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In Searching of Alternative to MS Visio for Mac and PC
with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

If you are looking a good alternative for Microsoft Visio for your Mac, then the good option would be a ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software. This smart application was developed for a purpose of providing its users with all the necessary tools, such as the pre-made examples and templates of already existing diagrams, charts, flowcharts, maps, schemes and other drawings, so all of them can be used as the drafts for your own great looking results.

To get the access to the “solutions”, full of the design elements as well as the samples, you can always download ConceptDraw STORE from this site having ConceptDraw DIAGRAM on your computer already. In ConceptDraw STORE you will see different solutions, depending on the business activity you are interested in and so getting there you can choose the most appropriate for you. All of the solutions are also available on this site and they can be found any time you need them using “Search” in the right top corner of your web page.

Thus, if you decide to create a map of your own country or your native city, then you can go to the “Continent Maps solution” from “Maps area” of “ConceptDraw Solution Park” on this site or to the maps area of the ConceptDraw STORE application, download it and choose any needed continent, country and so its contours for your own great looking map.

And the same about the other kinds of drawing – charts, flowcharts, diagrams and many more: you can always have your schemes finished within only a very short period of time having the appropriate solution, full of the necessary tools for your use.

Trying this great alternative to Ms Visio for your Mac, you will find ConceptDraw DIAGRAM a very useful tool for getting any needed drawing done within only a few hours or even minutes, depending on how familiar you are with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM drawing software.

ConceptDraw as an alternative to MS Visio for MAC

What are the advantages of ConceptDraw DIAGRAM over MS Visio for you to prefer the former to the latter?


Cross-Platform Compatibility

Cross-Platform Compatibility

The main advantage, of course, is that ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a cross-platform software. That means it can be run both on PC, and on Apple Macintosh! Lately many people have faced difficulties with sharing their documents among Mac users. With ConceptDraw you will not have such problem anymore, because you will be able to work on Macintosh with a document created on PC and vise versa. To run MS Visio on Macintosh you had to install a virtual machine to emulate PC, which made work difficult and slow a great deal. Now many users find ConceptDraw DIAGRAM the best analog of MS Visio for Macintosh. If you prefer working in Macintosh environment, then ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is your choice.

Reasonable price

Reasonable Price

Another factor of no less importance in choosing software is its price. Here ConceptDraw DIAGRAM turns more beneficial at the price $199 for Professional version versus $589.99 for the similar version of MS Visio.
Furthermore, Licensing Policy for ConceptDraw products is very flexible. It allows single user to install software on both Macintosh and PC, or on computer with cross-platform environment. This is crucial factor for people who need to use laptops along with a desktop computer for their business purposes, and often computers have different operating systems.

Import & Export

Import & Export

Another ConceptDraw DIAGRAM peculiarity that is worth stressing upon is export to PDF and PowerPoint formats. Now you can easily design presentations and print your documents.

Shape libraries

Numerous specialized shape libraries

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM users, as well as MS Visio users, have an opportunity to work with numerous external libraries; with their help you can create various documents with no need to search for the necessary elements for your diagrams in other software products. With ConceptDraw you can create your own objects and expand libraries to cover your needs.

Built-In Script Language

Built-In Script Language

The next point to be considered is the in-built language in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM It is ConceptDraw Basic. Unlike VBA language used in MS Visio, ConceptDraw Basic is much simpler to learn and use. Using ConceptDraw Basic doesn't require additional studying to use it, which will also save you time and budget.

MS Visio Support

MS Visio Support

A specific feature of ConceptDraw Products is their intercompatibility. Thus, once created with the help of any other CS Odessa product, your document is fully compatible with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM. For instance, you can brainstorm ideas for new network development project, using ConceptDraw MINDMAP Your MINDMAP documents can be used in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM for further work at your project.

Import MS Visio files

Import MS Visio Files

In case you used MS Visio before and now decided to switch to ConceptDraw DIAGRAM here is another good news for you — ConceptDraw DIAGRAM supports import of MS Visio files, using VSDX format. Therefore changing software products, you can keep all your documents, created in MS Visio. The transfer process will be very simple:

  • Export of your documents from MS Visio to VDX and VSDX format.
  • Import of these documents to ConceptDraw DIAGRAM


Free technical support

Free Technical support

All ConceptDraw DIAGRAM users, unlike those of MS Visio, get professional technical support free, which is quite a nice and useful extra point to all the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM features.


ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a perfect alternative to MS Visio for Apple MacOS and Microsoft Windows platforms.


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In addition to the above material, we would like to give opinions of some users who have already switched from MS Visio to ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

I choose ConceptDraw DIAGRAM because it was the closest to MS Visio on the Mac side. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM has all of the features I need and can output as a MS Visio file if needs to be... — says Kris Rockwell, Hybrid Learning Systems

The main reason I switched is that I moved from a PC to Mac and currently there is no version MS Visio for Mac. And installing virtual PC etc. etc. was just too much of a hassle... — says Randolph Jacinto

MS Visio has become quite complicated and it turns out that UML diagrams are easier to create with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM MS Visio has some strange behavior that, I think, is related to integrating with modeling tools such as Rational, etc. I just want a diagramming software and nothing more! Another reason is I like the Apple OS X operating system very much. I've been a long-time Window's user (and software developer) and I'm tired of the same old thing, I suppose. In general, the software for Apple platform seems nicer and easier to use... — says Andrew Joseph

The main reason for the switch is my switch from a PC to a Mac computer. I have tried Graffle Pro and found that it wasn't the perfect replacement. I am still playing with the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM draw capabilities. One thing that MS Visio does extremely well ( better than any other diagram product that I have seen) is that you can cut and paste the diagram into a Word.doc and it looks perfect. That is not true of Graffle Pro and quite frankly not really the case with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM from what I can tell. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM does have some nice templates and useful features. I will continue to use it and evaluate the capabilities. The ability to go back and forth between PC and Mac and MS Visio and ConceptDraw is an important capability... — says John Latham.PhD, Managing Partner, GENITECT LLC
Alternative to MS Visio for MAC and PC

Use thousands of Templates and Examples:

  • Flowcharts
  • Business Process Models
  • UML
  • ERD
  • Building Plans
  • Network Diagrams
  • Gantt charts
  • Org Charts
  • Mind Maps
  • Business Infographics
  • Dashboards
  • Engineering Diagrams
  • Graphs and Charts
  • GEO Maps
  • SWOT Matrix
  • Marketing Diagrams
  • TQM Diagrams
  • Science and Education Diagrams
  • Software Development Diagrams
  • Finance and Accounting Flowcharts




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ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is the best flowchart software that suits the following key factors: ✔️ ease of use, ✔️ functions, ✔️ easy-to-use tools, ✔️ pre-made elements and templates, ✔️ customization, ✔️ collaboration, ✔️ compatibility, ✔️ support, ✔️ updates, ✔️ costFlowchart Software ConceptDraw DIAGRAM
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Matrix organizational structure is one of the main forms of structures which is actively used by organizations to carry forth the functions of a company visually and effectively. Now we have ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with 25 Typical Orgcharts solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park which will help easy represent matrix organizational structure of any degree of complexity.Matrix Organization Structure *
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Accounting is a cornerstone of any business, it’s basement. If you want to have a visual representation of your finance management, use audit flowchart symbols to document the money flow. Although some would say that accounting is boring, it is very a responsible duty. The audit flowchart symbols is supplied with ConceptDraw Audit Flowcharts solution as a vector objects library. Together with Conceptdraw Drawing capabilities it forms the helpful tool for audit process planning and setting the steps of audit by designing audit flow charts. Audit Flow charts are used to organize fiscal information tracking process as well as in accounting, finance and investment management.Audit Flowchart Symbols
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ConceptDraw DIAGRAM extended with Seven Management and Planning Tools Solution from the Management Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is the best software for drawing all types of diagrams from the Seven Management and Planning Tools: Affinity Diagram, Relations Diagram, Prioritization Matrix, Root Cause Analysis Tree Diagram, Involvement Matrix, PERT Chart, and Risk Diagram (PDPC).PDPC *
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Any business process consists from a number of tasks carrying out the certain business goal. It is useful to diagram business processes to ensure that they are as foolproof, logical and sequential as possible. This business process diagram describes a typical booking process flow by the example of a cab booking process. It can be used as a roadmap for any booking system implementation. Diagramming a business process allows you to look at the entire project and take into account all types of possible scenarios. Business process diagram helps you investigate and clarify the process thoroughly so that you can find out how it can be improved. Business process diagram supports team communications by ensuring that each process element is clear and everyone in the team is on the same page. Sometimes your company brings you less profit than you expect it to be, and it’s difficult to reveal the causes. Maybe it’s time to learn new technologies, because business diagram are easily developed by means of special software, so you won’t make any extra effort. In return, you will increase your productivity and get more done in a less time.Business Diagram Software *
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Having the already previously created samples of the Venn diagrams can help any ConceptDraw DIAGRAM user make it possible to make the needed drawing within only a few minutes by editing the existing ones.Venn Diagram Examples for Problem Solving — BQP Complexity
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Business Diagrams
Computer networks nowadays are spread all across the world. The large number of parameters, such as geographic scale or communication protocols, can divide networks. One of the most common types of networks is called local area network (LAN). It convenient to represent network examples by means of diagrams. This local area network (LAN) diagram provides an easy way to see the way the devices in a local network are interacted. The diagram uses a library containing specific symbols to represent network equipment , media and the end-user devices such as computers (PC, mac, laptop) , network printer, hubs, server and finally a modem. There are two types of network topologies: physical and logical. The current diagram represents precisely a physical type of LAN topology because it refers to the physical layout of a local network equipment.Local area network (LAN) diagram
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What is a Local Area Network?
Examples of LAN Diagrams
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Analysis is very important part for every business, as it helps to understand the weakness and to see the opportunities, and SWOT is one of the most effective tools. To illustrate the multifunctionality of this tool, let’s imagine a SWOT sample in area of computers networking, which can be carried out to realize the pros and cons of some equipment, for example. Even a network topology or a administer can be a subject for this analysis. This SWOT analysis matrix illustrate the sample of using this useful technique for comprehension of Strengths and Weaknesses, and for determining the Opportunities open to business and the Threats it encounters. Used in a business scope, it will help to create a perspective niche in the market for particular business. The ConceptDraw SWOT and TOWS Analysis solution gives a lot of templates of both SWOT and TOWS matrices that allow managers and marketers create custom diagrams to perform SWOT or TOWS analysis in context of a particular business.SWOT Sample in Computers *
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ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Concept Maps Solution from the Diagrams Area is a powerful Concept Map Maker.Concept Map Maker *
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Diagrams are a very important part of modern life. With the help of flow diagram software, a lot of companies can promote their ideas at the market. Its usefulness is totally doubtless. This is a flow chart of the invoice payment flow. This flowchart details decrypts all stages of the process of obtaining and paying bills. It is a description of the universal process - such steps performs accounting departments of almost any organization. Since every business no matter what it does is a consumer of some goods or services. The given flow chart was made using ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software and the Diagrams solution for making flowcharts of any kind.Flow Diagram Software *
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