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Available on: Web, Windows
Visio holds an aggregate rating of 4.4 out of 5 from 4,044 reviews across SourceForge, G2 and Capterra, last checked September 17, 2026.
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Pricing checked Oct 30, 2026. Source: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/visio/microso…, read Oct 30, 2026
| Plan | Price | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Visio in Microsoft 365 | $0 |
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| Visio Plan 1 | $5/month |
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| Visio Plan 2 | $15/month |
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Visio Plan 1 is $5/user/month paid yearly.
Plan 2 is $15/user/month paid yearly. A lighter Visio web app is already inside Microsoft 365 commercial plans at $0 extra.
First-time work/school accounts get a 30-day trial of Plan 1 or Plan 2, then it converts to paid unless you cancel. This is best for teams already on Microsoft 365 who only need the extra desktop or shape library.
Each plan includes 2 GB OneDrive for work or school only if you do not already have OneDrive. It does not add 2 GB on top of an existing work OneDrive.
Personal Microsoft accounts (outlook.com, hotmail.com) cannot use Visio for the web.
At $5/user/mo, billed monthly, Visio is mid-range of its 2 comparable direct competitors ($1.70 to $8/mo across the set).
Not ranked, different unit or currency: Lucidchart $9/mo flat, whole organisation, billed monthly; OmniGraffle $10.83/mo, billed yearly.
Entry paid plan, monthly price, per user, billed monthly. Pricing checked Oct 30, 2026.
Toolradar data: Visio's entry paid plan ($5/user/mo, billed monthly) ranks #3 of 8 for price among the Diagramming tools with a verified entry price per user, where the median is $7/user/mo. As of Nov 2026.
| Metric | Visio | Peer median | Position (1 is best) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry paid plan | $5/user/mo, billed monthly | $7/user/mo | #3 of 8 tools priced per user, verified price |
| Free plan | No | 75% have one | n/a |
| Listed as an alternative to | 7 tools | 1 | #11 of 56 (joint) |
| Integrations listed | 2 | 2 | #8 of 15 (joint) tools with at least one integration recorded |
| User rating | 4.4/5 (across the web, 4,044 ratings) | 4.4/5 | #13 of 27 (joint) tools with 20+ reviews |
| Compare-page visits, last 30 days | 57 visits | 48 | #8 of 25 tools with 20+ compare-page visits |
Visitors most often compare Visio with draw.io and Lucidchart (last 30 days, Nov 2026).
Listed as an alternative to: #11 on 2026-10-16 to #11 on 2026-11-02 (rank among 56 tools, 1 is best).
Each position is counted among the tools that have data for that row, as noted under it. A lower entry price ranks higher; prices are read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis. All Diagramming data · How we compute this. Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position. Visit counts include visits from every source.
Cite this: Toolradar, “Visio by the numbers”, Nov 2026.
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Anonymous
Diagram potential is great, has vast potential. Will update as or if I make progress in learning and application.
Much easier to start to use. Confusing almost cryptic in the begging. Bettert start up and build from there.
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