List of products, both free and commercial, that are used for prototyping services:
Axure RP: It is a
professional prototyping tool that allows you to create wireframes for
pre-designing a web page. Available for both Windows and Mac platforms. You can
draw both static and interactive wireframes that simulate a real user browsing
experience. It has a collaboration function to share the web models with other
people and to receive feedback in real time.
Balsamiq: With it
you can make interactive web prototypes. You can use this tool as a web service
or download it on your computer (works with Windows, Mac and Linux). Your free
account allows you to create an unlimited number of wireframes that last 7 days.
It also has the collaboration function.
FlairBuilder: web
tool that allows you to make sketches of your webs and your Apps for iPhone. It
has no possibility to collaborate with other people nor is it possible to
export features.
gliffy: Based on
a web service, you can draw sketches of your web page and create both static
and dynamic wireframes. You can also collaborate with other people and receive
their opinion in real time. The free account lets you make up to 5 unencrypted
sketches but carry advertising.
iPlotz: This tool
allows navigable web and application mockups. You can download it on your
computer (Windows / Mac) or you can use the service via web. It has a free
account with which you can make prototypes that have up to 5 navigable pages.
Jumpchart: is a
browser-based web-planning application that allows you to sketch the content of
the web page. It is possible to create both static and interactive wireframes
that simulate navigation between the web pages of the model.
Justinmind:
Professional tool for prototyping websites, software applications and mobile
applications. It can work with Windows or with Mac.
MockFlow: Very
simple web tool to use for designing web sites and software applications. It
allows collaboration and browsing the web page in addition to visualizing its
structure. The free version is limited in relation to the number of prototypes
we can make.
Mockingbird: This
is a free web service with which you can make prototypes of web pages. You can
design your website in the browser itself by taking advantage of a large
library of web objects to customize your pages.
Napkin: Although
it is a Java based tool, it is also available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Sketches made can only be static, but have an extensive library of GUI symbols
to use in your mockups. It does not offer the possibility of collaboration or
export to other formats. The positive is totally free and the account is
unlimited.
Pencil project:
It is an open-source Firefox add-on that allows you to create wireframes within
Firefox. There is no possibility of collaboration.
Smartdraw: fully
integrated with Microsoft Office. Very useful for making charts, flow charts,
.... However, there are no interactive wireframes or designs for mobile phones.
Visio: This tool
belongs to the Microsoft Office suite that can be purchased independently of
other components of Microsost Office It is only available for computers that
work with Windows. You can create various types of visual projects such as
flowcharts, Venn diagrams, maps and web templates (standard and mobile), as
well as prototypes of software applications.
If you work with the Eclipse programming environment, you
can also use WireframeSketcher, which is fine and integrates seamlessly into
the environment.
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