Which tool do you recommend to create flowcharts?

Question

I would like an easy to use (drag and drop tool) either web based or for ipad.

Accepted Answer

Love it! It's easy to use - the learning curve is a virtual zero. It's free, primarily web-based, with apps for iOS and Android. :)

PS. You can create flowcharts on the iOS app, but view-only on the Android app (edit capability is coming soon according to the devs), and every change is synced to the cloud.

Eithiriel DeMeré · Answer

Love Lucidchart. It's really intuitive and it's like they've thought of everything that you need. I use it to map out integrated Product Management and Customer Success user flows.

Ryan Hoover · Answer

I've been using Omnigraffle for years.  It's a native Mac app, which is good and bad.

The good: It's super performant and more responsive than web-based flowchart tools.

The bad: Sharing flow charts isn't as easy as it could be.

Timothy Graham · Answer

Great for iPads and super fast to create flowcharts.

Camp Olivia · Answer

I would say Edraw Max, which is multi-platform based for Windows, Mac, and even Linux. I can find many built-in and time-saving flowchart standard shapes and templates in the software for you to drag and drop. It also has a team/personal cloud system for you to share files, and that's great!

Nishadha Silva · Answer

I work for Cinergix, makers of Creately. We do have an easy to use drag and drop interface. But we go beyond that with our contextual toolbar. Instead of dragging dropping and connecting with it you can create and connect with a single click. Plus you can draw many more diagrams using our tool https://creately.com/Flowcharts-and-Workflow-Diagrams-Online

Dre Durr💡 · Answer

I like LucidChart a lot. It is free, and you can make some really dope charts

Mutaz Salahat · Answer

It's cloud based you can save your charts directly to dropbox, google drive or download them in various formats

Denis Shershnev · Answer

You can invite your team members to collaborate on a flow

Stephen Co · Answer

Honestly there are tons out there and all are equally capable.  My personal preference is Mockflow since it has many different types of UI/UX features to choose from.

Vladimír Seman · Answer

Use Gleek if you want to create flowcharts really quickly.

👉 Try to type "Shape1-->Shape2" to get an idea

Bing Han · Answer

I use Cacoo to document any process or project flow - which makes it very easy to communicate ideas. It also acts as a good file storage and exchange in the organization.

Helen Larsen · Answer

This app includes true real-time collaboration. And computer versions (Mac & Windows) are available ;)

Konrad Gonera · Answer

To design a website structure I would recommend using Slickplan.
Also inside sitemap pages you can create flow charts and mind maps, for example under the ‘authorization’ page cell you can draw a diagram describing the registration and signing in process for users.
The diagrams can be created as a standalone, shareable and exportable projects as well.

Flavius Matis · Answer

It's blazing fast, intuitive and it has a wide-range of predefined shapes to get you started.

Roger Lu · Answer

The mind map view is perfect for us for flow charting collaboratively. You can then switch it into list or notes view when you want to go back to managing tasks.

ChungYun Lee · Answer

To me, Whimsical provides the most intuitive interface and shortcuts, I can draw down the clear but also good looking flowchart in a few minutes.

Anthony Thong Do · Answer

My favorite one after Visio, I guess it's the best flowchart tool online. The things I love are the user experience and the performance, they are quite good even though it's a web app!