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Microsoft Visio vs yEd Graph Editor: catalog facts
Microsoft Visio	yEd Graph Editor
Paid Subscription plans or one-time Standard and Professional 2024 licenses, with a free trial.	Free Free to download and use; yWorks sells its other diagramming products separately.
Windows, Web	Windows, macOS, Linux
Large library of templates, shapes and stencils Covers flowcharts, org charts, network, UML and BPMN diagrams	Automatic layout arranges large diagrams in one step Imports data from Excel spreadsheets and XML
Paid, with several confusing plan and license options Desktop version is not available for macOS	Closed source Desktop only; online editing requires other yWorks products
Downloadable app, Web application	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License: Proprietary freeware
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is 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 October 1, 2026

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