What is Creately used for?

Creately is a visual canvas for diagrams, flowcharts, mind maps and whiteboarding, with AI assistance and many specialized diagram types. It is a good fit for IT teams documenting networks, analysts modeling data with ER diagrams, and managers charting organizations and processes.

Yes. Creately has a free plan. Free forever plan. Starter, Team and Business are paid plans (annual billing saves $36/year) with a 7-day free trial on Business, but their prices are not shown in the page text.

Is Creately open source?

No. Creately is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Creately include tldraw, Drawnix and draw.io.

What are some alternatives to Creately?

Creately competes with Microsoft Visio, SmartDraw and Gliffy. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Creately alternatives.

Creately: features, pricing and alternatives

About Creately

Creately is a commercial online diagramming and visual collaboration platform. The vendor describes it as AI-powered and as a place where teams create flowcharts, org charts, mind maps, genograms, whiteboards and workflows on a single canvas.

Its tool pages cover flowchart software with automation, org chart software with images and profiles, concept map maker on an infinite canvas, genogram and family tree makers, ER diagram tools supporting Crow's Foot and Chen notation, and network diagram software with support for AWS, Cisco, Azure and more. Teams can work on these together in real time.

Creately is hosted, proprietary software with a plans page, and it is not self-hosted. It suits project managers, IT staff, analysts and educators who need many kinds of diagrams in one product rather than a single-purpose tool.

Key features

Flowcharts and workflow diagrams
Org charts with profiles
ER diagrams with Crow's Foot and Chen notation
Network diagrams for AWS, Cisco and Azure
Mind maps and concept maps
Whiteboard canvas for teams
Genogram and family tree makers

Good fit for

→IT teams documenting networks
→Analysts modeling data with ER diagrams
→Managers charting organizations and processes

Tags: diagramming; flowcharts; whiteboard; mind-maps; er-diagrams; network-diagrams

Creately: questions and answers

What is Creately used for?: Creately is a visual canvas for diagrams, flowcharts, mind maps and whiteboarding, with AI assistance and many specialized diagram types. It is a good fit for IT teams documenting networks, analysts modeling data with ER diagrams, and managers charting organizations and processes.
Is Creately free?: Yes. Creately has a free plan. Free forever plan. Starter, Team and Business are paid plans (annual billing saves $36/year) with a 7-day free trial on Business, but their prices are not shown in the page text.
Is Creately open source?: No. Creately is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Creately include tldraw, Drawnix and draw.io.
What are some alternatives to Creately?: Creately competes with Microsoft Visio, SmartDraw and Gliffy. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Creately alternatives.