Draw.io Reviews & Product Details

It is free with most functionalities available, client app that works better and also helps with a lot of visuals which is great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited options with diagrams and the client app can be better than what it is now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What sets Draw.io apart is how simple it is to use. I could create complex diagrams without much trouble or even time to learn how. It really is an easy button. The only thing I like is that it syncs with cloud storage, so all of my diagrams are available wherever I am, I find that really useful to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If I had to choose one element I dislike about it is that the templates are not always enough or not specific enough if I need very unique work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This tool has swiftly become my favorite tool for making attractive diagrams and flowcharts. It has a simple interface and a wide range of shapes and models that make it easy to illustrate even the most difficult concepts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike its customization capability. It could do with more advanced formatting options. Our diagrams would be on another level if we could adjust line styles, shadows, and gradient fills to our liking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is very intuitive and easy to use. Anyone who has a basic idea of how to make flowcharts can use this. Diagrams can be exported to Google Drive, OneDrive, Guthub, GitLab etc. All the shapes and figures necessary for making diagrams are available. Sharing and collaborative features are also pretty good. SQL entity relationship diagrams and UML diagrams can be drawn easily. It supports many languages too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing much. I found it to be extremely helpful and exceeding my expectations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've used quite a few vector diagramming tools, but I keep coming back to this one as once you get used to its interface, it's both powerful and quick to use.

It provides all the usual vector drawing features, such as sticky connections between items, straight or curved connectors, attaching text to the inside of items, raising and lowering items, grouping, etc. It also provides a good selection of templates with some advanced layout features such as tables inside UML class entries, etc. I regard these all as essential, yet some basic editors still force you to, say, drag objects and their associated text separately.

In addition it allows you to build a custom library of grouped objects using a simple drag-and-drop mechanic, so you can save commonly used groups or styled objects. it supports many styles such as gradient and hatched fills. It has flexible connectors which can be curved or straight with either square or rounded corners, and it can even introduce "jumps" where connectors cross each other to disambiguate what connects with what. Text can be in any font on Google Fonts and has many flexlble layout options. Objects can be arbitrarily rotated and flipped as needed.

As well as the vector drawing features, the application can be run online or can be downloaded for full offline operation on Windows, MacOS or Linux. When you install locally, you can configure custom styles, colours and fonts so that they're always available.

Finally, the killer feature for me is that when exporting as PNG or SVG (or other formats), you can attach the original source diagram as metadata within the file. This means that you don't need to, say, export as SVG for a website and then also save a separate source file—you can check one file into your repository and just re-open it within the editor to make further changes.

All in all, I've never found any editor which offers a better feature set. It might take a little while to learn to use the more advantaged features, but it's well worth it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are some very minor niggles with the tools. The sheer number of features comes with a cost in terms of ease of use, although basic features are very straightforward to use—just drag and drop shapes into your canvas, and double-click to edit.

Sometimes when shapes are very small it can be difficult to move them, because the drag handles for resizing have quite a large active area. However, this is easily mitigated by zooming in to deal with them.

Editing some objects which use the table features, such as UML classes, can be baffling until you find some of the more obscure options hidden away on the "Arrangement" tab—indeed, the fact that the right-hand properties bar has tabs at all can be a little confusing to first-time users. However, it's hard to say how the developers could have presented the sheet amount of functionality without making some things less immediately obvious to the user.

There is no concurrent editing capability that I'm aware of, so it's not as useful as a shared whiteboard, but as a single-user diagramming tool it's fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Draw.io stands out as a highly adaptable tool that has gained popularity among users for its versatility. It has became integral part of many user's daily routines for crafting flowcharts, UML diagrams, ER diagrams and other engineering related diagrams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the most improving feature for Draw.io is its importing files features. Alond with that it should be provide proper tutorials and materials to learn how to use it first time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Draw.io is very easy to use, Drag and drop elements to canvas makes it unique and easy to create diagrams such as flowchart and mind maps etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Auto save option fails sometimes but over its great . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use app, and a lot of customization options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A lot of icon pack are behind a paywall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most important feature that I use Draw.io is for its flow animation feature. It has got a lot of templates, built-in cliparts, use-cases and an easy to use interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only drawback I currently see in this software is the lack of GIF and Video export options. It needs an external Screen Recorder to record the flow animation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love its purpose, what it's supposed to be made for. I can organize my ideas and present them through charts. It helps me teach people in a better way and it's so easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If I have to find any dislike, there is not any particular. But I think they should create login/logout authentication for keeping the files on the cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.