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Gliffy

By Perforce

4.4 out of 5 stars

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Gliffy Pros and Cons: Top Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users find Gliffy to be a versatile diagramming tool, perfect for creating and sharing complex diagrams effortlessly. (3 mentions)
Users find Gliffy easy to use, appreciating its seamless integration and ability to create shareable diagrams effortlessly. (3 mentions)
Users appreciate the easy sharing feature of Gliffy, enhancing collaboration and idea exchange with team members. (2 mentions)
Users value the ease of sharing designs and workflows with team members, fostering collaboration and creativity. (2 mentions)
Users enjoy the creativity freedom Gliffy offers, enabling effective design and collaboration on ideas with their teams. (1 mentions)
Users appreciate the easy creation of diagrams with Gliffy, enhancing documentation with seamless integrations and a user-friendly interface. (1 mentions)
Users appreciate the easy drawing capabilities of Gliffy, finding it perfect for creating complex diagrams and wireframes. (1 mentions)
Users appreciate Gliffy's flexibility in creating various diagrams, enhancing collaboration and project organization effortlessly. (1 mentions)
Users feel there could be more tools and features to enhance the descriptiveness of their charts. (1 mentions)
Users feel that pricing can be improved and desire options for adding diagrams to multiple cloud platforms. (1 mentions)
Users find Gliffy expensive, suggesting improvements in pricing and adding multi-cloud platform support. (1 mentions)
Users feel Gliffy could be more intuitive and user-friendly, impacting their overall experience positively. (1 mentions)
Users find that the tool's learning curve is steep, making it less user-friendly than desired. (1 mentions)
Users note the missing features in Gliffy, including limited access in the free version and fewer shapes available. (1 mentions)

Top Pros or Advantages of Gliffy

1. Diagramming
Users find Gliffy to be a versatile diagramming tool, perfect for creating and sharing complex diagrams effortlessly.
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Swati G.
SG

Swati G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Software designer"

What do you like about Gliffy?

It helps me create workflow and diagrams and share with my team mates.

Ritesh S.
RS

Ritesh S.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Best tool in the market for LLD/HLD diagram"

What do you like about Gliffy?

The best goto tool for LLD/HLD diagram. It gives option of many different smaller component to draw any type of complex components of the diagram .

2. Ease of Use
Users find Gliffy easy to use, appreciating its seamless integration and ability to create shareable diagrams effortlessly.
See 3 mentions

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Abhishek G.
AG

Abhishek G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Strategic Analyst"

What do you like about Gliffy?

It's a very good tool to design my ideas and share it with my team members

Swati G.
SG

Swati G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Software designer"

What do you like about Gliffy?

It helps me create workflow and diagrams and share with my team mates.

3. Easy Sharing
Users appreciate the easy sharing feature of Gliffy, enhancing collaboration and idea exchange with team members.
See 2 mentions

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Abhishek G.
AG

Abhishek G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Strategic Analyst"

What do you like about Gliffy?

It's a very good tool to design my ideas and share it with my team members

Swati G.
SG

Swati G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Software designer"

What do you like about Gliffy?

It helps me create workflow and diagrams and share with my team mates.

4. Sharing
Users value the ease of sharing designs and workflows with team members, fostering collaboration and creativity.
See 2 mentions

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Abhishek G.
AG

Abhishek G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Strategic Analyst"

What do you like about Gliffy?

It's a very good tool to design my ideas and share it with my team members

Swati G.
SG

Swati G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Software designer"

What do you like about Gliffy?

It helps me create workflow and diagrams and share with my team mates.

5. Creativity Freedom
Users enjoy the creativity freedom Gliffy offers, enabling effective design and collaboration on ideas with their teams.
See 1 mentions

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Abhishek G.
AG

Abhishek G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Strategic Analyst"

What do you like about Gliffy?

It's a very good tool to design my ideas and share it with my team members

6. Easy Creation
Users appreciate the easy creation of diagrams with Gliffy, enhancing documentation with seamless integrations and a user-friendly interface.
See 1 mentions

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Aastha K.
AK

Aastha K.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Process developer"

What do you like about Gliffy?

Gliffy helps me incorporate ideas to diagrams and images for better documentation and shareable document. Its easy to implement and itegrate with othe

7. Easy Drawing
Users appreciate the easy drawing capabilities of Gliffy, finding it perfect for creating complex diagrams and wireframes.
See 1 mentions

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Ritesh S.
RS

Ritesh S.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Best tool in the market for LLD/HLD diagram"

What do you like about Gliffy?

The best goto tool for LLD/HLD diagram. It gives option of many different smaller component to draw any type of complex components of the diagram .

8. Flexibility
Users appreciate Gliffy's flexibility in creating various diagrams, enhancing collaboration and project organization effortlessly.
See 1 mentions

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Ritesh S.
RS

Ritesh S.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Best tool in the market for LLD/HLD diagram"

What do you like about Gliffy?

The best goto tool for LLD/HLD diagram. It gives option of many different smaller component to draw any type of complex components of the diagram .

Top Cons or Disadvantages of Gliffy

1. Chart Limitations
Users feel there could be more tools and features to enhance the descriptiveness of their charts.
See 1 mentions

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Swati G.
SG

Swati G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Software designer"

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

There can be more tools or features to make my charts more descriptive

2. Diagramming Issues
Users feel that pricing can be improved and desire options for adding diagrams to multiple cloud platforms.
See 1 mentions

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Ritesh S.
RS

Ritesh S.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Best tool in the market for LLD/HLD diagram"

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

Pricing can be improved. And it should give option to add the diagram in multipe cloud platforms.

3. Expensive
Users find Gliffy expensive, suggesting improvements in pricing and adding multi-cloud platform support.
See 1 mentions

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Ritesh S.
RS

Ritesh S.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Best tool in the market for LLD/HLD diagram"

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

Pricing can be improved. And it should give option to add the diagram in multipe cloud platforms.

4. Intuitiveness
Users feel Gliffy could be more intuitive and user-friendly, impacting their overall experience positively.
See 1 mentions

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Abhishek G.
AG

Abhishek G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Strategic Analyst"

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

Tool can be more easy and user friendly. Otherwise things are fine.

5. Learning Curve
Users find that the tool's learning curve is steep, making it less user-friendly than desired.
See 1 mentions

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Abhishek G.
AG

Abhishek G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Strategic Analyst"

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

Tool can be more easy and user friendly. Otherwise things are fine.

6. Missing Features
Users note the missing features in Gliffy, including limited access in the free version and fewer shapes available.
See 1 mentions

See Related User Reviews

Swati G.
SG

Swati G.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Software designer"

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

There can be more tools or features to make my charts more descriptive

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Gliffy turns complex data into easy-to-understand diagrams."
What do you like best about Gliffy?

It’s super intuitive for creating diagrams — easy to add interactive buttons [show/hide layers] without cluttering the view. In Gliffy we can convert MermaidCode into diagrams automatically, while smart guides + the adjustable grid keep layouts consistent without tedious tweaks needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

When importing from less-standardized tools — line thickness, label positions or fonts, sometimes shift adding extra tweaks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matthew L.
ML
Business Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Quick diagram creation within Confluence"
What do you like best about Gliffy?

Gliffy allows me to readily communicate ideas and concepts to various stakeholders and offers numerous types of diagram options.

The tool also makes it easy to locate the shapes/icons needed to effectively get an idea/concept across without having to go overboard with text.

Also have found the Gliffy Office Hours meetings to be an effective way to learn about new features and how others are utilizing the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

It can be difficult at times to select specific elements of a diagram when you have elements overlapped; this draw back can be especially frustrating when creating rough UX mockups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Samie Kaufman of Gliffy

Hi Matthew! Thanks so much for taking the time to review us. I'm really glad you're finding our Office Hours sessions to be helpful, and I appreciate your feedback on selecting items within a diagram. This is something I'll continue to discuss with our team, and something I can tell you we're currently exploring for ways to improve your experience. :)

Michelle A.
MA
Crowdfunding Strategist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Gliffy versatility in diagramming helps drive deeper meaning of ideas by representing using diagrams"
What do you like best about Gliffy?

The best idea is the one which everyone in the team can easily understand and Gliffy has been helping us achieve this. It makes it easy for us to represent our ideas and plans using flowcharts andother diagrams that are easy to interpret for everyone. Gliffy allows us to collaborate when working on our diagrams and this makes it so easy for us to connect our individual ideas into coming up with one complete project plan in form of a flowcharts. With Gliffy, it has so easy for us to organize our work using the flowcharts which allows us to perform our work step by step without missing anything. Gliffy is easy to use and has a very simple and user-friendly interface and this gives everyone in the team an easy time accessing the diagrams we have build.

When Gliffy was first introduced and we were learning how to operate with it, we found the diagrams and flowcharts design templates very useful as they acted as guides to show us how to develop our own diagrams. The templates are numerous and we could get almost any typr of diagram we needed. Gliffy has a great collection of diagramming shapes and charts and this allows us to always rely on it whenever we need to build any type of diagram for our ideas, plans and projects despite their complexity. Our experience with Gliffy has been made even better by the professional support services we get from the support team and other support materials available in the knowledge base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

Nothing at all to be honest. Gliffy has been so good to us and has been delivering to our fulfilment. There has been no technical issues while using Gliffy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Peter O A.
PA
Life Business Division Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"We have gained a better workflow visualization with Gliffy. The most useful diagramming tool."
What do you like best about Gliffy?

Having better workflow plans is always the key to better work implementation but it does not always come that easy. Thankfully, Gliffy introduced us to workflow visualization by using diagrams and flowcharts and our work has never been this easy. It was so easy to learn how to use Gliffy since it provided us with alot of templates to guide us how to build diagrams that matches our specific needs. Gliffy itself is a very easy to use platform and even though it has robust features and tools, everything is well organized making it so easy to access and use. It has alot of shapes and flowcharts which allows us to design any kind of visualization diagram that we need.

Gliffy helps us to break down our projects into smaller task steps. By visualizing these steps, it gets easy for us to get our work done step by step and to follow up on these steps to ensure we get our all our work activities done. Gliffy is so secure and allows us to keep all our diagrams secure. It allows us to translate any idea into an easy to achieve plan by creating a visualization diagram that clearly demonstrate the idea and how it can be implemented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

We have never had any challenges using Gliffy. It is easy to use and it allows us to build our diagrams efficiently without any issues. There is no dislikes for Gliffy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JD
Chief Information Officer
Higher Education
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Affordable, Versatile, Easy to Use, Web-based Diagramming Tool"
What do you like best about Gliffy?

Gliffy is easy to learn and easy to use. It comes with a significant number of templates, diagramming elements, and examples to build off. Gliffy offers convenient collaboration tools, some simple automations, and is very flexible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

There's not much to dislike. My one complaint is that it is difficult to rearrange elements on a complex diagram if that diagram needs to be changed in key places. This is the same complaint I have about Visio and other similar tools, but with a little planning and elbow grease it's not much of an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ritesh S.
RS
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best tool in the market for LLD/HLD diagram"
What do you like best about Gliffy?

The best goto tool for LLD/HLD diagram. It gives option of many different smaller component to draw any type of complex components of the diagram . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

Pricing can be improved. And it should give option to add the diagram in multipe cloud platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aastha K.
AK
Process Developer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Process developer"
What do you like best about Gliffy?

Gliffy helps me incorporate ideas to diagrams and images for better documentation and shareable document. Its easy to implement and itegrate with other tools. I use it quite often in my documentations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

Gliffy is nice to use. But with that other tools are also required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
AT
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Excellent diagramming software"
What do you like best about Gliffy?

Ease of use, clear, concise and economical. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

Sometimes it takes a long time to save however this is not all the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhishek G.
AG
Business Strategy Analyst | Enterprise Solutions
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Strategic Analyst"
What do you like best about Gliffy?

It's a very good tool to design my ideas and share it with my team members Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

Tool can be more easy and user friendly. Otherwise things are fine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ELMI M.
EM
Dean
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Gliffy - a great online tool"
What do you like best about Gliffy?

If you're in search of an online diagramming tool that seamlessly marries functionality with user-friendliness, look no further than Gliffy. This remarkable program has earned its reputation as a go-to solution for creating diagrams of all kinds, and for good reason. Gliffy excels in every aspect, from its intuitive interface to its extensive library of shapes and templates, making it a wonderful choice for professionals and creatives alike.

One of the standout features of Gliffy is its ease of use. Whether you're a seasoned diagram creator or a beginner taking your first steps in the world of visual communication, Gliffy's clean and straightforward interface welcomes you with open arms. The drag-and-drop functionality is so intuitive that creating intricate diagrams becomes a breeze. It doesn't take long to realize that this tool is designed with user convenience in mind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gliffy?

One drawback of Gliffy is that its free version has limited features and capabilities, which might be restrictive for users who require advanced functionality or need to create a wide variety of complex diagrams. Upgrading to the paid version is necessary to unlock the full potential of the tool, which can be a downside for budget-conscious individuals or small teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Samie Kaufman of Gliffy

Thanks for your glowing review, Elmi!