Use a diagramming tool to draw architecture diagram, system landscape, process flows, flowchart, entity-relationship diagram (ERD), sequence diagram, data flow diagram, etc. These tools are indispensable at every stage of your Salesforce implementation.
(Tools, that I personally use/have used and recommend are marked with a heart)
1. LucidChart (♥)
- My favorite diagramming tool
- Cloud-based
- Has a free plan with limited features
- Paid plan starts from US$ 7.95/user/month (7 days free trial)
2. Draw.io
- Cloud-based
- Free
3. Microsoft Visio
- Cloud-based & desktop-based
- Paid subscription plan starts from US$ 5/user/month (Free 7 days trial)
- Desktop application starts from US$280
4. Omnigraffle
- Desktop-based
- Available on Mac, iPad, and iPhone
- Paid
- US$ 249/license for Mac (Free 14 days trial)
- US$ 119/License for iOS (Free 14 days trial)
5. Creatly
- Cloud-based & Desktop-based
- Has a free plan with limited features
- Paid plan starts from US$ 4/user/month (30-day money guarantee)
- Desktop application starts from US$ 75
6. Gliffy
- Cloud-based
- Integration with JIRA & Confluence
- Paid plan starts from US$ 7.99/user/month (14-days free trial)
7. SmartDraw
- Cloud-based
- Paid plan starts from US$ 9.95/user/month
Don’t see the tool of your choice listed here? Please feel free to mention it in the comments below for other readers’ benefit.
Want to see a list of more of such useful resources & tools under different categories? Please do take a look at the resources page.
Ashish,
Please check out https://www.erdlab.io
It is an ERD tool I have been working on with some colleagues. Totally free to use and packed with features. If you take a look you’ll find it will beat every single one of the tools you mentioned in this post in terms of features and speed.
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Would really appreciate it if you can add this on your list for your readers to enjoy! Thank you.
Thanks for the info, Jerry. Approving the comment so that it appears on this page.
OMG! I can’t believe you didn’t include https://elements.cloud/ in your list. It has a quite nice tool for drawing process diagrams. And a lot cool stuff for Salesforce admins and architects.
For sequence diagrams I use (obviously): https://sequencediagram.org/