draw.io Information Reviews & Insights

Score7.3 out of 10

170 Reviews and Ratings

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TrustRadius Insights for draw.io are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Wide variety of shapes and high level of customizability: Many users have praised Draw.io for its wide range of shapes and the ability to customize diagram layouts. They appreciate the flexibility this offers in creating visual representations that meet their specific needs.

Fairly intuitive interface: Several reviewers have mentioned that Draw.io is fairly intuitive to use, even without the need for a tutorial. They find it easy to draw shapes and connect them together, allowing them to quickly create diagrams without any steep learning curve.

Seamless integration with other platforms: Draw.io's ability to integrate with other platforms has been highly appreciated by users. This seamless integration allows for smooth operation when working with documents and file systems within their organization, enhancing collaboration and productivity.

draw.io Reviews

4 Reviews

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Great software for making diagrams

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 21, 2020

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.

Pros

Integration with Google Drive.
Friendly interface.

Cons

Sometimes it is a bit slow.

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.

Mauro García Aurelio

CMIO in Product Management at Omnia Salud (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)

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4 years of experience

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The best diagramming software out there!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 17, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

A few people in my organization are using draw.io for creating and editing various diagrams. For me personally, I absolutely love draw.io. draw.io lets me send diagrams to others who may or may not have Visio or some other paid for diagramming software. In addition, draw.io is free, has great content (icons and templates), plus, I can log on to any machine and open my document with just a basic web browser!

Pros

draw.io is free to use! No more spending loads of money for licenses of diagramming applications.
draw.io is web based - no installation necessary! Due to this, your diagrams become very portable.
draw.io is always adding to their application; new features, new icons, etc.

Cons

Honestly, I can't come up with any cons.

Likelihood to Recommend

draw.io is well suited for network diagrams, floor plans, flowcharts, and decision charts. It is less appropriate if everyone at your office already has Visio and is satisfied with it or if you need measurement functionality (like Visio's tape measure).

Tyler Wright

DevOps Engineer in Information Technology at Hitachi Vantara (Computer Software, 5001-10,000 employees)

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3 years of experience

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A simple and complete solution at a great price.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 1, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Draw.io is being used in my organization as a replacement for something like Visio that lives in the cloud. By this I mean creating things like flowcharts, entity relationship diagrams, etc. We're also evaluating it as a potential replacement for XMind for creating sitemaps and sharing them with clients without requiring them to download any new software.

Pros

Draw.io offers a lot of shapes and customizability of how the diagrams are laid out. We've been able to create a lot of different things with it, and have barely scratched the surface of the sorts of things that we could do.
Draw.io is fairly intuitive in the way that you draw shapes and connect shapes together, I was able to figure it out without a tutorial.
Draw.io is fast and performant for me compared with some of the alternatives.

Cons

Connecting shapes together in slightly less common ways isn't quite as intuitive and took some effort to figure out.
It would be nice if the shapes could be auto-positioned and auto-sized accordingly to fit the contents and keep the diagram as neat and tidy as possible.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you need to create a diagram in the cloud, I haven't found a better tool yet. If you need further customizability or export options not offered, then a larger tool might make more sense, but wherever Draw.io can fit in, I think it's the ideal solution.

Ben McClure

Head of Development Technologies in Research & Development at Top Floor Technologies (Internet, 11-50 employees)

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1 year of experience

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Draw.io - cost effective mind mapping and information architecting tool.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 16, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our web design agency uses Draw.io to create complex information architecture, site map, and spec requirements for websites. It is an easy to use, easy to share, clear set of tools that allows us to rapidly create and share these artifacts with our clients, get their commentary, make changes, and finalize sign-off on the most important part of any web design project: the site structure.

Pros

Rapid mind-mapping: draw.io's tools are simple to use, minimizing time between thought and action
Cloud-based sharing: no need to hunt for the right export settings to share documents with a client
Google Suite / Drive integration: Draw.io files live alongside all our other project documentation inside of Google Drive.

Cons

Interface is pretty spartan, which can be a strength, but better utilization of Google's design standard could lead to a cleaner interface, making it more fun to use.
Better tools to reflow connected elements in a comprehensible way would be very handy.

Likelihood to Recommend

Good for: Rapid mind mapping, prototyping, site mapping, org charts are our primary usage and what this is really well suited for.

Less good: complex drafting, room layouts, detailed physical layout emulating.

Matt Heerema

Director at Mere Agency (Internet, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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