ConceptDraw DIAGRAM Reviews

It's stable and reliable and easy to work with

There are solutions that you have to pay for

Try it before deciding one way or the other.

Consider it as documentation, which it is at the start of and throughout a project. The simple truth is you can't document what you don't understand. And your understanding deepens as you add functionality to the diagram.

I was a project manager it IT for over 25 years and have ALWAYS found it easiest to work with a group when they're all looking at a simplified picture of a complex problem. That simplification can be a tough job, but I've always found it to be worth the effort.

If you have a series of decision trees, you could overlook the fact that a "NO" was ignored, or that you left yourself with no way out of a loop (for all of you coders out there).

It's really useful for managing change and for root-cause analysis. And to (again) simplify a complex process so senior management can understand what's going on and why.

Conceptdraw Diagram and Mindmap are great tool for highly flexible diagramming requirements, be it business, educational or industrial diagrams. Mindmap tool on the other hand is a great accessory to capture ideas to brainstorm, organize them into structured information and notes. Integration with MS Visio, Office and Evernote is seamless. I would like to add thse key points as pros

1. Minimal wide and yet highly functional drawing canvas.

2. A large host of ready made solutions for any business and industry diagram requirements.

3. Seamless integration with MS Visio

3. Vast library of templates, themes and graphic elements.

4. Great export features including svg and eps.

1. Learning curve and over whelming set of tools and options ( pro and con in one)

2. Minor high DPI scaling on my 4k monitor. Some sections looks too tiny.

If you are looking for a fully featured technical, info-graphics diagram making solution for business, education and industry needs , Conceptdraw diagram is the answer. With its wide library of graphical elements and solutions presets, it is a complete suite like nothing else.

I use the tool to make great info-graphics, flow charts for presentation, taking notes. Conceptdraw diagram along with Conceptdraw Mindmap helps me with gathering, organizing and presenting ideas and information. A great tool for cognitive learning and conveying information to others.

Thousands of images grouped in cotextual groups - easy to use & quick implementation

interactive elements, like gauges, chart, diagrams

drawing tools with vertex operations

flowcharting with RapidDraw option

integration with ConceptDraw MindMap & Project

import/export options

great support from the Vendor

presentation panel

flowchart options (time saver) - Rapid Draw, Chain, Tree, Clone, Snap

object formatting

connecting objects - smart + run around object option

It would be interesting to see even more integration options with MS Excel - it's possible to play with data in cells but I hope it will be more flexible soon.

great value: investment vs what You get

easy to use

many updates & improvements

excellent support from the vendor

import & export options - very important IMO (PowerPoint,Visio,SWF,PDF,images,html,SVG,...)

integration with ConceptDraw Office - data exchange with MindMap & Project - different views of same data with visual development opportunity (images & diagramming options)

* process mapping

* creating creative presentations

* business strategy visualization

* creating interactive reports & dashboard

* presenting sales stages in visual way - easy to understand & develop with new details

* creating HR documentation as support for new employees

* presenting data flow, stages in many contexts

* timeline creation for specific topics

* presentations with quick visual Q&A sessions

* driving creative meetings - developing business ideas with visual support on the screen

* creating manuals for employees - how to

We use CDD in our small business for 2 main areas:

1) Planning and visualizing kitchen and water filtration installation

2) Process visualization in BPMN standard

For both CCD is a very useful and easy to use programm. Since the last upgrade we do much more enjoy the working, as many bugs have been fixed to the workflow is much smoother. We consider the software as easy to learn and to use. All of our team members who came either from graphics or industrial design find it easy to jump in on working.

We sill find it sometimes hard to work with the software as many of the common short keys are different or do not exist. As standard we see the normal short keys of mac and Adobe. For example zoom you wanna have at cmd+ "+" So sometimes the software feels a bit like a windows software.

We use it for visualizing interior planning and BPMN.

- ConceptDraw Diagram consist of a large number of diagrammatic applications which support modelling requirements for different context, systems and settings. It is multi-functional, comprises multiple features, supports collaboration among teams, posses import and export capabilities and integrates with a gamut of widely used software and applications. ConceptDraw Diagrams brings all diagrammatic solutions into a portfolio in a pick and install format. This provides a sense of flexibility to switch between applications without affecting the model under construction.

I have used ConceptDraw Diagram for several weeks and I am yet to identify any flaws yet.

Check it out. It is excellent. A free trial period will convince you.

I am a researcher exploring the use of multiple modelling standards in modelling simple to complex service systems. These include information flow, system design, life cycle costing, resource utilization, end of life activity etc. I use IDEF0 and IDEF3 frequently.

ConceptDraw has been an excellent suite of tools used for preparing our customers with brilliant solutions to IT projects over the years from MyNew Technologies’ first inception of Concept Draw Office 2, in 2012 as we have sought the best tool to use in a pure MacOS environment. With its current version of ConceptDraw Office 5, we are able to continue providing high quality project management layouts and IT systems drawings for our customers.

Currently we do not have any dislikes for this suite.

Because we are a 100% MacOS environment, we couldn't find another compatible product which met our needs in ease of use, support and upgrade path.

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is the perfect tool for us to draw ERD (entity relationship diagrams) for design databases for our customers, network topologies for new IT enabled sites and plan a room’s layout with equipment. We can export these drawings into HTML documents and supply them on a secure web portal.

We use ConceptDraw PROJECT for our project management software because it’s the best we’ve found on a MacOS platform to use. It’s a great tool to plan our agile methodology projects.

An awesome bundled product ConceptDraw MINDMAP (part of the suite), allows our IT analysts to think outside the box with new ideas and paradigms. Using this software, our planning team sits in a co-working conference room, while projecting MINDMAP on large display panels to visualize new concepts based on words, meanings and derivatives of them. Because of this software, it actually improves the teamwork and collaboration within team members.

The UI is user-friendly, and you can quickly sketch up diagrams for easy use on a whim. I use it for last-minute presentation boards (diagrams are always the last thing I do, so I save it for the 11th hour), and it always comes out comprehensible for the audience.

It's missing a few features, when compared to Microsoft Visio, but the basic functionality that it does have works great.

Compare it to Visio, and see which features really stick out to you. Because if you can get away with using ConceptDraw, I would high recommend switching over.

Quick staff and projection reports that are easily digestible at policy meetings or presentations with heavy agendas.

User friendly powerful tool supported by a wide range of business graphics. Perfect tool to assist in deploying ideas and processes.

No specific dislikes, its just the more time one spends using the tool the more it becomes comfortable and easy to use specially that interactive support is always available and fast.

The tool is assisting me in transforming the conventional way of doing business into a more advanced and structured way.

I like the way you can transition from Mind map to project seamlessly, making this link from a creative approach with the structured approach with no effort at all. Then create project reports in Diagram , its excellent

Nothing about this product disappoints.

Just look at the price difference to Visio.

An inexpensive alternative to Visio means i can utilise some customers files both in import and export without a problem. This help me work with multiple clients no matter what systems they run increasing my flexibility.

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM works very well as a drafting software in designing simple industrial products. It is user friendly and easy to handle.

Some functions of the software is not that convenient. For example, if I want to edit part of a text paragraph (not the whole paragraph), I have to right-click, go to "object" and choose "edit text", which is time-consuming when I have to edit multiple texts in the drawing.

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is handy if you want to present concepts of ideas.

We use ConceptDraw DIAGRAM to prepare lighting fixture drawings for clients. The benefits of using this software is it is cost-effective and easy to use.

Project is actually very similar to Microsoft Project, but CS Odessa have their InGyre system which allows the different tools to work together.

I hope to see even more options to work with MS Excel spreadsheets and maybe new views of projects

easy access to project information - quick data input and ocean of useful information, so it's easy to share knowledge in project management area

Awesome software for gathering data with. Very useful when comparing numbers with colleagues.

Nothing yet! Great software, love using it.

Time management has decreased using this, things get done quickly.