Wondershare EdrawMax vs MindManager

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited to anyone who needs to do process flows, infographics, BPN diagrams, anything you would normally do with Visio really.

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Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

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MindManager is specifically helpful in creating taxonomy at an enterprise level. It is a good tool for collaboration as you can use different mind maps and brainstorm. This tool can also come in handy for keeping meeting notes and expanding on them later in further meetings. It will be very helpful in design and planning.

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Employee in Engineering

Human Resources Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

P&ID
Electrical Schematics

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Tony Whitmore

Professor and Director, Propulsion Research Lab

Utah State UniversityResearch, 1001-5000 employees

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Great to segment things out (projects, organizational charts, processes, workloads, etc) and gives you a full picture of the job.
It is user friendly, simple to use, and powerful.
MS Office and Teams integration is great. Allows for easy collaboration.
Great GUI and visuals
Excellent method for project planning and brainstorming

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Visio compatibility can be a but hit and miss but is mostly good.

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Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

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I find formatting a challenge. Example, make all the boxes the same format and fonts so when you add a box, it understands the format of the top level box.
I have played around with some of the templates but find creating my own each time is better route. The project plan template is very good but I find myself deleting boxes and again, takes more time than creating a new map every time.
I try to get colleagues to use MM but they are intimidated by the UI. I am really comfortable with it but to them it can look more complex than it really is.

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Account Manager in Sales

Market Research Company, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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MindManager 9.1

Based on 20 answers

I feel the main issues of the old Mindjet seem to be gone with the
Corel purchase. With the huge advance of sharing via browser HTML even 1
user can affect many. And, actually, using MM kind of forced my rigid
brain to rethink how I categorize and classify information/projects.

The
idea of paying $69USD for an annual cost is more than fair and a great
model for Corel/Mindjet to keep rolling out improvements!

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Thomas Kleinschmidt, CIM(R)

Capital Markets, 11-50 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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MindManager 8.5

Based on 13 answers

MindManager is very intuitive. The user interface is not cluttered and the ribbon icons are easy to understand. Several excellent "how-to" videos are available on the MindManager site as well as on YouTube. MindManager starts quickly and the user interface is very responsive. Launching other programs from MindManager such as Excel is very fast and issue free. The browsing feature is lightning fast. The drag-and-drop capability is also very fast and reliable.

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Robert Gates

Cloud Architect

Nations IDGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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MindManager 9.1

Based on 7 answers

Never had any errors.

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Analyst in Research & Development

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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MindManager 9.1

Based on 5 answers

The application is quick and responsive. We are able to produce mindmaps and reports with ease. The program is not complicated at all and integrates well with software and programs like Microsoft Outlook and Teams, which we truly appreciate.

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Manager in Information Technology

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Wondershare EdrawMax 8.2

Based on 2 answers

Ease of use and reduced cost

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Tony Whitmore

Professor and Director, Propulsion Research Lab

Utah State UniversityResearch, 1001-5000 employees

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MindManager 7.9

Based on 17 answers

I have called technical support a few times. During the COVID Crisis, I called a few times repeatedly due to a rush request. The technical support guy called me back in minutes. He somehow knew that I had called repeatedly and wanted to make sure my issue was resolved immediately

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Scott E. Miller

Owner / President

The Innovation MachineMechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 1-10 employees

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Online Training

No score

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MindManager 6.4

Based on 1 answer

The videos are not well categorized...I had to do a bit of digging to get what I wanted and many videos on older versions. If Mindjet was to improve the titles used that would help.

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Thomas Kleinschmidt, CIM(R)

Capital Markets, 11-50 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

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MindManager 9.1

Based on 6 answers

Not applicable

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Robert DuPuy, MBA, PMP, RMP, CSM, CCBA

BUSINESS ANALYST

ACIM LLCInformation Services, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I tried a heap, the two listed come to mind but I tried many others. Edraw max stood out in terms of price and functionality.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Our network is fluid. Previously, we had used software that allowed us to make changes to a fiber route, ring diagram, etc. immediately. It was easy to maintain and update. It allowed the Planner/Engineer to be creative and tell a story with their Market Assignments. When we used Visio to show how equipment connects together, we found even an entry-level field tech could use this drawing and connect everything correctly the very first time. However, Visio is not available in MacOSX, I'm a Windows user but for some of my coworkers that means that they need a Virtual Machine to run Visio or not running Visio at all, making MindManager the obvious choice.

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Engineer in Other

Computer Networking Company, 10,001+ employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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MindManager 7.3

Based on 3 answers

A team can collaborate on the same project but cannot create a shared project file. It would be helpful for that feature to be added.

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Manager in Information Technology

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Ease of use and reduced cost.

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Tony Whitmore

Professor and Director, Propulsion Research Lab

Utah State UniversityResearch, 1001-5000 employees

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Productivity - Shortening my thinking time to an outcome - when I have a problem to think through, my first choice is MindManager. It gives me the space to simply get everything down on the page and then sort it all out.
Quality - The quality of our thinking is improved when we think together using MindManager - we never stop at first answers and MindManager allows us to think deeper and find connections that were not previously considered.
Control - Often we will use MindManager to maintain a list of client requirements and success factors in a single place. This has helped us out many times from an engagement management and control standpoint.

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Stephen Davies

Principal Consultant & Managing Director

Transformation by DesignManagement Consulting, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Starting Price

$0

Wondershare EdrawMax Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Annual Plan	$99.00¹
2-year Plan	$169.00²
Lifetime Plan	$495.00³

per year
per 2 years
one-time fee

SaaS Edition

Monthly Plan	$14.95¹
Half-yearly Plan	$77.70²
Annual Plan	$138.00³
Enterprise	Custom Pricing

per month
per 6 months
per year
none

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$0

MindManager Editions & Modules

Edition

One-Time Cost	$349¹
Annual Subscription	$169²
Organizations	Contact sales team

per perpetual license
per year
none

Additional Pricing Details

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Wondershare EdrawMax vs MindManager