UXPin vs JitBlox: what's the difference?

Looking for the right prototyping tool for your next web project? Both JitBlox and UXPin could be a good choice. It mostly depends on how much you value creative design freedom over easy, developer-friendly design handoff.

UXPin is a prototyping tool, intended for designers who need an alternative to vector drawing tools such as Figma. The advantage of prototyping tools compared to vector drawing tools is that, like JitBlox, they minimize the gap between designers and developers.

JitBlox is a web app builder. Unlike prototyping tools, web app builders focus on quickly creating interactive and dynamic web apps (single-page applications) without coding. Compared to a prototyping tool, whose output is often static, JitBlox lets you design fully functioning web apps (and prototypes!) that leverage modern front-end technologies and may even include real-world data.

Compare JitBlox with UXPin

​UXPin is a user experience (UX) design platform that enables designers and developers to create, prototype, and collaborate on user interfaces for web and mobile applications. It offers a range of tools to facilitate the design process from wireframing to high-fidelity prototyping. The platform supports the development and management of design systems, ensuring consistency across projects by defining styles, components, and layouts. ​UXPin is accessible via web browsers, however they recommend using one of their and desktop applications for Windows or macOS.

Like JitBlox, UXPin supports component-based development, but in a slightly different way: UXPin integrates with Git repositories and Storybook, allowing designers to use code components in their designs, whereas JitBlox integrates popular 3rd party components and encourages users to organise their own prototypes into reusable components.

In terms of design handoff, UXPin provides developers with design system documentation and visual specifications with dimensions and distances. Requesting prototype source code is limited to a given selected element, whereas JitBlox provides a single-click download of your prototype's full source for free.

When comparing plans, there are some free JitBlox features that are available in UXPin only in a more expensive price tier: conditional logic, expressions and variables require the Advanced plan, using open-source React UI Libraries and Tailwind CSS integration require the Merge AI plan, and Git integration requires the Enterprise plan.

Below is a comparison between JitBlox and UXPin on price and key features. Curious about what makes JitBlox unique or how it compares to other alternatives? Compare JitBlox with other tools.

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General

Category
Web app builder
Prototyping tool

The kinds of apps this tool is best suited for.

Price
$15/mo inc taxes
$29 per editor/mo.

Minimum price based on a plan similar to JitBlox Pro.

Free plan
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Really free, so not a free trial.

Focused on
Developers and designers
Developers and technical designers

The primary target audience.

Cloud based
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Design your app without leaving your browser.
Productivity

Live preview
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See a real-time preview of your app.

Pre-built templates
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Pre-built templates to start your design from.

Prebuilt UI blocks
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Pre-built UI blocks that you can drop into your app.

Custom components
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Organize your app into reusable components.

AI assistant
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Generate screens and components with UI.
Developer friendliness

Supported UI libraries
Tailwind CSS, Material Design, Bootstrap, Shoelace
Material Design, Bootstrap,MUI, Tailwind CSS (Merge AI plan only), Ant

Supported component libraries and CSS utilities.

Source code inspection
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Copy JSX code

Preview a component's or screen's source code without downloading.
Design handoff

Full source code download
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Download the full source code of your app.

Git support
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Enterprise plan only

Sync the source code of your app to Git.

Target framework(s)
Angular
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The supported SPA (single-page app) framework(s).
Customization

Custom branding
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Create custom themes or style tokens.

Custom code
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Add custom logic or styling through code.

Event handling
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Attach actions to, for example, click events.
Data integration

Dynamic data
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Connect your UI to data from a data source.

Data modeling
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Create custom data types and fields.

Data sources
Mock data, API Stubs 2
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Data sources you can connect your UI to.
Sharing & collaboration

Sharing
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Share your design with stakeholders for feedback.

Collaboration
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Invite others to collaborate on your project.
Hosting

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Host your app on the provider's infrastructure.

Self-hosting
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Download all assets required to self-host your app.
  • 1) AI assistant for generating pages and UI blocks planned for Q3 2025.
  • 2) Integration with backend APIs planned for Q2 2025.

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