When comparing simplediagrams vs Diagrams.net, the Slant community recommends Diagrams.net for most people. In the question“What are the best diagram tools for Mac OS?” Diagrams.net is ranked 1st while simplediagrams is ranked 2nd.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Many assets
You have a lot of default assets and a library to download FREE or PAID assets.
Pro Beautiful
It looks amazing compared to other diagram software.
Pro Rich functionality for a web-based application
Pro Integrates with multiple cloud storage services
Draw.io offers saving files directly to services such as Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox along with saving to to computer.
Pro Real-time collaboration
Pro Great flexibility customizing text labels
Pro Completely free
Pro There is also a Desktop version
Pro Good list of different output formats
Draw.io supports export for PNG, GIF, JPEG, PDF, SVG, HTML, and XML.
Pro Internet Explorer 6-8 and touch device support
Draw.io works with every browser (even IE 6) without plugins.
Cons
Con Import from Visio .vsd is useless
Even simple diagrams get all scattered.
Con Behaves strangely for certain diagram types
For example the snapping function for arrows doesn't work properly for the sequence diagram template.