Design quickly
with clarity and confidence.
Determine is a calm workspace to define goals, explore solutions and understand constraints so your team can ship with confidence.
Get started freeA calm space for complex problems
Design work has become noisy.
Notifications. Deadlines. AI outputs. Endless options.
But the hardest problems don't get solved in noise.
Determine is intentionally calm. A quiet space where product designers can slow down, think clearly, and get to the core of what actually needs solving.
No timelines.
No feeds.
No pressure to perform.
Just focused thinking.
What is Determine?
Determine is a tool that creates the conditions for good judgment. The kind that leads to fewer reworks, stronger products, and better long-term outcomes.
For designers
Clearer decisions
Less second-guessing
More confidence in what ships
For companies
Reduce waste
Better ROI on design and engineering
Products that solve real problems
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Fix broken UX flows
Capture the journey so you can explain the "why" weeks later. Bring others up to speed quickly and get consensus across entire teams.
Pre-Mortem
Imagine your design launched 6 months ago and failed.
Too many designers assume their work will succeed. But what if it doesn't? Challenge yourself ahead of time and save yourself the cost and embarrassment of a poorly designed and executed feature.
Align on trade-offs.
Determine lets designers and teams leave comments directly on problems, ideas, and decisions, so feedback stays grounded in context.
Your diary of decisions.
Good design has always been about understanding what people need, even when they can't articulate it. Determine provides a framework of thinking without starting from scratch.
You can't afford bad design
The cost of skipping over the design process is far worse than actually doing it right. Rushing past clarity has real consequences.
Design-led companies outpaced the S&P 500 by over 2x.
Strong design practices help companies outperform competitors.
Thoughtful UX returns up to $100 for every $1 invested.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about Determine and how it fits into your design workflow.
Determine is a design thinking workspace that helps you define goals, explore solutions, document decisions, and build confidence before you start designing. Think of it as a structured diary for your design process that ensures you have clarity and alignment before jumping into pixels.
Determine is built for product designers, UX designers, design leads, and anyone involved in making design decisions. Whether you are a solo designer or part of a team, Determine helps you think through problems thoroughly before committing to a direction.
Figma and similar tools are where you create designs. Determine is where you think before you design. It focuses on the research, reasoning, and decision-making that should happen before you open any visual design tool. They are complementary -- Determine helps you arrive at the right solution, and Figma helps you build it.
You can create up to 3 diary entries completely free. To unlock unlimited diary entries, you can upgrade for $49 USD per month.
Yes. You can share your design reflections with teammates or stakeholders via shareable links. Collaborators can leave comments on specific sections of your work, making it easy to gather feedback and align on decisions together.
A design diary entry is a structured document where you capture everything about a design decision: the goal, your research across multiple categories like user needs, assumptions, constraints, and pre-mortem analysis. It serves as a living record of why you made certain choices.
The confidence score is a percentage that reflects how thoroughly you have researched and considered your design decision. It is calculated based on your ratings across different research categories. A higher score means you have more evidence and reasoning backing your direction.
Simply create a free account, then create your first diary entry. You will be guided through defining your goal and answering research questions across key categories. The process is designed to be straightforward and take only a few minutes to get started.
Start designing with intention.
Plan before you pixel. Decide before you design. Try Determine free today.