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Mindjet MindManager vs Visio comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Mindjet MindManager
Ranking in Mind Mapping Software
5th
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Visio
Ranking in Mind Mapping Software
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
105
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Mind Mapping Software category, the mindshare of Mindjet MindManager is 8.5%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visio is 30.8%, down from 32.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

MS
An Easy to use tool for brainstorming and planning, compatible with Microsoft Project
This solution works well enough. One can always dream up certain things that may or may not be worth implementing in a piece of software because some other people might have some other better priorities that make more sense. But I would say for what I need it to do, I'm okay. My advice to others is to get it, and use it! It's very good and useful. I am pretty sure that the functionality it has today has more modern methodologies than what I use, but for me, it has been very useful and I have kept using it all of this time. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Tugrul TASCI - PeerSpot reviewer
We have seen return on investment in the form of time savings but should have more design tools
I am generally using Visio to create some diagrams Visio should implement more complex tools or graphics to facilitate processing and use flexible templates. It should allow users to easily drag and drop some previously created diagrams. The tools supplied or provided are very basic, and there…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature is being able to export to Microsoft Project."
"I like all the features. I go online, and everything pops there. It is in the cloud, and everything is there. Even if there is a crash, everything is still there. I don't lose anything. That's what is the most valuable and likable. It is really a professional solution for designing. The designs look really nice in the PDF."
"Visio makes it easier than with other tools to do such tasks as changing things or coming up with one's own visual style for presentation purposes."
"The task sequencing, the process level views, and the ability to communicate between lanes are valuable features in Visio."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"The fact that it's on-premises allows you to get fantastic speed. It's got a faster response rate, it doesn't lag, and it doesn't have any latency when you're working on it."
"The thing I like most about Visio is the stencils. As the product has matured over time, it comes with more stencils and objects that you can just pick out of the menu and go with."
"It is ideal for putting out flowcharts and swim charts. It's really good. It has all the various options to use, particularly depending on what kind of audience you have. It provides you different kinds of options to insert the pictures and explain things."
"Very interactive with an intuitive interface."
 

Cons

"Since I have been using such an old version, most of the improvements have already been made, but I would suggest moving forward with the times and creating a cloud-based solution for universal access."
"I would like to see the project planning element improved, although it won't happen because Microsoft deliberately made it worse."
"The big downside to Visio is that it's very difficult to push the design through to Power Automate, to become a workflow that you can use."
"Integration with other software would be an area of improvement, so that it's not just used to document but also as a center plane for information sharing."
"There are a lot of patches that sometimes change how one version will interact compared to another."
"It should natively enable importing diagrams or reference architectures from any of the vendors whose solutions are used by the customer or proposed by solution providers such as DXC"
"Visio requires a lot of memory, and it is not good for a small design."
"The platform has limitations in managing aspects like repositories."
"I would like to see included in the next release is the implementation of web publishing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price was very good in the beginning, then the price increased from USD $99.00 to USD $249.00, then I stopped upgrading because what I needed was already there."
"There is a licensing fee, but it is fairly priced."
"Visio is about a $180 dollars to purchase. It is a one-time licensing fee."
"There are some cheaper as well as free solutions."
"I give the cost of Visio a five out of ten."
"We probably have an M-365 E3 license."
"We have an enterprise license. I'm not sure what the cost is."
"Visio is expensive."
"The product is expensive, but it is cheaper if you buy it as a part of a bundle or an enterprise-level agreement."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
18%
Government
17%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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How easy is it to migrate process flow charts (modeled using tools like Visio) into Bizagi?
I have been using Bizagi with a major project for a state government agency for about four years now. It is pretty straightforward to load in files that are BPMN 2.0 compliant. The option to load V...
What do you like most about Visio?
The diagrams Visio creates are quite impressive in the sense that we can cooperate with more colleagues in one task and see the flow of the process.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Visio?
One of the main problems with Visio is its licensing options and associated issues, which lead to discussions about the price with a Microsoft representative. If asked to rate the price, I would gi...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Mindjet
Microsoft Visio
 

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Sample Customers

Education Development Center Inc., Ekso Bionics, SensorLink, Dow Chemical Company, Consolidated Edison Company, Genencor
Thomas College, Hamburg Port Authority, Portigon AG, Conseil G_n_ral du d_partement des Hautes-Alpes, AAA Auto a. s., Commonwealth Financial Network, ICA, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company
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