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Wondershare EdrawMax

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What is Wondershare EdrawMax?

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,…

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Users have been utilizing this product for over 7 years to provide strategic graphical visualization with high-quality output, enabling …
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good alternative

10 out of 10
April 06, 2022
As an IT Solution Architect, I build solution packs for several clients. I use the Wondershare EdrawMind to mind map the details around …
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Great alternative for Linux users

10 out of 10
November 27, 2021
Fantastic replacement for Visio for us Linux users. I try to use Linux 100% but in my line of work, I do a lot of process design and …
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Pricing

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Monthly Plan

$14.95

Cloud
per month

Half-yearly Plan

$77.70

Cloud
per 6 months

Annual Plan

$99.00

On Premise
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.edrawsoft.com/en/pricing…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Wondershare EdrawMax?

EdrawMax enables users to tell stories in the form of engaging diagrams, charts, presentations, infographics and other visual content. Presented as an alternative to Visio, EdrawMax allows users to create more than 280 types of diagrams, from technical diagrams to infographics. EdrawMax Online is available on the web, and EdrawMax Desktop is installed on a computer and the documents are processed locally, on the same computer. As a web-based application, EdrawMax Online supports a range of operating systems, including Windows, Mac and Linux and browsers including Chrome, Firefox, IE, and Safari.


For data imported through spreadsheets (e.g. Excel, Google Documents), EdrawMax provides a range of visualization choices to augment presentations, including flowcharts and business graphics. Results can be presented as slides, documents or directly shared via social media channels.


EdrawMax's templates include pre-built and configurable flowmaps, mind maps, layouts supporting marketing, journalism and engineering use cases, as well as database modeling, floor plans, maps, or other use cases requiring the integration of information and illustration.


EdrawMax is available via a range of individual, educational, or business/team pricing plans, some plans including advanced or premium features, with options to buy-once and own forever, or to access features and updates through a semi-annual, annual, or multi-year subscription. Plans available for educational institutions provide similar features at a discount. Accounts are accessible and provide functionality on 2 or 3 devices, per account, depending on the chosen plan.The software is available via a free trial, and the vendor offers a 30 day money back guarantee.


EdrawMax is a product from Wondershare, founded in 2003 and headquartered in China. Wondershare offers a range of document and media (e.g. video) editing tools and solutions, and makes EdrawMax available in a bundle with MindMaster, the company’s mind mapping tool, and EdrawInfo, a beginner design tool.


Wondershare EdrawMax Features

  • Supported: Smart Layout
  • Supported: Multiple Themes
  • Supported: Note Taking
  • Supported: Visio File
  • Supported: Flowcharts
  • Supported: Mind maps
  • Supported: Fishbone
  • Supported: Network and UML diagrams
  • Supported: Floor plans
  • Supported: Office layouts
  • Supported: Gantt charts
  • Supported: Business cards and flyers
  • Supported: Wireframes
  • Supported: Infographics
  • Supported: Presentations

Wondershare EdrawMax Screenshots

Screenshot of Abundant vector symbolsScreenshot of Flowchart templatesScreenshot of Science diagram templatesScreenshot of Floor plan templatesScreenshot of Editing page

Wondershare EdrawMax Videos

Wondershare EdrawMax Integrations

Wondershare EdrawMax Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Microsoft Visio, Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite, and SmartDraw are common alternatives for Wondershare EdrawMax.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.7.

The most common users of Wondershare EdrawMax are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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Users have been utilizing this product for over 7 years to provide strategic graphical visualization with high-quality output, enabling them to achieve deeper engagement. IT Solution Architects find the product invaluable for mind mapping project details and creating detailed designs of solutions. The integration of EdrawMind and EdrawMax has received high praise from users, along with the abundance of useful templates, icons, and intuitive interface. The import/export feature is particularly helpful as it allows users to create documents that can be easily utilized by their clients. Moreover, the responsive Wondershare Support team assists users promptly and effectively with any needs or issues they may encounter.

Students in senior design classes have consistently found EdrawMax to be the best overall tool for quickly and accurately generating simple line drawings. The software's deceptively powerful and user-friendly interface allows them to complete tasks efficiently, even without prior experience. The instructional videos provided by the platform also aid users in enhancing their skills with the app. Many customers commend the talent and intelligence of the programmers and app development team behind EdrawMax, appreciating their continuous efforts to refine and improve the application.

Professionals across various industries rely on EdrawMax for a wide range of needs. For instance, it is frequently used for designing accounting systems and creating marketing materials. Additionally, the product proves highly valuable for writing articles and books, enabling professionals to express themselves more effectively in their studies. Linux users who previously relied on Visio now consider EdrawMax a fantastic replacement, allowing them to perform process design and easily exchange files with others. The Wondershare support team consistently receives praise for promptly resolving compatibility issues and incorporating requested fixes.

In specific fields such as modular housing and construction, EdrawMax aids in visualizing the arrangement of interior spaces in residential containers or small houses. The diverse range of templates and icons provided by EdrawMax prove immensely useful during the decision-making process with clients. These features allow professionals to effectively communicate their ideas and proposals to their clients, enhancing the overall collaboration and productivity.

Concentric Circles Feature: Multiple reviewers have found the concentric circles feature in the software to be beneficial for creating visually appealing and complex diagrams. This feature allows users to create free-flow shapes with multiple shearing points, enhancing the flexibility of their designs.

Integration with Edrawmind: Several users appreciated the integration of the software with the Mind mapping tool Edrawmind. This integration provides additional options and flexibility when creating diagrams, allowing users to seamlessly incorporate mind maps into their projects.

Large Selection of Templates: Many reviewers noted that the software offers a large selection of templates, catering to a variety of business needs. This extensive template library allows users to quickly start their projects without having to create diagrams from scratch, saving time and effort.

Time-consuming file export process: Several users have mentioned that the process of exporting files in this software is time-consuming and requires multiple steps. They feel that this can slow down their workflow and would prefer a more streamlined and efficient export feature.

Limited icon libraries: Some reviewers have suggested the need for more ready-to-use icon libraries in this software. They believe that having access to a wider variety of icons would enhance their ability to create visually appealing diagrams without having to spend time searching for or creating custom icons.

Difficulty with Visio import/export feature: A few users have found the Visio import/export feature in this software to be difficult to use. They have encountered issues with transferring their diagrams between Visio and this software, which has caused frustration and inconvenience.

Users commonly recommend purchasing the lifetime version of the software for future updates and access to all templates. According to users, this allows them to have a long-term solution and access to a wide range of templates.

Another common recommendation is to use this software for its features and ease of use compared to free alternatives. Users find it helpful for their business presentations and useful diagrams.

Additionally, users suggest taking the time to learn the software before implementing it for business solutions. They believe that once mastered, the software becomes excellent and easy to use.

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I need to draft simple but dimensioned drawings of our equipment layout for installation and occasionally I need to provide a drawing and specifications for purpose built inverter and battery rooms. EdrawMax is all I need for this and is simple and intuitive to use. I've been impressed with their support where I've needed it.
  • dimensioning drawings
  • a huge library of drawing objects
  • simple and easy to use object feature management
  • the incremental dimensioning and positioning of objects is too course
EdrawMax is easy to use and ideal for simple drawings that don't need the sophistication of a CAD package. With EdrawMax you can be drawing your first drawing without any training within minutes.

For more sophisticated technical drawings I would use a proper CAD package
Nagesh Danturti | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I've been using this product over the last 7 years (since its previous version). My primary use-case is to provide strategic graphical visualization with high-quality output that sends a clear visual message to a larger audience for "deeper engagement". Its not for a general audience but more for a subject matter technical and functionally focussed audience. The key problem this product addresses is its ability to graphically represent complex abstractions that you have created in your mind - such as concentric circles, patterns that you always have in your mind but don't know how to draw them and end up hiring a design expert to do it for you.
  • Concentric circles
  • Free flow shapes with multiple shearing points such as an elongated ellipse
  • pre-made high-res Icons, images for use
  • One-click auto-export feature to a preferred format. Currently, you'd have to go through at least 3 steps to export)
  • More ready-to-use Icon libraries
  • API to adjust vector graphics
  • AI augmentation to provide user input during complex diagramming
Well suited to assist,

  1. Solution designing
  2. Enterprise Architecture
  3. Strategic visualization
  4. Roadmapping
  5. Business Presentations
  6. Subject Matter Relay graphics
  7. Educational/Academia
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use EDrawMax for a wide variety of needs from designing and describing a new accounting and business operations system for the contractors to use, to designing marketing material for the graphic productions department to use.

EDrawMax is totally amazing. I just finished an intense 10 day long rush job working 14 hr days with EdrawMax to put the company in a new, fast growth direction. Almost everything was sublimely superb with the app. It is deceptively powerful. In fact, it’s easy to under estimate!! It does not look like a cross between a Hummer and a Lamborghini, but it is a workhorse and an artist's treasure. I got stuff done so fast it shocked me. With no training and little prior experience with this app, I was able to do almost everything I needed. There are instructional videos for me to watch and that will help to sharpen the ax.

I think the programmers are really great. Super talented and smart, and the app development team has true geniuses at work. It’s fun to use this. I’m blown away by how many features from other productivity apps are woven into this. I am very productive because it’s built on mainstream functions and cues which are already in my head! The final ace in the hole is that its continuing to be refined and improved!

Steve Jobs would be very pleased with these guys.
  • 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.
  • I have had trouble printing over sized images on a single page. I succeeded but it needs polish
  • Some fonts have format issues. So, use a different font or a different size.
  • I rushed in; had no time to listen to their instructional videos. I'll go back and watch these then probably double my productivity
  • I can't yet make a new shape library, but it's due to my lack of know-how.
I have used over a dozen apps of this sort across 50 years of computing. None are even close to being as good!!
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We operate in the field of modular housing and construction. Wondershare EdrawMax helps us to visualize the arrangement of the interior of residential containers or our small houses. Wide range of templates and ready to use icons of equipment are extremely useful in the decision process made by our Clients.
  • Useful templates
  • Variety of icons
  • User friendly
  • Adding foreign languages or at least a possibility to add a diacritical marks by a user
  • Mirror reflection of the drawing would be a very useful tool
  • Changing the angle of the drawing does not work well with dimensioning.
Great tool for space allocation plan, presentations and diagrams. There are some inconveniencec in using it in more elaborate projects.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use the Wondershare EdrawMax program when writing articles and books due to my profession. I can express myself more easily in my studies with this program.
  • Comfort while drawing
  • Library richness
  • Professional library support
  • 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.
Compared to similar programs, I can do my work faster.
April 06, 2022

good alternative

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
As an IT Solution Architect, I build solution packs for several clients. I use the Wondershare EdrawMind to mind map the details around the intake of requirements and workflow for the requested project design. Once I have the project request vetted and mind mapped, I will then use Edraw-Max to take the material and create a more detailed design of the solution detailing the requirements in the design with any data and application flows. While there are many tools out there for this type of activity, I appreciate how the EdrawMin and Edraw-max integrate. The number of useful templates, icons, intuitive interface and the import/export feature helps me create documents my clients can utilize as well depending on the tool of choice for their business needs. The Wondershare Support team is also very responsive and does their best to assist you, they follow up to assure your need/issue is resolved. In the event, there is no options/solution they do take the information to the development team. I was pleasantly pleased when they took my need and forwarded to the development team to evaluate in future updates.
  • Integrates with Mind mapping tool Edrawmind.
  • Large selection of template for a number of business needs.
  • Build timelines and charts.
  • Better Visio import/export
  • Easier option to make the working field infinite or auto break into pages.
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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Fantastic replacement for Visio for us Linux users. I try to use Linux 100% but in my line of work, I do a lot of process design and exchange these with others. This is typically done with Visio but no longer! I have been using EdrawMax on my Ubuntu laptop for around 2 years now and love it. I've had a few hiccups with Visio compatibility along the way, but I report these to the wonderful Wondershare support team and they always go out of their way to sort it out. Including upgrading the product to incorporate the fixes I have specifically asked about. I highly recommend for anyone, Linux, Mac, or Windows users, to try this product.
  • Great support
  • Excellent tool
  • Good resources
  • Visio compatibility can be a but hit and miss but is mostly good.
Well suited to anyone who needs to do process flows, infographics, BPN diagrams, anything you would normally do with Visio really.
Tony Whitmore | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Edraw for both academic and research activities. Students in our senior design classes find e-draw to be the best overall and allows simple line drawings for P&ID or electrical schematics to be quickly and accurately generated.
  • P&ID
  • Electrical Schematics
  • The "perpetual" license expires after three years. That is a Nuisance.
The software is simple, intuitive, accurate, and has sufficient capabilities for our purposes. It works much more efficiently than the major CAD programs which are not intended for top-level design schematics.
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