8 Wireframing Software Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

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Here are some real life success stories of starting a wireframing software business:

1. Brainverse Technologies Ltd ($72K/year)

Brian Nyagol, the founder and CEO of Brainverse Technologies, started the business as a way to finance himself in college. After experimenting with various projects and learning from his mistakes, he revived Brainverse in 2018, building a team and focusing on helping small and medium-sized enterprises digitize their business. Their success is evident in their monthly revenue of $4,500, with 80% of their projects coming from referrals and 20% from direct marketing efforts.

How much they make: $72K/year
How much did it cost to start: $1K
Current team size: 15

How I Started A $4.5K/Month Digital Services And Software Development Agency

Founder Brian Nyagol started Brainverse Technologies in Kenya, Africa, focusing on helping small and medium-sized enterprises digitize their business, digitalize their processes and build effective digital footprints, with an average monthly revenue of $4,500, serving a total of 113 clients in the past 2 years through referrals and online advertising.

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Brian started Brainverse Technologies Ltd over 10 years ago

Revenue

Brian grew the business to $6K/month

Costs

It cost Brian $1000 to start the business

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2. Balsamiq ($6.6M/year)

Balsamiq Wireframes, a low-fidelity wireframing tool, was founded by Giacomo "Peldi" Guilizzoni in 2008. The idea for the tool came from Peldi's experience working at Adobe, where he realized the need for a simple sketching tool that could be used by any contributor in product meetings. With a focus on constant learning and improvement, Balsamiq has grown into a team of 33 people with a monthly revenue of about $550,000.

How much they make: $6.6M/year
Current team size: 33

How We Started A $550K/Month Wireframing Software Company

How Balsamiq became a $550k/month company through staying focused on simplicity and taking care of their team and community.

About

Giacomo started Balsamiq almost 16 years ago

Revenue

Giacomo grew the business to $550K/month

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5. UI8

100% curated digital marketplace with a growing library of high quality UX/UI design resources and freebies for designers.

Where they're located: Fontana, California, USA
Website traffic: 720K/month

So... can you actually make money with a wireframing software business?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

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7. UXPin

Design tool like no other. Prototypes that feel real, with powers of code components, logic, states and design systems. Join for free!

Where they're located: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Website traffic: 550K/month

8. Sketch App Sources

The largest collection of free and premium Sketch resources for mobile, web, UI, and UX designers working with Sketch by Bohemian Coding. All .sketch files and .svg files are editable and easy to use.

Where they're located: Hollywood, Kentucky, USA
Website traffic: 380K/month