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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      $13.00 with no obvious business account requirement here: https://products.office.com/en-us/visio/visio-pro-for-office-365-online-diagram-software

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      • thwrT
        thwr
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        Thanks, Scott. Should've been more precise: Would like to use office, but doesn't seem to be a good option for "home users with Visio"

        Had a look at Gliffy, LucidChart, Creatly and others, but I still prefer Visio (probably because I'm used to it).

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @thwr
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          @thwr said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

          Had a look at Gliffy, LucidChart, Creatly and others, but I still prefer Visio (probably because I'm used to it).

          I like LucidChart. 🙂

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @thwr
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            @thwr said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

            Thanks, Scott. Should've been more precise: Would like to use office, but doesn't seem to be a good option for "home users with Visio"

            Is the $13 option not a good one? As with most things, the best things for home users are normally business accounts.

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            • thwrT
              thwr @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

              @thwr said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

              Thanks, Scott. Should've been more precise: Would like to use office, but doesn't seem to be a good option for "home users with Visio"

              Is the $13 option not a good one? As with most things, the best things for home users are normally business accounts.

              Yeah, I guess you're right. IMHO, it's ok to pay such an amount for good software, but it's not a viable option for other users who create maybe a diagram every here and there.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @thwr
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                @thwr said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                @scottalanmiller said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                @thwr said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                Thanks, Scott. Should've been more precise: Would like to use office, but doesn't seem to be a good option for "home users with Visio"

                Is the $13 option not a good one? As with most things, the best things for home users are normally business accounts.

                Yeah, I guess you're right. IMHO, it's ok to pay such an amount for good software, but it's not a viable option for other users who create maybe a diagram every here and there.

                Well sure, but that just means that Visio is not the right choice for them. Visio has always been super expensive, even going back to the 1990s when I was first using it. It is not a tool for casual users, it's a very high end tool that people have to pay a premium for. Part of choosing the right tools for the job is picking the ones that cost the right amount. I can't imagine a home user scenario where Visio would make sense.

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                • thwrT
                  thwr @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                  @thwr said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                  @scottalanmiller said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                  @thwr said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                  Thanks, Scott. Should've been more precise: Would like to use office, but doesn't seem to be a good option for "home users with Visio"

                  Is the $13 option not a good one? As with most things, the best things for home users are normally business accounts.

                  Yeah, I guess you're right. IMHO, it's ok to pay such an amount for good software, but it's not a viable option for other users who create maybe a diagram every here and there.

                  Well sure, but that just means that Visio is not the right choice for them. Visio has always been super expensive, even going back to the 1990s when I was first using it. It is not a tool for casual users, it's a very high end tool that people have to pay a premium for. Part of choosing the right tools for the job is picking the ones that cost the right amount. I can't imagine a home user scenario where Visio would make sense.

                  You're right. I'm just so used to Visio because I've used it over 2 decades. It's probably about time to look for something else, which would do just fine in most cases.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @thwr
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                    @thwr said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                    @scottalanmiller said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                    @thwr said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                    @scottalanmiller said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                    @thwr said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                    Thanks, Scott. Should've been more precise: Would like to use office, but doesn't seem to be a good option for "home users with Visio"

                    Is the $13 option not a good one? As with most things, the best things for home users are normally business accounts.

                    Yeah, I guess you're right. IMHO, it's ok to pay such an amount for good software, but it's not a viable option for other users who create maybe a diagram every here and there.

                    Well sure, but that just means that Visio is not the right choice for them. Visio has always been super expensive, even going back to the 1990s when I was first using it. It is not a tool for casual users, it's a very high end tool that people have to pay a premium for. Part of choosing the right tools for the job is picking the ones that cost the right amount. I can't imagine a home user scenario where Visio would make sense.

                    You're right. I'm just so used to Visio because I've used it over 2 decades. It's probably about time to look for something else, which would do just fine in most cases.

                    I stopped using it, even though I have a license for it, long ago because I don't want to be beholden to it.

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch
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                      I only used Visio when I had a license from the DreamSpark program.

                      I never used it enough to want to buy it later.

                      We have a single license available now via our MS Action Pack subscription, but that is assigned off to the user that wants it, though I have no idea what he uses it for.

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                      • thwrT
                        thwr @JaredBusch
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                        @JaredBusch said in MS Visio O365 subscription (or alternatives):

                        I only used Visio when I had a license from the DreamSpark program.

                        I never used it enough to want to buy it later.

                        We have a single license available now via our MS Action Pack subscription, but that is assigned off to the user that wants it, though I have no idea what he uses it for.

                        Thought about DreamSpark (I do have access) but the goal was to obtain a separate license / subscription.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender
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                          I found this free online Visio like editor

                          https://www.draw.io/

                          I don't know if it will do what you want, but worth looking at.

                          I've used it for a few things recently.

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