Retrieved sources

diagrams.net —

https://www.drawio.com/ [E1]
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founded_year: "2017"
name: diagrams.net
diagrams.net is a graph drawing application that lets users design and export diagrams such as circuit diagrams, floor plans, flowcharts, infographics, mind maps, and UML designs. It can run as a web app or as a standalone desktop program, without requiring online login or registration.

Value Proposition & Features

Draw IO—officially diagrams.net —is a free graph-drawing application for creating and exporting technical and business diagrams, including flowcharts, UML diagrams, mind maps, floor plans, circuit diagrams, and infographics. It is available as a browser application or standalone desktop program and does not require online registration. [E1]
Its central proposition is deployment and storage flexibility: users can work in the web editor, desktop application, or connected document platforms, while diagrams remain ordinary files in the selected storage environment. The official SharePoint integration states that files remain in the customer’s libraries and that draw.io servers do not store diagram content. [1]
Priority features:
  • Browser-based diagram editor. [E1]
  • Standalone desktop application. [E1]
  • Export of multiple diagram types and formats. [E1]
  • Flowcharts, UML , mind maps, floor plans, circuit diagrams, and Infographics . [E1]
  • SharePoint integration with inline viewing and editing. [1]
  • Concurrent editing and automatic saving in SharePoint. [1]
  • Custom links, multi-page navigation, presentation mode, and page animations. [2]
  • Gliffy-to-draw.io migration tooling with dry-run testing and conversion reports. [3]

Screenshots

No three official screenshot URLs were identified in the retrieved material.

Product Roadmap / Announcements

As of October 10, 2026,
  • September 28, 2026: Draw IO announced an action editor for custom links, including configurable animations, page-level animations, presentation-mode effects, and navigation between pages in multi-page diagrams. [2]
  • September 17, 2026: The draw.io Diagram Editor became available in the Microsoft Marketplace for SharePoint, supporting inline viewing, editing, automatic saving, concurrent editing, and customer-controlled storage. [1]
  • September 10, 2026: Draw IO added a dry-run mode to its Gliffy migration tool for Confluence Cloud, allowing administrators to test conversions, review reports, and identify permission or conversion problems before writing changes. [3]

Recent Developments

Within the retrieved 90-day window, Draw IO’s documented developments centered on SharePoint deployment, interactive diagram animations, and safer Gliffy migration workflows. [1][2][3]

Market Sizing

Category, Market Size, and Category Growth

Draw IO fits the diagramming and visual collaboration software category, with use cases spanning software architecture, business process mapping, UML, education, documentation, and general technical illustration. [E1] No reliable analyst or financial source was retrieved that establishes Draw IO’s addressable market, market share, or category growth rate.

Competitive Landscape

Who it's for, who it's not for

Draw IO is aimed at individuals and teams creating technical, operational, educational, and business diagrams who value free access, local or customer-controlled storage, broad diagram types, and flexible deployment. [E1] It is particularly relevant for users working inside SharePoint or Confluence environments. [1][3]
It is less suited to buyers seeking a publicly documented enterprise revenue model, analyst-covered financial profile, or a source-verified roadmap beyond product announcements; no reliable information on those areas was found in the retrieved material.

Viable Alternatives

  • Lucidchart — a collaborative business-visualization alternative.
  • Microsoft Visio — an established diagramming option in Microsoft-centric organizations.
  • Gliffy — a directly relevant alternative and a migration source supported by Draw IO. [3]
  • Cacoo — a collaborative diagramming alternative.
  • Mermaid.js — a text-based option for diagrams maintained alongside source code.

Competitor Table

Competitor Description
Lucidchart Collaborative diagramming and business-visualization platform.
Microsoft Visio Microsoft’s diagramming product for business and technical documentation.
Gliffy Diagramming platform with documented Draw IO migration support in Confluence Cloud. [3]
Cacoo Collaborative online diagramming alternative.
Mermaid Text-defined diagramming tool suited to documentation and code-oriented workflows.

Sources

[1]: draw.io Diagram Editor for SharePoint is in the Microsoft ... [2]: Updated custom links now with an action animation editor - Draw.io [3]: www.drawio.com · blog · updated-gliffy-importTest your Gliffy import before you migrate - draw.io [4]: One post tagged with "animation" - Draw.io

Sources (retrieved)

[E1] Exa.ai API response for data on diagrams.net