin console require the $25/user Enterprise plan
Enterprise is sold as a pre-order, so not yet generally available
Version history is 7 days on the free plan, 30 days on Unlimited

Pricing

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

Penpot pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Professional	Freeper user	Up to 8 team members, unlimited viewers Up to 10GB storage 7 days of autosaved versions and deleted file recovery No file limits, unlimited teams, plugins
Unlimited	$7per user	Monthly bill capped at $175 regardless of team size Up to 25GB storage 30 days of autosaved versions and deleted file recovery Early access to upcoming features; 14-day free trial
Enterprise	$25per user	Centralised admin console and organisation management SSO, advanced team permissions, audit logs Unlimited storage; 90 days of versions and file recovery Plugins allowlist, including agentic AI
Private Server	Contact sales	Listed at $50k per year via 'Talk to us' Dedicated private infrastructure and guaranteed response times SCIM role assignment, guest access controls, IP whitelisting Choice of hosting region (EU, US, etc)

How this score is made up

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

MCP support: 85 out of 100
API quality: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 0 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 100 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 0 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 50 out of 100
Operational trust: 15 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: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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