# Free or cheap alternative to Visio (on Mac)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-or-cheap-alternative-to-visio-on-mac/796802>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 20, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-or-cheap-alternative-to-visio-on-mac/796802 "2017-09-20T11:59:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-or-cheap-alternative-to-visio-on-mac/796802/1 "2017-09-20T11:59:00Z")

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Hi all.

I use Microsoft Visio at work for network diagrams, process flows and the like.

I’ve started work on a personal hobbyist project where I could do with something similar, but running on my own computer (a Mac Mini). I don’t want to spend megabucks on it, so a Visio license is probably out.

Can anyone recommend some free or cheap Visio-like software? I’ll be more interested in flowcharts than network diagrams for this particular project.

Thanks - all thoughts welcome.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-or-cheap-alternative-to-visio-on-mac/796802/2 "2017-09-20T13:57:46Z")

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I’ve used [Diagrammix](http://diagrammix.com) and [Dia](https://sourceforge.net/projects/dia-installer/).

They both did what I needed, but I’m not a very demanding user.

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**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-or-cheap-alternative-to-visio-on-mac/796802/3 "2017-09-20T15:41:23Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> I’ve used [Diagrammix](http://diagrammix.com) and [Dia](https://sourceforge.net/projects/dia-installer/).
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> They both did what I needed, but I’m not a very demanding user.

Thanks - I don’t think I will be either.

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-or-cheap-alternative-to-visio-on-mac/796802/4 "2017-09-20T19:27:58Z")

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There’s also a bunch of free onlines online, like lucidchart and gliffy. Nice to be able to pull them up from anywhere (operating system or phone)