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Penpot vs ruttl
Penpot is an open-source design/prototyping platform, whereas Ruttl provides post-deployment feedback and issue tracking
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Which to pick
Pick Penpot if you want…
- Open-source full-stack design platform
- Open-source design prototyping
- Open-source code (penpot/penpot on GitHub, MPL-2.0 license)
- Integrations with CSS, HTML or SVG (on Penpot's list, not ruttl's)
Pick ruttl if you want…
- Pixel-perfect visual feedback on live sites
- The lower starting price: $18/month per user against $25/month per user
- Integrations with WordPress, Shopify or Trello (on ruttl's list, not Penpot's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Penpot:Penpot is an open-source design and prototyping platform for collaborative UI, design systems, and AI-enhanced workflows.
- 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
- Penpot:Open-source full-stack design platform
- ruttl:Pixel-perfect visual feedback on live sites
- Who it’s for
- Penpot:Designers, developers, and AI agents needing scalable, code-friendly design collaboration.
- ruttl:Designers, developers, product, marketing and support teams that need visual collaboration on digital products.
- Pricing
- Penpot:Freemium
- ruttl:Freemium
- Plans
- Penpot:Professional $0 per user per month · Unlimited $7 per editor per month · Enterprise $25 per member per month · Private Server $50k per year
- ruttl:Basic Free · Pro $18 per month per user
- Open source
- Penpot:Yes, 60,699 GitHub stars
- ruttl:—
- Works with
- Penpot:CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON, design tokens, AI agents
- ruttl:WordPress, Shopify, Trello, Slack, Asana, Jira, Zapier, ClickUp
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.
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.
Penpot vs ruttl FAQ
Is Penpot or ruttl free?+
Penpot has a free plan (Professional); paid plans start at $25/month per user (Enterprise). ruttl has a free plan (Basic); paid plans start at $18/month per user (Pro).
Which is cheaper, Penpot or ruttl?+
ruttl is cheaper to start with: ruttl's Pro plan ($18/month per user) against Penpot's Enterprise plan ($25/month per user).
Is Penpot or ruttl open source?+
Penpot is open source (penpot/penpot on GitHub, MPL-2.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for ruttl.
Do Penpot and ruttl integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Penpot lists CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON and 2 more; ruttl lists WordPress, Shopify, Trello, Slack and 4 more.
On DevHunt
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.