SmartDraw is a web-based visual collaboration tool that combines diagramming, whiteboarding, and generating visuals from data. It is used by teams to make flowcharts, organization charts, mind maps, project charts, and other business visuals.

SmartDraw lets you add diagrams to Microsoft Office products including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel and Google Workspace applications like Google Docs and Google Sheets.

SmartDraw has apps for Atlassian's Confluence, Jira, and Trello.

SmartDraw lets users save files to Sharepoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box.

SmartDraw also integrates with Microsoft Teams and can generate diagrams using data from Azure and AWS.

The following file extensions are specific to SmartDraw:

• .SDR – “SmartDraw Documents,” a binary file format used for saving SmartDraw documents.
• .SDT – “Smart/Draw Templates,” a binary file format used for saving SmartDraw reusable document templates.
• .SDL – “SmartDraw Libraries,” a binary file format used for saving symbol libraries in SmartDraw.
• .SCZ - "SmartDraw Collections," a binary file format used for saving SmartDraw collections.

• Data flow diagram
• Flowchart
• List of concept- and mind-mapping software
• List of concept mapping software
• List of UML tools
• Mind mapping
• Technical drawing
• Visual communication