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SmartDraw has been on the market since 1994 and is used by around half of Fortune 500 companies and more than 250,000 enterprises worldwide, many of them in Mac only environments. Not only that, but it’s much better value for money than MS Visio.

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SmartDraw also works on the latest version of macOS Monterey plus the latest Apple Silicon M1 and M2 Macs.

The best thing about SmartDraw is that it does everything that Visio can but makes it far simpler and faster. SmartDraw is easily the most powerful yet easy to use alternative to Microsoft Visio for Mac.

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With this in mind, here then are the best Visio alternatives for Mac users in order of ranking. 10 Best Microsoft Project Alternatives For Mac Users.

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10 Best Flowchart & Diagramming Software.

Integrations: We valued those apps that allow you to integrate with third party software such as MS Office, Jira, Confluence, Trello, Excel etc.

Sharing: We valued those programs that make it easy to share diagrams via link or export to Microsoft Office, Google Apps etc.

Templates: We ranked those apps higher that have a wide choice of templates for a range of diagramming needs.

Visio Export: We gave added preference to software that can also export to the Visio VSDX format.

Visio Imports: We gave preference to software that allow you to import Visio files in VDX and VSDX format.

Reviews: We selected tools that are widely acclaimed by other users and professionals for diagramming.

Price: We only chose diagramming tools that offer excellent value for money with free trials or plans to start out with.

Here’s what we looked for in choosing which was the best equivalent to Visio for Mac.

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Visio for the web does not have the same drawing tools as the full desktop version of Visio and should only be used for basic viewing and editing of Visio diagrams. Microsoft has never released Visio for Mac because the market for Mac users is far smaller than on Windows.Īlthough Microsoft claims you can now use Visio for the web on a Mac, the web version of Microsoft Visio is nowhere near as good as the desktop version.

Visio For Mac Top Replacements Compared.

SmartDraw also works on the latest Apple Silicon M1 Macs and M2 Macs too so can be used on any model of MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac Mini or iMac. Unlike Microsoft Visio, SmartDraw can also be used on any platform so it’s easy to collaborate with Windows users too. This is essential if you want to edit Visio files on your Mac and exchange Visio files with Windows users.

SmartDraw is the only tool we’ve used that can EXPORT accurately to the latest Visio VSDX format. In our extensive search for an alternative solution on Mac, we found that SmartDraw is by far the best alternative to Visio for Mac They’re also all compatible with the latest versions of macOS including Monterey, Big Sur and Catalina.

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That means there’s no need to say goodbye to your precious Visio diagrams and stencils when drawing complex flowcharts and diagrams such as process flows, work flows and org charts.Įven better, all the tools featured here are certainly easier to use than MS Visio and in almost every case, much better value than Visio Professional which currently costs a hefty $530. If you’re an IT professional, technician, software developer, engineer, business analyst or project manager, the lack of Visio on Mac doesn’t mean you can’t still easily present complex information in visual form.Īll of the tools reviewed here however make it easy to draw diagrams on your Mac and import MS Visio files. What this means is that I cannot change the fill or stroke of the imported shape.Microsoft Visio for Mac has never been released so we’ve taken an expert look at the best alternatives to Visio on a Mac. What happens is that the shape gets imported and it looks all right on screen but the vector path is not recognized in OmniGraffle. I've tried exporting from Illustrator and then importing the shape into OmniGraffle with several data formats, including.

I decided to do this in Illustrator, and then believed I would be able to import the resulting shape into OmniGraffle. What I wanted to do was to create a wide and short rectilinear oval and a parallelogram. I've used the pen tool in Illustrator quite a bit, and I've had some years of experience with Visio's drawing tools, but I've really had trouble with OmniGraffle's pen tool. I've tried to use the Pen tool in OmniGraffle Pro 5.2.1 to create custom shapes, but so far I've found the experience far less than satisfactory.