EdrawMax vs PicDoc

EdrawMax is diagramming software for creating, importing, and exporting a wide range of diagrams. Its online edition offers more than 210 types, including flowcharts, circuit diagrams, floor plans, UML, and network diagrams. The product advertises 20,000+ free templates and 26,000+ symbols, plus AI tools for diagramming, presentations, drawing, symbols, analysis, copywriting, OCR, and stickers. It supports Visio, SVG, and CAD imports and exports to PNG, JPG, PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SVG, and Visio. EdrawMax is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web. The browser edition processes files on its servers, while the desktop edition processes documents locally. The free plan includes 500 AI tokens and 100M cloud storage, but limits shapes and document pages and adds a watermark to exports. Basic is listed at $5.90 per month billed annually; Unlimited is listed at $11.90 per month billed annually. The pricing note lists a 7-day trial. Premium users can save and open files directly with Google Drive and Dropbox.

PicDoc is a web tool for turning text into visual documents such as charts, infographics and flowcharts. You can type or paste text, ask AI to create text, or upload files for content extraction; its guide describes a workflow for up to three PDF, DOCX, PNG or JPG files. PicDoc says it can create a visual from text in one second. Afterward, you can adjust wording, position, font, color, alignment and icons. Diagrams can be downloaded as PNG, JPG, PDF or PPT, while whole pages can be saved as PNG or PDF or shared through a viewable link. Listed uses include team whiteboard markups, AI-assisted brainstorming and daily inspiration notes. PicDoc runs in a browser, and documents can be viewed on mobile, though it recommends a computer for editing and interaction. The service is in beta; its home page says all functions, including membership features, are free during beta. The Free plan is free and lists 1,000 credits per week.