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Creately FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Creately offer?

Creately has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $6.95/month
Pricing model: Free, Subscription

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Q. Who are the typical users of Creately?

Creately has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business

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Q. What languages does Creately support?

Creately supports the following languages:
Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

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Q. Does Creately offer an API?

Yes, Creately has an API available for use.

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Q. What other apps does Creately integrate with?

Creately integrates with the following applications:
Google Workspace, Google Drive, Slack, Confluence

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Q. What level of support does Creately offer?

Creately offers the following support options:
FAQs/Forum, 24/7 (Live rep), Email/Help Desk, Chat, Knowledge Base

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Creately product overview

Price starts from

6.95

Per month

Flat Rate

What is Creately?

Creately is a work management platform that runs on a smart visual canvas. Teams use it to brainstorm, plan, manage projects, and capture knowledge in a single space. It connects and centralizes work items from multiple apps, docs, and people in a central location. This makes it easier for teams to ideate, map out processes, add in-depth details, and build the systems to execute the processes right inside Creately.

Key benefits of using Creately

Creately provides a simple interface with incredible flexibility and power for teams to get things done on a singular canvas. Its built-in task management tools, databases, and code-free workflow designing capabilities helps bring people, ideas, data, and work together in a central place, making it easier for teams to brainstorm, plan, manage projects, and capture knowledge more seamlessly than ever.

> Free-form visual canvas: infinite space to visually create and organize any structure.
> Custom databases: create custom databases for any kind of information from tasks, HR personnel records to matters for law firms.
> Real-time collaboration: work remote or hybrid with real-time cursor tracking, in-built video chat and proper in-context comments and tasks.
> Data-driven docs: create docs and notes to go deeper from the high-level visual views. Two-way link to other docs, shapes or data with @mentions.
> Project & task management: built-in agile project management tools and integrations to popular project management systems.
> Professional diagramming: 50+ types of standard diagrams with 1000+ specially-designed shapes and connectors for intuitive diagramming.
Powerful visual modeling: Visuals that are backed by databases, update once, reflect in multiple view types of workflows.
> Full version history: Every change is recorded separately. Name versions in history to keep track of key points in the evolution of the workspace. Branch out from an earlier version if needed at any time.
> Data integration: import or drag drop data (CSV, Excel or spreadsheet) from any source to visualize on the canvas as meaningful data shapes.
> Multiple access and role levels: Precise access control with multiple roles, for viewing, editing, reviewing, and commenting on workspaces or folders.


Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

FAQs/Forum
24/7 (Live rep)
Email/Help Desk
Chat
Knowledge Base

Training options

Documentation
Videos
Live Online

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Value for money

4.3

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162

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Creately features

Functionality

4.2

/5

162

Total features

36

7 categories

Most valued features by users

API
Data Import/Export
Workflow Management
Collaboration Tools
Brainstorming
Charting
Content Management
Data Linking

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Creately users reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

/5

162

Positive reviews

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.46/10
Rating distribution

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Pros
I loved the finish of the design, and the fact that they had the gridlines to guide placement. Alignment of the shapes were so easy, and loved how customizable it was.
Very easy to use with excellent collaborative features. Nice bright and modern UI.
This was a great product if you're looking for something to do very simple flows and charts in. Price point is great, and the free version still allows to use most features.
Cons
Lack of features advertised would be included. Lack of tutorials in the software.
Sometimes the lines between connections didn’t land where I wanted them or changed shape and that was frustrating.
Occasionally, when I'd try to "tweak" a little place on my project it would mess up the whole thing.

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Sahan T.

Computer Software, 11-50 employees

Used other for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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My experience in creately

Reviewed 5 years ago

Mostly Im using creately for my educational purposes and some of office workrs. It’s really good tool to use and easy to manage everything on it.

Pros

It’s easy to use for drawing diagrams and providing pre build templates also. Diagram editing features are amazing and easy to learn.

Cons

The canvas area is limited for the larger diagrams, sometimes it says you have to manually save your changes for some problems.

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Computer Software, self-employed

Used other for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Highly recommended for businesses and individuals

Reviewed 5 years ago

Creately is highly recommended for businesses and individuals which create a large number of diagrams and flowcharts, since they can create these images quickly and without much effort, using the templates and other tools available.

Pros

Creately has more than 1000 templates, libraries and over 100,000 different examples which can be easily adapted by the user for their requirement. These examples can help the user visualize easily. The software can be used for creating flowcharts, UML and User interface mock ups in different patterns. One of the main advantage of Creately is the provision for collaboration, which allows the user to...

Cons

Cons - payment required, not suitable for those who require it occasionally

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Initial impressions let down with more extensive use...

Reviewed 11 years ago

The program showed a lot of potential when I trialed it online but after purchasing it (for a steep price of $75) and using it more, I've discovered that there are a bunch of bugs and limitations (issues with the graphics, text, placement limitations) which prevent me from doing what I want and getting the look I want. For example, text in shapes: the shapes can't be inverted without text flipping...

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No cons were added to this review

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Information Services, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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If you are a BPMN seeker here's your cloud tool

Reviewed 2 years ago

Creately is ideal for companies and individuals that generate a big number of flowcharts and diagrams, since the templates and other tools available enable you to build these diagrams rapidly and with minimal effort.

Pros

1.) The user interface is stunning & straightforward. 2.) The chart's appearance and elements can be completely customized.  3.) Frequently notice on upgrades and new features. 4.) Flexible, simple to use, and easy to share with others without having to convert to PDF or print.

Cons

There are no such Cons to mention on the tool, but it needs more popularity than the other products existing on the market.

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Computer Software, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Creately for free and awesome drawings

Reviewed 5 years ago

Very interesting and glad that i found this to simplify the scenarios and work around my software projects.

Pros

Creately is a Free and open license on-line licensed software that can be used very easily for all sorts of diagramming and work flow designing. I have been using creately for more that 4 years for my work and campus work. Highly recommend using creately for simple or advanced diagramming

Cons

Limited options available in the free version was the main blocker for me and the watermarks. But always it is best to proceed with the paid plan as it is totally worth purchasing that.

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