SmartDraw
SmartDraw
Drag shapesDescribe in words
Diagram app from SmartDraw Software: you place shapes from templates and the layout engine keeps connectors aligned, or describe a diagram for SmartDraw AI to draw.
- How you draw
- Shapes, Words
- Free for work
- No
- Trial only
- Paid from
- $10.95/user/mo
- Individual, billed yearly
- Exports
- SVG, PNG, PDF, VSDX
- Runs on
- Web, Windows, Mac
- Online only
- Made by
- SmartDraw
- United States
Good to know
- No free plan, only a trial
- SVG export is on paid plans only
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every app's answer. SmartDraw 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
No free work use
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
Online only
Open source
Closed source
Plans and prices
In USD, per month, as listed by SmartDraw. Checked 17 October 2026.
| Plan | Billed yearly | Billed monthly | Seats | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Trial only7-day trial | Work use: not allowed | ||
| Individual | $10.95/mo$131.40 a year | Not stated | 1 user | Renewal at the regular price isn't stated outright. |
| Team | $10.95/mo$131.40 a year | Not stated | per user, minimum 3 | Adds team administration. |
- Free for work use
- Not statedNot applicable
- 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 Flowcharts, org charts, mind maps, timelines and floor plans from a prompt; plan not stated
- AI limits
- No usage limit stated
- Diagram code
- Imports Mermaid, Its own syntax only VSON and Mermaid generate editable SmartDraw objects; no live code editing
- Diagram types
- Flowcharts, UML, Sequence, ER / database, BPMN, Network, Cloud architecture, Org charts, Mind maps, Wireframes AWS and Azure symbols; also floor plans
What you get out
- SVG
- Paid plansPaid plans No free plan
- PNG
- Paid plansPaid plans
- Paid plansPaid plans
- Visio (VSDX)
- Paid plansPaid plans
- Watermark on free exports
- Not statedNot stated No free plan
- Imports
- Visio, Lucidchart, CSV, Mermaid Lucidchart via VSDX export; CSV and Mermaid through SmartDraw AI; also PDF and SVG
Where it runs and where files live
- Apps
- Web, Windows, Mac
- Works offline
- NoNo The desktop apps need an internet connection
- Open source
- NoNo The VisualScript SDK is described as proprietary (free of charge)
- Self-hosting
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Where diagrams are stored
- Maker's cloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox Also SharePoint and Box
- Works inside
- Confluence, Jira, Google Workspace, Teams, Microsoft Office, Slack, GitHub Slack bot for notifications; GitHub for diagram generation
- Live co-editing
- YesYes Plan mapping not stated
- API
- YesYes Open API and VisualScript SDK generate diagrams from data; SDK free of charge
Who you're trusting
- Company
- SmartDraw Software, LLC Privately held
- Owned by
- Independent Privately held company
- Based in
- United States Headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas
- Launched
- 1994 Company founded in 1994; a separate product launch year isn't stated
- Security reports
- SOC 2 Type II, CSA STAR Also PCI, CASA, GDPR and CCPA
- Single sign-on
- Enterprise plan SSO on Enterprise; SAML not named
- Data residency
- None stated; hosted on Azure Central US
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