Pixso

Pixso is a collaborative workspace for designing digital products, combining UI/UX design, prototyping, whiteboarding, feedback, design systems, and developer handoff. Designers, developers, product managers, and teammates can comment, collaborate in real time, and design and prototype within the same file. AI features support design editing and can generate mind maps, brainstorming sessions, and information summaries. Pixso imports Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Axure, and SVG files, and can run imported Figma plugin code. Its Dev view lets developers inspect specifications, copy code references, and export supported code and assets. The platform offers web, Android, macOS, Windows, API, and self-hosted options. A free plan is available, with limits of one project per team, three design files per project, three pages per design file, and three whiteboard files per project. Monthly team seats are listed at $4, $8, and $12 a month. Annual enterprise seats range from $90 to $280 a year; lifetime purchases are also available.

Pixso brings design, collaboration, and developer handoff into one workspace with a free plan and paid options. Teams should check the free-plan caps and the listed seat pricing against their needs.

Pixso suits teams of designers, developers, product managers, and other collaborators working on digital products. Its self-hosted and private-deployment options may also suit organizations that need private deployment methods.

Pixso is a workspace for interface design, prototyping, whiteboarding and developer handoff. It suits product teams that want designers, developers and other collaborators working together across those tasks. Its strongest case is breadth and deployment choice; the free plan’s project and file caps are restrictive for ongoing team use.

Overview

Pixso brings design and prototype work, feedback, design systems and handoff into one workspace. Teams can collaborate in real time, comment on work and keep design and prototyping in the same file. That joined-up approach can reduce handoff between separate stages, while import support and plugin compatibility give teams options for bringing existing workflows along.

Key features

Pixso supports importing Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Axure and SVG files, and can run imported Figma plugin code. That makes it a plausible fit for teams considering a move from established design tools, though importing files or plugins does not guarantee identical behavior in the new workspace.

Dev view lets developers inspect design specifications, copy code references and export supported code and assets. Design tokens, version history and asset handoff help connect design work to implementation. The value is greatest for teams that want those steps in the same product; teams needing a particular export format should confirm that it is supported.

Whiteboard AI can generate mind maps, brainstorming sessions and information summaries, while the design editor AI supports design editing. These tools extend Pixso beyond interface production, but the stated capabilities do not establish how much design editing AI can perform.

Pixso’s OpenAPI has public-cloud and private-deployment endpoints, with enterprise application credentials. Private deployments can use single-node or clustered setups across intranet, private-cloud and public-cloud environments. One-to-one service, technical consulting, deployment support and online training make the private option more than a hosting choice for organizations that need deployment assistance.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing. It includes unlimited viewer seats and draft files, but each team is limited to one project, three design files per project, three pages per design file and three whiteboard files per project. Those caps make it useful for a small evaluation, not a growing team’s full working archive.

Team seats are billed monthly: Collaborator costs $4 a month, Developer $8 a month and Creator $12 a month. Each includes unlimited projects, files, pages, version history and private files. The higher seat prices are relevant for teams choosing roles, but the listed inclusions are the same across these three options.

Enterprise seats are billed annually: Collaborator is $90 a year, Developer $120 a year and Creator $280 a year. They include advanced permissions, member and seat management, collaboration logs, SSO and a custom domain. Enterprise pricing also includes permission control and audit logs, making these plans the better fit for organizations with access-control requirements.

Lifetime purchases cost $240, paid once for one team member or $720, paid once for three team members. Each provides one professional team workspace, unlimited projects and folders, unlimited editable design and whiteboard files; the one-member option includes 500 total AI credits and the three-member option 1500 total AI credits. These are finite credit totals, not a stated recurring allowance. On-premise deployment has custom pricing and includes custom feature development, core data encryption and a dedicated technical consultant.

Platforms

Pixso supports Android, API, macOS, self-hosted, web and Windows. Its desktop app requires Windows 10 64-bit or later, or macOS 12 Monterey or later.

Who it's for

Pixso is a strong candidate for product teams that want design, collaboration and developer handoff in one workspace, especially those migrating existing design files or considering private deployment. The Free plan is better for evaluation than sustained team use; teams that need broad access controls should consider Enterprise. Support is available through the Help Center and [email protected] for product, account, privacy and business questions.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Design, prototyping, whiteboarding and developer handoff share a workspace, which can keep cross-functional work connected.
• Pro: Imports for five file types and Figma plugin-code compatibility give migrating teams practical starting points.
• Pro: Private deployment options and enterprise access controls address organizations with deployment or governance needs.
• Con: The Free plan’s one-project and three-file caps constrain real team work, despite unlimited viewers and draft files.
• Con: AI credits are quantified only for lifetime purchases, so buyers should not assume an ongoing credit allowance.

Alternatives

For a free plan centered on wireframing and interactive input forms, consider Justinmind, whose Free plan allows one project with unlimited screens and viewers.

Mockplus is another freemium option; its Basic plan includes 10 users, 10 active projects and unlimited designs, which may suit teams that value those specific limits.

Choose ProtoPie when a free plan with two cloud prototypes, eight scenes per prototype and 50MB of storage better matches the work.

UXPin offers a limited free plan after its 14-day trial ends, with two prototypes and 50 AI credits.

For a developer-focused alternative, Figma Dev Mode has a free Starter plan with limited access to Figma products and unlimited drafts.

Marvel has a free plan for one user and one project; its Pro plan costs $12 a month billed yearly and includes unlimited projects for one user.

Consider Frontify for custom plans with monthly active-user pricing and tailored packages.

Sketch is a paid alternative with a Standard plan at $12 a month per editor, billed yearly, including real-time collaboration and unlimited documents.

Browse Developer Handoff Software, Design Collaboration Software and Game UI Design Software for more options by category.

Verdict

Choose Pixso if your product team wants design, whiteboarding and developer handoff together, or needs flexible private deployment. Its import breadth and role-based seat options strengthen the case. Look elsewhere if the Free plan must support substantial ongoing work, or if you need assurances about a particular plugin, export or AI capability before committing.