App Builder by Infragistics vs. Balsamiq

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
App Builder
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
App Builder - Design and Build Real Apps Fast The brand-new App Builder aims to provide design and development teams with a solution to help them deliver apps quickly and efficiently, without losing focus on UX. Users can start an app from scratch or choose from a library of pre-built app templates or responsive screen layouts and then customize with a toolbox of 60+ UI controls to kick-start the next digital product design. If a design already exists in Sketch or Adobe…
$1,295
per year per user
Balsamiq
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Balsamiq is a wireframing tool that helps lean product teams turn early ideas into clear, actionable direction. The tool helps product managers, founders, and engineers worldwide share concepts, reduce rework, and build better products.
$12
per month (up to 2 projects)
Pricing
App Builder by InfragisticsBalsamiq
Editions & Modules
Ignite UI
$1,295
per year per user
Infragistics Professional
$1,295
per year per user
Infragistics Ultimate
$1,495
per year per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
App BuilderBalsamiq
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThis product is free to use for non-commercial, educational purposes for students in K-12 grades or University programs, and for educators to use in a classroom setting as examples/tools in their curriculum.Pay per project, not per user
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App Builder
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Features
App Builder by InfragisticsBalsamiq
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
App Builder by Infragistics
5.8
3 Ratings
37% below category average
Balsamiq
-
Ratings
Visual Modeling6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Reusability6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Scalability3.61 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
App Builder by InfragisticsBalsamiq
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(5 ratings)
8.5
(31 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.5
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
App Builder by InfragisticsBalsamiq
Likelihood to Recommend
Infragistics
App Builder will be great where you have a small team with limited resources. Obviously this product is only good if you are starting a new project. I have used Radzen before which does almost the same thing using a database first approach, but it was a real pain as the application crashes a lot.
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Balsamiq
Balsamiq is a great tool for quickly getting ideas into visual form. At first it seems like there are not that many UI assets, but this constraint actually adds to the speed. There are less things for you to fuss over, you can focus on getting your ideas down. This is a tool for lofi rough drawings not a tool for building beautiful prototypes for developers to code to. It is fantastic for ideation because you mostly just drag and drop components onto the canvas and move things around. It's great in a live workshop setting for that reason.
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Pros
Infragistics
  • Layout
  • Theme and Styles
  • Code Generation
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Balsamiq
  • Easy to use
  • Produces good quality mock ups and prototypes
  • Mock ups are obviously only just mock ups (this is important as if users see mock-ups in HTML, for example, they tend to think the system is ready to use or not far off)
  • Has a good selection of standard shapes that mock real world fields / controls
  • Allows not for profit organisations use it for free
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Cons
Infragistics
  • Data interface (web services)
  • Documentation
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Balsamiq
  • The sketch-like style can be off-putting to some stakeholders, and it’s not initially very clear that there is the option to turn this “off.” While I do think there is benefit to the default style, knowing from the start that this flexibility existed would have helped us be able to use this tool more often in the past and in different situations.
  • There are very limited collaborative functionalities. When it’s early in the design process, it’s often really helpful to have a number of people in the design to offer in-app feedback so the designer doesn’t have the burden of collecting feedback from many disparate sources in order to incorporate the feedback.
  • There are limited UI elements. As design evolves, there are more and more UI elements to consider, and many to stop using. Our Balsamiq wireframes would be a lot more effective in communicating design ideas to stakeholders if there was a wider range of UI elements to choose from.
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Likelihood to Renew
Infragistics
No answers on this topic
Balsamiq
I'm not sure how else we would be able to complete our work without Balsamiq or another similar tool. All of my experience with Balsamiq has been positive and they continue to develop new features so that my job gets easier. I would be very surprised if we didn't renew Balsamiq
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Usability
Infragistics
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Balsamiq
Very intuitive and easy to understand. It only takes minutes to get the hang of it and get back to work. For new analysts (like, brand new, fresh out of school) it's not difficult and they need minimal to no hand-holding. The training content that is embedded is easy to find and use.
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Support Rating
Infragistics
No answers on this topic
Balsamiq
We haven't had to use the support feature yet
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Alternatives Considered
Infragistics
They're different products. for grid design maybe Balsamiq is a bit better.
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Balsamiq
Creating digital wireframes in Photoshop is a nightmare. Photoshop was not really designed for this purpose. It doesn't have good collaboration options and it doesn't allow pattern libraries, which are essential for consistency and efficiency. We use UXPin and Axure for some time, but found that these platforms were a bit bloated. Balsamiq is much simpler than any of these options. It's a perfect wireframing platform for non-designers or for designers that want to focus on content and element-placement prior to design
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Return on Investment
Infragistics
  • + Allowed for fast design and mock ups
  • + Allowed for efficient asset delivery to development team
  • + allows for revisions and updates; with code generation
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Balsamiq
  • The product works very well for showing product owners and developers design ideas for purposes of discussion, debate and refinement.
  • The products also works very well for specifying new designs for developers. This is best done in a series of screens that show various screen states and user interactions.
  • I also use the products to document bugs in software products and websites we have developed. This includes outlining and documenting bugs and changes to user interactions and refinements to the usability of completed interfaces and user experiences.
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ScreenShots

App Builder Screenshots

Screenshot of Use pre-built themes and typography (Material, Bootstrap & Fluent) or customize to match your own app theme and corporate branding on a per-control, per-screen, or per-app basis.Screenshot of With a rich layout system and complete toolbox of components, create screens and full apps in minutes instead of hours!Screenshot of Import Sketch and Adobe XD Designs! With one click, take your static designs and get interactive, responsive apps with real UI components and styling. Import designs from the design system into a real, component-based app. Figma import coming soon!

Balsamiq Screenshots

Screenshot of the Balsamiq user interfaceScreenshot of the commenting feature, which supports collaborationScreenshot of where to export wireframes to PDF and PNGScreenshot of where to add wireframes to Confluence pages to clarify ideas, make specs visual, and align teamsScreenshot of where to add wireframes to Jira issues to clarify specs, reduce rework, and help teams build the right thing