EdrawMax
EdrawMax AI turns a text description or a code snippet into a flowchart and generates mind maps, tables and images from a prompt.
A Visio-style diagram maker for desktop, mobile and the web, with AI that turns text into flowcharts.
- Starting price
- Free version; Team $9.92 / user / month
- Free trial
- Free version with up to 60 shapes for general diagrams, 2 pages and a watermark on export
- Output
- Flowcharts, org charts, mind maps and other diagrams across more than 210 types, per the vendor
Overview
EdrawMax is a general-purpose diagramming application from Wondershare, positioned as an alternative to Microsoft Visio for people who draw flowcharts, org charts and technical visuals. It runs as a desktop app on Windows, macOS and Linux, on iOS and Android, and in the browser as EdrawMax Online. A limited free version sits below individual subscriptions, a perpetual licence and team plans billed per user.
Our take
Pick EdrawMax if your diagrams are technical drawings that colleagues will open in Visio, and you would rather buy a licence once than rent a seat. If the board is mainly a live workshop space with sticky notes and facilitation, Miro or Mural is the closer fit, and an organisation already paying for Microsoft 365 may find Visio itself the more direct choice.
Key Facts
| Category | |
|---|---|
| Starting price | Free version; Team $9.92 / user / month Team plan billed annually. Individual subscriptions and a perpetual licence are sold separately. |
| Free trial | Free version with up to 60 shapes for general diagrams, 2 pages and a watermark on export |
| Output | Flowcharts, org charts, mind maps and other diagrams across more than 210 types, per the vendor |
| Users | More than 30 million, per the vendor |
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Placeholders. They are replaced as soon as the vendor sends material, and both open the same short form.
Features
- What it makes
- Diagrams across more than 210 types, from flowcharts and mind maps to technical drawings, built from over 1,500 templates and 26,000 symbols, per the vendor
- Templates and styling
- More than 1,500 built-in templates plus a community library of user-made templates; themes and theme colours, limited to 3 of each on the free version
- Diagramming
- A symbol-based editor for more than 210 diagram types; Visio VSDX and VSD files and SVG files can be imported one by one or in batch
- Collaboration and facilitation
- Diagrams are shared by email, as a link or as an HTML embed code, and others can be invited to comment on and edit them; files saved to the cloud keep a version history for reviewing or restoring earlier versions
- Permissions and guests
- An access level is chosen for each recipient of a share, and teams control editing and viewing access to group files; team plans manage licences across groups, and managing roles, permissions and licences is listed for the Business plan
- Export and sharing
- Exports to Visio VSDX, PDF, PS, EPS, SVG and to PNG, JPG, BMP and TIFF images; the free version adds a watermark and limits graphics and PDF to standard definition
- AI features
- Yes: text to flowchart, code to flowchart, and generation of mind maps, lists and tables from a prompt, plus AI image generation and one-click styling
Integrations
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Deployment and Support
- Deployment
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- Cloud (SaaS)
- Browser-based
- Company size
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- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
Pros and Cons
Strengths
- Opens and saves Visio files, so existing diagrams move across without redrawing
- Desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux alongside mobile and web
- A perpetual licence is available as well as subscriptions
- A pasted code snippet can be turned into a flowchart
Limitations
- The free version caps general diagrams at 60 shapes and 2 pages
- Free exports carry a watermark
- Removing members from a team plan does not reduce the payment
Pricing
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Free
$0
Up to 60 shapes for general diagrams and 120 for specific ones, 2 pages, 100 MB of cloud storage and watermarked exports.
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Individual
Not stated
For a single user. Sold as a semi-annual or annual subscription, or as a perpetual licence with mobile and online access for 3 years.
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Team
$9.92
Per user and month, billed annually. Team size can change during the subscription, but removing members does not reduce the payment.
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Business
Not stated
Quoted through a form for larger teams.
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