Lean UX Design for Product Teams
Huge Alternative
If you’re searching for a Huge alternative built for speed and product focus, Parallel gives you a dedicated design team that cuts the extra layers and gets straight to UX and interface work. No bloated staffing model. No drawn-out production cycle. Just thoughtful design built for growth.
Why Product Teams Choose Parallel as Their Huge Alternative
Huge specializes in branding, marketing, and large-scale creative programs. That structure comes with producers, strategists, and layers of delivery management. Product teams often need something much simpler.
Parallel gives you senior designers who work directly with your engineers, handle complex interaction problems, and stay focused on shipping screens rather than managing processes.
Designers dedicated to UX and interface work
No producers, no delivery overhead
Daily collaboration inside your product workflow
Clear pricing tied to design work, not studio overhead
Lean Product Design vs. Large Creative Agencies
Huge brings a full agency model with strategy teams, brand departments, and production layers. That’s ideal for brand overhauls and marketing campaigns, but not for fast-moving product teams. Parallel is built for product delivery, not campaign cycles.
Direct access to the people building the work
You speak with the designers doing the actual screens. No filtering through PMs or accounts.
Depth in interface and UX
Our team works on flows, dashboards, onboarding, data-heavy tools, and complex states. These are everyday needs for SaaS and product companies, not side work.
Faster loops
Without extra layers, design feedback moves quickly. You get more iterations in less time and less back-and-forth.
How Parallel Teams Support Lean UX
Parallel gives you a small, senior team that joins your workflow and focuses on the steps that move the product forward.
Your team reviews your product, user behavior, and current designs. Within a few days, you get a clear plan for the next improvements.
Design happens in your Figma file, tied to your sprint cycle. Flows, prototypes, and user tests stay close to your engineering plan, not a long creative deck.
Design engineers help turn designs into working components. They collaborate with your developers so the final UI matches the original intent.
Made for Teams That Need Momentum
Product teams grow by shipping. That means design needs to stay close to development and move quickly.
We follow your sprint pace, roadmap, and product metrics. Every update connects to real user needs.
We create and maintain component libraries that help your team build faster and stay consistent across features.
We run usability checks, watch friction points, and bring evidence into design discussions.
Your team audits your current UI, reviews analytics and user feedback, and identifies high-impact opportunities. Within days, they're proposing improvements grounded in usability principles and your product data.
Simple Engagement
Without Agency
Layers
Huge’s model includes account leads, producers, strategy teams, and defined delivery frameworks. That structure drives cost and slows down hands-on work. Parallel keeps your team small and focused.
Your designers work only on your product during the engagement. No hidden multitasking.
Start small, grow when needed, and reduce when cycles slow down.
You pay for the experienced designers doing the work. No extra roles, no hidden fees.
We measure progress by what ships and how users respond.
“Parallel's design sprints allowed us to involve and engage all stakeholders in the project - even those with no product or design background, which was a big plus for us”
“Parallel made it a point to understand the product and the impact they have or should have. They worked patiently with our in-house teams of Product, Design and Engineering, without the slightest hint of friction.”
“Parallel was excellent in helping us bring our vision to life. The quick iterations done in parallel with user testing let us try a lot of things in order to get to our beta. We're so grateful for their team.”
“Finding designers who have the talent and drive to match a founder’s vision is rare, consider this a PSA! If you’re building B2B SaaS, you want them on your shortlist.”
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