A lightweight and easy to use diagramming tool
November 11, 2025

A lightweight and easy to use diagramming tool

Pierre-Alexandre Garneau | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with draw.io

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.

Pros

  • Drawing flowcharts
  • UML charts
  • Organigrams

Cons

  • The app's look and feel is a bit dated
  • It could be easier to make a beautiful graph
  • The mind mapping graph is pretty poor
  • Better communication of complex flows.
  • It has helped during brainstorming sessions to illustrate how ideas are linked together.
  • The PC app is free and easy to use, giving it a positive ROI even if it's used occasionally.
The UI is intuitive. It allows a new user to start diagramming almost instantly. Manipulating elements, linking them together, etc. are all easy to do. Draw.io nevertheless a broad variety of diagram templates to help get started and also of shapes to use in diagrams. Some situations can make it a bit tricky to use, such as when having multiple shapes on top of each other (e.g. shapes placed within swimlanes) but that's a minor issue.
Draw.io is easier to use, lighter, and cheaper than Microsoft Visio. It offers a better experience than Microsoft's offering.

Miro is a broader, more powerful tool than draw.io. It offers cloud-based collaboration tools and makes it easy to integrate with other cloud tools, such as Jira. However, draw.io's light weight and ease of use still make it useful to draw a quick diagram that can then be exported in a standard file format.

Do you think draw.io delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with draw.io's feature set?

Yes

Did draw.io live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of draw.io go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy draw.io again?

Yes

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.

draw.io Feature Ratings

Diagramming
8.6
Flowchart Creation
9
Drag-and-Drop Functionality
10
Templates Library
8
Custom Styling
5
Diagram Export and Sharing Options
10
Auto-layout Feature
8
Cross-Platform Access
10

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