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Balsamiq
By Balsamiq Studios, LLC
Category: design-diagramming
Pricing: subscription
Free plan: Not currently marked as available
Free-plan limits: No permanent free tier; offers a 14-day free trial (no credit card required) before requiring a paid Starter/Teams/Enterprise plan
Best for: Deliberately low-fidelity wireframing that keeps stakeholders focused on structure/flow rather than visual polish, used heavily in early product/UX work.
Checked when listed: against the vendor's own page
Automated re-check: 10/5/2026, 1:30:29 AM
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