Axure reviews

Axure RP 8 - still going strong

Opmerkingen: I was trained on Sketch at the beginning of my career, and when I transitioned jobs, I argued for Sketch, since I wasn't familiar with Axure. Now that I have been using Axure for 2+ years, I don't think I'll ever go back to Sketch. Axure saves me time while allowing me to communicate design concepts and information architecture.

Pluspunten:

One of the best things about Axure is that you can write text within elements. In comparison, in Sketch, you need to add an additional text element. For low-mid fidelity wireframes, Axure is way more efficient than Sketch. The second best thing is how well balanced the features are- everything is there in one place. You got your creation covered (complex interactions included), you got the generation of a share link without needing to export the screens to another app, you can also collect feedback via the discussion panel. Widgets are customizable, there's plenty of user help available on the web regarding how to do various things... Axure is great for rapid prototyping.

Minpunten:

Collaboration features are mostly non-existent, but that can be solved by storing the .rp file in a cloud, such as Google Drive Stream. I wish the widget names would save when pressing 'enter' on the keyboard instead of clicking out of the field, but that is a minor issue. In Sketch, I do still prefer the way they use symbols, in Axure the masters vs panels seem to be a bit convoluted.

The Best Software for UX Work

Opmerkingen: Axure allows us to quickly and easily put together high fidelity prototypes to share within internal and external stakeholders. The functionality is powerful enough that our prototypes often get mistaken for full working builds of software.

Pluspunten:

- Extremely powerful prototyping toolset - All the "fit and finish" features you need from Illustrator or Sketch

Minpunten:

- Team and cloud functionality needs more features - Documentation and customer support isn't always helpful

I wouldn't buy it again

Opmerkingen: I used Axure several times, once for a smartwatch-project, the other times for smartphone app-projects. Then I switched to InVision. Why? Because it was painful to handle Axure. I don't like it and it feels like the developers didn't like what they do. And here's the problem. I want to love creating prototypes and I want to love the prototypes. But I can't love it all using Axure.

Pluspunten:

You can create good prototypes for many different devices with Axure and it will do as it should with routing, sound and functions. Through some lines of code it will offer you more if you like and if you find it.

Minpunten:

The user interface is not the strength of Axure and the prototypes you get don't look good. Yes, it's a prototype, but a good look - somehow - or a good feeling would support to carry over what you want to create. Instead you get something that looks like it stands on legs made of wooden sticks. Crafting the prototypes isn't feeling fine and you can waste a lot of time because it doesn't feel natural.

Excellent for teams using multiple apps and services.

Opmerkingen: Overall this was a pleasure to use and refreshing to allow people to use what apps they like but still be able to collaborate and not have a mess trying to keep everything together.

Pluspunten:

A big plus for Axure is the plugins and interactions available for a larger number of other apps. This is great for teams who have people using more different UX apps and work best in one and not the other, but this brings everyone's work together easily.

Minpunten:

Depending on your needs and how many people need access, the price can get steep quickly and may be a detractor for some people but it does carry a lot of value for the money.

Great tool loosing its market

Opmerkingen: Honestly, it is a great tool of its purpose.

Pluspunten:

It is by far the best tool to create hi-fi interactive prototypes. No other tool comes close to its features to create interactive behaviors. These prototypes are so good they can be used for intensive user testing, as users are not able to tell them apart from real apps or websites. I can mock with Axure in a couple of weeks what would take a dev team months to code and deploy. And that can save huge amounts of development costs.

Minpunten:

Learning to use Axure is complicated. Mostly because of the ton of options, and partly because it is difficult to discover how the internal mechanics operate. But the biggest con is that when I look into the UX design job market, practically there are no positions requesting knowledge of Axure. Everything is Sketch or Figma, that while great to create UI mockups are no rivals of Axure when creating interactive prototypes. However Axure has lost totally its market appeal. Probably Axure should have bought Sketch or Figma when it realized it was going to be overwhelm by these tools in the UI authoring arena. Also unlike Sketch, Axure does not have a 3rd party plugin market. And this closedness has reduced further more its utility.

Axure review 2022

Opmerkingen: Nice tool for creating responsive apps and is very easy to use, suitable for medium and large enterprises. Highly recommend it

Pluspunten:

Best tool for creative wireframes which supports many integrations like Jira & Slack. Axure is pretty much better for prototyping which enormously helps to save time and enhances workflow with quality results. It's easy to work with and provides a responsive drag & drop editing experience. The tool is very beginner-friendly with a good customer support service.

Minpunten:

Pricing plans are too high. This doesn't always favor everyone especially individuals with low budgets. I'm wondering why it's only available in English? Does it mean, French users or any other user can't work with it? I look at it as a #1 handicap. developers should look back to it.

One of the greatest prototype programs available is Axure.

Opmerkingen: We create software prototypes and show them to developers and end users to demonstrate new features or changes that need to be made to our original software.

Pluspunten:

The prototyping and EASE of sharing and collaborating with other project participants, which allowed for real-time collaboration and flawless performance when it came time to present our work, was, I believe, the most influential aspect of Axure for us.

Minpunten:

Some features, like the connectors and their hotkeys, seem like they could use some revision. A thorough tutorial on how to use the hotkeys would also be beneficial, as you'll need to memorize a lot of combinations, which can be easy to forget if you don't use them frequently.

Axure is so expensive, but has great features to back it up.

Opmerkingen: Overall great product, but really expensive! People will pay for it because it serves multiple purposes within the design world! Great support if you need help and good training resources to learn more.

Pluspunten:

You can prototype for ios, android, desktop and web. It's great for complex interactions, sharing, generating HTML files. You can prototype and wireframe within the product and it provides a lot of really juicy features that support good documentation of your products.

Minpunten:

There is definitely a learning curve. Axure needs to implement some type of guidance or additional training within their products. Put in step by step guidance for each feature, it'll help your users to learn more while actively living in the products. Also create some good templates for your users to utilize.

Great for large scale detailed projects.

Pluspunten:

Axure can be a beast but it's great for very large scale super detailed projects. If you need to easily tie requirements into your UX work, Axure is perfect for you. Is available for MAC and PC,

Minpunten:

Can be a memory hog. Though it does easily tie requirements into your files, the data it spits out can be lengthy. Layering is very difficult. Does not create interactions easily.

The best professional prototyping tool... from the past

Pluspunten:

I've worked with a lot of works using Axure for web projects and it helped us make more professional deliveries, with a streamlined process and great library of assets.

Minpunten:

Today we have more flexible and straightforward tools to create prototypes instead of Axure, with better accessibility and ability to share prototypes. Also these tools can be used to create designs as well.

Great way to create easy to use prototype

Opmerkingen: Overall, Axure has helped us accelerate our product design process.

Pluspunten:

The designers in my team and I use it to create prototypes on the go that I can share with our users during my user researches. I like the way you can share them easily, there is no limit as to what you can create with them.

Minpunten:

I would really like to have more tutorials as to how to create a specific experience. Even though the docu is good, there's just something missing there.

Don't use words , use flow

Opmerkingen: in overall when i want to use minimum text and maximum demonstration i'm using it, saving lots of dev time and demo help to provide the best solution to the stakeholder

Pluspunten:

very ease to create porotypes that demonstrate the actual behavior ad the desire flow. save time of development and miss communication, sharing the the generated link with the prototype 1st to stakeholder to approved and verify that's what he had in mind / resolved the pain and for developer to understand the required behavior

Minpunten:

i would expect Axure to give user on creating new prototype to choose the dimensions of the canvas per device (Mobile, tablet, pc) on upgrading to new version old projects were not supported, i had to scout for solution

Great App for all UXers

Pluspunten:

Great for prototyping both basic websites and complex solutions, has plenty features that automate the process, teamwork regime is a blast

Minpunten:

Paid version is a bit pricey, some controls are not very intuitive, other than that it is a great software for any professional UX expert

The most advanced prototyping on the market

Opmerkingen: When I need to produce a prototype that users would struggle to distinguish from a fully functional production-ready piece of software, Axure is the way to go. It's not always ideal for smaller quick projects because its more time-intensive and the learning curve is higher than other prototyping tools, but I recommend it if you need the best prototypes you can create.

Pluspunten:

This application is incredible at producing realistic/true-to-life​ prototypes of websites and mobile applications. It allows users to produce responsive website prototypes (not-production ready) with intricate interactions, animations, transitions, etc.

Minpunten:

The learning curve is steep, so you have to commit to really understanding the tool well. It's mostly HTML based prototyping, so working with vector designs produced from sketch, figma, and illustrator are a little more challenging than one might desire.

If you're a developer, you need Axure RP

Pluspunten:

I've tried many wireframing software and I can safely say that Axure RP has met all my needs. My favourite feature is how easy to use it is. All the mock up features are at your fingertips; shapes, colours, fonts, tags... you name it! All of the necessary wireframing necessities are easy to find and the drag and drop feature makes it hassle free to use.

Minpunten:

If you're going to use this software as an html converter you won't be pleased. Exporting to html does not capture all features and presents several bugs. In my opinion, this tool is best used for mock ups and not necessarily as a html resource. This tool is best used to develop your UI/UX skills, rather than your front end web programming.

Powerful design tool.

Pluspunten:

Axure RP is a tremendous program compatible with popular operating systems, creating designs where is easy, the program comes with functions that are ready for use.

Minpunten:

one of the major con is its price, but you have to know that the good news is expensive and this tool is worth it for its versatility.

UX-oriented must have

Pluspunten:

It provides the process side of designing instead of UI oriented solutions of similar type. The community around the app is very helpful.

Minpunten:

It gets complicated in case of complex interactions, so you need to spend some time on particular solutions.

Very nice rapid prototyping softwre

Opmerkingen: We have been using it for a few years now and it is very versatile and full feature. Highly recommended for custom projects.

Pluspunten:

* Full Featured * Customizable * Versatile

Minpunten:

Only thing is the memory it needs to render and export big projects. Sometimes it freezes my laptop until the export is finished.

Axure RP is good software to create modern prototypes.

Opmerkingen: Application that I have used for the creation of prototypes of applications and websites and mobile. I like the interface, the colors, the components and the easy handling. I do not like that you have to buy many components to design simple applications, and the license also has a high cost.

Pluspunten:

Its quality is incomparable, the elements are very well defined in the interface. The use and management of it is easy and intuitive, also the components available.

Minpunten:

Creating prototypes is easy, it is difficult to show them because there are browsers that do not support their features.

One of the best options for building complex, working prototypes

Opmerkingen: When I need prototypes with fully interactive forms, Axure is the only option I have aside from coding the prototype myself - and it’s much faster to use Axure than to code it.

Pluspunten:

Axure lets you create prototypes with features I can’t get when prototyping with other tools. I can add forms and fully interactive experiences that are exported as a live website. It’s a lot more robust and feature-rich than InVision’s prototyping.

Minpunten:

It’s got a bit of a learning curve and the user experience isn’t as elegant as other design software like Sketch

Prototyping for Pros, but you may not need all of it

Opmerkingen: Wireframed prototypes for our customers and internal development teams.

Pluspunten:

There are a ton of fancy features that justify the cost, but, like me, you might find that more a sign of bloat more than benefit.

Minpunten:

The high price, and nature of the software means that it isn't the best tool for fast, simple wireframes.

My favorite program to design UX

Pluspunten:

One of the most cool part of the programm is that you can see the result (in my case the app) on your smatphone in real time, complete with all the features that the UX needs.

Minpunten:

Some features are hidden and conditions often do not have a clear application.

Amazing prototyping possibilities but at a great time cost

Opmerkingen: I love the software when I have the time to create prototypes. Specially since the development of the sketch plugin.

Pluspunten:

The software allows you to create fantastic prototypes with variables and detailed interactions. Amazing online sharing included. Sketch plugin is now live.

Minpunten:

The software requires much effort to create detailed prototypes, asking you to know a bit of coding logic to work with it. It's also terrible for UI design.

I designed the front end of my website with this and loved the trial so much I bought it.

Pluspunten:

The power and simplicity is overwhelming. I can use plugins to generate bootstrap based HTML for my projects, and easily share basic wireframes with my designer who makes them look great.

Minpunten:

It's not easy for a novice to use - I am not a UX designer and it took me a while to figure it out. On the plus side, I was able to figure it out. An expert would probably have a very easy time with it.

INITIAL IMPRESSION

Opmerkingen: so far not good i need to talk to support to see why i see a feature difference.

Pluspunten:

Prototypes are functional and can help build a mock up to discuss with the user in a short time

Minpunten:

some features do not work or my version is not the same as sample videos. but i do have the pro version so dont know why some features are not there and others don't work