Best Free Alternative to MagicDraw

What's the best free MagicDraw alternative?

Ralph Garcia suggested Visual Paradigm Online (VP Online) Express Edition, a free online drawing tool to be the best MagicDraw alternative.

According to Ralph, VP Online Express Edition is a web-based drawing software. It supports UML, ERD, Organization Chart, Floor Plan, Business Concept Map and ITIL diagram, and there are paid editions for more diagram types such as BPMN, ArchiMate, Mind Map, PERT Chart, DFD, etc. The diagram editor is so intuitive and with many great editing features that enables users to create diagrams quickly and smoothly.

Ralph suggested some advantages of VP Online's Free Edition:

• Unlimited diagrams
• Unlimited shapes
• No restriction on access period
• No watermark

He also listed some key features:

• Clear UI for quick flowchart editing
• Easy to use: Create and connect shapes with drag and drop. Connectors are attached to shape border and will never separate apart (unlike many other tools!).
• Beautiful drawing: Apply different formatting options, which include shape and connectors colors (fill/gradient), 40+ connector types, background color, RTF caption, font options, shadow effect, etc
• Alignment guide helps you position shapes nicely.
• Build your own shape library to create diagrams with your own shapes.
• Start quickly with the pre-developed diagram templates. Hundreds of templates are provided.
• Easily print and export your drawing into different formats (PNG, JPG, SVG, GIF)
• Easily add text, notes, external images, web links to diagram
• Export your drawing as PDF and share with others
• Available on the cloud, compatible with all O/S and browsers
• Visio drawing and stencil import
• Google drive integration

According to Ralph, VP Online also offer paid editions that support more diagram types and other features like Scrum User Story Mapping, Customer Journey Mapping, Task management, etc.

He recommends every one to try Visual Paradigm Express Edition, the best free UML software.