ConceptDraw "Pro" Visio in disguise? Close, but not quite.
July 20, 2019
ConceptDraw "Pro" Visio in disguise? Close, but not quite.
Overall Satisfaction with ConceptDraw PRO
So, this software appears to want to be Microsoft Visio but it falls a little short. The overall software is very resource-intensive and will slow your computer down to a crawl if you are attempting to multitask. On top of this, there are many glitches in the software where graphics within the software itself do no properly draw/appear on the screen. Now, with that being said, it DOES do a fantastic job in assisting in us drawing floor plans/layouts for the restaurant and bar areas of our business. The graphics/shapes are very clean and crisp but getting them to work together is a little tricky at times.
- The collections of images and shapes are very nice.
- Creating an easy "quick and dirty" layout can be done in seconds.
- They kind of nickel and dime you for shapes and images which is kind of a bummer.
- The overall functionality is very quirky. Trying to move items is difficult and not very precise.
- Layers are done very strangely. You can easily add shapes to the wrong layer and trying to get them on the correct layer is a hassle.
- Something about the software puts a lot of strain on even my most powerful PC.
- Positive. Our table selection screens look amazing and are VERY clear and easy for our employees to understand.
- Negative. The software is just hard to use and is very time consuming if you need to create something detailed.
- Positive. The price isn't too bad.
- Negative. They nickel and dime you for shapes and images.
Visio just did not have the resources or shapes that I needed to create clean and beautiful layouts for our business. I stumbled upon ConceptDraw while trying to find something with restaurant and bar shapes. After I purchased it, I was very disappointed with how difficult it was to use and how slow the overall performance was, but after wrestling with it for a few hours I was able to get a great looking layout.
Using ConceptDraw PRO
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Technical support not required | Unnecessarily complex Difficult to use Inconsistent Slow to learn Cumbersome Lots to learn |
- The shapes look good as do the images.
- Moving shapes
- Editing shapes
- Creating layers