Compare SmartDraw and Creately - Jun 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jun 23, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - SmartDraw or Creately?

SmartDraw is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Creately, and SmartDraw is rated higher (83/100) than Creately (62/100). Both tools offer the same amount of features.

Looking for the right Diagrams solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

SmartDraw Vs. Cinergix Pty Ltd

SmartDraw: Since 1994, SmartDraw's purpose has been to expand the ways in which people communicate so that we can clearly understand each other, make informed decisions, and work together to improve our businesses and the world. We accomplish this by creating software and services that make it possible for people to capture and present information as picture...

Cinergix Pty Ltd: Cinergix is a Melbourne, Australia based startup with its own Research and Development Center in the sunny island of Sri Lanka. It was founded by Chandika Jayasundara, Nick Foster and Charanjit Singh in 2007. Chandika started working on the concepts that led to Cinergix in mid 2007 and got Charan and Nick onboard soon after. Cinergix launched...

Who is more expensive? SmartDraw or Creately?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Diagrams software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for SmartDraw and Creately.

SmartDraw price starts at $5.95 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 SmartDraw is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Diagrams software. Creately price starts at $4 per month , When comparing Creately to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Diagrams software cost.

Bottom line: SmartDraw is more expensive than Creately.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared SmartDraw Vs. Creately based on some of the most important and required Diagrams features.

SmartDraw: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Creately: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

Customers of the software include businesses of all sizes hailing from a variety of industries. and Creately's target customer size include: Start up, Small business, Medium business, Large business.



SmartDraw

ITQlick rating
(4.1/5)

starts at $5.95 per user/month

SmartDraw software is a plan and design landscape solution for all sizes of business. The solution offers a number of functions that include an intelligent formatting tool that adds, deletes or moves shapes and...

Categories: Project Management.

Creately

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $4 per month

Creately is a growing cloud-based Processes software, it is designed to support small, medium and large size business. Creately received a rating of 4.5 from ITQlick team. The software cost is considered afford...

Categories: Processes.

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SmartDraw: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

Creately: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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SmartDraw
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
83/100
Pricing
6/10
License pricing
$5.95 per user/month
Functionality
4
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Creately
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
62/100
Pricing
4.8/10
License pricing
$4 per month
Functionality
4
yEd
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
62/100
Pricing
6.8/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
5
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Cacoo
ITQlick rating
3.8/5
Score
62/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$5 per month
Functionality
5
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Lucidchart
ITQlick rating
3.6/5
Score
56/100
Pricing
6.6/10
License pricing
$9.95 per user/month
Functionality
9

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.