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Add to SafariWhen comparing Microsoft Visio vs Continuity, 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 Continuity is ranked 28th. The most important reason people chose Microsoft Visio is:
Visio has the most thorough set of standard support and tool-set.
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Pros
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
Pro Free
Free for personal and commercial use.
Pro Extensible
Extensible with scripts and images.
Cons
Con Very clumsy for state diagrams, limited features
Con Proprietary
Con Pretty expensive
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.
Con Mono needed
Needs Mono .NET with GTK# to be installed.
