ConceptDraw DIAGRAM vs. Xmind

Likelihood to recommend? Overall, absolutely. I'm very satisfied with ConceptDraw and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. I found it very easy to get up and running producing flow chart diagrams. I find it intuitive, flexible and it does what it says. Moreover it's very much an "alive" product with regular updates

Well suited:

• Organizing information.
• Doing research.
• Organizing goals.
• Planning tasks.
• Planning meetings.
• Structure for writing documents.

Less appropriate:

• Sharing documents among the teams/multiple users.
• General-purpose infographics.
• Writing longer paragraphs in the note field is very limited.
• Integration with GitHub.
• Integration with Confluence.
• XMind uses a proprietary document format which is not indexed by search programs on a PC or a Mac. This means that one cannot search in the content of the XMind documents.

Incentivized

• They're the only company that could offer a decent product with a fair price for Apple devices, like my Mac.
• It provides easy development of process flow diagrams and P&ID diagrams.
• The software has an intuitive arrangement of commands, which reduces the learning curve suffering.

• Easy to use, simple flowcharts.
• Multiple functions, flowcharts can be edited to be suitable for a variety of tasks.
• Displays information in a dynamic and interesting way.

Incentivized

• Keyboard shortcuts are non-intuitive
• Re-scaling can be tricky if you don't set the page up correctly at the beginning of your project

Incentivized

• Functionality to show when topics are in-line with eachother
• Unable to save colour schemes on the website
• An ability to see previous versions of the mindmap, save history

Incentivized

It needs a bunch of work. For the price it could be better. And even though I am using it still I find it very difficult to use but I make it work

Incentivized

Commands and controls extremely easy to navigate and use. Ability to import mindmaps and collaborate also contribute to a very pleasant usability experience

Incentivized

The sales team is great and quickly responds to any concerns regarding the software and licensing. However, the user base for ConceptDraw products is still relatively small making it difficult to find more than basic assistance for technical questions online

Incentivized

The support around a bug in the tool which prevented the correct printing of diagrams. Support came back after a few days, and there was no workaround. Eventually, the bug was fixed in a future release. The company does not pay much attention to user forums. With better support and plugin mechanism for user contributions, the product would be more convincing.

Incentivized

Cheaper, lower learning curve. Looked for something that would meet our needs and allow us to quickly diagram a database and process maps. I have been using this in place of Visio and the one-time purchase is much better than a Microsoft sub. Looking forward to using this software in the future and hoping to get a copy for college classes as well in Database Design.

Incentivized

As Xmind draws a specific focus on mindmaps its functionality is very clear and easy to use. Other mindmap systems make you connect the topics and arrows yourself which can be very frustrating and finnicky. Its presentation is very clear and displayed cleanly

Incentivized

• Saved time
• Helps with conveying message properly across team so increased efficiency
• I came to know of many new diagraming techniques by seeing solutions built into ConceptDraw.

Incentivized

• Increased productivity of employees.
• Provided structure and clear thought processes.
• Reusable content.

Incentivized