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Excalidraw vs ruttl
Excalidraw is a virtual whiteboard for sketches, not a feedback system for live digital products
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ruttlThe Fastest Feedback ToolWhich to pick
Pick Excalidraw if you want…
- Hand-drawn style collaborative whiteboarding
- Hand-drawn diagramming
- A free, open-source tool
Pick ruttl if you want…
- Pixel-perfect visual feedback on live sites
Side by side
- What it is
- Excalidraw:Excalidraw is an open-source virtual whiteboard for creating hand-drawn style diagrams.
- ruttl:Ruttl is a visual feedback tool that lets teams comment, annotate and track changes on live websites, mobile apps, PDFs and images.
- Best for
- Excalidraw:Hand-drawn style collaborative whiteboarding
- ruttl:Pixel-perfect visual feedback on live sites
- Who it’s for
- Excalidraw:Designers, developers, and teams needing quick sketching and collaborative diagrams.
- ruttl:Designers, developers, product, marketing and support teams that need visual collaboration on digital products.
- Pricing
- Excalidraw:Free
- ruttl:Freemium
- Plans
- Excalidraw:—
- ruttl:Basic Free · Pro $18 per month per user
- Open source
- Excalidraw:Yes, 133,502 GitHub stars
- ruttl:—
- Works with
- Excalidraw:—
- ruttl:WordPress, Shopify, Trello, Slack, Asana, Jira, Zapier, ClickUp
Excalidraw features
- Hand-drawn style canvas. Create diagrams that look hand-sketched with a simple drawing interface.
- Live collaboration. Invite others to edit the same canvas in real time after signing up.
- Export options. Save your work to a file to avoid loss from browser storage clearing.
- Keyboard shortcuts. Quickly open files (Ctrl+O) and access help via the UI.
- Canvas navigation. Move the canvas using scroll wheel, space-drag, or the hand tool.
ruttl features
- Live pixel-level comments. Add contextual comments directly on live webpages, apps, PDFs or images for precise feedback.
- Built-in Kanban workflow. Prioritize tickets, assign tasks and set deadlines within an integrated Kanban board.
- AI-assisted insights. Ruttl AI analyses comment sentiment and suggests performance and SEO improvements.
- Multi-project support. Create unlimited projects (Pro and Business plans) with unlimited pages and guests.
- Integrations. Connect with Trello, Slack, Asana, Jira, ClickUp, Zapier and more to sync tickets.
- Mobile app feedback via NPM. Install an NPM package to capture and resolve bugs in mobile applications.
Excalidraw vs ruttl FAQ
Is Excalidraw or ruttl free?+
Excalidraw is free. ruttl has a free plan (Basic); paid plans start at $18/month per user (Pro).
Which is cheaper, Excalidraw or ruttl?+
Excalidraw is free, so it costs less. ruttl starts at $18/month per user (Pro).
Is Excalidraw or ruttl open source?+
Excalidraw is open source (excalidraw/excalidraw on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for ruttl.
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