Basic Prototyping

This software helps you create basic clickable prototypes with transitions or animations. For the first time, this category is now separate from Advanced Prototyping Tools. We're excited to show you where the Protoyping space is going.

Overview

Do you use software for basic UI prototyping?

Yes: 3677 responses, No: 317 responses, I use other tools: 157 responses, I'm not sure: 69 responses,

Most Popular Basic UI Prototyping Tools

Which software do you primarily use for basic UI prototyping?

Counting Number of responses. Used as primary tool: Tool: Figma: 2696, Adobe XD: 255, ProtoPie: 117, Sketch: 102, (Code): 69, InVision: 62, Axure: 55, Lunacy: 41, Antetype: 40, UXPin: 39, Uizard: 28, Balsamiq: 22, Principle: 15, Framer: 14, Webflow: 13, Other: 91,. Used as secondary tool: Tool: Figma: 268, Adobe XD: 152, ProtoPie: 132, Sketch: 75, (Code): 110, InVision: 111, Axure: 54, Lunacy: 19, Antetype: 14, UXPin: 14, Uizard: 8, Balsamiq: 24, Principle: 83, Framer: 56, Webflow: 35, Other: 615,.

Ratings

Top rated tools

Highests ratings for tools with a large number of responses.

ProtoPie
4.44 (117)
Figma
4.27 (2696)
Adobe XD
3.84 (255)
Sketch
3.48 (102)

New and noteworthy

These tools didn't gather enough responses to meet our ratings criteria but are still worth checking out.

Proto.io
4.9 (13)
Uizard
4.89 (28)
Antetype
4.88 (40)
Framer
4.36 (14)
Axure
4.35 (55)
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Paying for Basic Prototyping Software

Segmented by payment status

Counting Number of responses. My team, employer, or university pays for it: Tool: Figma: 2186, Adobe XD: 194, ProtoPie: 68, Sketch: 80, (Code): 15,. I pay for it myself: Tool: Figma: 134, Adobe XD: 36, ProtoPie: 19, Sketch: 14, (Code): 7,. I'm using it for free: Tool: Figma: 330, Adobe XD: 12, ProtoPie: 25, Sketch: 5, (Code): 45,. Prefer not to say: Tool: Figma: 26, Adobe XD: 6, ProtoPie: 3, Sketch: 3, (Code): 2,.