#1 most frequent
United States of America
55.9%119 installations of 213
What is Gliffy?
Gliffy is an online diagramming tool with collaboration features from the San Francisco company of the same name, offering standalone versions of Gliffy and integrated versions for Jira and Confluence.
Categories & Use Cases
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Who Buys & Uses Gliffy
#2 most frequent
Canada
6.6%14 installations of 213
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
6.1%13 installations of 213
Gliffy Reviewed
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Gliffy to create wireframes as part of our web design process. It is user-friendly and provides a quick way to generate wireframes.
Pros
- creating website wireframes
- create a consistent style
- low learning base
Cons
- A better web based layout
- Easier to upload own elements
Return on Investment
- reduced the time spent on creating website wireframes
- user-friendly interface allows to quickly adopt and integrate it into our workflow
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Figma
Other Software Used
Figma
Best application for a productive workflow chart.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Building a chart flow for the complicated setup of the work builds up a productive work culture in a very systematic and amazing way. The idea builds in a chart to help to create a pattern of targets and deadlines needed to be achieved in an amazing manner. The development is so well structured that the integrations support the idea well, giving an outstanding product with great achievement. Gliffy is very easy to learn and has a lot of great functions and tools to help with what needs to be customized.
Pros
- Making diagram workflow.
- Integration with Confluence.
- Building up Graph.
Cons
- User interface.
- It takes much to load sometimes.
- Becomes slow when building large charts.
Most Important Features
- Copy and paste feature.
- Graph insertion.
- Warning sign of unpublished changes.
Return on Investment
- Its been a helpful product for presentation.
- Easy to load.
- Sometimes slow features are very frustrating.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Balsamiq, Lucidchart and Miro
Other Software Used
ZBrush, Autodesk Maya, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate, Adobe Advertising Cloud
Gliffy for architecture documentation.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Gliffy together with Confluence to be able to illustrate the architecture and design solutions integrated with textual documentation. Gliffy makes it possible to store and manage versions together with textual documentation. It solves the problem that when someone wants to change an illustration, they don’t have to find the original instead, they can edit it directly on the Confluence page.
Pros
- Integration with Confluence.
- Simple UML diagrams.
- No need to install desktop software on each client.
Cons
- It’s missing good auto layout functionality.
- It would be good if it’s was easier to export a bitmap or vector image.
- Resizing UML symbols make them look a bit strange, especially component object.
Most Important Features
- Integration with Confluence.
- Affordable
- Easy to learn.
Return on Investment
- Save time since we no longer have to spend time searching for original image files.
- Easy to manage since there is no need to install software on each client.
- More people are willing to spend time updating the documentation.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Powerpoint
Other Software Used
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Microsoft Visio, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
Explain processes and structures with a diagram with ease
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Gliffy when I need to explain something and/or document something. This ranges from software related diagrams, like ERD, Architectural diagrams or deployment diagrams to name a few. The easy of use is great, especially because I can use it directly within Confluence.
Pros
- easy of use
- diagramming
- flowcharting
- collaboration
Cons
- a few more options could be added
- text placement can turn out poorly
Most Important Features
- diagrams
- integration with confluence
- collaboration
Return on Investment
- it has saved a lot of time due to ease of use
- helps people understand things faster when you can make a clear drawing on the spot.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Powerpoint and Balsamiq
Other Software Used
Miro
Getting Gliffy with it!
Pros
- Ease of use
- Templates make getting started fast and simple
- Intuitive Flash interface makes it easy learn for beginners
Cons
- The limitation on the color customization of the diagrams.
- There are bugs in the view via web browsers like Google Chrome
- Should provide an ability to download diagrams in various available formats
Return on Investment
- Favorite Confluence plugin.
- I use this extensively at work. It has just about everything for creating diagrams - flowcharts, floorplans, electrical diagrams, rack diagrams etc.
- I think it rivals (maybe even surpasses) Visio.
- It is easy and simple to use.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, Creately and draw.io
Other Software Used
Google Analytics Premium, Oracle Eloqua, Twilio SMS
