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SmartDraw Overview

What is SmartDraw?

SmartDraw is a data-driven diagramming and collaboration solution that can replace Lucidchart, Visio, or Miro at your enterprise. 1. License Everyone for as Low as $5 Per User Per Month Stop overpaying and save 75% over the price of Lucidchart, Miro and Visio. 2. All the Features You Need for Diagramming, Whiteboarding and Data SmartDraw gives you all the features you need and expect in one app: - Sophisticated diagramming - Whiteboarding - Powerful integrations that allow you to generate diagrams automatically - Ability to visualize AWS and Azure Plus an easy path to migrate existing files. 3. Control Your Own Data SmartDraw will save files directly to OneDrive, SharePoint, or Google Drive using your established folders and permissions, giving you full control of your data. Minimize risk, simplify compliance, and increase data security. 4. Simple Administration SmartDraw works hand in glove with your existing IT infrastructure without disruption to maximize what you've already invested in. You can provision users, save files, and set permissions entirely inside the Microsoft or Google enterprise stack. 5. Enterprise-Level Support As an enterprise customer, you will have your own dedicated support rep for onboarding, training, and more. SmartDraw customers range from universities and government agencies to over 85% of the Fortune 500.

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Product Description

SmartDraw helps you create over 70 different types of diagrams.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

SmartDraw has all the features you expect from an enterprise-class diagramming and collaboration software for less. And you don't have to purchase different modules and packages to get whiteboarding and data visualization. SmartDraw has everything in a single app for a fraction of the cost.

You can save money, reduce hassle, and get more! Unleash your team's productivity by combining enterprise-class diagramming, whiteboarding, and data.

SmartDraw also makes it possible to import your existing Visio and Lucidchart files.


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SmartDraw
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Year Founded
1994
HQ Location
The Woodlands, Texas
Twitter
@SmartDraw
3,179 Twitter followers
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50 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

SmartDraw is a unified visual app that combines diagramming, whiteboarding and data visualization into one enterprise-friendly solution. You can plan, execute and review ideas as a team, create presentation-quality documentation that help you make informed decisions, and visualize data to help jumpstart discussions. Looking for a powerful Visio alternative? SmartDraw will let you import Visio files and stencils and even export them for anyone in your organization who haven't made the switch. SmartDraw integrates with the tools you already use including the entire suite of Microsoft enterprise tools like SharePoint, Teams, Azure, and more, as well as Google Workspace and Google drive and the Atlassian stack. Over 85% of Fortune 500 companies use SmartDraw, as do more than
50,000 public, private and government organizations worldwide.


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Bryan L.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Agile and sweet"
its simple to use and the cost per user is low.
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5.0 out of 5
"Easy to use and understand"
I like that everything is logically and thoughtfully organized. I can add items i or my team will commonly use and share them amongst ourselves.
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Chris R.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Better when they did an offline application but still good"
Familiarity Compatibility with other tools (including the obligatory Visio)
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SmartDraw Demo - Document Processes
Click simple commands and SmartDraw builds your flowchart for you, automatically. Add or remove a box, and SmartDraw realigns and arranges all the elements so that everything looks great.
SmartDraw Demo - Run Retrospectives
Don't just have a discussion, but visualize what your team believes worked and didn't work during the last sprint. Document thoughts and ideas that will help the team become better and more efficient in the future without assigning blame.
SmartDraw Demo - Create Product Roadmaps
Give strategic context to your team, not just rigid deadlines, with the help of product roadmaps. SmartDraw makes it easy to document development goals, plot features, and provide a quick snapshot of progress in a way that makes the most sense to your team and organization.
SmartDraw Demo - Document Your Network Architecture
Optimize your cloud infrastructure by documenting your existing setup. Connect your AWS account and generate a visual automatically. Use it in reports to communicate with stakeholders or use it as the foundation for building something new with your IT team. Troubleshoot, train and work on future ...
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Alan M.
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Regional Oil Free Equipment Sales Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about SmartDraw?

The system works great and helps me create useful schematics without being overly complicated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartDraw?

Lines sometimes connect and sometimes do the crossover jump with no way to dictate which one it does in each instance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SmartDraw solving and how is that benefiting you?

Communication with customer base on installation and use of machinery Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SmartDraw?

It's so easy to use, very comprehensive. Since I started using it, my wired plan is much more complete! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartDraw?

Nothing :) !!!

I absolutely hate nothing, everything is fine, everything is smooth, I quite like it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SmartDraw solving and how is that benefiting you?

In all aspects of my work, it makes my job much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Medical Devices
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What do you like best about SmartDraw?

SmartDraw has been quite user friendly for a small group at the business making process maps on A1/A2 rolls of paper. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartDraw?

Traditionally the business has been used to using desktop/offline applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SmartDraw solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being able to better visualise process maps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JB
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What do you like best about SmartDraw?

Easy to use, affordable, ability to produce effective documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartDraw?

Help screens often lack detail I was searching for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SmartDraw solving and how is that benefiting you?

SmartDraw has allowed me to create detailed skethes of our production facility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about SmartDraw?

I love the hundreds of prebuilt templates that it provides for you. We have been using the product for over a decade at work and it is my goto product instead of Visio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartDraw?

One of my least and only favorite things is that the templates often come preloaded with data so I have to clear that data first. I would like to see templates that have the flow, shape, connections, etc, but have no text in the boxes. Or, perhaps have a quick way of replacing all the text like PowerPoint does when using SmartArt. (Or maybe you do, and I just never learned how)? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SmartDraw solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows me to quickly show relationships, whether between people, machines, or processes. There is ALWAYS a template available that will help jumpstart my thinking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Majid S.
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What do you like best about SmartDraw?

Smartdraw has a lot of templates that are easy to work with. The tool also stores all of the items someone is working on, making it very convenient for me to start something and finish it later. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartDraw?

Selecting multiple objects and moving them around can be challenging sometimes and requires careful attention. It would be good to see improved functions that allow for moving multiple objects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SmartDraw solving and how is that benefiting you?

SmartDraw gives us the ability to map out processes and other complex diagrams. Being able to do this makes it very easy for us to compare before and after, highlight differences and propose new ideas in a visual format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anthony R.
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What do you like best about SmartDraw?

Makes work easier. Being able to draw graphics at a faster pace Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartDraw?

There was nothing I disliked about the product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SmartDraw solving and how is that benefiting you?

Teach all my tech to sketch at a faster pace Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike M.
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QuickBooks Hosting
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What do you like best about SmartDraw?

SmartDraw has come in handy for both business uses and personal. The program does a great job with general business charts, etc., which makes it nice to use for presentations and proposals. We also used the program to redesign both our garage layout (Added new cabinets) and to convert a room in our home to a formal dining room. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartDraw?

There is a learning curve with the program that can be frustrating. SmartDraw makes support easy to reach and there are ample tools such as videos and tutorials to help ... but the program isn't intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SmartDraw solving and how is that benefiting you?

Graphs and charts are the best way to convey data. SmartDraw has many options in it's library that let you present more than the standard Excel pie charts. SmartDraw's versatility lets us stand out from the crowd. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting
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What do you like best about SmartDraw?

1. It is a useful tool to quickly create professional business graphics using ready-made templates without the need to engage a professional designer - thereby saving time.

2. Good library of editable templates to choose from Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartDraw?

1. Limited choice of symbols within library. Symbols also don't match art theme for infographics (e.g. unable to find symbols for television, money , loudspeaker that would fit into infographics) .

2. Less intuitive compared with SmartArt . In SmartArt, you are able to add simliar shapes before/ after (e.g. additional bullet points) and the template will automatically adjust the image to fit the added list item Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SmartDraw solving and how is that benefiting you?

No need to engage an external deisgner to create quick graphical representations that look professional. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Karthik K.
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What do you like best about SmartDraw?

Easy to use, Easy to integrate with other tools, Best in class templates, Totally the user friendly Tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartDraw?

As of now there is nothing in SmartDraw which i don't like. will update soon if i get anything challenging to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SmartDraw solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was using smart draw to adding flow chart in confluence page. Initially i faced some challenges but soon after connecting with SmartDraw support i can manage it well and my requirement is fullfilled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.