When comparing Pencil Project vs Microsoft Visio, the Slant community recommends Microsoft Visio for most people. In the question“What are the best flowchart / diagram softwares?” Microsoft Visio is ranked 3rd while Pencil Project is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Microsoft Visio is:
Visio has the most thorough set of standard support and tool-set.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Inter-page linking
Pro Pencil Project as a Firefox extension
Pro Export to SVG and PDF
Pro GUI prototyping
Can be used for GUI (Graphical User Interface) prototyping.
Pro Complete set of tools
Visio has the most thorough set of standard support and tool-set.
Pro De facto standard
Microsoft Visio is the de facto industry standard diagram creation software.
Pro Looks good
Pro Easy usage
Cons
Con Proprietary
Con Pretty expensive
Con Very clumsy for state diagrams, limited features
Con Imperfect integration with Office
Since Visio was acquired, not originally developed by Microsoft, integration is not as seamless as the core Office Suite is known for. Diagrams can get corrupted while importing from Visio to Word or Powerpoint.