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Resources & Tools for UX Designers

Resources and tools for UX designers, all in one place. Fundamentals & principles, research platforms, wireframing tools, prototyping software, and testing solutions. Plus inspiration websites, courses, blogs, podcasts, and books to keep you learning.

Fundamentals & Principles
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Inspiration
Guides & Learning Materials
Courses & Bootcamps
Blogs & Publications
Podcasts
Books

Platforms & Tools for UX Designers

Essential UX platforms and software for research, diagramming, wireframing, prototyping, team collaboration, and validating designs with real users.

Research Platforms

Dovetail

Intuitive, collaborative, and searchable research repository.

Paid

Optimal

User research and insights platform.

Paid

UXtweak

A UX research platform for improving usability of your digital products, from prototypes to production.

Freemium

Useberry

User testing feedback & rich insights in minutes.

Paid

UserBit

Understand user needs, manage interview notes, synthesize data, create personas, visual sitemaps and more.

Freemium

Toaster

Analytics for Figma prototypes.

Free
More Research Platforms

Flows, Charts & Diagram Tools

Whimsical

A collaborative whiteboard for flowcharts, mind maps, and wireframes.

Freemium

Overflow

Turn your designs into playable user flow diagrams that tell a story.

Paid

Octopus.do

Lightning-fast visual sitemap builder.

Freemium

Napkin

Turns your text into visuals so sharing your ideas is quick and effective.

Freemium

Draw.io

Free online software for making flowcharts, diagrams, charts.

Free

FlowMapp

Website planning in the most visual way.

Freemium

Bhava

Create and edit diagrams with AI in seconds.

Freemium
More Flows, Charts & Diagram Tools

Wireframing Software

Balsamiq

Easily create low fidelity wireframes and collaborate on them.

Free Trial

Axure

Plan, wireframe, prototype, and hand off to developers, all without code.

Paid

MockFlow

End to end solution for product design.

Freemium

Moqups

Create and collaborate in real-time on wireframes, mockups, diagrams and prototypes.

Paid

Wireframe.cc

A minimal design tool fine tuned for wireframing.

Freemium

Claritee

Powerful wireframing for your visual requirements.

Freemium

Wiretext

Draw wireframes using Unicode text characters in the browser.

Free
More Wireframing Software

Prototyping Tools

Figma

Industry-standard design platform for design, prototyping, and team collaboration.

Freemium

ProtoPie

Intuitive tool to prototype and perfect ideas.

Freemium

Marvel

All-in-one platform to wireframe, prototype and design digital products.

Freemium

UXPin

Design, prototype, collaborate all in one place.

Free Trial

Principle

Animate your designs and build high fidelity interactive prototypes and user flows.

Paid

Proto.io

Create advanced high fidelity interactive prototypes without coding.

Paid

TypMo

Text-based wireframing tool that generates prompts for AI design and code.

Freemium

blokdots

No-code app for building interactive Arduino hardware prototypes with Grove components.

Freemium
More Prototyping Tools

UX Collaboration & Workshop Tools

Miro

Visual collaboration platform used for UX discovery, research synthesis, and workshops.

Freemium

FigJam

Collaborative whiteboard for UX workshops, ideation, flows, and journey mapping.

Freemium

Mural

Digital whiteboard built for structured UX workshops and facilitation.

Freemium

Notion

Collaborative workspace for research synthesis, workshop documentation, and team knowledge.

Partner*
Freemium

Milanote

Visual workspace for organizing ideas, insights, and workshop outputs.

Freemium

Canva Whiteboards

Lightweight whiteboard for brainstorming and early UX ideation.

Free + Paid

Obsidian Canvas

Visual canvas for mapping ideas and synthesizing research insights.

Free + Paid
More Productivity Tools

User Testing & Feedback Tools

UserTesting

Human insight platform for customer experience research and testing.

Free Trial

Maze

User testing platform that turns your prototype into actionable insights from real users.

Freemium

Lyssna

Remote user research platform for human insights and feedback.

Freemium

Lookback

Remote user interviews with testers from around the world.

Paid

Sprig

All-in-one product research platform.

Freemium

Helio

A survey platform for asking design, product, and marketing questions.

Paid

Typeform

People-friendly forms and surveys with interactive design.

Freemium

Articos

User research and interviews platform with AI insights.

Free Trial

UX Metrics

Card sorting and tree testing made easy.

Freemium

Tally

Create forms for all purposes in seconds.

Freemium

Stratify

AI-powered user research on autopilot.

Beta

Velocity

AI user testing for prototypes to validate your product faster.

Free Trial

Uxia

Fast and reliable UX/UI validation using AI.

Freemium

Formaly

AI-powered conversational form builder with chat-based UX.

Freemium

Told

No-code in-app surveys and product tours for user feedback.

Freemium

Nuraform

Stunning, AI-powered forms in seconds.

Freemium

Human Behavior

Session replay with AI agents that watch user sessions.

Paid
More User Testing & Feedback Tools

AI Tools for UX Designers

Figma AI

Figma's built-in AI features for faster design workflows.

Freemium

Claude

The AI for problem solvers.

Freemium

Perplexity

An AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.

Freemium

ChatGPT

Chat with an advanced AI to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster.

Freemium

Lovable

Create apps and websites by chatting with AI.

Partner*
Freemium

Relume

Websites designed and built faster with AI.

Freemium

Banani

Design stunning UIs with AI.

Partner*
Freemium

Magic Patterns

The AI design tool for product teams.

Paid

Flowstep

Get real UI designs from simple text prompts.

Freemium

Uizard Autodesigner

Generate multi screen mockups for apps and websites from simple text prompts.

Paid

Komposo

UI design tool built for the age of AI.

Freemium
More AI Design Tools

Books for UX Designers

Must-read books for UX designers covering usability principles, user psychology, design sprints, UX strategy, and creating products people love.

Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

Steve Krug

Amazon*
Paid

Design for Real Life

Eric A Meyer, Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Amazon*
Paid

The Essential Guide to the Psychology of Influence and Persuasion in Everyday Life

Robert B. Cialdini

Amazon*
Paid

Product Design Psychology

Free online book on the psychology behind product design and user behavior.

Free

The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

Amazon*
Paid

Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech

Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Amazon*
Paid

Prompt Engineering for UX - Mastering Generative AI for Design Excellence: Elevate your UX design skills to new heights

Medavi

Amazon*
Paid

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

Jake Knapp

Amazon*
Paid

Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

Jon Yablonski

Amazon*
Paid

User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play

Cliff Kuang, Robert Fabricant

Amazon*
Paid

Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)

Kat Holmes

Amazon*
Paid

Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind

Reginé M. Gilbert

Amazon*
Paid

UX Strategy: How to Devise Innovative Digital Products that People Want

Jaime Levy

Amazon*
Paid

UX+AI DESIGN WITH PROMPTS: How to Create Exceptional Experiences with Generative AI

Hegel Gonzalez

Amazon*
Paid

100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People

Susan Weinschenk

Amazon*
Paid

Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience

Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden

Amazon*
Paid

Accessibility for Everyone

Free web accessibility book by Laura Kalbag from 2017.

Free

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal

Amazon*
Paid
More Design Books

How These UX Resources Are Curated

This collection is curated through ongoing research. The focus is on resources that are actively used in real UX workflows, well-designed, and relevant to research, design, and validation tasks. The list is updated regularly to reflect new resources, meaningful updates, and shifts in UX.