Top 10 Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers

Sketch or wireframe stage (in terms of website design) is an important step in designing a website. Wireframing simplify the process of communicating ideas, design a prototype, showing the visual essence of the content, hierarchy and layout of a website and helps to indicate potential problems early in the process.

With wireframe, the revision process will be more efficient and client can easily understand visual essence of a website we're working on. This article summarizes the 10 best tools to assist the process of wireframing, be it a standalone application or desktop, web-based applications and browser add-ons. If you know other wireframe application, let's share in the comments.

10 Wireframing Tools For Web Designers


Lumzy | A Quick Mockup and Prototyping tool
Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers

Lumzy is a mockup or prototype applications for the web-based website creation. With full features, such as drag and drop, in real-time collaboration, ease of delivery mockup, save to jpg or png and direct print features. Lumzy can be used for free, if you feel satisfied and greatly assisted with this Lumzy application, it does not hurt to donate a few dollars. To Lumzy Pro version can be integrated into the host on your own server to be able to work more privacy and confidential

Frame Box | Lightweight online tool for creating mockups

Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers

Frame Box is a free application that is simple but powerful for making a sketch and wireframe. Frame Box is a web-based application, simply type framebox.org in your browser and directly drag and drop any wireframe elements required. It's easy is not it? Register your account via google account, facebook or twitter to store and protect your wireframe results and also to unlock additional features.

Creately | Diagram Software to draw Flowcharts, UML & more Online

Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers

Creately is a web-based application for creating diagrams, charts as well as a website wireframe. Creately provide free facilities plan for the project as much as 5 1 diagram, or wireframe, 1 user and 3 collaborators.

Mockingbird | Website wireframes

Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers

Mockingbird is a web-based application with the Cappuccino framework to create a wireframe of a website or application. With a clean and user-friendly interface, drag and drop feature, an interactive interface pages, and the ability to easily share results with the wireframe of your clients or colleagues with only use a direct link, to make Mockingbird one of the best wireframe applications. With web-based, you can create and share the results of wireframe anywhere. For the free plan, Mockingbird provide facilities for as many as 1 project, 10 pieces of wireframe, with a maximum of 2 users.

Hotgloo | Wireframe UX Prototyping Tool

Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers

HotGloo is a web-based application that is designed to create a functional online wireframe for a website project. HotGloo has a very neat, clean and user-friendly interface, it allow you to create and share wireframe with fast, real-time collaboration features and share the output with clients directly, make HotGloo be the best application to work on a professional website project. HotGloo provide free-trial facility for 1 project with a 5-page wireframe and 1 user.

Pidoco | Wireframing tool for rapid UI design

Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers

Pidoco is a web-based application for designing a prototype interface of a website, interactive wireframe, mobile, and enterprise applications. Pidoco provide convenience to its users with drag and drop features, collaboration features, and share the results intelligently to clients or colleagues. Pidoco allow free-trial for 31 days just by registration only.

Mockflow | Online Wireframe Tool

Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers

Mockflow is a wireframe for desktop applications (Windows and Mac). Before installing mockflow, you must first install Adobe Air. With comprehensive features, such as: chat, real-time collaboration, quick share, and so forth, Mockflow provide free versions up to five pieces of wireframe.

Simple Diagrams | Create simple diagrams in a snap!

Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers

Simple Diagrams is a small desktop application that helps you to pour the ideas, develop a process and to draw a sketch / wireframe quickly. Simple Diagrams developed in the Adobe AIR platform, so you need to install Adobe AIR application first. Simple Diagrams runs smoothly on Mac, Windows and Linux. To get the full version, you can buy it for $ 25 via PayPal.

Prototyper | Create website wireframes with Justinmind Prototyper

Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers

Prototyper is a desktop application (Windows and Mac) to create a prototype of a website, as well as interactive and rich mobile applications (iPhone, iPad and Android). Prototyper free edition provides several features such as: Wireframe and unlimited pages, interactive widgets for the iPhone, iPad and Adroid (4.0), interactive features to web applications wireframe, and full interaction link. The Prototyper pro edition provides even more rich features, and can be tried for free for 30 days.

Gliffy | Online Diagram Software and Flowchart Software

Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers

Gliffy is a web-based application, it works directly in your browser, and includes drag and drop components, image export, and version tracking. it's easy to use and requires no complicated manuals. 

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