ClearWork vs Eraser

ClearWork creates editable process maps, flowcharts and swimlane diagrams from documents, recordings, transcripts and other unstructured material. Its discovery agent interviews people who carry out the work, helping identify gaps between documented processes and actual practice. A person reviews and confirms findings before they enter the record; conflicts, variations and unknowns are surfaced separately. Diagrams can be revised with plain-language AI prompts or edited manually, and each generated line links to its source, such as an interview moment, document page or recording timestamp. A validated record can also produce requirements, business requirements documents, traceability matrices, user stories, SOPs, work instructions, summaries and roadmaps. Diagrams export to Visio and draw.io; documents export to Word and PDF, and Mermaid syntax is supported. ClearWork runs on the web. Paid plans start at $200 a month, and a 14-day trial offers full platform access with unlimited use and no credit card required. The maker says client data is contractually excluded from AI model training and engagements have project-level isolation and role-based access.

Eraser is a diagramming tool for technical teams that generates diagrams from prompts, code, files, and private Git repositories. It supports flow charts, entity-relationship diagrams, cloud architecture diagrams, sequence diagrams, and BPMN diagrams. Generated diagrams can be adjusted with diagram-as-code or AI edits, and reference libraries can align output with company building blocks. Collaboration includes real-time work, comments, tagging, and unlimited free guests. The service lists GitHub, Notion, Confluence, and a VS Code extension, as well as live diagram embeds and Git-powered updates. The free plan includes 3 files, 3 AI diagrams, and 7-day version history. Starter costs $15 a month when billed annually, or $20 monthly; it adds unlimited files, private files, and API calls. The diagram API is for paid users, while MCP operations are subject to plan AI-credit limits. Eraser says it is SOC 2 Type 2 certified, performs annual penetration testing, and does not train AI models on customer content. Enterprise deployment options include multi-tenant, single-tenant, and self-hosted setups.