Paid yEd Graph Editor AlternativesTop Diagram Editors & Mind Mapping Tools like yEd Graph Editor

The best paid alternative to yEd Graph Editor is Microsoft Visio. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to yEd Graph Editor and many of them is paid so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting paid alternatives to yEd Graph Editor are Wondershare EdrawMax, OmniGraffle, Square Sketch and Visual Paradigm.

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  1. Microsoft Visio icon
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    Create data-connected diagrams with real-time collaboration as part of the Office Suite. Ideal for IT and business professionals, it visualizes complex info with ease, providing intuitive tools for diagramming, mind mapping, and vector graphics.

    128 Microsoft Visio alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  2. Versatile diagram software offering extensive templates for flowcharts, org charts, and more. AI integration simplifies diagramming, facilitates project analysis, and includes features like chatbots and OCR. Suitable for personal, professional, and collaborative use.

    128 Wondershare EdrawMax alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  3. OmniGraffle icon
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    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 organizing diagrams with just one click.

    107 OmniGraffle alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPad
     
  4. Visual Paradigm icon
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    Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML) is a UML design tool and UML CASE tool designed to aid software development. VP-UML supports key modeling standards such as Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.4, SysML, ERD, DFD, BPMN 2.0, ArchiMate 2.0, etc.

    84 Visual Paradigm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. MindManager  icon
     87 likes

    Visualize projects, ideas, and strategies with mind maps, charts, and diagrams. Manage tasks, meetings, and information using attachments, embedded browsers, and templates. Collaborate in teams and integrate with multiple platforms, including Office and cloud services.

    86 MindManager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    A mind mapping application is not an adequate replacement for a graph editor. A tree and a graph are fundamentally different types of data structures.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • MindManager is Paid and ProprietaryyEd Graph Editor is Free and Proprietary
  6. SmartDraw icon
     34 likes

    Instead of starting with a blank screen, SmartDraw gives you the exact template you need. Then use simple commands to add your information and SmartDraw does the rest. There's no other drawing software like it.

    71 SmartDraw alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
  7. StarUML icon
     41 likes

    StarUML is a program to develop fast, flexible, extensible, featureful, and freely-available UML/MDA platform running on Win32 platform. The goal of the StarUML project is to build a software modeling tool and also platform that is a compelling replacement of commercial UML...

    58 StarUML alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Gliffy icon
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    "If they could see what Im thinking, they'd get it!" People just understand faster with pictures. It helps them see how information is connected, whether it is complete, and how a shift in one element impacts something else.

    81 Gliffy alternatives

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    • Online
    • Chrome OS
     
  9. Datagraphs icon
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    Knowledge graphs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. InfraNodus icon
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    InfraNodus can visualize any research notes, ideas, texts, even the Google search results on a certain topic as a text network. The words are the nodes and their co-occurrences are the connections between them.

    Cost / License

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    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Linkurious icon
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    Linkurious provides a graph visualization and analysis platform used for fraud detection, anti-money laundering, intelligence or cybersecurity. Easy to deploy and highly extensible, Linkurious Enterprise makes it easy to uncover insights hidden in complex connected data.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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