# Balsamiq pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $23/mo (Starter). Among the 14 design tools we track it is #13 cheapest of 14; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** balsamiq.com
**Free tier:** No · 14-day free trial
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Not published · GDPR Not published
**Integrations:** Jira, Confluence, Notion, Slack, Linear
**Best for:** Product managers and analysts wireframing early concepts; Teams that live inside Jira or Confluence; Anyone who wants stakeholders to critique layout rather than visual design

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Starter | $23 | −30% | per_seat | $23 per editor per month month-to-month; the live page's default Annual view shows $16 per editor per month ($192/year/editor) under a 'Save 30%' badge, which is the ratio the $23 figure backs out to. Up to 10 projects and 500 Balsamiq AI credits per editor per month. Reviewers are unlimited and free — you pay only for editors. Extra AI credits cost $15 per 500-credit pack (confirmed in Balsamiq's own support docs). | balsamiq.com |
| Teams | $34 | −30% | per_seat | $34 per editor per month month-to-month; $24 per editor per month billed annually ($288/year/editor) in the page's default view. Marked 'Most popular'. Up to 100 projects and 1,000 AI credits per editor per month, plus unlimited free reviewers. A project holds a set of wireframes, so the project cap — not the seat count — is usually what forces an upgrade. Verified nonprofits are offered 50% off. | balsamiq.com |
| Enterprise | quote-only | — | per_seat | monthlyUsd is null because the only figure the live page publishes for this tier is the annual-billed rate: $35 per editor per month billed annually ($420/year/editor). Self-serve rather than quote-only — there is a published price, it just cannot be verified as payable month-to-month. Up to 400 projects and 2,500 AI credits per editor per month. | balsamiq.com |

## Price changes

No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.

**Key features:** Deliberately low-fidelity sketch rendering that keeps reviews on structure, not pixels; Unlimited free reviewers — only editors consume a seat; Ships as Balsamiq Cloud plus dedicated Jira and Confluence apps and a desktop build.

**Plan limits:** No free forever plan; 14-day trial with no credit card, then paid; Project caps on every tier (10 / 100 / 400); AI credits are metered per editor; top-ups cost $15 per 500; Enterprise's published price is annual-billed only; Prices are USD and sales tax may apply.

## Cheaper design tools alternatives

- [Figma](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/design-tools/figma/) — from $0/mo
- [Framer](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/design-tools/framer/) — from $0/mo
- [Penpot](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/design-tools/penpot/) — from $0/mo
- [Rive](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/design-tools/rive/) — from $0/mo
- [Spline](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/design-tools/spline/) — from $0/mo

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-09-10
Provenance: Re-verified 2026-09-10 against balsamiq.com/pricing (the canonical page; the draft's /buy/ URL serves the same cards and the source was switched to /pricing/, which was fetched directly). The page renders in its Annual state: '$16/month per editor, $192/year', '$24/month, $288/year', '$35/month, $420/year' under a 'Monthly / Annually / Save 30%' toggle — $16 x 12 = $192 proves those are annual-billed rates, so they were kept out of monthlyUsd. Backing out the page's own 30% badge gives $23 and $34 month-to-month, which matches the draft and is what monthlyUsd carries. Enterprise keeps monthlyUsd null: its published figure is the $35/editor annual-billed rate and monthly availability is not demonstrable from the page. AI credit top-ups at '$15 per 500 credits' and the '14 days of free access, no credit card required' trial were confirmed on balsamiq.com/support/sales/cloud/pricing.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/design-tools/balsamiq/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Balsamiq's entry plan was $23/mo as of 2026-09-10 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/design-tools/balsamiq/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl