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Figma |
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10/10 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#1) Industry standard for collaborative UI design and prototyping across product teams.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (#1) Best overall for collaborative interface design, reusable systems, developer handoff, and everyday prototyping.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#1) The undisputed industry standard for real-time collaborative UI design, prototyping, and developer handoff.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#1) Industry standard for collaborative UI design and prototyping.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#1) Industry standard for collaborative UI design with real-time multiplayer and robust prototyping.
- GLM-5.3 (#1) Browser-based collaboration standard; real-time design, prototyping, and Dev Mode.
- Kimi K3 (#1) Industry standard, best collaboration, prototyping, plugins, handoff.
- MiniMax M3 (#1) Industry standard for collaborative UI design and prototyping.
- Mistral Large 4 (#1) Industry standard for collaborative design, prototyping, and dev handoff.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#1) Collaborative browser-based design with dev handoff
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| 2 |
Sketch |
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10/10 |
2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#2) Mature macOS design tool with strong component systems and plugin ecosystem.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (#2) Excellent native Mac interface design with mature components, precise editing, and strong design-system tooling.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#2) Long-standing Mac-native UI design powerhouse with rich plugins.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#2) Longtime macOS favorite with a vast plugin ecosystem and vector-first workflow.
- GLM-5.3 (#2) Pioneered modern vector UI design on Mac; still fast and precise.
- Kimi K3 (#2) Still excellent macOS UI tool, mature libraries and symbols.
- MiniMax M3 (#2) Strong macOS-native design tool with robust prototyping features.
- Mistral Large 4 (#2) Mac-native, lightweight, excellent for vector UI design and symbol systems.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#2) Mac-native vector editing and symbol libraries
- Gemini 4 Argon (#4) A fast, native macOS design powerhouse beloved for its mature symbol and library management.
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| 3 |
Framer |
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10/10 |
4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
- Gemini 4 Argon (#3) Bridges design and production with high-fidelity interactive prototypes that publish directly to the web.
- Kimi K3 (#3) Best for high-fidelity interactive prototypes that feel like real products.
- MiniMax M3 (#3) Best for high-fidelity, code-powered interactive prototypes and websites.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#4) High-fidelity prototyping with code-like interactions and direct publishing to web.
- Mistral Large 4 (#4) Best-in-class interactive, production-ready web prototyping.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#5) High-fidelity interactive prototypes and real site publishing.
- GLM-5.3 (#5) Code-level control with slick motion prototyping and production sites.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (#6) Excellent for designing and publishing responsive websites with polished interactions and production-ready output.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#6) Code-backed prototyping with stunning animations and responsive component libraries.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#6) Code-backed prototypes and React component export
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| 4 |
Adobe XD |
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9/10 |
3 | | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#3) Capable prototyping tool, though development has slowed and it is less central now.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#3) Solid prototyping tool integrated with Adobe ecosystem.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#3) Tight Creative Cloud integration and smooth auto-animate prototyping capabilities.
- GLM-5.3 (#3) Smooth prototyping and Adobe ecosystem integration, though momentum has slowed.
- Mistral Large 4 (#3) Strong Adobe ecosystem integration and voice prototyping features.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#3) Tight Creative Cloud integration and auto-animate
- MiniMax M3 (#4) Solid design-to-prototype workflow tightly integrated with Adobe suite.
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| 5 |
Axure RP |
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10/10 |
5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
- GPT-6.1 Sol (#3) Excels at complex workflows, conditional logic, data-driven prototypes, and detailed enterprise application specifications.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#4) Best for complex, logic-driven enterprise prototypes.
- GLM-5.3 (#4) Best for complex interactive prototypes and functional specs.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#5) Deep logic and conditional prototyping suited to complex enterprise workflows.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#5) Unmatched for complex, logic-driven prototypes and detailed interaction specifications.
- MiniMax M3 (#5) Top choice for highly detailed, logic-driven enterprise prototypes.
- Mistral Large 4 (#5) Complex logic, flows, and enterprise documentation powerhouse.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#5) Complex logic, conditional flows, and spec docs
- Gemini 4 Argon (#6) Unmatched for complex enterprise applications requiring deep conditional logic, dynamic data, and documentation.
- Kimi K3 (#6) Best for complex enterprise workflows and detailed functional prototyping.
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| 6 |
ProtoPie |
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9/10 |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
- Gemini 4 Argon (#2) Creates realistic, sensor-driven, code-free prototypes that handle complex logic and hardware interactions effortlessly.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (#4) Best for realistic, high-fidelity interactions, device inputs, and testing complex product behaviors without code.
- Kimi K3 (#4) Excellent advanced interactions for mobile, hardware, and sensor-based prototypes.
- Mistral Large 4 (#6) Powerful high-fidelity prototyping with advanced sensor interactions.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#8) Advanced multi-touch, sensor, and conditional interactions without coding.
- GLM-5.3 (#8) Best-in-class realistic prototyping from design files.
- MiniMax M3 (#8) Exceptional for complex, sensor-based interactions without coding.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#10) Native sensor interactions and high-fidelity logic
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| 7 |
InVision |
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8/10 |
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- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#4) Excellent for interactive prototypes, stakeholder feedback, and design handoff.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#4) Advanced animation and design system management
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#6) Long-established prototyping and design review platform, now much diminished.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#6) Popular for prototype sharing, comments, and design handoff.
- GLM-5.3 (#6) Strong freehand and collaboration tools, though core product wound down.
- MiniMax M3 (#6) Great for stakeholder feedback and clickable mockups from static designs.
- Mistral Large 4 (#7) Reliable design handoff, feedback loops, and team collaboration.
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| 8 |
Penpot |
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5/10 |
8 | 7 | 5 | | | | 7 | | 9 | |
- Gemini 4 Argon (#5) The leading open-source, web-based alternative built natively on CSS Grid and Flexbox standards.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (#7) Best open-source choice, combining collaborative interface design, self-hosting, and developer-friendly layout tools.
- Kimi K3 (#7) Top open-source option, design-dev friendly, self-hosting flexibility.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#8) Open-source design tool with solid collaboration and self-hosting options.
- Mistral Large 4 (#9) Open-source, real-time collaborative alternative gaining traction.
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| 9 |
UXPin |
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5/10 |
| 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | | 9 | | | |
- GPT-6.1 Sol (#5) Strong for interactive prototypes and design systems connecting reusable design components with production code.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#7) Allows teams to design and prototype directly with production-ready, interactive code components.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#9) Code-based components enable true interactive prototypes.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#9) Design with real code components and powerful state-based prototyping.
- Kimi K3 (#9) Strong for logic-rich prototypes, states, variables, design systems.
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| 10 |
Marvel |
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5/10 |
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- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#7) Simple click-through prototyping, great for quick validation.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#7) Quick, beginner-friendly prototyping with simple user testing built in.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#7) Quick wireframes, user testing, and handoff
- Kimi K3 (#8) Simple, fast, approachable prototyping for early-stage product teams.
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| 11 |
Balsamiq |
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6/10 |
7 | 9 | 8 | | | 10 | | | 8 | 9 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#7) Fast low-fidelity wireframing that keeps early discovery focused on structure.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#8) The best low-fidelity wireframing tool for rapid early-stage ideation and aligning product stakeholders.
- Mistral Large 4 (#8) Fast, low-fidelity wireframing ideal for early ideation.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (#9) Best for quick low-fidelity wireframes that keep product discussions focused on structure and functionality.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#9) Low-fidelity wireframing for rapid ideation
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| 12 |
Proto.io |
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4/10 |
9 | | | | | 9 | | 9 | | 8 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#9) Good for realistic mobile and app prototypes without writing code.
- GLM-5.3 (#9) Feature-rich prototyping for teams without coding skills.
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| 13 |
Origami Studio |
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2/10 |
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- MiniMax M3 (#7) Free, powerful tool from Meta for advanced interaction prototyping.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#9) Meta's free tool for crafting advanced, patch-based mobile micro-interactions and native hardware prototypes.
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| 14 |
Principle |
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2/10 |
| 10 | | | | 7 | | | | |
- GLM-5.3 (#7) Excellent for polished micro-interaction and motion prototypes on Mac.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (#10) Fast, focused tool for crafting polished interface animations and demonstrating nuanced interaction behavior.
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| 15 |
Justinmind |
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1/10 |
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- GPT-6.1 Sol (#8) Comprehensive app prototyping with forms, conditional interactions, and realistic user flows without coding.
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