Wondershare EdrawMax vs. Whimsical

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Wondershare EdrawMax
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Edraw Max, from Wondershare, is an all-in-one diagram software designed to make it simple to create professional-looking flowcharts, organizational charts, network diagrams, business presentations, building plans, mind maps, science illustration, fashion designs, UML diagrams, workflows, program structures, web design diagrams, electrical engineering diagrams, directional maps, database diagrams and more.
$14.95
per month
Whimsical
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Whimsical is a visual workspace application from the company of the same name in Denver, allowing users to create collaborative wireframes, mindmaps, flowcharts, and sticky notes.
$12
per month per editor
Pricing
Wondershare EdrawMaxWhimsical
Editions & Modules
Monthly Plan
$14.95
per month
Half-yearly Plan
$77.70
per 6 months
Annual Plan
$99.00
per year
Annual Plan
$138.00
per year
2-year Plan
$169.00
per 2 years
Lifetime Plan
$495.00
one-time fee
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Pro
$12
per month per editor
Business
$18
per month per editor
Enterprise
$240
per year per editor
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Wondershare EdrawMaxWhimsical
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details17% discount for annual billing on Pro and Business plans.
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Community Pulse
Wondershare EdrawMaxWhimsical
Considered Both Products
Wondershare EdrawMax
Chose Wondershare EdrawMax
EdrawMax is quicker and easier to use than any other package I've tried
Chose Wondershare EdrawMax
Wondershare products are quite fresh in their approach and innovative. PDFelement also comes across as highly reliable product. I have practically replaced it as my default PDF management tool on Mac (much better over Preview, except Preview seems to load a tiny bit faster).
Chose Wondershare EdrawMax
Too many apps to list. 50 years of computing as a C-level exec. I am not a specialist at this. I am a generalist. Having an app that makes a generalist look like a specialist is really a cool. I can't image what a true specialist/graphic artist/engineer/designer could do. …
Chose Wondershare EdrawMax
Wondershare EdrawMax program provided ease of use and library richness.
Chose Wondershare EdrawMax
Obviously, Visio is considered the Gold standard, But you are locked into the MS ecosystem. Lucidchart felt less polished and cumbersome to use. ConceptDraw UI was a bit more cluttered and the learning curves were a bit step.
Chose Wondershare EdrawMax
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.
Chose Wondershare EdrawMax
More intuitive, less of a learning curve for novice users.
Whimsical
Chose Whimsical
Clickup's mind mapping tool was very basic and hard to use from my perspective. Whimsical was by far easier and did what I wanted for a SaaS/cloud-based mind mapping tool. Xmind is fine as a desktop app, but updating the app was a pain whereas, with Whimsical I don't have to …
Chose Whimsical
Miro has a slight edge in UI but Whimsical is not far behind.
Chose Whimsical
Whimsical is so much easier and has a better interface, so I think it's more suited to our workflow if compared to other tools like Google Charts. I really love this tool and I'm looking to learn and use it even more, as it helps us optimize our time, planning, and delivering …
Chose Whimsical
Whimsical is much easier to learn than Lucidchart. We had coworkers up and running on Whimsical with little to no training. It's intuitive and just makes sense and it never freezes or times out, unlike some other tools we've used in the past. The monthly cost is also …
Chose Whimsical
I like the wireframing/web mockups a little better in Whimsical. I still do use Miro for some other uses (simple sprints/onboarding exercises).
Chose Whimsical
Whimsical nails early stage project exploration. Whether it’s mapping, wire-framing, or simply whiteboard collaboration, Whimsical provide a flexible toolset that puts you and your team in the correct mindset to explore ideas without feeling committed to a specific direction. …
Chose Whimsical
I've tried a few different services similar to Whimsical, and like the simplicity of Whimsical - as it's very easy to learn how to use and begin creating. The price is also better than a lot of competitors. There are quite a few options for creating wireframes, flowcharts and …
Chose Whimsical
Whimsical has a flexible interface and a more cost-friendly plan than Lucidchart. Whimsical allows you all the room to create whatever comes to mind in one space, whereas with other products, you have to create a separate document to use the different functions. Other apps like …
Chose Whimsical
Whimsical is simpler and easier to use than InVision. Not as many design capabilities, but much better interface.
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User Ratings
Wondershare EdrawMaxWhimsical
Likelihood to Recommend
9.8
(0 ratings)
9.5
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.9
(0 ratings)
5.7
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Wondershare EdrawMaxWhimsical
Likelihood to Recommend
As part of the suite of tools from Wondershare, EdrawMax provides a large set of tools found in more expensive proprietary tools, integration with Mind Mapping which is a core workstream for my style, The usability of the interface, and options to utilize templated from other toolsets, import-export to other tool types. The tool is a good cost to function ratio.
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It's extremely well-suited for rapid wire-framing of concepts, as product teams can quickly collaborate on any idea and create a visual blueprint of it. Whimsical could provide more intuitive feature prioritization templates. The current templates lack the necessary detail and could be further enhanced from a UI/UX standpoint.
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Pros
  • Flow charting
  • Depict a complex process so its easily understood
  • Its structure and organization are very similar to how mainstream apps work.
  • Its huge and expandable feature set blows away all other apps
  • I want the right tools because my time is precious. This is the right choice by far.
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  • Simple to use
  • Tons of uses
  • Can be customized with themeing
  • Can organize all your boards pretty much however you want
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Cons
  • While saving the output as an image, it may be easy to export to word format files as vector.
  • Due to my profession, power electronics can be a library richness.
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  • Kind of want to see some of the functionality of other similar apps like Miro but the app is great at what it does
  • Folder structure takes a little time to get used to
  • Nitpicking here but not a big fan of the default font
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Usability
It is super easy to use because it works like the mainstream apps. Almost everything's familiar and easy to access
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Whimsical is overall very easy to learn and remember. One issue with the usability occurs when you attempt to move connected boxes around the workspace. Frequently connections break or do not add easily, causing further disconnects. You can manually fix these issues, but it's a oprobem that seems would have an easy fix
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Support Rating
Needed to contact the support team as I had lost license details. Their response was fast, professional and what's more, very helpful. All the needed data was sent to me and I was able to reinstall Wondershare EdrawMax again.
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I reached out to support, as I was interested in possibly investing in the organization, and they quickly and happily informed me they are a bootstrap organization and do not take on investors at this time. The swift response and information readily available for my consumption was extremely helpful and shows how solid the team behind it is.
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Alternatives Considered
Too many apps to list. 50 years of computing as a C-level exec. I am not a specialist at this. I am a generalist. Having an app that makes a generalist look like a specialist is really a cool. I can't image what a true specialist/graphic artist/engineer/designer could do. My, oh my.
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ClickUp's mind mapping tool was very basic and hard to use from my perspective. Whimsical was by far easier and did what I wanted for a SaaS/cloud-based mind mapping tool. Xmind is fine as a desktop app, but updating the app was a pain whereas, with Whimsical I don't have to worry about that. Also, I wanted to continue working on a mind map wherever I was, even if I didn't have my laptop or device with me and Whimsical allows me to do that.
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Return on Investment
  • Intellectual leverage
  • Develops a large-scale trust (good graphics is always appreciated even if its complex to read)
  • Impactful visualization (hard to enumerate)
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  • We've been using free version, so it's a no brainer.
  • As it helps us focus on the information organization process, we don't lose time redoing work due to the lack of planning before doing design or code.
  • We can collaborate on the same project, so it's easier to get things done as we're working from home as well.
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ScreenShots

Wondershare EdrawMax Screenshots

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