# EdrawMax review (2026): is it worth it? > Diagram maker with templates, a web editor and a desktop app Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. EdrawMax is a diagramming tool for flowcharts, floor plans, UML, network diagrams and similar drawings. It runs in a browser as EdrawMax Online and is also offered as a desktop and mobile product. Its site pitches it as a Visio alternative with a large template and symbol library and AI diagram generators. - **Category:** Whiteboards & Mind Maps - **Made by:** Edrawsoft - **Website:** https://www.edrawmax.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Watch out: plan names and prices couldn't be read, so check before you rely on the free version. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing EdrawMax's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Many diagram types:** The site lists flowcharts, mind maps, org charts, Gantt charts, floor plans, P&ID, UML and ER diagrams among the drawings it supports. - **Template and symbol library:** The site claims more than 20,000 free templates and 26,000 symbols, plus a community where users share templates. - **AI diagram tools:** The site claims 40 or more AI diagram generators and tools, and offers 500 free AI tokens when you try the app. - **Web editor with sharing:** EdrawMax Online lets teams co-create diagrams in a browser and export or share them publicly or privately. ## Good for - Technical diagrams such as UML, network and floor plans - People who want a template-heavy Visio alternative ## Worth knowing - Plan names and prices could not be read: the pricing page loads its figures with JavaScript and the site's pricing addresses returned errors. - The site lists desktop and mobile editions, but the pages read here did not say which operating systems they cover, so only the web editor is listed. - Whether the free web version limits exports or templates was not stated on the pages read. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. EdrawMax is a diagramming tool for flowcharts, floor plans, UML and network diagrams, with a large template library and AI generators. We couldn't read its plans or prices, so we can't say what the free web version limits or what paid costs. - **Value for money: C.** No readable price: the pricing page loads its figures with JavaScript. With nothing on record it sits in the middle. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Offered as a free diagram maker online, but the pages we read didn't say what the free version limits on exports or templates. - **Features: C.** Many diagram types, a template and symbol library and AI tools, but it's a diagramming tool rather than a freeform whiteboard. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build each diagram yourself, from a template or a blank page. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Only the web editor is confirmed. Desktop and mobile editions exist, but the pages we read didn't say which systems they cover, and PowerPoint is the one connection named. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Edrawsoft's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. Its pricing page did not show prices when read. ## Where it stands among whiteboard and mind map tools - EdrawMax's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 8 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, and level with 14. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/whiteboards ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of EdrawMax you could make: templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 76 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools grade higher. - You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A diagram editor. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with PowerPoint **Tags:** Diagrams, Templates, AI features ## Alternatives - [Microsoft Visio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-visio): Diagramming software for flowcharts, org charts and floor plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/edrawmax-vs-microsoft-visio) - [Lucidchart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lucidchart): Browser-based diagramming for flowcharts, org charts and systems. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/edrawmax-vs-lucidchart) - [SmartDraw](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smartdraw): Floor plans, scaled layouts and business diagrams in the browser. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/edrawmax-vs-smartdraw) - [Creately](https://toolgpa.com/tools/creately): Visual workspace for diagrams, whiteboards and planning. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/creately-vs-edrawmax) - [draw.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/draw-io): Free diagram editor that saves files to storage you choose. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/draw-io-vs-edrawmax) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.edrawmax.com - https://www.edrawmax.com/online/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/edrawmax Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).