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Balsamiq: what they publish

balsamiq.com · Creative review and approval · checked 2026-10-14

77/100BBand B

Rank 1 of 42 in Creative review and approval, where the median is 30.

Public transparency score, not a product or security rating. Latest check: 2026-10-14. How the score works.

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Overview

4 days since the newest dated result, 4 since the oldest. 11 of 12 criteria have a measured result in the last 30 days. Failed checks and undated results are excluded.

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Balsamiq

balsamiq.com · Creative review and approval

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  3. C
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B 77of 100 Rank 1 of 42

Published commitments8 of 9 found

Measured behaviour1 of 2 found, 1 not measured

Checked 2026-10-14. Every line links the page we found it on. A cross means we found nothing at the addresses we checked, not that the vendor has no such document. A transparency score, not a product rating.

Downloads include all checks, source URLs, dates and the snapshot ID for your procurement file. We do not issue badges.

The label is the whole measurement in one object: every criterion with its weight, the band, and the date. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.

Every line in it links the page we found the result on, or lists the addresses we checked. A cross means we found nothing there, not that Balsamiq has no such document.

Where Balsamiq sits in Creative review and approval

  1. A0 0%
  2. B2 5%
  3. C2 5%
  4. D3 7%
  5. E18 43%
  6. F17 40%
42 vendors with a score. Bands have fixed thresholds, see how the score works.

The band of Balsamiq is marked. Vendors without a score are the ones where we could measure too few criteria to rank them – a gap on our side, counted separately.

What Balsamiq states

The exact figures and names we read off the pages linked below, with the sentence they stand in. This is what they publish, not what we verified about their systems.

Gaps, heaviest first

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Data location: where they say data is hosted

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No statement about data location found.

Checked 7 addresses on 2026-10-14.

Show the 7 addresses we checked
  1. https://balsamiq.com/security – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 403)
  2. https://balsamiq.com/trust – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 403)
  3. https://balsamiq.com/legal/privacy – reached, no match (HTTP 200)
  4. https://balsamiq.com/privacy – reached, no match (HTTP 200)
  5. https://balsamiq.com/privacy-policy – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 403)
  6. https://balsamiq.com/compliance – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 403)
  7. https://balsamiq.com/legal/privacy-policy – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 403)

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Across the market: Data location stated in Creative review and approval: 17 of 42 companies

✗weight 2 of 3

Third-party requests seen on the first load, before any interaction.

Checked 1 address on 2026-10-14.

Show the 1 address we checked
  1. https://balsamiq.com/ – third-party requests before any interaction: accounts.google.com, ad.doubleclick.net, beacon-v2.helpscout.net, consent.cookiebot.com, consentcdn.cookiebot.com, d3hb14vkzrxvla.cloudfront.net, fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com, region1.analytics.google.com, stats.g.doubleclick.net, www.google.com, www.google.de, www.googletagmanager.com

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Across the market: No third-party tracking before consent in Creative review and approval: 2 of 42 companies

Evidence

The full source lists sit behind these two groups, so that the answer above stays readable.

Published, with a source 9
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Data processing agreement (DPA)

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Published and readable without a login.

Source: https://balsamiq.com/legal/dpa/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Data processing agreement in Creative review and approval: 6 of 42 companies

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Subprocessors: the published list

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The actual list is published, not just a promise to keep one.

Source: https://balsamiq.com/legal/subprocessors/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Subprocessor list in Creative review and approval: 5 of 42 companies

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Status page with incident history

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A public status page with incident history.

Source: https://status.balsamiq.com/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Status page with history in Creative review and approval: 7 of 42 companies

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Public pricing with figures

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Actual numbers on a public page.

Source: https://balsamiq.com/pricing/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Public pricing in Creative review and approval: 38 of 42 companies

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HTTPS enforced with HSTS

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HTTP redirects to HTTPS and the HSTS header is set.

  • HSTS max-age 31536000 seconds (365 days).
    Show the exact wording

    max-age=31536000

    Read at https://balsamiq.com/

Source: https://balsamiq.com/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: HTTPS enforced with HSTS in Creative review and approval: 29 of 42 companies

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Notice before subprocessors change

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The vendor commits publicly to giving notice before the list changes.

  • Notice promised before the list changes 30 days.
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    6.4 Right to object Customer may object to the engagement of a new Subprocessor by notifying Balsamiq in writing within 30 days of receiving notice.

    Read at https://balsamiq.com/legal/dpa/

Source: https://balsamiq.com/legal/dpa/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Notice before subprocessors change in Creative review and approval: 5 of 42 companies

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Certifications named (SOC 2, ISO 27001)

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SOC 2 or ISO 27001 named on a public page.

  • Named on that page FedRAMP (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), PCI DSS (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), SOC 2 (unclear from the sentence), SOC 2 Type II. The sentence we kept does not carry this finding on its own, so it counts in no list and no figure.
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    Do you hold government cloud certifications or support restricted data requirements (FedRAMP, DFARS, NIST 800-171, ITAR, etc.)?

    Read at https://balsamiq.com/legal/faqs/

    Are you PCI-DSS compliant?

    Read at https://balsamiq.com/legal/faqs/

    As DORA Vendor details Legal FAQs Custom forms & due diligence Data protection & privacy Security & SOC 2 AI and privacy Government and regulatory compliance Legal FAQs We take privacy, security, and....

    Read at https://balsamiq.com/legal/faqs/

    Yes, Balsamiq is SOC 2 Type II compliant.

    Read at https://balsamiq.com/legal/faqs/

Source: https://balsamiq.com/legal/faqs/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Certifications named in Creative review and approval: 16 of 42 companies

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Uptime SLA with a figure

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An availability commitment with a figure.

  • Highest uptime figure on that page 99.9 %.
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    me Commitment: We commit to maintaining Balsamiq Cloud with a Monthly Uptime Percentage of at least 99.9% over a rolling 28-day period, which translates to roughly 40 minutes of potential downtime in....

    Read at https://balsamiq.com/legal/sla/

Source: https://balsamiq.com/legal/sla/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Uptime SLA with a figure in Creative review and approval: 1 of 42 companies

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Named privacy contact (DPO or privacy address)

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A data protection officer or a dedicated privacy address is named.

Source: https://balsamiq.com/legal/privacy/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Named privacy contact in Creative review and approval: 15 of 42 companies

Not measured by us 1
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security.txt (RFC 9116)

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Not measured. The vendor’s server blocked or rate-limited our crawler, so this was not measured.

Show the 1 address we checked
  1. https://balsamiq.com/.well-known/security.txt – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 403)

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Across the market: security.txt (RFC 9116) in Creative review and approval: 2 of 41 companies

History

100 0 2026-10-07: 75 of 1002026-10-14: 77 of 100 2026-10-07 2026-10-14
Score over the last 2 runs we measured Balsamiq in: 75 (2026-10-07), 77 (2026-10-14).

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Balsamiq

9 found · 2 not found · 1 not measured across 12 public checks.

11 of 12 criteria have a measured result from the last 30 days. Oldest dated result: 2026-10-14.

Investigate 3 open evidence questions
  1. Data location stated

    Which locations apply to our primary data, backups and support access? Which region can we select for this plan?

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  2. No third-party tracking before consent

    Which third-party requests occur before a visitor makes a choice, and for what purpose? Please distinguish the public website from the product.

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  3. security.txt (RFC 9116)

    Where should we report a vulnerability, and what acknowledgement and follow-up process should we expect?

    Inspect this check

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