{
  "domain": "balsamiq.com",
  "company": "Balsamiq",
  "aliases": [],
  "category": "design_prototyping",
  "url": "https://thebiasindex.com/balsamiq.com/",
  "summary": "A typical compare page from Balsamiq raises 1.4 of our five red flags. We found 17 candidate pages on Balsamiq’s website, of which 16 are compare pages. Those are the ones we score. Together they add up to 22 red flags, the 72nd most of the 98 companies we rank.",
  "status": "ok",
  "rank": 72,
  "fair_player": false,
  "red_flags_total": 22,
  "red_flags_per_page": 1.38,
  "compare_pages": 16,
  "candidate_pages": 17,
  "run_date": "2026-10-30",
  "methodology": {
    "version": "v8",
    "url": "https://thebiasindex.com/methodology/"
  },
  "source": "https://github.com/WhimsicalCode/thebiasindex.com",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "q1",
      "label": "Wins on everything",
      "question": "Does the page claim the vendor wins or ties on everything it compares?"
    },
    {
      "id": "q2",
      "label": "Never says when to pick the rival",
      "question": "Does the page leave out every situation where a competitor would be the better choice?"
    },
    {
      "id": "q3",
      "label": "Admits no weakness",
      "question": "Does the page avoid saying anything the vendor's own product can't do or does poorly?"
    },
    {
      "id": "q4",
      "label": "Vague attacks",
      "question": "Are the criticisms of competitors vague, with no specifics, numbers or sources?"
    },
    {
      "id": "q5",
      "label": "Rival gets more criticism",
      "question": "Does the competitor get clearly more criticism than the vendor's product?"
    }
  ],
  "pages": [
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-claude/",
      "title": "Balsamiq vs Claude: Think First, Build Next",
      "red_flags": 3,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "yes",
        "q3": "yes",
        "q4": "unclear",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-excalidraw/",
      "title": "Balsamiq vs Excalidraw: From Sketch to Clickable Prototype",
      "red_flags": 2,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "yes",
        "q4": "unclear",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-marvel/",
      "title": "Balsamiq vs Marvel: Decide First, Design Later",
      "red_flags": 2,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "yes",
        "q4": "no",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-miro/",
      "title": "Balsamiq vs Miro: Stop Brainstorming, Start Building",
      "red_flags": 2,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "yes",
        "q4": "no",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-moqups/",
      "title": "Balsamiq vs Moqups: Map It Out or Move It Forward",
      "red_flags": 2,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "unclear",
        "q3": "yes",
        "q4": "no",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-whimsical/",
      "title": "Balsamiq vs Whimsical: Docs or Product Decisions",
      "red_flags": 2,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "yes",
        "q4": "no",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/blog/miro-alternatives/",
      "title": "6 Best Miro alternatives for product builders in 2026",
      "red_flags": 2,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "yes",
        "q4": "no",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/comparisons/",
      "title": "Balsamiq vs other tools: Best wireframing tool for product teams",
      "red_flags": 2,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "unclear",
        "q2": "unclear",
        "q3": "yes",
        "q4": "yes",
        "q5": "unclear"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-figma/",
      "title": "Balsamiq vs Figma: Built for Builders, Not Designers",
      "red_flags": 1,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "unclear",
        "q4": "unclear",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-pencil-paper/",
      "title": "Balsamiq vs Pencil and Paper: No Redraws, No Lost Napkins",
      "red_flags": 1,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "unclear",
        "q4": "no",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/blog/excalidraw-alternatives/",
      "title": "Top 5 Excalidraw alternatives for PMs & devs in 2026",
      "red_flags": 1,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "unclear",
        "q4": "no",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/blog/figma-alternatives/",
      "title": "5 Figma alternatives in 2026 for product thinking & UI design",
      "red_flags": 1,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "no",
        "q4": "no",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/blog/lovable-alternatives/",
      "title": "6 Best Lovable alternatives in 2026 (Features + pricing compared)",
      "red_flags": 1,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "no",
        "q4": "unclear",
        "q5": "yes"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/blog/bolt-ai-alternatives/",
      "title": "7 Bolt AI alternatives for building the right thing",
      "red_flags": 0,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "no",
        "q4": "unclear",
        "q5": "unclear"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/blog/replit-alternatives/",
      "title": "Top 6 Replit alternatives (2026 feature and pricing comparison)",
      "red_flags": 0,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "no",
        "q4": "unclear",
        "q5": "unclear"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/blog/v0-vercel-alternatives/",
      "title": "7 v0 alternatives for 2026: Build better prototypes and apps (with less rework)",
      "red_flags": 0,
      "answers": {
        "q1": "no",
        "q2": "no",
        "q3": "no",
        "q4": "no",
        "q5": "unclear"
      }
    }
  ],
  "other_candidate_pages": [
    {
      "url": "https://balsamiq.com/blog/wireframe-vs-mockup-vs-prototype/",
      "title": "Wireframe vs mockup vs prototype: How teams decide what to use and when",
      "type": "educational",
      "what_it_is": "A guide or article"
    }
  ]
}