We couldn’t find a guidelines tool with the level of precision and control we demand in our work.
So, we built one for us all.
Our mission is to push guidelines forward.
The printed, ring-bound guidelines of the past have mostly been replaced by digital PDFs. But the format—now itself a relic—no longer meets the needs of today’s designers and brands.
What does the next evolution look like?
Publish guidelines with a password, or publicly with no account needed to view. Share the link with your client, your company, or the world—with no limits on pageviews.
Design, publish, and share guidelines as a website, and make updates instantly with unlimited edits. You won’t miss the missing links.
Standards is the most advanced, precise, and comprehensive tool built specifically for designers to create guidelines. There is no comparison.
Create guidelines with no code, no templates, and no developers. All at a fraction of the time, cost, and stress of developing a bespoke website.
Instantly automate commonly used guidelines sections. Focus on the work that needs your talent, not your time.
Automations use your core brand elements to help you design commonly-used guidelines sections with a few clicks, in a fraction of the time.
Save time with Automations and focus on the unique aspects of the brand. Automate the routine parts, and get back to work.
Automatically calculate all color values from a single HEX—even the PMS number—then add them as swatches to your project instantly.
Color swatches, logo specimens, do’s & don’ts, and much more. Sections we’re tired of designing on every project, now just a little easier.
Design, save, and reuse modular Components across your guidelines. Sync changes with one click, and maintain consistency.
Build with modularity using synced Components. Save, reuse, and update instantly, anywhere in your guidelines.
Components maintain consistency across your project by eliminating repetitive design work. Some of the work we do doesn’t need repeating.
Invite your team and clients to collaborate in Connected Workspaces. All in real-time, or even at the same time, with multiplayer editing.
Use Workspaces to organize projects or clients. Invite team members and clients to Connected Workspaces for real-time sharing and collaboration.
Design and publish an unlimited number of guidelines. Share frictionlessly, with no accounts required to view, and no limits on page views.
Design and work on guidelines simultaneously with multiplayer editing. Many hands make great work.
Keep guidelines in your workspace, or transfer them out to a client or collaborator when the job is done.
Design with motion in mind by effortlessly adding video or animations. Today’s brands aren’t static, so we make it easy to move.
Choose to scale typography responsively with your audience’s browser size, or lock it in at a scale specified by you.
Add, move, resize, and duplicate text, images, and video all on a 12 column, customizable grid.
Upload svg logos to enable seamless edits and utilize the power of Automations.
Manage assets with search, preview, and support for multiple file types, with 2 GB of cloud storage per project on the Pro plan.
Create buttons to download anything in your guidelines, or link anywhere on the web, all with fully customizable buttons and hover states.
Best-in-class guidelines design and publishing controls come standard.
Create multi-page guidelines with customizable navigation. Link your menus to pages, or anchor link to specific sections.
Easily define helpful tool tips for images, icons, logos, and more. Set them to download files, copy HEX codes, display messages, and more.
Thousands of individual settings—all geared for brand guidelines work—allow you to control every detail of your project.
Upload brand typefaces, edit typography with precision, and create and manage all your type styles. The type is always under your control.
Add and edit elements quickly and intuitively. Resize, move, copy, and duplicate with precision controls. Down to the very last pixel, or stick to the grid.
Use innovative controls to fine tune your design elements to exact specifications. It’s the type of control you never knew you needed.
Trusted by teams at RISD, Pentagram, Gretel, SeatGeek, JKR, Codecademy, Floyd, Skillshare, and more.
Create a free account, no credit card required.
Free forever
1 editor included
Publish one project on the web (with “Made with standards” badge)
Hosting is included for your published project
Create up to 4 draft projects in your workspace
A private workspace for your projects
Storage is project-based and capped at 300 MB of uploaded files
$10 / month
$10 / month / additional project
1 editor included in the monthly price
Publish one project on the web
Web hosting is included for your published projects
Create up to 12 draft projects in your workspace
A private workspace for your projects
Publish projects with password protection
Transfer projects to clients or collaborators when complete
Add custom domains to control the URL of your published project
$40 / month
$20 / month / additional editor
2 editors included in the monthly price
Create an unlimited number of published projects on the web
Web hosting is included for any published project
Create an unlimited number of draft projects
Workspaces can be created to contain groups of projects and teams
Publish projects with password protection
Transfer projects to clients on completion, or to different workspaces internally
Add custom domains to control the URL of your published projects
Create and manage teams in multiple workspaces
Invite teammates, clients, and collaborators to different workspaces
Collaborate on shared projects, with changes pushed live to your team
Edit projects simultaneously with teammates (beta)
Introducing Standards for enterprise
The most advanced way to develop, share, and apply your brand guidelines securely, at scale.