Creately vs. Excalidraw+

Creately sells itself as software specializing in a wide variety of areas, which is true in some cases. Visualizing and creating marketing processes, research, user flows, and general flowcharts is an extremely powerful tool. However, in other areas, such as Human Resources, UI/UX prototyping, and Wireframe design, it leaves a little to be desired compared to the competition.

Incentivized

In scenarios like creating a quick mind map, flow diagram, explaining code with a diagram, or wanting to show how a specific scenario in code works to the team. In scenarios like there is a draft which I created in some other place and I want to continue here, I can't as upload option is missing. Other scenario is like I have downloaded a draft and want to import and continue, can't do that as well. Creating wireframes from the initial stage is hard, as everything should be hand drawn which is hard when the screens are already decided.

Incentivized

• I like that it supports remote work and that it makes real-time collaboration easy.
• AI-powered diagramming works well and has been very helpful in explaining complex ideas.
• It supports data driven workflows.
• It makes project management easy.
• It effortlessly boosts team productivity thanks to easy alignment with strategies.

Incentivized

• Sketches
• Diagrams
• Fun displays of information.

Incentivized

• The transition Creately made this year to their new non-Flash platform seems to almost function like a beta release in some instances.
• Customer support sometimes takes a while to return and the responses are not always the best or most helpful. Follow up isn't great, either.

Incentivized

• Board management, it's not always easy to navigate.
• Limited tools.

Incentivized

Creately is one of its Kind. The software has a straightforward interface and very supportive customer services providers. It is very well suited in diagramming and collaboration.

Excalidraw+ is very simple to use, navigate, and collaborate. You can quickly generate objects, text, lines, arrows, etc. to clearly explain an idea without spending too much time making it look pretty. It's great for initial ideation without getting bogged down in details. A quick user interface can be sketched in 30 seconds rather than spending time generating near-complete mockups that could be rejected

Incentivized

It definitely could be better, but it may also depend on the type of license you are subscribing to.

Incentivized

Creately's folder system is a novel feature that beats its competitors. It helps keep everything organized. In addition, there are many more customization possibilities, especially in the shapes and in the library of templates and drawings. It has an intelligent drawing capability superior to all the competition, allowing more customization and detail.

Incentivized

It's cheaper than Miro, although it doesn't provide as much functionality.

It's less complex and easier to use than draw.io, although a bit more limited in terms of available options.

It offers a more solid user experience when compared to Confluence Whiteboard, although it lacks the integration options that this tool has.

For the situations where its limitations aren't an issue, it's a solid option.

Incentivized

• Helped the team work collaboratively by sharing on the ideas on Canvas
• Boosted the client engagement whenever this tool is used
• Made the work easier by providing the predesigned templates

Incentivized

• For the price it's really worth for the tools it's providing and feature with Excalidraw+
• This is good but we still had to buy competitors like miro at organization level to support multiple collaborations and users at large scale
• Tools provided for the price are good but expected a little more set of tools to create mindmaps, wireframes

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