Are there any good alternatives for Visio/PowerPoint? [closed]

Question

Are there any good alternatives for Visio/PowerPoint for drawing architectural diagrams. Both Visio and PowerPoint are annoying to use even for some of the simplest tasks. wondering if someone out there has a better suggestion.

Secondly

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Answer 1

All of the alternatives I tried sucked! I just used PowerPoint, better than Visio!

Secondly

Answer 2

Try diagrams.net (previously draw.io). It free and open source, it works natively in any browser and you can save locally or to Google Drive, OneDrive, Github and Gitlab. There's also a Desktop app for Window, macOS and Linux.

I am a developer of diagrams.net.

Heyerdahl

Answer 3

I use Draw in OpenOffice for Visio alternatives... Seems to work okay.

Jacaranda

Answer 4

I recently discovered Google Docs Draw. Good for me.

Ptolemy

Answer 5

gliffy.com for example.

Estell

Answer 6

I use OmniGraffle for mac, and I enjoy using it. There is also smartdraw for PC. They are both good options for non-professional architectural diagrams. For more professional diagrams, CAD programs tend to have more options.

Necroscopy

Answer 7

ARIS Express --> can import Visio 2007 diagrams

Sponger

Answer 8

LucidChart all the way!

http://www.lucidchart.com

Just try it once. Having used Visio extensively over the years--I can't tell you how satisfying LucidChart is to use.

Covin