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Origami Studio vs Penpot

No clear leader: Origami Studio (63.9) and Penpot (62.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Origami Studio64
Penpot63
Score
vioscaleAI score
Origami Studio64 / 100low · 40%
Penpot63 / 100medium · 68%
Pricing
Free tier
Origami Studio✓
Penpot✓
Model
Origami Studiofree
Penpotfreemium
Price level
Origami Studiofree
Penpotlow
Starting price
Origami Studio–
Penpot$7
Transparent
Origami Studio✓
Penpot✓
Integrations
Count
Origami Studio2
Penpot5
Security
Gdpr
Origami Studio–
Penpot✓
Scorecard
Origami Studio–
Penpot4.9
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Origami Studio–
Penpot✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Origami Studio–
Penpot0
Github stars
Origami Studio–
Penpot60,714
Activity
Commits last 30d
Origami Studio–
Penpot100
Release
Cadence days
Origami Studio–
Penpot9
History
Origami Studio–
Penpot20 items
License
Spdx
Origami Studio–
PenpotMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
Origami Studio–
PenpotClojure
Market
Availability
Origami Studio–
PenpotAvailable worldwide · HQ ES
Content
Faq
Origami Studio3 items
Penpot8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ui/ux & prototyping tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Design
Vector UI design
Origami Studio✓
Penpot✓
Component / design-system libraries
Origami Studio✓
Penpot✓
Auto layout / responsive
Origami Studio✓
Penpot✓
Prototyping
Clickable prototyping
Origami Studio✓
Penpot✓
Advanced interactions (variables / conditions)
Origami Studio✓
Penpot✓
Collaboration
Real-time multiplayer collaboration
Origami Studio✗
Penpot✓
Handoff
Dev handoff / spec export
Origami Studio✗
Penpot✓
Platform
Platform breadth (Web / macOS / Windows / Linux / self-hosted)
Origami StudioMac
PenpotWeb-based; self-hosted on Linux with Docker; cloud-hosted with data residency op
Licensing
Self-hostable / open-source
Origami Studio✗
Penpot✓
AI
AI design assist
Origami Studio✗
Penpot✓
Pricing
Pricing model
Origami StudioPerpetual
PenpotOpen-source
Ecosystem
Plugin / community ecosystem
Origami StudioFigma plugin available
PenpotOpen plugin API with community contributions and MCP Server for multi-directiona

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Origami Studio

A free design application by Meta for Mac that enables designers to rapidly build, animate, and prototype interactive user interfaces with a visual canvas and patch-based interaction system.

Independently observed

Penpot

A web-based design and prototyping tool built on open web standards (SVG, HTML, CSS) that facilitates real-time collaboration between designers and developers. It supports responsive UI design with CSS-based layouts, design systems with components and tokens, interactive prototyping, and integrates with AI workflows through an extensible plugin ecosystem.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Origami Studio

FreeFree tier

Free

as of verify ↗

Penpot

from $7/editor/mofreemiumFree tier14-day trial

Free Professional plan with full features. Unlimited plan at $7/editor/month (capped at $175/month) with 14-day trial. Enterprise at $25/member/month. Private Server at $50k/year.

  • ProfessionalFree
    • No file limits
    • Unlimited teams
    • Open source
    • Unlimited team size (8 members + unlimited viewers)
    • 10GB storage
    • +2 more
  • Unlimited$7/editor/month (capped at $175/month). 14-day free trial.
    • All Professional features
    • Extra storage
    • Extended history
    • Early access to features
    • 30 days autosave versions
    • +1 more
  • Enterprise$25/member/month
    • All Unlimited features
    • Advanced governance
    • Centralized administration
    • Team permissions
    • Secure collaboration
    • +4 more
  • Private ServerContact sales
    • Dedicated infrastructure
    • Custom hosting
    • Advanced security
    • Enterprise-grade support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Origami Studio✗
Penpot✓
macOS
Origami Studio✓
Penpot✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Origami Studio–
Penpot✓
Self-hosted
Origami Studio–
Penpot✓
On-premise
Origami Studio–
Penpot✓
Air-gapped
Origami Studio–
Penpot✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Origami Studio

2 total
  • Figma
  • Sketch
Independently observed

Penpot

5 total
  • Open API
  • MCP Server
  • Webhooks
  • Access tokens
  • Plugins
Independently observed
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