# Gliffy review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Diagramming app that runs inside Confluence Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Gliffy is a diagramming app made for Confluence, where diagrams are drawn and stored on Confluence pages. It covers flowcharts, UML, BPMN, network and Mermaid diagrams, and it can import Visio and draw.io files. Gliffy is part of Perforce Software, and the pricing page covers only its Confluence apps. - **Category:** Whiteboards & Mind Maps - **Made by:** Perforce Software - **Website:** https://www.gliffy.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you do not use Confluence, since the pricing page covers Confluence apps only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Gliffy has a free plan, and paid plans start at $3.80 per user / month, billed annually (Confluence Cloud, 11 to 100 users). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Gliffy Diagrams for Confluence is free with no time limit for instances of up to 10 users. - **Free trial:** 30-day evaluation in Confluence Cloud and Data Center. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Confluence app, up to 10 users | $0 | Free with no time limit for up to 10 users, with unlimited diagrams on Confluence Cloud. | | Confluence app, 11-100 users | $3.80 per user / month, billed annually | Unlimited diagrams, flowchart, UML, BPMN, network and Mermaid support, plus exports to JPEG, PNG and SVG. Bought and renewed through Atlassian. | | Gliffy Zero Egress | $2.80 per user / month, shown as an as-low-as price | For security-focused teams: no diagram data leaves the Atlassian environment, and it works with Atlassian Government Cloud and Isolated Cloud. Up to 100 users listed. | Read from https://www.gliffy.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Gliffy before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing** (Annual discount): Gliffy says apps are billed annually at a discount of 12 months for the price of 10 when the Confluence host product is on annual billing. Source: https://www.gliffy.com/pricing - **Academic and open-source licenses** (Education): Atlassian offers special licenses for academic institutions and the open-source community, which Gliffy says extend to Marketplace apps. Source: https://www.gliffy.com/pricing ## Key features - **Native Confluence diagrams:** Diagrams are created inside Confluence pages and stored as attachments, as a .gliffy file and a PNG image. - **Diagram types:** Flowcharts, UML, BPMN, network and Mermaid diagrams are listed, with sticky notes and freehand drawing for sketching during sessions. - **Import and export:** Microsoft Visio and draw.io diagrams can be imported, and diagrams export as JPEG, PNG and SVG. - **AI diagram generation:** Gliffy added AI diagramming in 2025 and describes it as turning a text prompt into a diagram in Gliffy for Confluence. - **Zero Egress edition:** A second app keeps diagram data inside the Atlassian environment, and lists ITAR, GDPR, HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance. - **Searchable text:** All text inside diagrams is searchable from Confluence. ## Good for - Teams that document in Confluence and want diagrams on the same page - Small Confluence instances: up to 10 users is free - Regulated teams that need diagram data kept inside Atlassian ## Worth knowing - The pricing page covers Confluence apps only, and all purchases, renewals and upgrades go through Atlassian. - Prices are per Confluence user and follow the size of your instance, not just the people who draw. - On Confluence Cloud, diagrams become read-only if the license is not renewed. - The Zero Egress price is shown as an as-low-as figure. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Gliffy is a diagramming app that lives inside Atlassian Confluence. It is free for up to 10 users and about $3.80 a user a month above that, but it only works inside Confluence and you pay Atlassian for it. - **Value for money: B.** Free for up to 10 users, then $3.80 a user a month billed annually from 11 to 100 users, under the cheaper quarter of $5. You also need Confluence itself, and it renews through Atlassian. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free with no time limit for up to 10 users on Confluence Cloud, with unlimited diagrams. A 30-day evaluation covers bigger instances. - **Features: C.** Flowcharts, UML, BPMN, network and Mermaid diagrams with AI generation. It covers diagrams only, and only inside Confluence. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It adds to a Confluence page, but you still draw each diagram yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** It runs only inside Atlassian's Confluence and Jira, with Visio and draw.io import. No standalone app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Gliffy's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among whiteboard and mind map tools - Gliffy's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 43 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, and level with 14. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 71 of 98) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $3.80 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 7 of the 69 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 16 tools score higher and cost less. 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 Gliffy you could make: templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $45.60 a year. - You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A diagram editor. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Confluence, Jira and Mermaid among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: SOC 2 and HIPAA. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Confluence, Jira, Mermaid, draw.io, Microsoft Visio **Tags:** Diagrams, Templates, AI features, Real-time collaboration ## Alternatives - [Lucidchart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lucidchart): Browser-based diagramming for flowcharts, org charts and systems. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gliffy-vs-lucidchart) - [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-gliffy) - [Microsoft Visio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-visio): Diagramming software for flowcharts, org charts and floor plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gliffy-vs-microsoft-visio) - [Creately](https://toolgpa.com/tools/creately): Visual workspace for diagrams, whiteboards and planning. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/creately-vs-gliffy) - [SmartDraw](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smartdraw): Floor plans, scaled layouts and business diagrams in the browser. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gliffy-vs-smartdraw) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.gliffy.com/pricing - https://www.gliffy.com - https://www.gliffy.com/about Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/gliffy Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).