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Microsoft Office Visio vs PlantUML

A side-by-side look at Microsoft Office Visio and PlantUML. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Microsoft Office Visio

Microsoft Office Visio

Office & Productivity

Microsoft Office Visio is a diagramming and vector graphics software used to create flowcharts, network diagrams, workflows, and other business visualizations. It integrates with other Microsoft Office tools.

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PlantUML

PlantUML

Development

PlantUML is an open-source tool for creating UML diagrams from plain text. It supports all standard UML diagrams like use case diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, etc. PlantUML allows users to write simple textual descriptions which are then transformed into UML diagrams.

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