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Alternatives to draw.io

draw.io suits broad diagram work: it covers flow charts, mind maps, UML, BPMN, network diagrams, floor plans, Kanban boards and C4 models. It is open source, free, and runs on web, desktop, iOS and Android. Real-time collaboration, local saving or user-chosen storage, a no-sign-up start, and SVG, PNG or PDF export make it a flexible general-purpose option. A different tool may fit better if you need a specialized modeling workflow, process execution, AI tools, or a larger…

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Creately

Creately is a visual collaboration platform built around an infinite canvas for brainstorming, diagramming, planning, workshops, project management, and research.

Free planWebAPILinux

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Structurizr

Structurizr is a models-as-code tool for creating multiple software architecture diagrams from one C4 model written in Structurizr DSL.

Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux

From £300 a month

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SmartDraw

SmartDraw is a paid diagramming application from SmartDraw, founded in 1994 and headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

AndroidiOSWeb

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Sparx Enterprise Architect
Sparx Enterprise Architect is a multi-user visual modeling tool for business and IT systems, software and systems engineering, and real-time and embedded development.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS
8.6$245 one-time
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EdrawMax
EdrawMax is a diagramming product for creating and exporting many kinds of diagrams.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux
8.3From $5.90 a month
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Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Visio is diagramming software for turning complex information into visual diagrams.
Free planWebmacOSWindows
8.2From $5 a month
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Gluu
Gluu is a paid process management platform from Gluu, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
AndroidiOSWebAPI
8.2From €2 a month
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Lucidchart
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
8.1Free plan
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Eraser
Eraser is a diagramming tool for technical teams that can create diagrams from prompts, code, files and private Git repositories.
Free planWebAPIExtensionSelf-hosted
8.1From $15 a month
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Visual Paradigm
Visual Paradigm is a visual modeling and development platform spanning diagramming, code engineering, agile management, and enterprise architecture.
Free planWeb
8.0From $4 a month
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Cacoo
Cacoo is an online diagramming and visual collaboration tool for creating flowcharts, wireframes, mind maps, workflows, and other visuals.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted
8.0From $6 a month
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Software Ideas Modeler
Software Ideas Modeler is a CASE tool for software and process design built around diagrams.
LinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
8.0$59 one-time
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Mermaid
Mermaid is an open-source JavaScript tool that turns Markdown-inspired text definitions into diagrams and visualizations.
Free planWebAPIExtensionLinux
7.8From $10 a month
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Ilograph
Ilograph creates interactive visual documentation for systems and the relationships and flows between their components.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS
7.8From $14.99 a month
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Gliffy
Gliffy is a web-based diagramming tool with support for a wide range of visual formats, including flowcharts, UML and BPMN diagrams, network maps,…
Free planWeb
7.7From $2.80 a month
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Preceden
Preceden is a web-based tool for creating visual timelines about projects, history, legal cases, research, and writing.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
7.7From $10 a month
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Camunda
Camunda is a business-process orchestration platform for coordinating people, AI agents, systems, and devices across end-to-end workflows.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS
7.6Free plan
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PlantUML
PlantUML turns textual descriptions into diagrams, covering UML types such as sequence, use-case, class, object, activity, component, deployment,…
Free planWebAPIExtensionLinux
7.4Free plan
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UMLet
UMLet is a free, open-source tool for quickly sketching UML diagrams.
Free planWebExtensionLinuxmacOS
7.4Free plan
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Bizagi Modeler
Bizagi Modeler lets users create, document, simulate, publish, and share business processes using BPMN.
Free planWebWindows
7.3Free plan
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OmniGraffle
iOSmacOS
7.3
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MyDraw
WebmacOSWindows
7.3
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IcePanel
IcePanel is a collaborative software-architecture diagramming and modelling tool built around the C4 model.
Free planWebAPI
7.3From $40 a month
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Arcentry
Arcentry is software for creating interactive infrastructure diagrams for cloud, on-premises, and open-source systems.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted
7.3From $9.90 a month
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Flowdia Diagrams
Flowdia Diagrams is diagramming software for creating flowcharts, mind maps, network and cloud architecture diagrams, UML diagrams, and process visuals.
Free planAndroidiOSWindows
7.3$9.99 one-time
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yEd Graph Editor
yEd Graph Editor is desktop software for making diagrams manually or importing external data and arranging it with automatic layouts.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
7.2Free plan
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ConceptDraw DIAGRAM
macOSWindows
7.2$199 one-time
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StarUML
StarUML is a software modeler for concise agile modeling.
ExtensionLinuxmacOSWindows
7.2$129 one-time
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CloudSkew
CloudSkew is a web editor for cloud architecture diagrams, network diagrams, and flowcharts.
Free planWeb
7.2From $36 a year
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Hava
Hava generates interactive cloud infrastructure diagrams from connected AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted
7.2From $59 a month
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