SmartDraw

Avantages

Possibilité de faire de gestion et organigramme

Inconvénients

Beaucoup de fonctionnalités mais mauvais service

Avantages

SmartDraw est un outil facile à utiliser qui permet de créer de nombreux calendriers, des graphiques, des plans, des cartes, des organigrammes et également des planogrammes, des graphiques et diagrammes à l’aide d’ un grand nombre de modèles disponibles. En outre, grâce à ce programme, il est également possible d'importer, d'exporter et de partager ses différentes productions. Compatible avec Windows et Mac, SmartDraw fonctionne aussi en ligne et rend possible l’ intégration des logiciels de Microsoft Office, de GSuite et de Google Workspace. Aussi, il est possible d’insérer tous les objets créés dans un fichier doc powerpoint ou sheet ce qui est très pratique et optimise le travail collaboratif. Enfin, il est possible de créer des Cartes mentales, des arborescences, des schémas heuristiques et de pratiquer le brainstorming avec ce logiciel professionnel complet qui aidera les professionnels à augmenter leur efficacité et à améliorer leurs performances. En prime SmartDraw est doté de fonctionnalités spécifiques pour les professionnels du droit et de la justice. Cet ensemble très complet de fonctionnalités est proposé pour un prix mensuel très raisonnable lorsqu'on travaille en équipe

Inconvénients

L'interface n'est pas toujours claire et peut parfois manquer de flexibilité

Avantages

La chose que j'apprecie le plus dans SmartDraw est la simplicite de ce logiciel. C'est tres facile à apprendre et on peut commence immédiatement à créer des diagrammes.

Inconvénients

Le moins apprécié dans ce logiciel est que certains outils sont difficiles parfois à trouver. Mais heureusement, il y a le support pour aider.

Avantages

SmartDraw is a very complete plication for all types of diagrams that you need, has great virtues with respect to Visio that can be considered the number one in the market or at least used, when you need to diagram a project from the basic algorithm to the more complex gantt diagrams , this tool is very useful, it makes you much easier in work (in my experience much easier to use than Visio) the connection between diagrams is simpler, since finishing a diagram makes it much easier to do the following, has a wide range of options and templates that help you in the creation process, contributing to the development of diagrams for systems that you are going to develop, a very useful tool for projects where you need to correctly capture what you want to develop, use it, try it for yourself.

Inconvénients

Its main against is the price, the full version is very expensive although it allows you to enjoy the desktop version and its cost is very high, I think you should download it to compete more in the market.
The speed of the online version sometimes fluctuates negatively, it is a mistake that must be corrected.

Avantages

I like the assortment of graphics that are available with Smartdraw.

Inconvénients

I dislike the cost of Smartdraw. I am using an older version because of the cost to upgrade to the latest one.

Avantages

Great shapes, very intuitive layout, easy to adjust the design.

Inconvénients

Only have yearly pricing, yet they display the prices in cost per month. This is misleading.

Avantages

Very easy and simple way to make a layout study oir even trace new process flowcharts diagrams.

Inconvénients

Maybe the webapp funcionality, several errors while open and costant shut down.

Avantages

Can create your mind maps and complex flowchart of any kind with ease.
Using it on office desktop and well integrated with Microsoft office suit. Also compatible with google docs which is very helpful

Inconvénients

So i didn't find anything and i will strongly recommend this for pm and business analyst activities.

Avantages

I liked the price and the easy project management Tool Set.

Inconvénients

Newer version does not allow import of Excel or Text files to build org charts. This is a show stopper for me!

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi choisir SmartDraw 

Logiciel antérieur 

Avantages

I' using SmartDraw for many years and my opinion is the same :An inexpensive but fantastic software for both network diagrams and any other business and other needs.
Cheap but very good.

Inconvénients

I installed the 2020 version a couple of months ago but opening old files was particularly slow.
I tried completely uninstalling the software and reinstalling it but didn't notice any improvements.
I spoke to other users of different company and they confirmed the same opinion.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à SmartDraw

Inconvénients

I tried to use the free trial on this software. As soon as I finished the drawing I couldn't export, share or print without purchasing. Furthermore I tried to sign in, figuring I could at least save it online to show my builder the plans and got notified that my trial had now expired and I had to pay if I wanted to access my plans again. So basically if I want to see my plans ever again that I spent the last 2 hours drawing, I have to pay smartdraw, and they only have an option to purchase annually. It's super underhanded and sneaky the way they try to get people to pay for their software, as a result, if ever I need any design software, I will most definitely NOT be using or recommending smartdraw.Thanks for wasting 2 hours of my life smartdraw.

Avantages

I tried Smartdraw for the first time in 2016 and I was impressed by the ease of use ; I understood the major workings around this program in a matter of days.I have used Smart draw for Gantt style charting , simple drawings ,including floor drawings when I moved to my new home a while back.
Smartdraw provides users with a variety of modules ,making it a program which can be leveraged by different professionals in different career fields.

Inconvénients

Smartdraw doesn't allow for remote collaboration like what I have come to expect from months of recently embracing Lucidchart. I have also found out that when creating Gantt charts with this program , I am limited in the number of coloumns I am allowed to use.

Avantages

SmartDraw comes with a large number of templates that are customizable. You'll rarely have to build a chart from scratch with those. The software also consists of almost all the tools one would need to make a chart.

Inconvénients

Using of the software does need a bit getting used to and the workspace is not the most state-of-the-art for this software category.

Avantages

The most impactful features of SmartDraw include an extensive library of templates and shapes, drag-and-drop editing, real-time collaboration, integration with Microsoft Office, and compatibility with Windows and MacOS. The product is relatively easy to use, with a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface, which makes it simple to create diagrams with minimal effort. Integration with existing business processes is also straightforward since the product works with most existing file formats.

Inconvénients

Features that I feel are missing or could be improved: Better support for text orientations when editing diagrams, Ability to customize the interface based on user preference.Aspects of the product that are difficult to use: Tooltips are not always clear, making it difficult to understand how to use certain features; navigation can be confusing, especially when trying to find specific parts, Customizing diagrams can be time-consuming, especially when using the software for the first time. Integration with existing business processes should be easy with SmartDraw, but depending on the complexity of the business processes, this may become difficult.

Avantages

SmartDraw also offers a wide range of templates and symbols to choose from, making it easy to create custom diagrams and charts that suit a variety of needs.

Inconvénients

One potential drawback of SmartDraw is that it may not be suitable for all types of users, particularly those who require more advanced features or customization options.

Avantages

The interface would be great if it worked. At the price, it would be a great value, if it worked.

Inconvénients

1. Many, many bugs. In particular, things often move when they shouldn't, and saving your work never works like you expect it to. In particular, if you save a project, via the "save" button, then "save as" another file, the work that was "saved" on the original is lost. They refuse to acknowledge this bug, but, over the phone, they did explain to me how to use templates, which gives a decent workaround for this bug, for me. Which brings me to:
2. When you contact customer support via email they are absurdly unhelpful. The last time I sent a bug report in, I included step by step instructions for reproducing the bug. Every single reply I received had nothing to do with the bug. I continued to ask "could you reproduce this bug on your end?", a question that they never answered once. Bugs are not a thing that customer service seems to be allowed to talk about, which is unfortunate, given how full of bugs this software is.

Avantages

I really like the differents tools that this software provide us, I'm a lawyer and for some diagrams this software let me have a great experience, I really like it, this software it's absolutely great

Inconvénients

This software was so good, it doesn't have things I don't like but I think that the interface can be more friendly and easy to understand for new users

Avantages

Product has many symbol libraries in mechanical/plumbing/industrial/fire protection and more than LucidChart, which is good for my needs. Compatibility with Visio and LucidChart a plus. Menus are generally easy to use.

Inconvénients

Symbols are difficult to use, lacking functional attachment points. But the show-stopper is that, at least in this release, the software is very unstable and crashes repeatedly as another reviewer commented. I use Firefox 88.0 (64-bit) on a MacBook Pro under OS Big Sur 11.0.1, I have reported the problem to both Firefox and SmartDraw. It remains to be seen whether SmartDraw or Firefox respond with an acknowledgment of the problem and a stated intention to fix it. I will post an update later in the week, accordingly.

Avantages

This product ships with a lot of prebuilt content, templates that can let you create quick and easy diagrams, visuals, etc for presentations.

Inconvénients

We bought this thinking it might be a lower cost replacement for Visio and that we'd be able to use the Project Planning template for our PM needs. Neither turned out to be true. This tool will give you a good variety of templates, but if you want to move something manually... forget it. Don't like how the basic flowchart looks or need to make room for a 3rd branch? You'll go back to Visio after a month. Project plans look create, but when you need to update 1 date good luck. ugh. This had a lot of potential but it just isn't flexible enough for real use cases in our experience.

Avantages

2D Floor feature . I used to implement software monitoring solution at customer site. Very often I have been asked to insert as background of the network map the floor plan of the building to easily determine the physical location of the network devices.

Inconvénients

At time I used it there was not SmartDraw Cloud now available. This is perfect for small/individual business.

Avantages

We loved SmartDraw for its ease of use and integration options with other related services.

Inconvénients

For the price point that it arrived with, we least expected a smooth export to Visio which was not possible.

Avantages

The deck plans and landscaping templates were critical for our company

Inconvénients

Overall it was good software but it was a bit to expensive for us.

Avantages

Smart Draw is relatively easy to use. It has all the various kinds of charts and graphs on its website you can imagine.

Inconvénients

Smart Draw does not have any negative features. I used it to teach Quality Improvement concepts. It was great!

Avantages

SmartDraw comes with many types of templates that include flow charts, bar graphs and charts. If you do not find a template that you like, you can create a customized template that suits your project, Photos, and images. Add photos and images to the document with the import to lump sum, copy and paste the commands. You can also import images and photos from your digital camera, and then manipulate them inside SmartDraw until you have the effect you want.

Each template comes with a library of shapes and symbols, to use these shapes and symbols, simply drag them to your worksheet and place them where you want. You can add textures and photos to further improve the document.

It works well with programs such as Microsoft Office, Visio, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, and PowerPoint. And so you can export the mind map to any of these programs to be able to share.

You can export the file with just one click of your mouse. The following graphics formats available to you: JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, and GIF. Export the file to the web or send it anywhere in the world

Inconvénients

It consumes abundant resources if your machine is slow it can become tedious to work, besides its installation is slow

Avantages

Excellent value for the money. Contains a wealth of symbol libraries and is relatively easy to pick up.

Inconvénients

Some of the options for line thickness, etc. can e a bit difficult to locate at first until you get used to it. The snap function barely works sometimes and works too well other times.