Backlight 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

Backlight

4.0

(3)

Pricing

Starting at $29.00 per year

About Backlight

Embrace Design Systems methodology for your front-end teams with Backlight.

Design Systems helps build consistent web products and improve front-end team efficiency, by leveraging reusability of web components in the development cycle.

Backlight helps get the best from design systems on the code side. It make it easy to launch a design system platform where developers and designers can collaborate around design definition and components building.

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Backlight Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $29.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$29.00

per user, per year

No plan information available

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Backlight Features

Popular features found in Collaboration
Access Controls/Permissions
Alerts/Notifications
Calendar Management
Collaboration Tools
Discussions/Forums
Document Management
@mentions
Screen Sharing
Secure Data Storage
Task Management
Video Conferencing
More features of Backlight
Application Management
Approval Workflow
Authentication
Change Management
Code Development
Code Editing
Commenting/Notes
Communication Management
Compatibility Testing
Content Management
Continuous Deployment
Continuous Integration
Custom Development
Customizable Branding
Customizable Fields
Customizable Forms
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Debugging
Deployment Management
Design Management
Design Templates
Graphical User Interface
Integrated Development Environment
Issue Management
Lifecycle Management
Mobile Access
Mobile Development
Offline Access
Pre-built Templates
Project Management
Real Time Editing
Real-Time Updates
Release Management
Role-Based Permissions
Search/Filter
Single Sign On
Software Development
Source Control
SSL Security
Tagging
Template Management
Testing Management
Third-Party Integrations
Troubleshooting Reports
User Management
Version Control
Web App Development
Web/Mobile App Development
Workflow Management

Backlight Integrations

Bitbucket

GitHub

GitLab

Figma

Backlight User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.0

Ratings Breakdown

100%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.7

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.7

Functionality

4.0

Have you used Backlight and would like to share your experience with others?

Kyle K.

Verified reviewer

Computer & Network Security

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

Working "Code First" with Backlight

Very positive. There have been a few let-downs, but the team has worked earnestly to resolve the inefficiencies and communicates their resolution clearly. The crew has worked tirelessly to resolve questions in their Discord channel no matter what time of day or night I have requested assistance.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

As an engineer, most design systems I found were focused towards designer, while I needed something that could be used and built without Figma files. Having a platform that caters to code, rather than design files, is exactly what I need.

Cons:

Errors & stack traces can be difficult to debug. Some tasks are not fully documented. Have had multiple glitches that require refreshing the browser and losing work.

Reasons for choosing Backlight

Being "code first" was a hard requirement and Backlight is seemingly one-of-kind in this space.

Aymen M.

Verified reviewer

Commercial Real Estate

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

Honored that I've witnessed it's progress

It helps better orgonazing my design system and provides features that helps with development

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use and the support team is always available anytime I have an issue

Cons:

At first it had many bugs but everytime we repported one it got fixed ASAP

Reasons for choosing Backlight

I didn't choose it but I loved "the choice"

Ashok B.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Amazing code editor for your all text editing needs and requirements.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is easy to setup in our pc. It provides intuitive user-interface which attracts my attention for using this tool. It supports wide range of different languages. We can share the components easily. Also, it allows us to link the design provided by the designer at one place itself.

Cons:

As of now theres nothing I dislike about this software, There support team takes care of minor bugs in the upcoming updates.

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