Balsamiq is the #24 ranked design app on Slack, with a free plan available, as of Jul 29, 2026.
AppRanks data: Balsamiq ranks #24 in Design on Slack Marketplace, placing it in the top 36% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
Balsamiq is a newly-listed Slack app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Design category on Slack Marketplace, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. no published reviews yet means feature claims are unverified by the wider merchant base. Without a published review base, the only fit-signal available is the developer's own documentation plus the marketplace's listing-quality audit (linked below). The free tier lets you trial the entry feature set without committing a payment method. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical Slack Marketplace listing.
Pros
- +Free tier available — no card required to evaluate
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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About Balsamiq
How Balsamiq works
Wireframe, prototype, and keep the flow in Slack. Balsamiq is the wireframing and prototyping tool used by tens of thousands of product, tech, and business minds. You don't need to be a designer to use it. Sketch a rough idea, turn it into an interactive prototype, and find out if it's worth building before anyone writes code or wastes tokens. And with the Slack app, you can keep the work flowing where your other decisions get made. Stay on top of Balsamiq activity - Get notified when someone edits or comments on a wireframe or prototype - Spin up a new Balsamiq project without leaving the channel - Subscribe a channel to a Balsamiq project for automatic updates - Invite channel members to a Balsamiq project in one step Set up a project in one command Start with a single /balsamiq command to create, share, subscribe, and invite. Or run /balsamiq create-share-subscribe and get the whole workflow at once: a new Balsamiq Cloud project named after the channel, every channel member invited, and the channel subscribed to updates. Balsamiq is built for teams who: - Want a clickable prototype in the channel today, not a PRD next week - Would rather kill a bad idea in Slack than build it in a sprint - Are shipping complex work and can't afford to build the wrong thing - Are moving fast and don't want to slow down to get aligned Requires a paid Balsamiq subscription at balsamiq.com.
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Category rankings
As of Aug 3, 2026- Design#24of 67Top 36%
- Project Management#169of 466Top 37%
- Developer Tools#210of 540Top 39%
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Competitors & alternatives
Balsamiq doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked design apps on Slack:
Where Balsamiq stands in the Design category
Balsamiq ranks #24 of 67 apps in the Design category, placing it in the top 36% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Balsamiq?
Balsamiq is an app for Slack. It is published on Slack Marketplace and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Design category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space.
Is Balsamiq free?
Balsamiq does not offer a permanent free plan on Slack. Pricing starts at Paid with free trial. Trial availability and exact billing terms are mirrored from the live Slack listing and may change between refresh cycles, so always confirm the headline price on the source marketplace before installing.
Who uses Balsamiq?
Balsamiq is actively installed across Slack stores tracked by AppRanks. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Design category on Slack.
Where does Balsamiq rank on Slack?
Balsamiq currently sits at position #24 in the Design category on Slack. That places it in the top 36% of 67 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.