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Gridwow vs Penpot
Open-source design tool with prototyping, lacking Gridwow's responsive grid templates and export formats.
GridwowBuild awesome bento grids to engage your audience and showcase them anywhere.
PenpotOpen source design and prototyping platformWhich to pick
Pick Gridwow if you want…
- Responsive bento grid creation and publishing
Pick Penpot if you want…
- Open-source full-stack design platform
- Open-source code (penpot/penpot on GitHub, MPL-2.0 license)
Side by side
- What it is
- Gridwow:Gridwow lets you create, edit and publish responsive bento grid layouts with images, video and social content.
- Penpot:Penpot is an open-source design and prototyping platform for collaborative UI, design systems, and AI-enhanced workflows.
- Best for
- Gridwow:Responsive bento grid creation and publishing
- Penpot:Open-source full-stack design platform
- Who it’s for
- Gridwow:Designers and makers who need visual showcase grids for products and marketing.
- Penpot:Designers, developers, and AI agents needing scalable, code-friendly design collaboration.
- Pricing
- Gridwow:Freemium
- Penpot:Freemium
- Plans
- Gridwow:FREE €0 · PRO €7.50 per month · MAX €15.83 per month
- Penpot:Professional $0 per user per month · Unlimited $7 per editor per month · Enterprise $25 per member per month · Private Server $50k per year
- Open source
- Gridwow:—
- Penpot:Yes, 60,699 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Gridwow:—
- Penpot:CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON, design tokens, AI agents
Gridwow features
- Responsive bento grids. Design unlimited desktop and mobile layouts with custom breakpoints, gaps and border radius.
- Visual asset integration. Add images, video, text and social proof directly from URLs or uploads.
- AI-powered Sparks assistant. Generate images, edit canvas and get design suggestions via AI prompts (MAX plan).
- Export in six formats. Download canvases as PNG, JPG, WebP, SVG, GIF or MP4 with scalable resolution.
- Public read-only URLs. Publish a responsive, shareable link for each canvas and update it from the studio.
- Community Discover & remix. Browse, like, clone and remix public templates from the Gridwow community.
Penpot features
- Responsive UI Design. Create wireframes, interactive prototypes, and CSS Grid/Flex layouts.
- Design Systems. Manage components, design tokens, and shared libraries at scale.
- Code Inspection. Export and inspect CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON and Penpot’s open file format.
- AI Workflows. Integrate any LLM or AI tool directly into design-to-code and code-to-design pipelines.
- Self-host & Cloud. Choose between Penpot’s hosted cloud or self-hosted deployment.
- Unlimited Collaboration. Unlimited teams, projects and file creation across plans.
Gridwow vs Penpot FAQ
Is Gridwow or Penpot free?+
Gridwow has a free plan; paid plans start at €7.50/month (PRO). Penpot has a free plan (Professional); paid plans start at $25/month per user (Enterprise).
Which is cheaper, Gridwow or Penpot?+
Gridwow starts at €7.50/month (PRO) and Penpot starts at $25/month per user (Enterprise); the plans are billed differently, so compare what's included.
Is Gridwow or Penpot open source?+
Penpot is open source (penpot/penpot on GitHub, MPL-2.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Gridwow.
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