Summary (TLDR):
Review Summary: Cacoo has a great suite of productivity apps to help you get things done. Our main complaint is the UX a bit lacking.
Has Flowchart Symbols: Yes
Ease of Use: 4/5
Collaboration: Yes
Overall Score: 4/5
Introduction
Cacoo Flowchart Maker, developed by Nulab, is a friendly collaboration tool that helps you create various diagrams such as mind maps, network charts, flow charts, wireframes, etc. It is a valuable tool for visualizing the business operation, illustrating the goals, generating ideas, and collaborating in real-time. Specifically, the diversity of templates options enables companies to build workflow diagrams, interact with others in live chat, get feedback, and share charts on other social networks.
Main Features
Variety Of Tools And Templates
Cacoo Flowchart Maker provides intuitive diagramming tools and beautiful templates. Through a set of available presets and shape libraries, you can create organizational charts quickly and easily. In detail, the software offers around 100 presets for reference, such as flow diagrams, wireframes/mockups, network diagrams, presentations, database diagrams, project timelines, etc.
Design Diagrams With Powerful Features
The tool is packed with powerful diagram features to make your workflow simple and effective. Specifically, it supports users in brainstorming, planning, presenting, and gathering feedback to generate decisions. Your team can apply these features to work simultaneously with other members regardless of locations difference.
Cross-functions For Teamwork
The platform offers a wide variety of templates, real-time collaboration, and other relative features for all teams. With this supportive tool, you and your remote collaborator can design complex diagrams, share screens, and chat videos for a live discussion to conduct the project planning. In addition, the app offers direct access to a shared link, which brings users a convenient experience.
Integration With Apps
You can access the data you need from Google drive, Google docs, Visio, Adobe Creative Cloud, and other cloud services. It helps link everything in one place to save time and increase work productivity. Besides, sharing options such as sharable and embed links allow you to place your business-ready design anywhere easily.
Advantages
Easy To Create And Manage
Everybody can use Cacoo Flowchart Maker due to its user-friendly interface and intuitive workflow. There are templates with customizations such as importing photos, adding symbols, inputting texts, changing colors, and the drag-and-drop feature. While modifying the diagram, you can track your changes and save different versions of your work.
Synchronization
The Cacoo's centralized dashboard visualizes all data for your projects. Besides, you can view all diagrams and related documents on the board. Synchronization is automatic when your teammate makes any activities, and the platform will notify you.
Beautiful Templates
Both free and paid versions offer nice-looking presets visuals. By using any of those beautiful templates to create layouts and start working on your project, you can save plenty of time. The app also allows you to export diagrams in different file formats for presentation purposes.
Cacoo Web Application
Cacoo is a web application that runs on low-end computers and different browsers such as Mozilla and Chrome. You don't need a beast PC to create a featureful diagram. The web-based version is fully HTML5 supported, which allows it to work properly on all updated web browsers.
14-Day Trial Period
The program offers users a 14-day free trial. Due to no limited features, you can fully experience this powerful tool’s rich diversity of templates and other functions.
Disadvantages
Lagging Moments
In some circumstances, users experience unwanted slow and lagging moments when designing diagrams. Specifically, you may face minor faults while adding users or moving items that lead to bad performance. Meanwhile, some app functions are not responsive on some devices, such as chatbot live support.
Limited Options For Table Object
Some users reported that they don't have major issues with the app. However, they feel inefficient with the limited creative options and graphic resolution in creating and editing.
They expect to have more options for diagram features such as symbols and icons. Besides, auto-alignment and spacing features are missing as well.
Creating a diagram yourself requires more multiple efforts than applying the templates. The UI navigation and connector flexibility need improving to adapt better users experience. In addition, some users encounter too much auto-snap of shapes and lines connection.
A Few Language Support
The diagram tool is supported in English, French, Spanish, and Japanese. Due to a large number of worldwide users, the developers should add more languages in the future for more convenience.
Pricing
Cacoo Flowchart Maker offers two payment packages with the following pricing details. The three-month package for three users is available at 6$, which doesn't hurt your bank vault. You can save more when selecting the yearly package, which costs 5$ for three users. The price is reasonable compared to the various benefits the diagram software can offer.
