Ask HN: Best tool to create cloud architecture diagrams
We maintain a SAAS product and I was tasked with creating a cloud architecture diagram. Pls suggest some free tools that i can use to create?
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Yed desktop is one oldest tools I constantly come back to.
But as for OPs question, I would try any tool (diagrams.net or mermaid/graphviz ) and then when the diagram is clear, useful and makes sense, I'd go to graphics team your company use and make them unified with rest of the design.
Or if it's out of budget, go with excalidraw as it basically became current fashion and allows to easily build your own library of elements.
But still, advise for my former self would be still: break your process into two parts, where you focus on logic and visual clarity separately. So... Mermaid -> Excalidraw.
But as for OPs question, I would try any tool (diagrams.net or mermaid/graphviz ) and then when the diagram is clear, useful and makes sense, I'd go to graphics team your company use and make them unified with rest of the design.
Or if it's out of budget, go with excalidraw as it basically became current fashion and allows to easily build your own library of elements.
But still, advise for my former self would be still: break your process into two parts, where you focus on logic and visual clarity separately. So... Mermaid -> Excalidraw.
Could you define "best"?
I think it depends on your requirements. There are many tools available. Here are some I suggest.
* Excalidraw https://excalidraw.com/ + additional libraries for cloud entities
* Diagrams.net, formerly draw.io
* Lucidchart
I think it depends on your requirements. There are many tools available. Here are some I suggest.
* Excalidraw https://excalidraw.com/ + additional libraries for cloud entities
* Diagrams.net, formerly draw.io
* Lucidchart
If you use Atlassian Confluence, their draw.io integration is really nice.
i've always used draw.io
i can't say it's the best since I haven't explored much what else is out there so i'm curious to see other suggestions.
i can't say it's the best since I haven't explored much what else is out there so i'm curious to see other suggestions.