| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 0 |
| Spec score · Diagramming Software | 9.3 (#1) | 7.9 (#31) |
| Spec score · Diagramming tools | 9.3 (#3) | 7.6 (#36) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The integrations page lists Google Drive, Slack, Confluence, and Microsoft Teams integrations. | Official integrations include extensions for VSCode, Vim, and Obsidian; the extensions page also lists community plugins and tools. |
| License | The desktop EULA says the software is licensed rather than sold, prohibits redistribution and reverse engineering, and reserves intellectual-property rights to Cinergix. | The repository says D2 is open sourced under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. |
| Support | The pricing page lists email support for Starter and email/chat support for Team; its help center says support is available 24x7. | The project directs users to Discord for help and GitHub Issues and Discussions for bugs, proposals, and feature requests. |
| What it does | Creately is a visual collaboration platform for diagramming, whiteboarding, planning, project work and knowledge management on shared visual workspaces. | D2 is a declarative diagramming language that turns text into diagrams. |
