#9 in Business IntelligenceUpdated 2026-08

draw.io

by draw.io · Open source diagramming that stores files in your own storage

53.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

draw.io is an open source diagramming application, available in a browser and as a desktop app. Diagrams are saved to storage you connect yourself — Google Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive, Confluence, Jira, GitHub and others — or locally via the desktop app, and the vendor states it cannot access that data. Diagrams can be exported to SVG, PNG or PDF, or embedded as editable iframes.

Best for: Teams that want diagrams kept in their own storage rather than on a diagramming vendor's servers
Pricing: No prices are shown; the page describes the product as free forever, open source under Apache 2.0, with no sign-up or credit card required.
Runs on: WebCLI

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Apache 2.0 licensed, free, with no sign-up required
Files created in 2005 still open in the current app
Native Google, Microsoft, Atlassian, GitHub and VS Code links
Real-time collaboration with shared cursors

Trade-offs

You must bring your own storage; none is provided with the tool
No pricing, support terms or SLA are published on the page
Beyond collaboration, no admin or governance features are described

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 60 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 79 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 85 out of 100
Operational trust: 15 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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