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Microsoft Visio vs draw.io: catalog facts
Microsoft Visio	draw.io
Paid Subscription plans or one-time Standard and Professional 2024 licenses, with a free trial.	Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0. The project states you can use it for any purpose…
Windows, Web	Windows, macOS, Linux
Large library of templates, shapes and stencils Covers flowcharts, org charts, network, UML and BPMN diagrams	Works entirely offline with files stored locally, so nothing is uploaded Large shape libraries including AWS, Azure, Cisco and Kubernetes icon sets
Paid, with several confusing plan and license options Desktop version is not available for macOS	Electron, so it is heavy for a diagram editor No real-time collaboration in the desktop build
Downloadable app, Web application	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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