# Balsamiq vs Framer

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Framer

| Attribute | Balsamiq | Framer |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 69 (69% (medium)) | 80.5 (72% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A wireframing and prototyping platform that combines AI-assisted design with real-time collaboration to help teams turn rough ideas into validated, interactive prototypes before handing off to developers. | A cloud-based website design and hosting platform that uses AI agents to assist with design, content management, and code generation. It combines visual design tools, a content management system, and developer APIs with AI assistance for rapid website creation and updates. |
| features.capabilities | `{"ai_design":true,"dev_handoff":true,"pricing_model":"subscription","vector_design":true,"platform_breadth":"Web (Cloud), Desktop, Confluence, Jira","plugin_ecosystem":"Slack, Jira, Confluence, Notion, MCP server for Claude/Cursor","component_libraries":true,"clickable_prototyping":true,"realtime_collaboration":true}` | `{"ai_design":true,"auto_layout":true,"dev_handoff":true,"pricing_model":"freemium","self_hostable":false,"vector_design":true,"platform_breadth":"Web, macOS, Windows","plugin_ecosystem":"Marketplace with community-contributed templates, plugins, and components","component_libraries":true,"advanced_interactions":true,"clickable_prototyping":true,"realtime_collaboration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 5 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Confluence"},{"name":"Notion"},{"name":"MCP server (Claude, Cursor)"}]` | `[{"name":"Figma"},{"name":"Contentful"},{"name":"Sanity"},{"name":"Adobe Experience Manager"}]` |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"NL","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"mac":true,"web":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$16/editor/month billed annually ($192/year)","features":["Up to 10 projects","Unlimited reviewers","500 monthly AI credits per editor","Balsamiq MCP server","Slack integration","Custom UI components","Export to PDF or image"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"editor","amount":16,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Up to 10 projects, 500 monthly AI credits, Slack integration","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"10","reviewers":"unlimited","ai_credits_monthly":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Teams","summary":"$24/editor/month billed annually ($288/year)","features":["Up to 100 projects","Unlimited reviewers","1,000 monthly AI credits per editor","Balsamiq MCP server","Billing admin role and permissions","Custom UI components","Export to PDF or image","Priority support"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"editor","amount":24,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Up to 100 projects, 1,000 monthly AI credits, priority support","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"100","reviewers":"unlimited","ai_credits_monthly":"1000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$35/editor/month billed annually ($420/year)","features":["Everything in Teams, plus:","Up to 400 projects","2,500 monthly AI credits per editor","Balsamiq MCP server","SSO with SAML","Legal and security review support","Data storage in the US or EU","Premium support"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"editor","amount":35,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Up to 400 projects, 2,500 monthly AI credits, SSO, premium support","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"400","reviewers":"unlimited","ai_credits_monthly":"2500"}}],"summary":"From $16/editor/month. Free 14-day trial. Save 30% with annual billing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://balsamiq.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:33:44.068Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":16,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["500 monthly AI agent credits","Free Framer domain","1 GB monthly bandwidth","Design pages","Password protect","Basic analytics (30 days)"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Entry-level plan for trying Framer","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"domain":"Framer subdomain","credits":"500/month","bandwidth":"1 GB/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Basic","summary":"$10/month","features":["Free custom domain (.com included yearly)","2 CMS collections","50 GB monthly bandwidth","Built-in SEO","1,000 CMS items","Site search","Password protect","30-day analytics history","1,000 monthly AI credits","20 global CDN locations","Static file hosting (5 files)"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For personal and small creative sites","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"bandwidth":"50 GB/month","cms_items":"1,000","site_pages":"30","cms_collections":"2"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$30/month","features":["Free custom domain","10 CMS collections","100 GB monthly bandwidth","150 site pages","2,500 CMS items","Site redirects","Staging environment","Branching with previews","Site search","3,000 monthly AI credits","90-day analytics history","300+ global CDN locations","Advanced interactions","Live collaboration (10 seats)"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For growing professional websites","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"bandwidth":"100 GB/month","cms_items":"2,500","site_pages":"150","cms_collections":"10"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Custom AI credit volumes with discounts","Unlimited editors","Enterprise-grade security","Uptime guarantee","SCIM provisioning","Single Sign-On (SSO)","Dedicated support","Custom limits across all features","Unlimited analytics history","All Pro features included"],"description":"For mission-critical and large-scale sites","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"editors":"Unlimited","custom_limits":"True"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional Editor","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"editor","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Content Editor","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"editor","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Translation Locales","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"locale","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Convert (A/B Testing & Funnels)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"event"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0001,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Advanced Hosting","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $10/month. Free tier with limited features.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.framer.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:38:22.536Z","startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (UI/UX & Prototyping Tools)

| Capability | Balsamiq | Framer |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 (Cloud), Desktop, Confluence, Jira | Web, macOS, Windows |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Self-hostable / open-source | - | ✗ |
| **AI** |  |  |
| AI design assist | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Freemium |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| Plugin / community ecosystem | Slack, Jira, Confluence, Notion, MCP server for Claude/Cursor | Marketplace with community-contributed templates, plugins, and components |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:18:17.299Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*