Visily

Visily is the AI-powered UI design tool that turns ideas, sketches, and screenshots into professional design mockups in minutes, founded in 2022 by John Tran and team in Vietnam. The pitch is direct: not everyone is a designer, but most product people, founders, and PMs need to mock up ideas regularly — and Figma's learning curve + skills required are real barriers. Visily provides an AI-first approach: describe what you want, sketch on whiteboard, upload a screenshot, or pick a template — Visily generates editable UI designs in 1-2 minutes that you can refine + iterate. For non-designer founders + PMs + business stakeholders communicating UI ideas, Visily is one of the most useful tools released in 2024-2025. What makes Visily distinctive vs Figma + Sketch is the AI generation + ease of use + multiple input modes. Figma requires real design skills + time investment. Visily lets anyone produce reasonable mockups regardless of design background. The multiple input modes are uniquely accessible: describe in text ('login screen with email + password + signup link'), sketch on whiteboard with pen + paper + take a photo, upload a screenshot of competitor and adapt, or browse templates. Visily generates editable mockups you can refine — and the output can be exported to Figma for designers to polish further. The core feature set: • **AI text-to-design** — describe UI in text, Visily generates editable mockup • **Sketch-to-design** — photo of paper sketch becomes digital mockup • **Screenshot-to-design** — upload screenshot, AI generates similar editable design • **AI conversion** — convert designs between platforms (web ↔ mobile, light ↔ dark, etc.) • **Editable components** — generated mockups are fully editable in Visily's editor • **Templates library** — hundreds of pre-built templates for common app types • **Component libraries** — Material UI, iOS, Android, common web patterns built-in • **Real-time collaboration** — multi-user editing with comments + cursors • **Smart Auto-Layout** — responsive design with proper component relationships • **Wireframe + high-fidelity modes** — switch between low-fi wireframes + polished mockups • **Prototyping** — link screens for interactive prototypes • **Figma export** — export editable Figma files for designer handoff • **HTML/CSS export** — export usable code for development handoff • **AI Magic** — fix design inconsistencies, suggest improvements, autocomplete • **Team workspaces** — multi-user with permissions + projects • **Comments + handoff** — designer + stakeholder collaboration workflows • **Mobile + tablet + desktop** — design for any platform For PMs + non-designer founders + business stakeholders the use cases: • **PM mockups for engineering discussions** — communicate UI ideas without bothering designer • **Founder MVP mockups** — show investors + early users what you're building before development • **Customer interview validation** — show concept mockups to customers for feedback before coding • **Sales engineering demos** — custom mockups for sales prospects showing potential features • **Onboarding flow design** — design + iterate on user flows quickly • **A/B test variations** — generate variations of designs to test before development • **Competitor analysis** — screenshot competitor, see what design choices look like applied to your product • **Internal tool prototypes** — quick prototypes for internal tool feature requests • **Design handoff to professionals** — generate starting mockups for designers to polish The pricing is tiered for individual → enterprise. Free tier covers limited projects + AI generations (useful for evaluation). Pro at $14/user/month annual unlocks unlimited projects + Pro features + Figma export. Team at $24/user/month adds team workspaces + admin features. Enterprise custom for larger orgs + SSO. Compared to Figma (free + $15/user/month Pro), Visily is competitively priced with different positioning — Figma is designer tool, Visily is everyone-tool. Compared to Whimsical ($10/user/month for wireframes), Visily produces higher-fidelity output with AI generation. Where Visily wins clearly: AI generation genuinely lowers barrier for non-designers — PMs + founders can produce reasonable mockups in minutes vs hours in Figma; multiple input modes (text, sketch, screenshot) match how non-designers actually think about UI; Figma export is critical bridge for handoff to actual designers; templates + component libraries accelerate common patterns; pricing is reasonable; the wireframe-to-high-fidelity mode switching matches design process; collaboration features cover team review workflows. Where it loses: output quality lags professional designer work — Visily mockups look like Visily mockups (recognisable AI-generated aesthetic); for serious design system development + brand-consistent UI design, Figma + Sketch + dedicated designers are needed; the AI sometimes generates UI that doesn't match real platform conventions (iOS-style elements in Material Design, etc.); complex interactive prototypes lag Figma's prototyping depth; for designers, Visily is mostly redundant with Figma + their existing skills. My take: for non-designer founders + PMs + business stakeholders who need to communicate UI ideas — Visily is genuinely useful and the AI generation removes a real barrier. The Pro tier ($14/user/month) is reasonable for PMs + founders doing this regularly. For startups with dedicated designers, Visily isn't necessary (designers prefer Figma's tools). For solo founders + non-design-focused teams + B2B sales engineering — Visily fits perfectly. The Figma export workflow (PM generates initial mockup in Visily, designer polishes in Figma) is the canonical pattern + works well. Don't try to replace dedicated designers with Visily for actual product design; do use it to communicate ideas + accelerate the early stages of design work. The trajectory suggests AI design tools become increasingly mainstream — Visily is one of the better choices in this category in 2026.