Microsoft Office Visio Alternatives for Mac

Microsoft Office Visio is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The most popular Mac alternative is diagrams.net, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Office Visio and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Microsoft Office Visio are yEd Graph Editor (Free), Dia (Free, Open Source), LibreOffice - Draw (Free, Open Source) and Lucidchart (Freemium).

The list of alternatives was last updated on Sep 30, 2020

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Lucidchart
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Lucidchart is a visual workspace that combines diagramming, collaboration, and data visualization to accelerate understanding and drive innovation. With this intuitive, cloud-based solution, everyone can work visually and collaborate in real time. .
Most users think this is great alternative to Microsoft Office Visio.
Freemium
Mac
Windows
Online
Android
iPhone
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
iPad
Microsoft Office Word
Google Drive
Google Drive - Docs
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Google Apps
Google Drive - Sheets
Microsoft Office Suite
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Charts
Diagrams
Flow chart
General-purpose diagramming
UI Design
Online collaboration
Prototyping
Real time collaboration
Export to PDF
Scalable UI
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diagrams.net
diagrams.net (previously draw.io) is a free online diagram drawing application for workflow, BPM, org charts, UML, ER, network diagrams.
Almost everyone think this is great alternative to Microsoft Office Visio.
Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Chrome OS
Self-Hosted
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Auto aligment rulers
Google Chrome Extensions
Diagrams
Document templates
Drawing
Drawing Board
Sync with Dropbox
Flow diagram visualisation
Flow chart
GCP Diagrams
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ma
It is very convenient and contains many features.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 15 users agree and 7 don't.
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Gu
It's free and includes many of the same features.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 9 users agree and 4 don't.
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Gu
It's free, ease of use, I can use it online
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 5 users agree and 2 don't.
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yEd Graph Editor
yEd is a powerful diagram editor that can be used to quickly create diagrams manually or import external data for analysis and auto-magically arrange even large data sets by just...
Almost everyone think this is great alternative to Microsoft Office Visio.
Free
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
BSD
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Auto Layout
BPMN diagrams
Class Diagrams
Component Diagrams
Diagrams
ER Diagrams
Export to SVG
Flow diagram visualisation
Flow chart
Grid layout options
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Gu
Very easy to use. Fair interface. The only issue really is that connectors must have a node at each end, it would be great if you could simply add unconnected lines. Other than that, it's a very good application.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 4 users agree and 1 doesn't.
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Gu
Open source, lightweight, easy to use.
Positive comment • 8 months ago • 1 users agree and 1 doesn't.
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Gu
It supports SVG export of diagrams. Yay for infinite zooming!
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 1 users agree and 1 doesn't.
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Dia
Dia is a GTK+ based diagram creation program for Linux, Unix, Mac OS X and Windows released under the GPL license.
Most users think this is great alternative to Microsoft Office Visio.
Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
PortableApps.com
FreeBSD
Xfce
DragonFly BSD
NetBSD
OpenBSD
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Diagrams
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Flow chart
Lightweight
Workflow
WYSIWYG Support
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Gu
Clumpsy Handling, old fashion style look
Negative comment • more than a year ago • 10 users agree and 2 don't.
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Gu
Dia has no cross platform copy paste capability.
Negative comment • more than a year ago • 6 users agree and 9 don't.
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LibreOffice - Draw
Powerful vector graphics editor for the office with tools for easily creating charts, diagrams, brochures and more.
Most users think this is great alternative to Microsoft Office Visio.
Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
PortableApps.com
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Auto aligment rulers
Auto Layout
Automated diagrams
BPMN diagrams
Collaborative Workspaces
Component Diagrams
Create UML entities
Import CSV data
Desktop publishing
Diagrams
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Gu
It's free and open source, while Visio is proprietary and expensive.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 5 users agree.
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Gu
Can draw flowcharts and diagrams with almost all the features of Visio. You can drag a box, press F2, and start typing, for example.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 4 users agree.
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Gu
It is hard to tell you that when I haven't started using it yet, but it appears to have the functionality I require without the expensive price, for sure.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 2 users agree and 2 don't.
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Lucidchart
Lucidchart is a visual workspace that combines diagramming, collaboration, and data visualization to accelerate understanding and drive innovation. With this intuitive, cloud-based solution, everyone can work visually and collaborate in real time. .
Most users think this is great alternative to Microsoft Office Visio.
Freemium
Mac
Windows
Online
Android
iPhone
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
iPad
Microsoft Office Word
Google Drive
Google Drive - Docs
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Google Apps
Google Drive - Sheets
Microsoft Office Suite
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Charts
Diagrams
Flow chart
General-purpose diagramming
UI Design
Online collaboration
Prototyping
Real time collaboration
Export to PDF
Scalable UI
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Gu
I have tried them all. Lucidchart is the easiest to use, works across all my devices, and supports real-time collaboration.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 3 users agree and 5 don't.
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Gu
Cross-platform interoperability is key.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 0 users agree and 4 don't.
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Gu
Free, fast and easy to work no bogging you down with logic statements or life changing decisions.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 3 users agree and 8 don't.
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Pencil Project
Pencil is a standalone app or Firefox extension* that lets you create diagrams or UI mockups. It doesn't have collaboration/multi-user features.
Most users think this is great alternative to Microsoft Office Visio.
Discontinued

No longer maintened
Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
PortableApps.com
Electron / Atom Shell
Firefox
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Cliparts
Diagrams
Drawing
Firefox Extensions
Prototyping
Sketching
Wireframing
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Gu
Used to make sketchups for a mobile GUI.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 2 users agree and 1 doesn't.
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Gu
Does not map network layout easily enough, which is what Visio was designed to do from the start
Negative comment • more than a year ago • 4 users agree.
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Gu
Visio is a native application while Pencil is a webpage disguised as an application, with the usual drawbacks, like poor performance and OS integration, etc...
Negative comment • more than a year ago • 3 users agree and 8 don't.
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PlantUML
Open-source, Java-based UML diagram maker using plain text descriptions to draw models.
Almost everyone think this is great alternative to Microsoft Office Visio.
Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Android
Chrome OS
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Create UML entities
Flow chart
Portable
Text Based Format
UML diagrams
VCS Friendly
Workflow
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OmniGraffle
OmniGraffle can help you make eye-popping graphic documents—quickly—by providing powerful styling tools, keeping lines connected to shapes even when they’re moved, and magically...
Almost everyone think this is great alternative to Microsoft Office Visio.
Paid
Mac
iPad
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ER Diagrams
Flow chart
Graphs
Self-hosted search
Workflow
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Gu
On the Mac there is no other program that is so versatile compared to Visio (which isn’t available for Mac OS).
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 5 users agree and 1 doesn't.
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Gu
Easy to use and seems more powerful than MS Visio itself.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 3 users agree and 3 don't.
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Wondershare EdrawMax
Creating flowcharts, organizational charts, business diagrams, science illustration, network diagrams, mind map and lots more.
Almost everyone think this is great alternative to Microsoft Office Visio.
Paid
Mac
Windows
Linux
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Floor Plan
Flow chart
Gantt-charts
Mind Map view
Export to PDF
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Gu
It has the same UI and software features.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 2 users agree and 3 don't.
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Gu
Highly customize templates help me to creat charts efficiently.
Positive comment • 11 months ago • 0 users agree and 1 doesn't.
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Gu
The similar UI and less learn curve. Cross platform, good job.
Positive comment • more than a year ago • 1 users agree and 2 don't.
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Microsoft Office Visio Alternatives for Mac

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Features

License

Lucidchart

diagrams.net

yEd Graph Editor

Dia

LibreOffice - Draw

Lucidchart

Pencil Project

PlantUML

OmniGraffle

Wondershare EdrawMax