ProcessOn comparisons
ProcessOn is compared head-to-head with draw.io, Visual Paradigm and Lucidchart and more: 7 head-to-heads in Diagram Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
ProcessOn head-to-head
- ProcessOn vs draw.io
- ProcessOn vs Visual Paradigm
- ProcessOn vs Lucidchart
- ProcessOn vs Microsoft Visio
- ProcessOn vs EdrawMax
- ProcessOn vs SmartDraw
- ProcessOn vs Cacoo
ProcessOn vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Diagram types | Real-time collaboration | Export formats | Import formats | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | ProcessOn | Yes | mind maps, flowcharts, swimlane diagrams, Gantt charts, UML diagrams, architecture diagrams, ER diagrams, network topology diagrams, organizational charts, Venn diagrams, BPMN diagrams, circuit diagrams, floor plans, timelines, fishbone diagrams, tree diagrams, matrix diagrams, data visualization charts | Yes | PNG, PDF, PPT, SVG, Excel, Word, JPG, POS, XMind, FreeMind, Visio | Visio, XMind, Markdown, Mermaid, Excel, POS | 8.7 | |
| 1 | draw.io | Yes | Free | flow charts, mind maps, org charts, Venn diagrams, infographics, network diagrams, architecture diagrams, floor plans, electrical diagrams, rack diagrams, UML diagrams, BPMN diagrams, Kanban boards, ER diagrams, Mermaid diagrams, Gitflow diagrams, C4 models, threat models | Yes | PNG, SVG, JPEG, animated GIF, PDF, HTML, URL, XML, JSON | draw.io, XML, Gliffy, VSDX, Lucidchart, PNG, SVG, JPEG | 9.4 |
| 2 | Visual Paradigm | Yes | $4/user/mo | UML, SysML, flowchart, organization chart, ER, BPMN, data-flow, EPC, mind map, C4, Gantt, wireframe, cloud architecture | Yes | JPG, PNG, SVG, TIFF, EMF, PDF, XML, Excel, XMI, UML2 | XML, Excel, XMI, UML2, Visio drawing, Visio stencil, Rational Rose, Rational DNX, Rational System Architect, Rational Rhapsody, NetBeans UML | 9.2 |
| 3 | Lucidchart | Yes | flowcharts, org charts, entity relationship diagrams, sequence diagrams, mind maps, UML/class diagrams, process diagrams | Yes | PDF, PNG, JPEG, SVG, VSDX, VDX, JSON, CSV, BPMN | VSDX, VSD, VDX, JPEG, PNG, .drawio, XML, BPMN, XPDL, OmniGraffle flat files | 9.0 | |
| 4 | Microsoft Visio | No | $5/user/mo | basic, block, business matrix, Venn, cycle, pyramid, flowchart, process, cross-functional, SDL, UML, ERD, network, Azure, AWS, BPMN, floor plan, HVAC, plant layout, timeline, Gantt, PERT, ITIL, Pivot, Six Sigma, value-stream map, organization chart | Yes | PDF, PNG, JPG, SVG, EMF, GIF, TIF, BMP, WMF | DWG, DXF, EMZ, EMF, GIF, JPG, PNG, SVG, SVGZ, TIF, TIFF, BMP, DIB, WMF | 8.9 |
| 5 | EdrawMax | Yes | $5.90/mo | 8.8 | ||||
| 7 | SmartDraw | No | floor plans, site plans, building layouts, evacuation plans, accident reconstructions, crime scenes, circuit diagrams, wiring diagrams, electrical plans, planograms, flowcharts, organizational charts, network diagrams, UML diagrams, ERDs, data flow diagrams, timelines, mind maps, Gantt charts, cause-and-effect diagrams | Yes | JPEG, PNG, SVG, PDF, Visio | PDF, VSD, VSDX, Visio stencils, Lucidchart files, JPEG, PNG, SVG | 8.6 | |
| 8 | Cacoo | Yes | $6/user/mo | flowcharts, wireframes, mind maps, process diagrams, BPMN diagrams, network diagrams, UML diagrams, organizational charts, timelines, charts, wireframes | Yes | PNG, SVG, PDF, PS, PPT | Microsoft Visio, CSV | 8.5 |
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