Draftium

I had been looking for a way to speed up my overall design/development workflow and Draftium was exactly what I needed. Photoshop was originally my go to tool for creating prototypes, but they are not interactive. After testing a few alternatives, I found Draftium via AppSumo. Now it takes a fraction of the time it used to take to create prototype. My clients are amazed at how fast I work and love being able to provide feedback while they are view the prototype. This is a must if you are looking to improve your workflow.

The wireframes/prototypes give enough detail to impress an end user or client, and allow for review of UX, without giving too much detail as to lock down a design. As a wire framing and prototyping tool should do.

What started off as a really helpful tool quickly spiraled into something that was not.

After using the software for several years on many projects, I went to login to my account and got a "username not found" error. I had logged in a week earlier, so I tried to reset my password but to no avail. Then I checked one of my preview links and it said my account was suspended.

After contacting them through their sales chat, I was told that my account had been suspended because one of my projects looked like a scam, and this was a possible violation of their terms of use. Keep in mind this was a very, very rough draft, which consisted mostly of a few grabby headlines and Lorem Ipsum placeholder text. I assured them my client was a legitimate, brick-and-mortar business who has been in business for over 40 years. They asked for proof of this, so I provided an email from my client describing his business and what he needed. This was not sufficient.

Two more days go by and I was contacted by the "head of customer service". Instead of being helpful or considerate of the situation, he instructed me to submit my client's "statutory documents and financial license" so they can get this resolved. That information, of course, is none of their business and I refused. This overreach while secretly moderating my project disturbs me. I don't know whats going on at Draftium/Weblium, but it's not their place to do this, especially on a mockup. I'm done with Draftium, so in the end they wasted

I wanted to mock up sites and wireframes quickly. When compared to how I used to do it on photoshop Draftium has saved me, quite literally, days. It's interactive and I genuinely feel gives me an edge over my competitors. The customer service is good and they generally reply quite quick. It's still missing some key functionality (such as e-commerce modules and more flexibility in columns) but for the price it is spot on. Would highly recommend.