Blueprintr vs Ilograph
Both let a reader click into a diagram. Ilograph renders a YAML model into perspectives the reader zooms through. Blueprintr draws the diagram and opens a stratum behind each shape. One is a model you write; the other is a document you draw.
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The short version
Choose Blueprintr if
You want to draw with vendor icons, put markdown, tables, code and files behind a shape, publish a page with tabs, and draw AWS or Azure from a scan.
Choose Ilograph if
You want the model in YAML, readers who zoom rather than click through windows, and a desktop app that works without a network.
Use both when
Ilograph holds the interactive reference model. Blueprintr carries the runbooks and the published documentation engineers read on call.
How Ilograph works
Ilograph describes resources, their nesting and their relations in YAML, with markdown descriptions on each. Perspectives render the model in different ways, sequences step through a flow, and the reader zooms from a parent into its children. Diagrams export as self-contained HTML, a Confluence app hosts them inside Confluence, and a desktop app runs fully offline.
Blueprintr is diagram-first documentation. You draw the system in Vellum, write the detail into the shapes as strata, and publish one live URL. On Team, Continuum Cloud draws AWS and Azure from a read-only scan, and on AWS it also shows Terraform drift on the canvas. On Enterprise, Continuum Link attaches timestamped snapshots from monitoring and ITSM tools to the shapes, and Continuum Local sweeps your on-premise network from inside it so Blueprintr can draw it.
Side by side
Read from Ilograph’s own pages on 7 September 2026 and from Blueprintr’s pricing table. The plan label is the Blueprintr tier the capability lands on.
| Capability | Ilograph | Blueprintr |
|---|---|---|
| Diagrams and the detail behind them | ||
| Documentation behind every shapeCan a shape hold real content: markdown, tables, code, files? | Partly: Each resource carries a markdown description with headers, lists, links and code. Tables, images and files are not mentioned. | Yes: A stratum on any shape: markdown, tables, code, files, links, tabs, even another diagram.Free |
| Hand-drawn diagrams with vendor iconsCan you draw freely, with real AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes icons? | No: Layout is automatic from the YAML. Built-in icons, custom icons on Pro. | Yes: Vellum, with vendor icon packs and your own SVGs. draw.io and Excalidraw are engines too.Free |
| Diagrams from textCan a diagram be written as code and kept in version control? | Yes: Diagrams are defined in YAML with autocomplete and imports. | Partly: Mermaid tabs render from text and sit beside drawn tabs. Vellum diagrams are drawn, not coded.Free |
| A documentation siteLong-form docs with a nav tree, search and your own domain? | No: Not offered. | Yes: Folium: nested pages, search, your subdomain or custom domain, with live blueprints in the pages.Team and up |
| Present from the diagramCan the diagram itself be the slide deck? | Partly: Walkthroughs and sequences step a reader through the diagram. | Yes: Podium frames regions of a live canvas as slides and presents them in the browser.Premium and up |
| AI draftingCan AI draw a first draft, or convert a document you already wrote? | No: None offered. | Yes: Draft from a description or a document, and explain a shape. Every change is proposed, then confirmed by you.Free allowance, credits on paid plans |
| Keeping the diagram true | ||
| Draw AWS or Azure from a live accountWill it diagram what is actually running, read-only? | Partly: An AWS importer that reads a CSV pasted from AWS Resource Explorer. No live connection or refresh. | Yes: Continuum Cloud takes a read-only role or a Reader app registration and scans the accounts or subscriptions and regions you choose, narrowed to a VPC, subnet or resource group.Team and up |
| Terraform drift on the diagramDoes it compare what you declared with what is running? | No: Not offered. | Yes: Point an AWS connection at your Terraform remote state. Drift from the declared infrastructure shows on the diagram.Team and up |
| Operational data on shapesCan a shape show the on-call, the open incidents or the uptime from the tools that report them? | No: Not offered. | Yes: Continuum Link attaches 39 connectors (PagerDuty, Datadog, ServiceNow, CloudWatch and more) as tabs on a stratum, each a timestamped snapshot an editor refreshes. On-premise systems such as SolarWinds, Zabbix and NetBox answer through Continuum Local, an agent inside your network that also sweeps it for Blueprintr to draw.Enterprise |
| Version history and diffsCan you see what changed since the last review, and restore? | Partly: Diagram history, 14 days free and unlimited on Pro. Diffs are not documented. | Yes: Every publish is a snapshot. History diffs against any earlier version and restores it.Team and up |
| AI agents and an APICan Claude Code, Cursor or a script read and write your documentation? | Partly: A team workspace API on Team+ that reads and updates diagrams but cannot create them. | Yes: A personal MCP server and a REST API, with scoped keys you mint yourself. |
| Sharing, teams and platform | ||
| Real-time collaborationCan two people draw on one canvas at once? | Partly: Editing conflicts resolve git-style rather than in real time. Admins can lock diagrams. | Yes: Multi-cursor editing on Vellum diagrams.Premium and up |
| Live embedsCan the live diagram sit inside Confluence, SharePoint, a README or your site? | Yes: Private links, password-protected links on Team, a Confluence Cloud app and self-contained HTML. | Yes: An iframe or oEmbed embed of the live blueprint. Readers open strata inside it. Footer-free on Premium.Free |
| Bringing existing work inWhich files and sources come across? | Partly: Ilograph YAML and the AWS CSV importer. | Yes: draw.io files, PDF, DOCX, PPTX, Markdown and images through the import wizard. Confluence, Notion and SharePoint through a grant.Premium and up |
| Getting work outWhich formats can you leave with? | Partly: Self-contained HTML only. PNG, SVG and PDF are not mentioned. | Yes: PNG, SVG, PDF and GIF from Vellum. Whole blueprints as Markdown and YAML. A folium as a static site.Free |
| Desktop appIs there a native app, and does it work offline? | Yes: Ilograph Desktop for macOS, Windows and Linux, fully offline, with a CLI export. | Yes: Blueprintr Vellum for macOS, Windows and Linux, plus Vellum Core: local files, no account, no network.Free |
| SSO and SCIMCan your identity provider own sign-in and provisioning? | Partly: SSO on the Team+ plan. SCIM is not mentioned. | Yes: SAML and OIDC single sign-on, SCIM provisioning and IP allow-listing.Enterprise |
| Free planWhat do you get without paying? | Yes: Unlimited public and private diagrams, built-in icons, 14 days of history. | Yes: Unlimited public and private blueprints, Vellum and draw.io, icon packs, embeds and a portfolio page.Free |
Where Blueprintr differs
Draw, with icons
Ilograph lays out the YAML for you. Vellum lets you draw the diagram in the shape that explains it, with AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes icon packs and your own SVGs.
More than markdown behind the shape
An Ilograph resource carries a markdown description. A Blueprintr stratum carries markdown, tables, code, files, links and tabs, and can hold a second diagram.
Connected to what is running
Continuum Cloud scans AWS and Azure read-only on Team, and shows drift from Terraform state on AWS. Ilograph's AWS importer takes a CSV you paste from Resource Explorer.
Real-time, and published
Vellum has multi-cursor editing on Premium. A blueprint publishes to a page with tabs and embeds anywhere as a live frame. Ilograph resolves edits git-style and exports HTML.
Where Ilograph is the better choice
Engineers who want a text-defined model rendered as an interactive diagram readers can zoom into, and a desktop app that works air-gapped.
- Zoomable diagrams where a parent opens into its children, with multiple perspectives of one model.
- Sequences that step a reader through a flow.
- A desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux that needs no internet and activates offline.
- Self-contained HTML exports.
- A free plan with unlimited public and private diagrams.
Pricing
Ilograph
Free for unlimited diagrams. Pro is $18 a month, Team $25 an editor a month, billed annually. The desktop app is $11.99 a month.
- Free
- $0Unlimited public and private diagrams, 14 days of history.
- Pro
- $18 / month billed annually, or $22 monthlyCustom icons, unlimited history, private links, HTML export.
- Team
- $25 / editor / month billed annually, or $30 monthlyTeam workspace, unlimited viewers, password-protected links. Team+ with SSO and API is quoted.
- Desktop
- $11.99 / month billed annually, or $14.99 monthlyOffline app for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Read on 7 September 2026 from Ilograph’s pricing page. Prices change; check there before you decide.
Blueprintr
Free forever for unlimited blueprints. Premium is $10 a month, Team is $29 a seat a month, Enterprise is quoted.
- Personal
- $0, foreverUnlimited public and private blueprints, Vellum and draw.io, icon packs, embeds.
- Premium
- $10 / month, or $100 / yearLive collaboration, Podium, a subdomain, footer-free embeds, analytics, the import wizard.
- Team
- $29 / seat / month, or $290 / seat / yearContinuum Cloud, Terraform drift, version history, approvals, foliums, password-protected blueprints.
- Enterprise
- Quoted, per seat, from 10 seatsContinuum Link, Continuum Local network drawing, SSO and SCIM, IP allow-listing, custom contracts.
USD, before tax. The pricing page shows your local currency and every capability by tier.
Moving work from Ilograph
Ilograph exports HTML rather than images, so capture each perspective as a screenshot and bring it into a blueprint through the import wizard. The markdown descriptions paste into strata one resource at a time. Redraw the diagram in Vellum, with a parent's stratum opening onto the diagram of its children, which gives the same zoom.
Frequently asked
Does Blueprintr zoom into a shape like Ilograph?
A stratum on a shape can hold a second diagram, so clicking a container opens the diagram inside it. It is a click rather than a zoom, and it works on every engine.
Is Blueprintr diagrams as code?
Partly. Mermaid tabs render from text. Vellum diagrams are drawn or generated by AI. If the model must be YAML, Ilograph is the closer fit.
Does either work offline?
Both have a desktop app. Vellum Core opens local files with no account and no network; Ilograph Desktop activates offline and needs no internet.
Which draws from the cloud account?
Blueprintr, on Team, from a read-only scan of AWS or Azure. Ilograph imports a CSV pasted from AWS Resource Explorer.
Draw the first diagram. The document follows.
Ilograph is a trademark of Ilograph LLC. Blueprintr is not affiliated with Ilograph LLC and is not endorsed by it. Facts about Ilograph were read from its published pages on 7 September 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.