![]() Using Axure you can build responsive wireframes, implement custom interactions, add conditional logic and validation along with implementing new web design patterns such as parallax scrolling, sticky headers and footers and various touch interactions. Think of Axure as the Photoshop tool for UX’ers, it’s big, it’s powerful and it has a long list of impressive features. To learn more about team projects see my post on Team Wireframing and Version Controlįeatures Advanced range of features from the ability to produce responsive wireframes, custom interactions (from parallax scrolling to swipe interactions) conditional logic, validation and more.įidelity Grey scale low-fi wireframes to High-Fi prototypes ready for user testing Axure is flexible enough to support your every wireframing need.Ĭonclusion - So which is best Axure or Balsamiq? Scalability Team Projects’ allows multiple team members to work on the same file by ‘checking in and out’ pages to make edits whilst the ‘Team Project History’ feature allows you to produce a log of what was updated when by whom and recover previous versions within a set time frame. You can however create your own custom libraries or purchase one of the many libraries available in the Axure Community. Price Axure RP8 Pro - $29pm | Axure RP8 Team $49pm | Axure RP8 Team $99pmĮase of use Not the easiest to use for beginners, preset UI widgets are limited and getting used to dynamic panels and interactions can take time. High fidelity clickable prototype produced in Axure source:Axure Now lets see how both tools compare against our checklist. What level of fidelity wireframes are my clients/colleagues expecting?.What type of fidelity wireframes can I produce? Low fi sketch based layouts or high resolution prototypes for user testing?.Can I implement interactions such as validation logic, swipe gestures, sticky headers and parallax scrolling?.Can I wireframe for desktop as well as mobile devices?. ![]() How can I share my work with clients and colleagues?.Does it have version control? How does it work?.Will the tool allow team members to work on the same file at the same time?.How does the tool fair when working on multiple projects for different clients?.Will I need any custom software installing? Or is it a web based solution?.Do any of the team have any experience in using the tool?.Will I need any training on how to use it?.Can I drag and drop preset widgets or do I have to build them from scratch?.How easy is it to set up and get started?.I’ve provided a quick checklist of things you might wish to consider below. Whether you’re looking to produce wireframes in Balsamiq, Axure or one of the other wireframing tools available, you should firstly ask yourself some key questions. I often get asked, which do I prefer? or which of the two would I recommend? for me, this is not a straight forward answer, it’s a matter of context. For me, the two best players on the market are the old stalwarts Balsamiq and Axure. With the plethora of tools available to UX’ers these days selecting the correct wireframing tool for a project isn’t as easy as it once was. There are lots of wireframing tools available in the market place at the moment from web based applications such as Balsamiq and Hotgloo, to desktop applications such as Axure (Mac and Windows) and Omnigraffle (Mac Only) not to mention more traditional tools such as Adobe Photoshop (yes you can wireframe in photoshop, but I wouldn’t personally recommend it).
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