About SmartDraw

SmartDraw offers a full suite of diagrams, templates, tools and symbols to design anything. Use SmartDraw to make flowcharts, residential and commercial floor plans, organizational charts, CAD and engineering diagrams, electrical designs, landscape designs, network diagrams, app and site mockups, wireframes, and more. SmartDraw automates much of the drawing process, users can add, move, and delete shapes, and the app is smart enough to realign and fix drawings as they are being worked on. Businesses can create a custom org chart using a pre-built template, or by drawing it from scratch, and utilize tools such as intelligent formatting, Visio file import, powerful automation, visual simbols, simple commands, and other intuitive tools.

With easy file sharing and integrations with Confluence, Jira, MS Office, GSuite Apps, Trello, Box and more, SmartDraw facilitates file storage, sharing, and collaboration. SmartDraw allows users to import, edit and export Visio files (VSD & VSDX), as well as import, edit and save Visio stencils. SmartDraw is available online and offline, allowing businesses to make diagrams whenever and wherever needed.

Pricing starting from:

US$9,95/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Key benefits of SmartDraw

  • SmartDraw includes more diagrams, templates, tools and symbols than the competition, so you never need to start with a blank page.

  • SmartDraw allows for online and offline access, with the ability to access and use SmartDraw from any internet connected device.

  • SmartDraw includes a full Visio® import and export. You can import, edit and export Visio® files (VSD & VSDX) as well as import, modify and save Visio® stencils.

  • SmartDraw offers integrations allowing for easy file storage, sharing and collaboration, including: Confluence, Jira, MS Office, GSuite Apps, Box, Trello and more.

  • SmartDraw's automated features allow you to import files and have diagrams automatically created for you. You can also add, move and delete shapes with a simple button or mouse press, and have them automatically connected and formatted properly.

    • Typical Customers

    • Freelancers
    • Small Businesses (2-50)
    • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
    • Large enterprises (500 and more)

    Deployment

    • Cloud-based
    • On-premise

    Markets

    Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany and 6 others

    Supported Languages

    Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch and 21 others

    Pricing starting from:

    US$9,95/month

    • Free Version
    • Free Trial
    • Subscription

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    Features

    Total features of SmartDraw: 74

    • 2D Drawing
    • API
    • Appointment Scheduling
    • Architectural Symbol Library
    • Automatic Adjustments
    • Automatic Formatting
    • Brainstorming
    • CAD Tools
    • Charting
    • Collaboration Tools
    • Crime Scene Management
    • Customizable Templates
    • Data Import/Export
    • Data Linking
    • Data Visualization
    • Design Management
    • Design Templates
    • Desktop Interface
    • Diagramming
    • Dispatch Management
    • Drafting
    • Drag & Drop
    • Drag & Drop Editor
    • Employee Photos
    • Evidence Management
    • File Sharing
    • Floor Plans & Maps
    • Flowchart
    • For Offices
    • For Retail
    • Gantt/Timeline View
    • Goal Setting/Tracking
    • Graphical Data Presentation
    • Groundskeeping Management
    • Idea Management
    • Incident Mapping
    • Interactive Elements
    • Job Scheduling
    • Landscape Design
    • Milestone Tracking
    • Mind Maps
    • Mobile Interface
    • Mockup Creation
    • Modeling & Simulation
    • Network Diagram
    • Occupancy Management
    • Offline Access
    • One Line Diagram
    • Org Chart Creation
    • Organizational Charting
    • Parts Management
    • Planogramming
    • Presentation Tools
    • Project Management
    • Publishing/Sharing
    • Quotes/Estimates
    • Reusable Designs
    • Roadmapping
    • Scenario Planning
    • Scheduling
    • Scorecards
    • Screen Capture
    • Shelf Planning
    • Smart Chart Legend
    • Space Reservation
    • Strategic Planning
    • Symbol Library
    • Task Management
    • Template Management
    • Templates
    • Third Party Integrations
    • Version Control
    • Wireframe Creation
    • Workflow Management

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    Reviews

    Overall rating

    4,1 /5
    (110)
    Value for Money
    3,8/5
    Features
    4,1/5
    Ease of Use
    4,0/5
    Customer Support
    4,0/5

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    Renea
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    • Used Daily for Free Trial
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    • Value for Money
    • Ease of Use
    • Customer Support
    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    So Glad I Discovered Smart Draw!

    Reviewed on 2018/06/24

    The ability to create powerful, moving charts and mind maps.

    The ability to create powerful, moving charts and mind maps.

    Pros

    My absolute favorite thing about SmartDraw is the simple drag and drop to build out anything from mind maps to flowcharts and more. An especially good investment for anyone needing to make their ideas clear and points understood in a powerful way.

    Cons

    The design of the dashboard could be better. It is a bit boring for all that it does. The layout would be better if I had the whole screen and the options to drag and drop were at the top.

    Nicky
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    • Industry: Design
    • Company size: Self Employed
    • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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    • Value for Money
    • Ease of Use
    • Customer Support
    • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

    Basic floor plans but easy to use

    Reviewed on 2019/04/25

    I've used other floor planners and this one is definitely the easiest to use at a great price.

    I've used other floor planners and this one is definitely the easiest to use at a great price.

    Pros

    It's very easy to draw up a basic house floor plan.

    Cons

    Limited symbol options specific to interior design. If you use too many JPEG images within the file the system struggles to convert to PDF. (which isn't the case with my other design software). Often glitches when opening files and/or is very slow to open existing documents.

    Response from SmartDraw

    Hi Nicky,

    Thank you for the positive review and for the feedback. I'll pass the review along to our development team, so we can take a look at the PDF export and file opening issues you mentioned. If you reply back to me, or contact our support using the below info, we can further investigate and help. If there is any other way we can be of assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

    International: +1 858 225 3300
    US: 800-768-3729
    email: [email protected]

    -Chris

    Marc
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    • Industry: Information Technology & Services
    • Company size: 2–10 Employees
    • Used Weekly for 2+ years
    • Review Source

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    • Value for Money
    • Ease of Use
    • Customer Support
    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    SmartDraw - Not quite a Visio replacement-- but pretty close

    Reviewed on 2020/08/19

    SmartDraw is great if starting from scratch to create drawing ( both simple & complex). If...

    SmartDraw is great if starting from scratch to create drawing ( both simple & complex). If documents need to be traded with users who are using Visio, there will be issues-- especially if drawings need to be updated or converted across several users.
    It has most of the power of Visio with some added discovery things so if one is starting without the requirement of Visio integration, its a solid, but pricy tool.

    Pros

    Lots of examples and help videos
    Enterprise discovery tools are great but expensive

    Cons

    Stated the Enterprise version would import Visio but it is not a 100% conversion to SmartDraw format so that the properties of the Visio document carry thru in the same way with the same functionality.
    *) Layers don't really stay intact.
    *) Significant amount of the custom formatting gets lost.
    *) Support and 'help' is primarily from static Web Videos. While they may provide some help, there is not much detail about what steps to take when things DO NOT work -- so one needs to call in and request support. No exactly the fastest turnaround.

    Simon
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    • Industry: Construction
    • Company size: 11–50 Employees
    • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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    Overall rating

    • Value for Money
    • Ease of Use
    • Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10

    Payment Plan a deterrent

    Reviewed on 2020/02/04

    Many of our processes were formalized using Smartdraw, unfortunately we have since moved on.

    Many of our processes were formalized using Smartdraw, unfortunately we have since moved on.

    Pros

    Great software for flow charts and process maps. Used extensively for 3 years under a one time license.

    Cons

    Was only available for Windows at time of last use, since then it has moved to a subscription, web-based platform which is a significant cost considering other better-value or free softwares that can do the same.

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    Response from SmartDraw

    Hi Simon,

    Thank you for the feedback. If it helps, we do still offer SmartDraw for Windows, which is a one time payment with no required ongoing fees in order to use it. That can be found here: https://www.smartdraw.com/buy/ or by visiting smartdraw.com and clicking Buy in the top right.

    Anything more, please let us know.

    Thank you,
    Chris

    [email protected]
    800-768-3729
    +1 858 225 3300

    Gulshan
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    • Industry: Computer Software
    • Company size: 501–1 000 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
    • Review Source

    Overall rating

    • Ease of Use
    • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

    Powerful tool for designing software

    Reviewed on 2019/03/25

    Over-all experience as per my requirements is good and doing my work done easily and fast.

    Over-all experience as per my requirements is good and doing my work done easily and fast.

    Pros

    Very easy to draw flowcharts.
    Easily import and export visio. Available at cheap price and can easily replace visio i believe which is much costlier. One can use its rich library of colours.
    Templates help alot to quickly built mocks.

    Cons

    When I used i didn't find multiple user facility.

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    SmartDraw FAQs

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    SmartDraw offers the following pricing plans:

    • Starting from: US$9,95/month
    • Pricing model: Subscription
    • Free Trial: Available

    Single User: $9.95 per month, billed annually Multiple Users (for 5+ users): $5.95 per month, billed annually

    SmartDraw has the following typical customers:

    Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000

    SmartDraw supports the following languages:

    Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian

    SmartDraw supports the following devices:

    SmartDraw integrates with the following applications:

    Box, Confluence, Dropbox Business, Google Drive, Google Workspace, Jira, Microsoft 365, Microsoft PowerPoint, OneDrive, Trello, WordPress

    SmartDraw offers the following support options:

    Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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