draw.io Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I normally use draw.io to create the architectural diagrams. to-be conceptual diagrams, workflow diagrams, flowcharts, data flows, and entity relationship diagrams—generally, from a business analysis and the project management standpoint, this tool provides the images, logos, and shapes that are required to show the relationships/flows. On top of that, the tool is also quite flexible to embed in the Atlassian Confluence pages to create the documentation for the application as well as structural docs and playbooks, or we can say runbooks, for engineers. You can also import custom images, logos, and PNG files for some applications that are not available in the preset. We also use this under technical aspect for using it as a reference for those teammates who are getting onboarded to our team and having the clear diagrams and figures helps in explaining the working models of processes we follow as a team.

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use draw.io on occasion as a flowchart tool. It is useful to illustrate processes, workflows, and various pipelines. It's not a tool that we use on a daily basis, but it is useful both for brainstorming flows and to deliver a final cleaned-up version that can then be embedded in presentations or wiki pages.

Likelihood to Recommend

Draw.io is a free diagramming tool that does its job well while offering a broad variety of diagram templates. It's lightweight and easy to use. There are now other tools that offer more powerful features, such as being cloud-native and allowing easy online collaboration, but they are not free, require an account, etc.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I mostly use the draw.io to create flow diagrams for the userflows and some architecture diagrams as well.

Draw.io is so much helpful when there are complex flows and can't put in words to explain to team.

I use it so much to share the flows and thoughts of mine with the team or to explain some thing to the team.

Likelihood to Recommend

If I have to explain my colleague some flow of application I use draw.io

If I have to give some KT of some of my feature I use draw.io to create flow diagrams with conditions

If I have to create some document on the application flow I can't use draw.io

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Draw.io is used to create all of the company's diagrams (architecture diagrams, business process diagrams, inter-application exchange diagrams, etc.).It's a tool used daily, either for saving diagrams or using drafts/whiteboards during meetings to explain concepts. All diagrams are saved to preserve the source code and allow for later modification. The export function is used to integrate the diagrams into meeting minutes or deliverables.

Likelihood to Recommend

<div>Draw.io is very useful for creating diagrams very easily. It's a tool that can be used live during meetings or training sessions.</div><div>The arrow handling could be improved. It's sometimes difficult to rearrange the arrows when resizing objects. The arrows are no longer aligned.</div>

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In Numerator we use draw.io to create flowcharts, diagrams and organizational charts. We have been using draw.io to create decision tree and workflow of a certain project. It really helps us to clarify some of the complex and challenging business decisions. It make things very clear when we understand it through a diagram made on draw.io.

Likelihood to Recommend

Based on my experience, I would say draw.io is very well suited for creating decision trees, flowcharts, workflows, UML diagrams, network diagrams, organizational charts etc. It is only appropriate for creating diagrams. It is not appropriate for creating any official documents or any kind of presentations. Sometimes it can be difficult to integrate it with existing workflow.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Draw.io is used in the development team of the IT service department in my organisation to diagram software and all its related concepts such as database entity-relationship diagrams, system component diagrams, network diagrams, etc. It is a convenient, free tool with integration to Google Drive and can be used in a browser or as a downloaded app. In my organisation it has replaced Visio - a Microsoft Office product that the powers to be don't want to pay for anymore.

Likelihood to Recommend

This is a great free product, it has a rich set of features and functionality and I think it actually rivals commercial products like Microsoft Visio superbly. It is most suited to diagramming things like floor plans, systems, databases, electronics, networks, etc, but there really isn't a limit to what you can do with it. I have used it for both work and personal use. It helped me design the landscaping plan for my yard around my house really well. I was able to upload a picture of my house's floor plan as a basis and diagram around that.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I've been using draw.io for a couple of years now and it is a great (and completely free) alternative for Microsoft Visio. It has a good range of native stencils, such as AWS, Azure, Cisco, Citrix, GCP, Office, Veeam, VMware and many others. Draw.io is very intuitive and easy to use and requires no client installation, you can use it completely from its web interface. It's very useful to create diagrams and architecture designs. Since I started using it, it was also spread to other colleagues on my team and to my management.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's very suitable to most part of demands, from small to large companies and also for studying and personal use, as it is completely free. It is a very good alternative to Visio that allows you to create basic diagrams with no cost and very easily. It has some native stencils/shapes to various technologies. In my case Veeam, VMware, Cisco, Azure and Citrix are the most useful.

Of course it is not so complete as MS Visio, so if you need more advanced features you can switch to it.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Draw.io is a fantastic tool to assist in any diagrams, from network diagrams through to rack setups, even through to use case diagrams! This ensures easy communication and is hugely beneficial for documentation.

Likelihood to Recommend

Those who need to create professional diagrams for low cost, without having to use proprietary software, allowing for ability for any users to edit.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use draw.io to make diagrams because of how simple it is to use. If I need to do a presentation, this is the easiest way to make a diagram. It is also perfect for making things like flow charts to show a process. It's free, which is why I use it.

Likelihood to Recommend

I would recommend draw.io to anyone who is needing to make any flow chart or anything that you want to map out with boxes or ovals connected with lines or arrows. If you are also on a budget and need to do these sorts of things, then this is an excellent program to use.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my particular case, from the product area of our company, I am the only one who uses the software. I usually make different graphs, but most of all flowcharts to describe our processes, both internal, and many times to present to our customers. I found in Draw.io a simple but very powerful solution that allows me to perform high-quality work in a short time.

Likelihood to Recommend

Draw.io allows you to quickly and easily make a large number of graphics such as flowcharts, networks, UMLs, etc. It allows working in collaboration with other users and is integrated with Google Drive.