Is Grow or Penpot better?

Neither clearly leads. Grow starts at $500/month and Penpot at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Grow or Penpot?

Penpot has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $500/month for Grow and Free for Penpot.

Does Grow or Penpot run on more platforms?

Grow runs on Web, iOS, Android, TV and console. Penpot runs on Web, Windows, macOS, Linux.

Can I use Penpot for free?

Yes. Penpot has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Grow starts at $500/month.

What is Grow best used for?

Grow is most often used for no-code dashboards and business intelligence for teams without analysts, blending data from more than 100 sources including bigquery, postgresql, salesforce and hubspot, etl, warehousing and visualisation in a single platform. Of those, no-code dashboards and business intelligence for teams without analysts and blending data from more than 100 sources including bigquery, postgresql, salesforce and hubspot are not what Penpot is typically brought in for.

What can Grow do that Penpot cannot?

Grow covers No-code Setup, Unlimited Dashboards, Data Blending, Alerts. Penpot covers Vector editing, Interactive prototyping, Design systems, Components & libraries. Both handle Web support.

Business Intelligence · head to head

Grow vs Penpot

Grow

Business Intelligence

No-code BI for growing companies

From: $500/month
Free plan: No

Visit Grow Full review

Penpot

Developer Tools

Open source design and prototyping platform

From: Free
Free plan: Yes

Visit Penpot Full review

The short version

Grow is a no-code business intelligence platform.
Penpot has a free plan, then $7/mo; Grow starts at $500/mo.
Only Grow lists unlimited Dashboards; only Penpot lists vector editing.
Where Grow falls short: the pricing URL serves marketing content with no plan, rate, minimum or cost driver published anywhere on it.
Where Penpot falls short: smaller user base and community compared to Figma means fewer templates and resources.
Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Grow and Penpot actually diverge.

Attributes where Grow and Penpot differ
Attribute	Grow	Penpot
Starting price	$500/month	Free
Free tier	No	Yes
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, TV and console	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Category	Business Intelligence	Developer Tools
Founded	2014	2021

Not yet recorded: pricing model for Penpot.

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Grow

No-code Setup
Unlimited Dashboards
Data Blending
Alerts
Embedding
Salesforce
HubSpot
QuickBooks

Only in Penpot

Vector editing
Interactive prototyping
Design systems
Components & libraries
Real-time collaboration
SVG support
CSS Grid & Flexbox
Code export

Both cover

Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Grow

No-code dashboards and business intelligence for teams without analystsnot Penpot
Blending data from more than 100 sources including BigQuery, PostgreSQL, Salesforce and HubSpotnot Penpot
ETL, warehousing and visualisation in a single platformnot Penpot

Penpot

UI/UX designnot Grow
Prototypingnot Grow
Design systemsnot Grow
Developer handoffnot Grow
Open source projectsnot Grow

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Grow

The pricing URL serves marketing content with no plan, rate, minimum or cost driver published anywhere on it
The only calls to action are Get Started Now and Watch Demo; there is no self-serve rate card
The vendor advertises unlimited users with no per-seat charges, which means the price driver is not disclosed at all

Penpot

Smaller user base and community compared to Figma means fewer templates and resources
Self-hosting requires Linux server and Docker knowledge for technical setup
Real-time collaboration features may have performance issues with very large design files

Pricing, plan by plan

Grow

$500/month

Starter$500/mo
- Unlimited Users
- 75+ Integrations
- Support
Pro$1,000/mo
- Advanced Features
- Custom Integrations
- Training

Penpot

Free

FreeFree
- Cloud-based design
- Real-time collaboration
- Components and variants
Unlimited$7/mo
- All free features
- Priority support
- Advanced cloud features
Enterprise$950/mo
- Custom enterprise features
- Dedicated support
- Advanced security

Which should you pick?

Choose Grow if

You need no-code setup.
You work on Web, iOS, Android, TV and console.
You also want unlimited dashboards.

Grow review

Choose Penpot if

You need vector editing.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, Windows, macOS, Linux.
You also want interactive prototyping.

Penpot review

Questions people ask

Is Grow or Penpot better?: Neither clearly leads. Grow starts at $500/month and Penpot at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Grow or Penpot?: Penpot has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $500/month for Grow and Free for Penpot.
Does Grow or Penpot run on more platforms?: Grow runs on Web, iOS, Android, TV and console. Penpot runs on Web, Windows, macOS, Linux.
Can I use Penpot for free?: Yes. Penpot has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Grow starts at $500/month.
What is Grow best used for?: Grow is most often used for no-code dashboards and business intelligence for teams without analysts, blending data from more than 100 sources including bigquery, postgresql, salesforce and hubspot, etl, warehousing and visualisation in a single platform. Of those, no-code dashboards and business intelligence for teams without analysts and blending data from more than 100 sources including bigquery, postgresql, salesforce and hubspot are not what Penpot is typically brought in for.
What can Grow do that Penpot cannot?: Grow covers No-code Setup, Unlimited Dashboards, Data Blending, Alerts. Penpot covers Vector editing, Interactive prototyping, Design systems, Components & libraries. Both handle Web support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Grow: How much does Grow cost?

Grow does not publish pricing on their website. They offer a request-a-free-trial model that requires contacting their sales team. Pricing is determined by contacting sales through their contact form or trial request process.

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Penpot: Is Penpot really free?

Yes. Penpot is completely free with no feature gates. The open-source version can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure for zero cost beyond server expenses.

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Penpot: Can I self-host Penpot?

Yes. Penpot can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure with no licensing costs. Organizations with specific privacy or governance needs can run Penpot on their own servers.

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Penpot: What are the paid plans if I use Penpot cloud?

Penpot's cloud service offers a free tier, Unlimited plan at $7 per user per month for professionals and medium teams, and Enterprise starting at $950 per month for larger organizations.

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Penpot: What platforms does Penpot support?

Penpot runs in the browser, so it works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and any OS with a web browser. No platform-specific downloads required.

Source

Grow vs Penpot

Grow

Penpot

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Grow

Only in Penpot

Both cover

What people use each for

Grow

Penpot

Where each one falls short

Grow

Penpot

Pricing, plan by plan

Grow

Penpot

Which should you pick?

Choose Grow if

Choose Penpot if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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