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Balsamiq Cloud - Fast, approachable, collaborative wireframing

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Balsamiq Cloud is the industry-leading solution for fast, approachable, collaborative wireframing.

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Hunter
Seven years ago, I was working as a Product Manager for a SaaS product. I needed a simple way to sketch out new features and screens. I wanted this for two reasons: first, to test with our customers, and second, to give our team a starting point to iterate from. It was then that I discovered the original Balsamiq. It was a downloadable desktop (Adobe Air?) app, and it changed the way I work. Fast forward to today, and the little company that founded has just released . I've been using it for the past month, and it is awesome. It's fast, collaborative, and has some big upgrades from the desktop version (vectors everywhere, bigger canvas). I'm a fan! Congrats to the Balsamiq team for this release! 🙌
Congrats! How did you make it so fast? Which technologies did you guys use?
Maker
Hi! The frontend is in JS, using a custom framework we made, and SVG and React. Backend is in NodeJS (GraphQL), Redis and MySQL.
Maker
Hi all. This was the culmination of two years of work, rewriting both our Flash-based editor in JS and taking all we learned from myBalsamiq to build a brand new, modern web app. Any questions, don’t be shy. 😄 I’ll try to reply to all of them.
fantastic work!
Do you plan to have an embed? I would love to provide a Balsamiq integration in Ludus.
Maker
we do plan for it! email me your thoughts at and we’ll chat!
Email sent!
I have to say that this product looks amazing! I will try it. Be sure to check out our tool, it will be very interesting to you.
Maker
Hey while we’re here, I have a question for you! Did you use Balsamiq to wireframe YOUR product? Tell us your story! :)
Ciao Giacomo, Balsamiq user since 2013 here: I've done a lot of client work with it (and love it), right now I'm wireframing a landing page for Remoteur, my little side project. Big ups for the launch! :)
Used it for a lot many years and though frequency has reduced now (pen and paper and whiteboard take my time nowadays), I’ve used it virtually at every startup or employment since 2010 (I just searched my mail for a license purchase - it was 2010). Oh and btw, the happiest moment of using Balsamiq was when I discovered a way to get rid of that Comic Sans (was that the default?) font for presentation slides. My reporting manager had just taken a look at some mockups and had said "fine...don't you have something more serious looking?" 😉 (long stories) All the best for Balsamiq Cloud.
I first started using it back in 2012. It has been a great tool for getting clients to buy into a design without getting bogged down debating colors and such. Congrats on the release of the cloud version.
Hunter

This is everything I loved about the original Balsamiq product, but with some big upgrades. Vectors everywhere, bigger canvas, and better team collaboration.

Pros:

Really fast and collaborative wireframing, with great export options.

Cons:

Can't think of any!

consequent focused on LowFi at a very high level of a user centric development process. One of my favourite tools since 8 years...

Pros:

fast, easy, focused

Cons:

native Desktop app not yet available (work in progess)

For me, these guys own the wireframe space.

Pros:

Runs gr8 on my Samsung Chromebook. Been using Balsamiq since 2011 or so and it just works!

Cons:

Would have liked to see a "print" icon rather than doing Ctrl-P but otherwise, simply awesome.

I started using Balsamiq in 2008 and it's still my go-to for wireframes. This new cloud version looks great. Nice job .
one of the best wireframe now in the cloud <3

Balsamiq is one of the most intuitive software I have every used. Absolutely little or no learning curve if you are not a designer.

Pros:

Wireframing for everybody. Super simple to use and powerful in feature set

Cons:

No resource on best practices/templates we can plug and play (learn from Canva?)

Highly recommended!

Pros:

Feels like a real paper prototype

Easy to use

Cons:

Don't add many features.

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