The 10 Best Free Alternatives to Microsoft Visio. Posted by Jamie on December 30, 2018 Depending on what you do for work, you either have never heard of Microsoft Visio, or you use it (or a competitor) all the time. If you’re in the former group, all you need to know is that Visio is a structured drawing application that is part of the.

More affordable than Visio for teams Free account options Lucidchart has a free account option for lite users, and professional account options for more advanced users. Try all of our features with a 7 day free trial to figure out what account level is right for you. With our affordable pricing options, you can outfit your entire organization with Lucidchart for about half the cost of running Visio. Not only will you save money, you’ll also experience productivity improvements! Import Visio files Lucidchart is one of the few applications that can import documents from Microsoft Visio. Once you’re online, it's easy to collaborate with team members. Testimonials • 'I was originally looking for Visio, since that's what I'm used to using, but there is no Visio for Mac.

So this was the next best option. And quite frankly I think its on par with Visio. In fact, I like it better than Visio.' - Brian Wallin, Engineer at Freshrealm.co • 'I was originally looking for Visio, since that's what I'm used to using, but there is no Visio for Mac. So this was the next best option. And quite frankly I think its on par with Visio.

In fact, I like it better than Visio.' - Brian Wallin, Engineer at Freshrealm.co • 'I'll be honest, I don't like OmniGraffle. It's too clunky.

And Visio is overkill for 95% of people. Lucidchart is incredibly easy to use. Anyone can very quickly figure out what they're doing.

That functionality makes it a great solution.' - Amanda Somma, PMO for Enable Path • 'Coming from the Visio world previously, I doubted that any remote or web-based application would be able to be as responsive as Visio. Lucidchart is fantastic, and I never expected that.' - Nicholas Williams, Senior Technical Design Engineer at Pearson.

Microsoft Visio is a powerful piece of software, allowing IT professionals, business people, engineers, and others working in highly technical fields to map out and display complex information in the form of flowcharts, site plans, floor plans, diagrams and more. Useful though all this is, the price point is well beyond what the average home user is willing to spend at $300 for the “Standard” version and $590 for the Pro version. (If you’re dead-set on using Visio, there is a potentially cheaper option where you can get Visio Pro for Office 365 for $13/month if you get an annual subscription or $15/month for a monthly commitment.). But why pay at all when there are perfectly free and viable Visio alternatives available to you? Here are our top picks. LucidChart Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux If you are looking for a web-based alternative to Microsoft Visio, is the perfect choice.

It provides a drag-and-drop web interface to draw any kind of diagram. LucidChart gives you an option to build your diagrams in collaboration with your team. Multiple people will be able to work with the same diagram, making it the perfect choice for small teams. One of the great features of LucidChart is that it can export or import Microsoft Visio vdx files very easily.

One thing that is missing in LucidChart is the built-in categorization of different shapes for different areas like networking, engineering, etc. You don’t need to sign up for an account with LucidChart; just open the site and start drawing. ASCIIFlow Infinity Platforms: Browser Starting with the simple stuff, if you’re looking for a quick, easy and instantly accessible diagramming tool with no bells and whistles attached, is a good option. Makros na prostuyu mishku pb. You can forget about having a vast range of shapes at your disposal or using this to map out a complex engineering project, but for quickly conveying ideas in diagram form, this is about as efficient as you can get.

The ASCII format is clear, and you can use familiar Windows shortcuts ( Ctrl + C, Ctrl + Z and so on) to quickly chop and change your diagrams. You can change the format of the boxes from ASCII to Lines to make things a little clearer, and sync it all with Google Drive, too (though currently the level of access it requests to your Google Drive may put more security-conscious users off – hopefully that’s something they can fix). Gliffy Platforms: Windows, Mac, Browser Coming in both free and paid flavors, is a robust diagramming app that fully embraces the cloud. It integrates with services like Google Drive, Confluence and JIRA to allow you to collaborate on your UMLs, flowcharts and other diagramming projects seamlessly. Gliffy is free for students, while others get access to the ‘Basic’ version of the software (after a 14-day trial with the paid version), which has less templates, images and so on than the paid version. With its simple drag-and-drop interface, large variety of exportable formats and a perfectly usable which is completely free, Gliffy is an excellent choice for those comfortable with diagramming and flowchart software. More advanced users, however, may find the free version a little wanting in features and opt for one of the other, more feature-packed options in this list.