Perforce
Gliffy
Drag shapesDescribe in words
Diagram app inside Confluence from Gliffy, a Perforce company: you drag shapes and connectors from libraries in the Confluence editor, or start from Mermaid or an AI prompt.
- How you draw
- Shapes, Words
- Free for work
- Not stated
- Free plan
- Paid from
- $3.80/user/mo
- Gliffy Diagrams for Confluence Cloud (11–100 users), billed yearly
- Exports
- Not stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Perforce
- United States
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every app's answer. Gliffy 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
Not stated
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
Not stated
Open source
Closed source
Plans and prices
In USD, per month, as listed by Perforce. Checked 17 October 2026.
| Plan | Billed yearly | Billed monthly | Seats | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free planConfluence instances up to 10 users, unlimited diagrams, no time limit | Work use: not stated | ||
| Gliffy Diagrams for Confluence Cloud (11–100 users) | $3.80/mo$45.60 a year | Not stated | per user, whole Confluence instance | Gliffy Zero Egress from $2.80 a month. Gliffy Online's prices apply to existing accounts only. |
- Free for work use
- Not statedNot stated
- One-time licence
- Not stated
- Enterprise
- Price on request
How you make a diagram
- Ways to draw
- Shapes, Words
- AI from a text prompt
- YesYes Gliffy for Confluence Cloud turns a description into Mermaid, then into a Gliffy diagram; plan not stated
- AI limits
- No usage limit stated
- Diagram code
- Imports Mermaid only Mermaid code is edited with a live preview, then converted; after conversion the code can't be edited
- Diagram types
- Flowcharts, BPMN, UML, Sequence, ER / database, Network, Cloud architecture, Mind maps, Wireframes AWS, Azure and GCP shapes; mind maps via Mermaid; wireframes in Gliffy Online
What you get out
- SVG
- Not statedNot stated Listed in the Confluence editor; whether the free 10-user tier includes it isn't stated
- PNG
- Not statedNot stated Listed in the Confluence editor; free-tier availability not stated
- NoNo Not among the export formats
- Visio (VSDX)
- NoNo Not among the export formats
- Watermark on free exports
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Imports
- Visio, draw.io, Gliffy, Lucidchart, CSV, Mermaid Lucidchart JSON on Data Center only; CSV for data linking
Where it runs and where files live
- Apps
- Web
- Works offline
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Open source
- NoNo Licensed as object code under Gliffy's EULA
- Self-hosting
- Paid plansPaid plans Confluence Data Center runs on your servers under a perpetual licence
- Where diagrams are stored
- Your own server Stored as Confluence attachments; on your servers with Data Center
- Works inside
- Confluence, Slack The Jira app is no longer sold as of March 31, 2026
- Live co-editing
- Not statedNot stated Listed as a Confluence feature; free-tier availability not stated
- API
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
Who you're trusting
- Company
- Gliffy, Inc.
- Owned by
- Perforce Software 'Gliffy is owned by Perforce'
- Based in
- United States Perforce is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Launched
- 2005 The maker dates Gliffy's arrival on the Atlassian Marketplace to 2005
- Security reports
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 42001 SOC 2 for the Cloud apps; also states GDPR
- Single sign-on
- Not stated Not stated
- Data residency
- Follows the Confluence instance; Zero Egress keeps data inside Atlassian
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