Alternatives to Penpot
Other Creative review and approval vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Penpot does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 28 that differ from Penpot on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Penpot has 9 gaps in what we could measure: Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Status page with history, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Notice before subprocessors change, Named privacy contact. The column “publishes and Penpot does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Penpot does not | Penpot publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balsamiqbalsamiq.com | 77/100 | 6 Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Certifications named, +3 | nothing | Compare |
| Marker.iomarker.io | 74/100 | 5 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Certifications named, +2 | nothing | Compare |
| Atarimatarim.io | 48/100 | 3 Certifications named, security.txt (RFC 9116), Notice before subprocessors change | nothing | Compare |
| Bugherdbugherd.com | 48/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Named privacy contact | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Approval Studioapproval.studio | 39/100 | 3 Data location stated, Certifications named, Named privacy contact | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Axureaxure.com | 39/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Certifications named | 2 Data processing agreement, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Frame.ioframe.io | 35/100 | 3 Status page with history, Certifications named, Named privacy contact | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Notismnotism.io | 30/100 | 3 Data location stated, Certifications named, Named privacy contact | 2 Data processing agreement, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Flowmappflowmapp.com | 35/100 | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Moqupsmoqups.com | 35/100 | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Overflowoverflow.io | 35/100 | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Volleyvolleyapp.com | 35/100 | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.