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Best Software Design Platforms

Adam Crivello
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Researched and written by Adam Crivello

Software design platforms offer the capabilities of both wireframing software and prototyping software to handle the complete preliminary creation process for new software and applications. These solutions allow users to diagram and create the blueprints of web pages or applications, then create incomplete or preliminary versions of that software. Wireframes range from simple sketches and page layouts to realistic and moderately responsive representations of a developing web page or application, while prototypes simulate the final product in order to test, document errors, and deliver feedback.

Development teams use software design solutions to allocate resources and requirements as they design the look and feel of applications with wireframing tools, then use prototyping tools to increase the speed at which they build, test, and iterate their program.

To qualify for the Software Design Platforms category, a platform or product suite must offer the following core features:

Provide tools for outlining applications structure and content
Possess tools for exporting or sharing wireframes
Provide tools for creating both low-fidelity mockups and interactive models of final applications
Have libraries with frameworks, structures, outlines, workflow templates, and symbols
Provide interface creating and editing tools
Possess requirements management tools
Include feedback and communication components

In some cases, a software design platform may support features of diagramming software, collaborative whiteboard software, or both, including:

Specialized tools for designing one or more types of diagrams
Industry-related shapes and elements for use in diagrams
A customizable and editable blank design space that can be accessed and used my multiple contributors simultaneously
Design tools that allow users to draw and annotate
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The following products include these core categories: Wireframing, Prototyping

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Adobe XD is built to meet the needs of today's UX/UI designers, with intuitive tools that deliver breakthrough precision and performance and make everyday tasks feel effortless.

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UXPin is the design tool ideal for interactive prototyping, design systems and documentation. Some of our latest features include: Variables, conditional interactions, expressions, interactive states

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Uizard is a rapid, AI-powered UI design tool used for designing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes in minutes. Uizard's AI features allow users to generate UI designs from text prompts, convert hand-

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Moqups is a visual collaboration tool that combines whiteboard, diagram, and design features in a single, online app. Think, plan and communicate in real time to create a wide range of visual material

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The most interactive no code builder. Developed by a Parisian team and launched in 2015, PandaSuite is a simple & creative SaaS platform to build applications and interactive experiences without

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MockFrame by 500apps is a wireframe tool to create visual mockups, UI/UX prototypes, and wireframes that turn your ideas into reality. Features: UI Prototyping - Create highly interactive prototypes

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Pidoco is a powerful prototyping software for rapidly creating clickable wireframes, mockups and interactive UX prototypes for web, mobile and enterprise applications.

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Sketch puts the focus back on you and your work. We’re not a do-everything product. We’re a toolkit for design, prototyping, and collaboration — made by designers, for designers. Create, prototype,

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zeroheight helps teams create, manage and maintain their design systems. Using zeroheight, designers, engineers, and product teams can collaborate and build design systems that can be easily shared ac

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