Comparison

Penpot vs Zeplin

On the evidence we track, Zeplin leads this comparison with a composite score of 74/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Penpot65

★Zeplin74

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Penpot	ZeplinLeader
Vioscale score	65 / 100medium · 68%	74 / 100low · 39%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	9
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.4	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fpenpot%2Fpenpot&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	59,213	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	9	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MPL-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Clojure	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ ES	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Penpot65 / 100medium · 68%

Zeplin74 / 100low · 39%

Pricing

Free tier

Penpot✓

Zeplin✓

Model

Penpotcommercial

Zeplinfreemium

Price level

Penpotfree

Zeplinlow

Transparent

Penpot✓

Zeplin✓

Integrations

Count

Penpot5

Zeplin9

Security

Gdpr

Penpot✓

Zeplin✓

Scorecard

Penpot5.4

Zeplin–

Vulnerabilities

PenpotCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fpenpot%2Fpenpot&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Zeplin–

Reliability

Status page

Penpot✓

Zeplin–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Penpot0

Zeplin–

Github stars

Penpot59,213

Zeplin–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Penpot100

Zeplin–

Release

Cadence days

Penpot9

Zeplin–

History

Penpot20 items

Zeplin–

License

Spdx

PenpotMPL-2.0

Zeplin–

Language

Primary

PenpotClojure

Zeplin–

Market

Availability

PenpotAvailable worldwide · HQ ES

ZeplinAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for UI/UX & Prototyping Tools
Capability	Penpot	Zeplin
Design
Vector UI design	✓	-
Component / design-system libraries	✓	✓
Auto layout / responsive	✓	-
Prototyping
Clickable prototyping	✓	-
Advanced interactions (variables / conditions)	✓	-
Collaboration
Real-time multiplayer collaboration	✓	✓
Handoff
Dev handoff / spec export	✓	✓
Platform
Platform breadth (Web / macOS / Windows / Linux / self-hosted)	Web-based; self-hosted on Linux with Docker; cloud-hosted with data residency op	Web application, VS Code extension, integrations with Jira, Azure DevOps, Slack,
Licensing
Self-hostable / open-source	✓	✗
AI
AI design assist	✓	✓
Pricing
Pricing model	Open-source	Freemium
Ecosystem
Plugin / community ecosystem	Open plugin API with community contributions and MCP Server for multi-directiona	Official integrations with design tools (Figma) and dev tools (Jira, Azure DevOp

Design

Vector UI design

Penpot✓

Zeplin-

Component / design-system libraries

Penpot✓

Zeplin✓

Auto layout / responsive

Penpot✓

Zeplin-

Prototyping

Clickable prototyping

Penpot✓

Zeplin-

Advanced interactions (variables / conditions)

Penpot✓

Zeplin-

Collaboration

Real-time multiplayer collaboration

Penpot✓

Zeplin✓

Handoff

Dev handoff / spec export

Penpot✓

Zeplin✓

Platform

Platform breadth (Web / macOS / Windows / Linux / self-hosted)

PenpotWeb-based; self-hosted on Linux with Docker; cloud-hosted with data residency op

ZeplinWeb application, VS Code extension, integrations with Jira, Azure DevOps, Slack,

Licensing

Self-hostable / open-source

Penpot✓

Zeplin✗

AI design assist

Penpot✓

Zeplin✓

Pricing

Pricing model

PenpotOpen-source

ZeplinFreemium

Ecosystem

Plugin / community ecosystem

PenpotOpen plugin API with community contributions and MCP Server for multi-directiona

ZeplinOfficial integrations with design tools (Figma) and dev tools (Jira, Azure DevOp

What each one is

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

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

Zeplin

Leader

A design delivery and handoff platform that sits between design tools and development. It provides versioning, documentation, feedback, and integrations to help designers and developers collaborate with confidence on production-ready specifications.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Penpot

from $25/moOpen sourceFree tier

Free self-hosted (open-source) or $25/user/month for Enterprise with advanced governance

Professional (Self-Hosted)Free
- Complete control over data and infrastructure
- Unlimited users, teams and files
- All design and prototyping features
- Community support
- 100% open-source
Enterprise (Self-Hosted)$25/user/month, minimum $950/month; 25% discount if pre-ordered before July 31st
- Everything in Professional
- Centralized admin console
- Create and manage multiple organizations
- Advanced team and user permissions
- Single Sign-On (SSO) & identity governance
- +6 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Zeplin

Leader

from $12/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free plan available. Paid plans from $12/seat/month (team) or $13.75/month (per-project). Annual billing includes 1-2 months free.

FreeFree
- Unlimited members per project
- Annotations, Flows, and Approvals
- Screen versioning with version compare
- Screen variants
- Jira, Azure DevOps, VS Code extension, Storybook, Slack, Teams integrations
- +7 more
BasicFrom $13.75/month per project, annual billing
- Unlimited members per project
- All members can edit projects
- Practically unlimited screens (1,000 per project)
- AI Design Review Beta (20 screens/week)
- AI Organize Beta (10 runs/week)
- +6 more
Advanced$12 per seat/month, billed annually (2 months free)
- 50 projects
- Unlimited screens per project
- Flow Boards
- Unlimited styleguides
- Unlimited components
- +14 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Advanced
- Unlimited projects
- AI Design Review Beta (20 screens × seats/week)
- AI Organize Beta (20 runs × seats/week)
- SAML-based Single Sign-on (SSO)
- +8 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Penpot	Zeplin
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
Air-gappedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Penpot✓

Zeplin✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Penpot✓

Zeplin✓

Self-hosted

Penpot✓

Zeplin✗

On-premise

Penpot✓

Zeplin✗

Air-gapped

Penpot✓

Zeplin✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Webhooks

Penpot

5 total - 4 not shared

Open API
MCP Server
Access tokens
Plugins

Independently observed

Zeplin

Leader

9 total - 8 not shared

Jira
Azure DevOps
VS Code
Storybook
Slack
Teams
Figma
Zeplin API

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.