Grida
by Grida · Open-source canvas and desktop workspace for design, SVG and decks
BenchRank score
Screenshots of Grida
Homepage
Overview
Grida is an open-source canvas and creative workspace for designing pages, SVG graphics and presentation decks. It runs as a desktop app on macOS, Windows and Linux over local project folders, and as a web canvas, with an AI agent that creates and edits workspace files. The same product also covers hosted forms and a Database/CMS workspace with Supabase tables in beta.
- Best for
- Designers and developers wanting an open-source local canvas with AI-assisted SVG and decks
- Pricing
- Free tier at $0 with AI credit bought separately in $10–$500 purchases, Pro at $20 per organisation per month, and a contact-sales Custom plan.
- Runs on
- WebmacOSWindowsLinuxSelf-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Apache 2.0 codebase and a portable .grida document format
- Desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux work on local folders
- Figma import from .fig files, REST data and clipboard
- Bring your own provider keys or run a local Ollama
Trade-offs
- AI credit is bought separately; hosted use needs $10–$500 top-ups
- Pro adds only automatic AI-credit reload over the free tier
- SVG SDK, charts, Supabase and embeddable viewer are alpha or beta
- Support is community Slack and GitHub unless you agree a Custom plan
How Grida markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Grida’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“The Free, Open Canvas”
- Angle: Open source / ownership
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Grida’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Grida pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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