About Axure RP
Overview
Axure RP is a desktop UX tool that lets designers build realistic, functional prototypes without writing code. It also covers the full design workflow with wireframes, flow diagrams, customer journeys, and UX documentation in one product.
Prototypes publish to Axure Cloud with one click, where teams can share, inspect, comment, and hand off to developers. The tool is trusted by successful companies to improve how they design digital products.
Key Benefits
Key Benefits
- Create unlimited interaction combinations using mouse, touch, and keyboard events with conditions and variables.
- Build working forms, sortable grids, and data-driven tables using widgets and the repeater widget.
- Design adaptive views for desktop, tablet, and phone on a single page with automatic view switching.
- Produce flow diagrams, wireframes, customer journeys, notes, and specifications for developers and stakeholders.
- Publish functional prototypes to Axure Cloud with one click for sharing, inspection, and team feedback.
How It Works
Designers drag and drop widgets onto the canvas to build interactive screens, then attach event triggers, conditions, and actions to simulate real behavior. They add notes and specifications alongside the designs, then click one button to publish the prototype to Axure Cloud for sharing, on-screen feedback, and developer inspection.
Use Cases
Use Cases
- UX designers create high-fidelity functional prototypes with browser-native controls for realistic usability testing.
- UX researchers gather higher quality user feedback from prototypes that feel real and interactive.
- Product teams embed working prototypes directly into Jira tickets and Confluence pages for quick access to latest designs.
- Developers use automated redlines, design assets, and CSS inspection to hand off and implement designs.
- Designers copy frames, artboards, and layers from Figma, Sketch, and Adobe XD to start prototypes faster.
Why Choose This Product
Axure RP combines no-code interactive prototyping with documentation, diagrams, and collaboration in a single tool, and it has been under continuous development since 2002. Each subscription includes unlimited publishing and hosting on Axure Cloud, with dedicated plugins for Jira, Confluence, Slack, and Microsoft Teams.
Axure RP Pros & Cons
- Builds functional prototypes without writing code
- Unlimited publishing and hosting on Axure Cloud with every subscription
- Free 30-day fully-functional trial for PC or Mac
- Native plugins for Jira, Confluence, Slack, and Microsoft Teams
- Free Axure RP Team edition for accredited students and educators
- Perpetual licenses no longer offered; RP 11 requires monthly or annual subscription
- Monthly subscriptions available only online; purchase orders must be annual
- Educational pricing requires accreditation as student or educator
Key Features
Interaction events
Attach mouse, touch, and keyboard event triggers to drive interactions in prototypes.
Conditional logic
Add conditions and variables to prototypes to create branching, logic-driven interactions.
Working forms
Build working text fields, droplists, radio buttons, and other form widgets by drag-and-drop.
Multi-state panels
Use multi-state dynamic panels for popups, scrollable and swipeable mobile screens, and more.
Repeater widget
Create data-driven tables and grids that users can sort and filter dynamically with the repeater widget.
Adaptive views
Design adaptive views for desktop, tablet, and phone on a single page with automatic display per device.
One-click publish
Publish prototypes to Axure Cloud with one click to share, inspect, and gather team feedback.
Comments and feedback
Collect on-screen comments with Slack and Microsoft Teams integration notifications.
Developer inspect
Automate developer handoff with redlines, design assets, and CSS inspection.
Design tool imports
Copy frames from Figma, layers from Adobe XD, and artboards from Sketch into Axure RP.
Axure RP Pricing
- Build realistic, functional prototypes with no code
- Unlimited prototypes
- Unlimited reviewers
- Unlimited projects on Cloud
- Advanced prototyping
- Wireframes, diagrams & documentation
- Everything in Pro
- Co-authoring
- Revision history
- Team project hosting on Cloud
- Unlimited projects
- User management & single sign-on
- Company domain for internal member use
- Private or on-prem security
| Feature | Pro $29/mo | Team $49/mo | Enterprise Custom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build realistic, functional prototypes with no code | |||
| Unlimited prototypes | |||
| Unlimited reviewers | |||
| Unlimited projects on Cloud | |||
| Advanced prototyping | |||
| Wireframes, diagrams & documentation | |||
| Everything in Pro | |||
| Co-authoring | |||
| Revision history | |||
| Team project hosting on Cloud | |||
| Unlimited projects | |||
| User management & single sign-on | |||
| Company domain for internal member use | |||
| Private or on-prem security |
Pricing extracted from the product website and may change. Check the source for current details.
Frequently asked questions about Axure RP
Can I use Axure RP on more than one computer?
Each subscription can be used by the user on any number of computers, including across PCs and Macs.
How can I upgrade from RP 9 and below?
Current subscribers just download the latest version and sign in. License key holders for RP 9 and below must purchase RP 11 as a monthly or annual subscription through the Cart or License Portal.
How can I upgrade editions?
You can upgrade from Pro to Team at any time, and the remaining value of your subscription is applied to the upgrade cost.
Do you offer a discount to any organizations?
Axure offers a 60% discount to nonprofits and educational institutions and a 25% discount to government agencies. Contact sales@axure.com to request a quote.
Where is your End User License Agreement?
Axure RP is sold as a licensed product according to the terms and conditions of the Customer Agreement.
Do you offer Perpetual Licenses?
Axure no longer offers perpetual licenses. Monthly and annual subscriptions are available, and existing perpetual licenses will not be affected.
How Axure RP compares
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| Starting price | $29/mo | Free | Free | Free |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Web | Web | macOS, Windows, Linux |
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