UX Tools - Design Tools Survey

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INTRODUCTION / METHODOLOGY

The 2024 Design Tools Survey collected responses from 2,220 designers between November 2024 and January 2025, covering nine tool categories:

UI Design

Basic Prototyping

Advanced Prototyping

Digital Whiteboarding

Design Systems Management

User Testing

Research Recruiting

Research Repositories

Portfolio Building

Who Took the Survey

Participants were recruited from UX Tools’ audience:

1M+ social followers (Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Threads)

95K newsletter subscribers

450K annual website visitors

No compensation was offered. Responses that were >80% incomplete or showed clear low-effort patterns were excluded.

How We Processed the Data

Tools were standardized using a verified dictionary

Only tools with ≥0.1% usage are shown in the report

Data was cleaned and restructured into clear categories for accuracy and comparison

Our Shapes of Work Framework

To better reflect real-world design contexts, we grouped respondents into seven segments:

Corporate Designers (1000+ employees)

Growth Company Designers (101-1000 employees)

Startup Designers (2-100 employees)

Agency Designers (design agencies/consultancies)

Independent/Solo Designers (freelancers, contractors, or solo in-house)

Design Educators/Researchers

Design Students

Editorial Independence

This report is independent and sponsor-supported (Framer, Maze, Dovetail, Mobbin, UserTesting). Sponsors had no input on the survey questions or results.