Cinergix
Creately
Drag shapesDescribe in words
Visual workspace from Cinergix: you drag shapes and connectors on an infinite canvas, or prompt Creately AI for a starting diagram.
- How you draw
- Shapes, Words
- Free for work
- Not stated
- Free plan
- Paid from
- $4/user/mo
- Pro, billed yearly
- Exports
- SVG, PDF
- Runs on
- Web
- Works offline
- Made by
- Cinergix
- Australia
Good to know
- SVG export is on paid plans only
- Works fully offline
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every app's answer. Creately is outlined.
Main way to draw
Drag shapes
Sketch by hand 5
Drag shapes 13
Write code 4
Describe in words 2
Free for work use
Not stated
Free version allows work use 10
Exports SVG
On paid plans
On every plan 15
On paid plans 5
Draws from a text prompt
On every plan
On every plan 14
On paid plans 3
No AI drawing 1
Not stated 6
Diagram code
No live code
Works offline
Fully offline
Open source
Closed source
Plans and prices
In USD, per month, as listed by Cinergix. Checked 17 October 2026.
| Plan | Billed yearly | Billed monthly | Seats | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free planUp to 40 shapes per diagram, all diagram types, real-time collaboration | Work use: not stated | ||
| Pro | $4/mo$48 a year | Not stated | per editor | Private links, fine-grained sharing and email invites. |
| Business | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Viewer permissions inside and outside teams; CSV export. |
- Free for work use
- Not statedNot stated
- One-time licence
- Subscription only
- Enterprise
- Price on request
How you make a diagram
- Ways to draw
- Shapes, Words
- AI from a text prompt
- YesYes Creately AI turns a prompt into mind maps, process flows and more; plan availability for general prompts isn't specified
- AI limits
- No usage limit stated
- Diagram code
- None No diagram code syntax documented
- Diagram types
- Flowcharts, UML, ER / database, BPMN, Network, Org charts, Mind maps, Wireframes, Sequence, Cloud architecture AWS and Azure for network/cloud
What you get out
- SVG
- Paid plansPaid plans Paid plans only, per the plan comparison and help article
- PNG
- Not statedNot stated The plan comparison shows no export on Free; an older help article says PNG and JPEG on all plans
- Paid plansPaid plans
- Visio (VSDX)
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Watermark on free exports
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Imports
- CSV, Lucidchart SVG images; CSV for org charts; Lucidchart migration on request for Business and Enterprise; no VSDX, draw.io, Gliffy or Mermaid import stated
Where it runs and where files live
- Apps
- Web
- Works offline
- YesYes Offline mode syncs when you reconnect
- Open source
- NoNo No source code or open-source licence published by the maker
- Self-hosting
- Paid plansPaid plans Creately On-Prem on an Enterprise agreement
- Where diagrams are stored
- Maker's cloud, Google Drive, Your own server Google Drive integration stores files in Drive; Confluence attachments; On-Prem
- Works inside
- Confluence, Jira, Google Workspace, Teams, Slack, GitHub Jira on Enterprise/On-Prem; GitHub on On-Prem
- Live co-editing
- YesYes Included on Free
- API
- Not statedNot stated No public diagram API documented; Enterprise lists 'advanced API integrations'
Who you're trusting
- Company
- Cinergix Pty Ltd Creately is Cinergix's only product
- Owned by
- Independent
- Based in
- Australia Headquartered in Melbourne; main team in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Launched
- 2008 Company founded in 2008; a separate product launch year isn't stated
- Security reports
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 Also GDPR; HIPAA with a BAA for its Clinical product on Enterprise
- Single sign-on
- Enterprise plan
- Data residency
- US, EU, Australia (and Middle East) on Enterprise
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