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Penpot
Open-source design and prototyping
Free plan availableDesign & CreativeSince 2020
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What Penpot is
Free, self-hostable design tool built on web standards, with design tokens and CSS-accurate layout that maps cleanly to code.
Penpot's Unlimited plan has read $7 a month on every one of the 3 times we have checked this page, from Aug 2026 to Sept 2026. It has not moved while we have been looking. See the source
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Free plan
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Ongoing free tier published by the vendor. Limits vary by plan.
Penpot alternatives
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Where Penpot sits on price
Entry prices across Design & Creative, cheapest first.
- Penpot$7
- Rive$9
- Adobe Express$9.99*
- Framer$10
- Whimsical$10
- Raphael AI$10
- Sketch$12
- Relume$12
- Visme$12.25
- Canva$15*
10 of these 12 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page; the rest are marked * and are indicative. The median is taken across the 10 verified prices in Design & Creative. Showing the 10 cheapest.
Penpot pricing questions
- How much does Penpot cost?
- Penpot is free to use.
- Does Penpot have a free plan?
- Yes. Penpot publishes an ongoing free tier — not a countdown trial. Limits vary by plan, so check what the free tier covers before you commit.
- What is Penpot used for?
- Free, self-hostable design tool built on web standards, with design tokens and CSS-accurate layout that maps cleanly to code. People mainly use it to design a user interface, prototype an app, self-host design.
- What are the best alternatives to Penpot?
- The closest alternatives in the same category are Figma, Canva, Framer, Whimsical. Figma, Canva, Framer and Whimsical publish a free plan.