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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    draw.io

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/Adraw.io is an online diagramming tool with integrations with Jira, Google, and Confluence available free online or at cost depending on integration chosen.

    $5

    per month

    Excalidraw+

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAn online virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn diagrams, with features supporting visual collaboration. A basic version of Excalidraw can be used free, but team and collaboration features are offered in Excalidraw+.

    $7

    per month per user

    Pricing
    draw.ioExcalidraw+
    Editions & Modules
    Up to 10 Users
    $5
    per month
    Up to 20 Users
    $11
    per month
    Up to 50 Users
    $27.50
    per month
    Up to 75 Users
    $41.25
    per month
    Up to 100 Users
    $55
    per month
    Up to 200 Users
    $95
    per month
    Up to 500 Users
    $152.50
    per month
    Up to 750 Users
    $190
    per month
    Up to 1,000 Users
    $227.50
    per month
    Up to 2,000 Users
    $377.50
    per month
    Up to 5,000 Users
    $827.50
    per month
    Up to 10,000
    1,577.50
    per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    draw.ioExcalidraw+
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    draw.ioExcalidraw+
    Considered Both Products
    JGraph (Draw.io)
    Chose draw.io
    draw.io is open-source and free for many uses, which means minimal upfront cost and good value.It works in the browser, also has a desktop version (so you can use offline) which helps teams that may not always be online or want local backups. Useful when you want a diagram tool …
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    Excalidraw
    Chose Excalidraw+
    Infinite canvas feature stands out in Excalidraw+, tools to create flowdiagrams, wireframes or simple mindmaps.
    Also, while using Excalidraw+, it felt so natural to create diagrams or use it for those, whereas in other competitors we needed to have prior knowledge of the …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
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    User Ratings
    draw.ioExcalidraw+
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.9
    (20 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
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    User Testimonials
    draw.ioExcalidraw+
    Likelihood to Recommend
    JGraph (Draw.io)
    draw.io can be more suitable for technical documentation for architectures, flow diagrams/charts, and conceptual images of an application infrastructure. However, this tool is not made for business intelligence work nor for dashboarding to monitor the technical components. From the administrative standpoint, this is not well suited for agile ceremony structures like retrospective boards or planning or even quarterly planning boards. The strength of draw.io lies strongly in being a lightweight diagramming tool.
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    Excalidraw
    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.
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    Pros
    JGraph (Draw.io)
    • Draw.io offers a lot of shapes and customizability of how the diagrams are laid out. We've been able to create a lot of different things with it, and have barely scratched the surface of the sorts of things that we could do.
    • Draw.io is fairly intuitive in the way that you draw shapes and connect shapes together, I was able to figure it out without a tutorial.
    • Draw.io is fast and performant for me compared with some of the alternatives.
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    Excalidraw
    • Sketches
    • Diagrams
    • Fun displays of information.
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    Cons
    JGraph (Draw.io)
    • When very elaborate diagrams are needed, it lacks the amount of tools and customization needed
    • Since this is an online tool, it can freeze and that causes you to lose that work up to that point
    • Performance can lag with very complex diagrams
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    Excalidraw
    • Board management, it's not always easy to navigate.
    • Limited tools.
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    Usability
    JGraph (Draw.io)
    The UI is intuitive. It allows a new user to start diagramming almost instantly. Manipulating elements, linking them together, etc. are all easy to do. Draw.io nevertheless a broad variety of diagram templates to help get started and also of shapes to use in diagrams. Some situations can make it a bit tricky to use, such as when having multiple shapes on top of each other (e.g. shapes placed within swimlanes) but that's a minor issue.
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    Excalidraw
    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
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    Support Rating
    JGraph (Draw.io)
    The support for draw.io is pretty decent, considering it is a free website. I had a question one time when I was trying to do something, so I sent an email to their support email and got a response fairly quickly with an answer to my question. They also have some excellent support tools on their support website for helping you get more familiar with their program, and I found that very helpful.
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    Excalidraw
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    Alternatives Considered
    JGraph (Draw.io)
    draw.io is open-source and free for many uses, which means minimal upfront cost and good value.It works in the browser, also has a desktop version (so you can use offline) which helps teams that may not always be online or want local backups. Useful when you want a diagram tool that “just works” without huge ecosystem lock-in.For organisations that value control, less vendor-dependency, this is a plus.
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    Excalidraw
    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.
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    Return on Investment
    JGraph (Draw.io)
    • draw.io has surely impacted our organization positively by saving some crucial time.
    • It has not really impacted much monetarily to be honest.
    • The ROI we got from draw.io is that it has made complex things clear for everyone in our organization.
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    Excalidraw
    • 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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