draw.io - 2025 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Reviewers appreciate draw.io's diagramming capabilities for their intuitiveness and ease of use. They report that creating and connecting shapes is quick and straightforward, with a wide variety of icons and templates available. Users highlight the versatility and customizability of diagrams, which can be tailored for different audiences, such as technical teams or sales presentations. They also mention the integration with Jira and Confluence, which enhances workflow efficiency. However, some users note issues with manually fixing lines when moving shapes around. Of the 21 draw.io users who gave detailed accounts of their use of Diagramming, 100% rated this feature as important or highly important.

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“Diagramming features in Diagrams.Net are intuitive and easy. The speed you can put together a simple diagram and connect shapes takes seconds. Connections between shapes doesn't require selecting a connector, simply drag from one edge to another. Dragging and moving shapes does tend to confuse the system and unlike Visio, lines won't necessarily try to intelligently redraw themselves. Trying to manually fix the lines can be an issue.”

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Brian Ham

Software Engineer

“Creating diagrams is very easy, you can choose from the shapes on the menu just drag and drop.”

Ivan Aguilar

Design Engineer

Users find the drag-and-drop functionality of draw.io highly convenient and user-friendly. They report that it simplifies the process of adding and arranging shapes, text, and other elements on the canvas. Reviewers indicate that this capability enhances efficiency and makes diagram creation effortless. They appreciate the ability to customize dragged elements and the logical arrangement of shapes. However, some users feel it is limited for more complex layouts, and a few find it tricky to use initially. Of the 26 draw.io users who gave detailed accounts of their use of Drag & Drop, 96% rated this feature as important or highly important.

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“Drag & Drop allows you to easily select the different shapes, like boxes, circles, and stars, to add to the canvas. Further, Draw.io makes it really easy to add text and customize the shapes added on the canvas. ”

Harsh Dod

Researcher

Highly relevant

“Drag & drop works well for moving shapes around, making it easy to arrange elements, but still feels limited for more complex layouts.”

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Parveen Kaur Maan

Student

Reviewers highlight the valuable data import/export capabilities of draw.io. They appreciate the ability to export diagrams in various formats, including PDF, PNG, and SVG, and to import data from multiple sources. Users report that this functionality facilitates integration with other tools, such as spreadsheets and databases, and improves work efficiency. They find it easy to save and store files in different formats, including cloud storage options like Google Drive. However, some users experience occasional issues with importing data. Of the 21 draw.io users who gave detailed accounts of their use of Data Import/Export, 86% rated this feature as important or highly important.

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“We use the app to create initial diagrams, visualizations and modeling then can export it to another app to handle more process like sheets or websites directly, It's free and powerful and you can import from several sources ”

Ehab Khedr

Project Management

“Allows integration with other systems and tools, such as spreadsheets and databases.Facilitates the transfer of information between different platforms.It improves work efficiency, as it is possible to import existing data instead of typing it manually.”

Geraldo Gana Albano

Administrativo