Plasmic

Visual builder that lets you design and code together

Plasmic lets teams drag‑and‑drop React components, create rich interactions, and integrate designs directly into Next.js, Vercel, Netlify or any host, bridging low‑code and full‑code workflows.

Overview

Who can benefit

Plasmic is aimed at product teams where designers, marketers, and developers collaborate. It lets non‑technical users assemble pages using a visual canvas while giving engineers the ability to expose existing React components and fine‑tune generated code.

Core capabilities

The studio offers full‑design freedom, stateful interactions, and connections to any data source. Designs are stored in Plasmic’s CDN and can be imported into a Next.js, Gatsby, Remix, or generic React project via a lightweight loader. Components created in code can be registered for drag‑and‑drop, and the generated React code supports static site generation, image optimization, and layout‑shift reduction. Real‑time multiplayer editing, branching, and permissioned workspaces keep large teams in sync.

Deploy anywhere

After publishing, changes are delivered through webhooks or incremental revalidation, allowing seamless deployment on Vercel, Netlify, or any static host. Because the output is standard React, teams retain full control over hosting, CI/CD pipelines, and further customization.

Highlights

Full design freedom with a modern visual UI

Direct integration with existing React codebases

Rich stateful interactions and arbitrary data source connections

Multiplayer collaboration, branching, and permissioned workspaces

Pros

Accelerates UI development across teams
Enables designers to work without writing code
Generates production‑ready React code
Works with any hosting provider or static site generator

Considerations

Initial setup requires React/JavaScript knowledge
Complex projects may need custom code integration
Advanced features have a learning curve
Not a full backend or database solution

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Fit guide

Great for

Marketing teams building landing pages in Next.js
Developers creating internal tools with shared components
Companies needing a headless design system
Agencies reusing React components across multiple projects

Not ideal when

Pure static sites that don't use React
Teams without any JavaScript expertise
Projects requiring native mobile UI
Scenarios that need a built‑in e‑commerce platform

How teams use it

Marketing landing page creation

Designers publish pages that render instantly in a Next.js site, reducing time‑to‑market.

Internal admin dashboard

Developers expose existing React widgets, allowing non‑technical staff to assemble dashboards without code.

Headless commerce storefront

Combine custom product components with Plasmic layouts, delivering a performant, SEO‑friendly storefront.

Rapid prototyping of client portals

Teams iterate UI in the visual editor, sync changes via webhooks, and deploy to Vercel with zero manual build steps.

Tech snapshot

TypeScript84%

CSS7%

PLpgSQL6%

JavaScript3%

Sass1%

SCSS1%

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to write code to use Plasmic?

Basic page creation can be done without code, but integrating with your app and exposing components requires some JavaScript/React setup.

Which frameworks are supported?

Plasmic provides loaders for Next.js, Gatsby, Remix, and generic React; other frameworks can be integrated via its API.

How does deployment work?

Designs are published to Plasmic’s CDN; you can fetch them at build time or runtime, and host on Vercel, Netlify, or any static host.

Can multiple users collaborate?

Yes, Plasmic includes multiplayer editing, branching, and workspace permissions for teams.

Is the generated code production‑ready?

The codegen follows React best practices, supports static site generation, image optimization, and can be customized before deployment.

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