Alternatives to Chalk.ist
Chalk.ist ranks #18 in Design Tools with a BenchRank score of 7.7/100. These are the 17 other design tools tools we rank, best first. Rank numbers show each tool's position in the full Design Tools ranking.
Ranked 1
68.9 — BenchRank score out of 100Balsamiq
Balsamiq Wireframes · Low-fidelity wireframing and prototyping for product teams
Best for: Product teams and founders wanting fast low-fidelity wireframes and clickable prototypes
Ranked 2
63.4 — BenchRank score out of 100Figma
Visly · Shared canvas for product design, prototyping and developer handoff
Best for: Product teams needing design, prototyping and developer handoff in one shared workspace
Ranked 3
58.6 — BenchRank score out of 100Grida
Grida · Open-source canvas and desktop workspace for design, SVG and decks
Best for: Designers and developers wanting an open-source local canvas with AI-assisted SVG and decks
Ranked 4
53.8 — BenchRank score out of 100draw.io
draw.io · Open source diagramming that stores files in your own storage
Best for: Teams that want diagrams kept in their own storage rather than on a diagramming vendor's servers
Ranked 5
52 — BenchRank score out of 100Desygner
Desygner · Design, document, PDF and social tools in one workspace
Best for: Small teams wanting design, documents, PDFs and social posts in one free tool instead of several
Ranked 6
47.1 — BenchRank score out of 100Plasmic
Plasmic · Visual builder that integrates with your existing React codebase
Best for: Teams letting designers and marketers build UI on top of an existing React codebase
Ranked 7
45.2 — BenchRank score out of 100Penpot
Penpot · Open-source UI design and prototyping platform for teams
Best for: Design and development teams wanting an open-source, self-hostable UI design and prototyping tool
Ranked 8
40.2 — BenchRank score out of 100Code Images
Ray.so · Turn code snippets into styled images
Best for: Developers who need a styled image of a code snippet to share or embed.
Ranked 9
38 — BenchRank score out of 100Excalidraw
Excalidraw · Browser whiteboard for hand-drawn style diagrams
Best for: People who want a quick browser-based sketch of a diagram with a hand-drawn look.
Ranked 10
37.2 — BenchRank score out of 100OpenPencil
OpenPencil · Open-source design editor that opens Figma files
Best for: Designers and developers who want a local, open-source editor that opens Figma .fig files.
Ranked 11
29.1 — BenchRank score out of 100Matterport
Matterport · 3D capture and digital twin platform for buildings
Best for: Property marketing, facilities and construction teams that need 3D digital twins of buildings
Ranked 12
23.9 — BenchRank score out of 100Moqups
Moqups · Browser-based wireframing, diagramming and prototyping with live collaboration
Best for: Cross-functional teams needing wireframes, diagrams and clickable prototypes in one browser tool.
Ranked 13
19.6 — BenchRank score out of 100Quant-UX
Quant-UX · Open source prototyping, user testing and analytics in one tool
Best for: UX researchers and design teams who want to prototype and run usability tests in one tool
Ranked 14
16.9 — BenchRank score out of 100Sozi
Sozi · Presentation software with an editor and presenter console
Best for: Presenters wanting an installable presentation editor they can customise with scripts and stylesheets
Ranked 15
15.2 — BenchRank score out of 100Dribbble
Dribbble · Design portfolio feed and marketplace for hiring designers
Best for: Clients hiring design freelancers or agencies, and designers looking to show work and find jobs
Ranked 16
14.9 — BenchRank score out of 100Graphite
Graphite · Open source procedural vector editor built on a node graph
Best for: Designers and illustrators wanting a free, node-based vector editor for procedural 2D artwork
Ranked 17
14.8 — BenchRank score out of 100OmniGraffle
OmniGraffle · Diagramming, wireframing and vector drawing for Mac, iPad and iPhone
Best for: Professionals on Apple devices who need diagrams, wireframes or vector graphics.
