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Microsoft Visio vs Pingboard: What are the differences?
What is Microsoft Visio? Diagramming made simple. Create flowcharts, diagrams, org charts, floor plans, engineering designs, and more, using modern shapes and templates with the familiar Office experience.
What is Pingboard? The real-time, collaborative org chart software that makes it easy to organize teams. It is a directory generation and office management application that helps office managers to gather, sort, and share the employee information. The software also has the option to keep the directory information private or shareable with the other stakeholders of the company.
Microsoft Visio and Pingboard can be primarily classified as "Diagramming" tools.
Some of the features offered by Microsoft Visio are:
- Versatile templates and thousands of shapes
- Support for industry standards
- Built-in validation
On the other hand, Pingboard provides the following key features:
- Updated Employee Directory
- Data Exports
- Reports
When starting my new role at #Stessa, I needed a solution to start diagramming some of my #Architecture so I'd be able to share my views on #SystemArchitecture with the rest of the team.
Visualization is key. Especially when working with complex/distributed systems. You want to make sure everybody's got the same understanding of your approach, so you can better communicate, and start delegating more.In the past, I had worked with #VisualParadigm for #UML, in both desktop and #SaaS version of the product. Also worked with #LucidChart We also looked at potential alternatives such as Microsoft Visio for instance.
Ultimately, my recommendation was & we closed on Lucidchart, as it won on couple of key aspects : #Team #Collaboration, #Integrations with #AWS for instance, and certain specific visualizations we were looking for / others didn't have.
This isn't just for #Engineering. I've seen Lucidchart being used by #Product Teams, #Network #Engineers, #IT Departments, #DevOps, or non-Engineering related teams.
Pros of Microsoft Visio
- Libraries allow the quick creation of diagrams7
