Compare HotGloo vs Balsamiq

About HotGloo

HotGloo is a UX, wireframe and prototyping tool designed to build wireframes for web, mobile and wearables. HotGloo helps to visualize planning processes, build and test drive interactions very easily. Create and share fully interactive prototypes with your team and clients and gather feedback on the process. From prototypes of the next award winning app to huge e-commerce wireframe shop solutions, HotGloo is the perfect match for every web worker.

About Balsamiq

Balsamiq Mockups is a small software tool to sketch out user interfaces, for websites and web / desktop / mobile applications.
With this service users can quickly come up with mockups and easily share them with their clients.
Balsamiq Mockups is a graphical user interface mockup builder application. It allows the designer to arrange pre-built widgets using a drag-and-drop WYSIWYG editor.

Features

• API
• External Integrations
• Multi-User
• Third-Party Plugins/Add-Ons
• Bug Tracking

Features

• API
• External Integrations
• Multi-User
• Third-Party Plugins/Add-Ons
• Bug Tracking

Summary

• Design wireframes and prototypes for web, mobile and wearables.

• Test wireframes and prototypes on any mobile device.

• Over 2000 elements, icons and UI widgets.

• Paid plans come with free tutorials, live webinars, getting started documentation and a fast and reliable support team.

• Designed with a low learning curve in mind.

• Made for UX teams.

Summary

• Sketchy Wireframes: Low-fidelity wireframes focused on functionality.

• Drag & Drop Simplicity: Creating user interfaces with drag and drop components.

• Re-usable Symbols: Creating templates, masters, and re-usable component libraries.

• Click-Through Prototypes: Generating click-through prototypes for demos & usability testing.

• UI Components & Icons: Built-in user interface, controls and icons.

• Quick-Add for Speed

Pricing

Pricing

• Credit card required: No

• Mockups 3 for desktops:
  A Single User License - $89
  myBalsamiq:
  Enterprise: $249 /month
  Agency: $99 /month
  Team: $49 /month
  Starter: $24 /month
  Personal: $12 /month
  Plugin for Google Drive Confluence or Jira:
  Monthly: $5 /month
  Yearly: $50 /year

FAQs

Who are the main user groups of this service?

• HotGloo is the perfect match for every web worker who needs to come up with a visual first draft or detailed concept for a website, web project or app. Customers range from project managers, product owners, UX/UI designers, developers, and copywriters

Does this service integrate with any other apps?

• Slack

What is this service generally used for?

• HotGloo helps to visualize planning processes, build and test drive interactions very easily. Create and share fully interactive prototypes with your team and clients and gather feedback on the process.

What platforms does this service support?

• Web, Mac, Win, all common browsers, OS, Android,

Does this service offer guides, tutorials and or customer support?

• HotGloo has been designed with a low learning curve in mind. In addition we do offer tutorials, live webinars, getting started documentation and a fast and reliable support team.

What are some applications this service is commonly used in tandem with?

• Slack, Creative Suite, Pen & Paper

Does this service offer multi-user capability (e.g. teams)?

• Fully team collaboration enabled including parallel wireframing & prototyping.

FAQs

Who are the main user groups of this service?

• This service is used by web designers and programmers.

What is this service generally used for?

• Balsamiq is primarily used for building mockups.

What platforms does this service support?

• The application is offered in a desktop version as well as a plug-in for Google Drive, Confluence and JIRA.

What are some applications this service is commonly used in tandem with?

• Applications that are most frequently used with Balsamiq are: Frontify, Flairbuilder, MockGen, iMockups, LiveMockups, Wirify Pro, Mockups Strings Extractor etc.

Does this service offer multi-user capability (e.g. teams)?

• Balsamiq has multi-user capability.

Does this service offer an API?

• It does offers an API.

Does this service integrate with any other apps?

• It integrates with other apps, such as Google Drive, Confluence, Jira etc.

Does this service offer guides, tutorials and or customer support?

• It offers help through: Frequently Asked Questions, Tutorials and Videos, and Documentation.

Vendor Information

Vendor Information

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