Private company
Balsamiq
Logo: Balsamiq, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Web-based software design tool for creating wireframes
Balsamiq Studios is an ISV founded in March 2008 by Peldi Guilizzoni, a former Adobe senior software engineer. The Web-based Balsamiq mockup tool was launched in June 2008. Balsamiq has 33 employees based in San Francisco, Sacramento, Chicago, Bologna, Paris, and Bremen.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websitebalsamiq.com
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Balsamiq Studios is an ISV founded in March 2008 by Peldi Guilizzoni, a former Adobe senior software engineer. The Web-based Balsamiq mockup tool was launched in June 2008. Balsamiq has 33 employees based in San Francisco, Sacramento, Chicago, Bologna, Paris, and Bremen. In 2011, Balsamiq achieved almost US$5 million in sales, and US$6.4 million in 2015.2
Products and brands
Balsamiq Wireframes
Balsamiq Wireframes is a graphical user interface website wireframe builder application. It allows the designer to arrange pre-built widgets using a drag-and-drop WYSIWYG editor. The application is offered in a desktop version as well as a plug-in for Google Drive, Confluence and JIRA.
Versions for FogBugz and XWiki were offered until November 1, 2013.
From Wikipedia’s article on Balsamiq, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- 2008Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitebalsamiq.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/balsamiq1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/balsamiq1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCH8AguGGw7F6jNvShp7OIAg1
- WikipediaBalsamiq
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ4852549
Sources
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- 1WikidataBalsamiq on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBalsamiq on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsBalsamiq logo by Balsamiq, Public domain
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- 5Wikimedia CommonsBalsamiq photo by https://www.flickr.com/people/doos/, CC BY 2.0