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Diagrams and docs together
Eraser alternatives
Eraser is an AI-first diagramming tool for engineers: diagrams written as code or drawn on a canvas, with a markdown document beside them in the same file.
Whimsical alternatives
Whimsical is a whiteboard for product teams with flowcharts, wireframes and mind maps on Boards, a Docs editor beside them, multiplayer editing and an AI agent.
Cloud diagram automation
Cloudcraft alternatives
Cloudcraft draws AWS and Azure architecture diagrams from a live account scan, in 2D or isometric 3D, with a cost estimate attached.
Hava alternatives
Hava generates versioned infrastructure and security diagrams from read-only connections to AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes, synced daily.
Lucidscale alternatives
Lucidscale was Lucid's cloud-visualisation product; its features now live in the Cloud Accelerator, an Enterprise add-on that imports AWS, Azure and Google Cloud into Lucidchart.
Architecture modelling
IcePanel alternatives
IcePanel is a C4-model architecture tool where every diagram is a view of one shared model, with flows, drafts, versions and decision records.
Structurizr alternatives
Structurizr is the original C4 model tool: a text DSL that describes one model and renders many diagrams from it, now shipped as one binary with a licensed server edition.
Ilograph alternatives
Ilograph builds interactive, zoomable architecture diagrams from a YAML model, with multiple perspectives and step-through sequences, in the browser or a desktop app.
Diagrams as code
Mermaid alternatives
Mermaid is an open-source library that renders diagrams from Markdown-like text, and Mermaid Chart is the online editor around it with a visual editor, a whiteboard, AI and sharing.
General diagramming
Lucidchart alternatives
Lucidchart is Lucid Software's general-purpose diagramming editor, with data linking, a large template library, Lucid AI and Visio import, sold as part of the Lucid suite.
draw.io alternatives
draw.io is a free, open-source diagram editor that runs in the browser or on the desktop and saves to the storage you choose, with paid apps for Confluence and Jira.
Microsoft Visio alternatives
Microsoft Visio is Microsoft's diagramming app for Windows and the browser, sold as a Microsoft 365 add-on or a perpetual licence, with a lighter version bundled in Microsoft 365.
Gliffy alternatives
Gliffy is a drag-and-drop diagram editor sold as Confluence apps, with Mermaid and AI-to-Mermaid add-ons.
Whiteboards
Miro alternatives
Miro is a multiplayer whiteboard: an infinite canvas with diagramming, docs, tables, slides and AI, used for workshops, planning and mapping.
FigJam alternatives
FigJam is Figma's browser whiteboard: grid-snapping diagrams, sticky notes, templates, widgets and AI, licensed through Figma seats.
Excalidraw alternatives
Excalidraw is an open-source whiteboard with a hand-drawn style, and Excalidraw+ is the paid version with cloud storage, teams, comments, presentations and AI.
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