How is ApexDiagram different from Visio, draw.io or Lucidchart?
Drawing tools store shapes; ApexDiagram stores the network.
Visio, draw.io and Lucidchart are drawing tools: shapes and lines with no meaning. ApexDiagram knows that a line is a Cat6 cable from port 3 of one switch to port 12 of another. That lets it:
- check the network for problems (duplicate IPs, cables that are too long, missing gateways)
- trace a cable through a patch panel
- add up a bill of materials
- plan subnets
- export a lab topology
You can still bring your existing draw.io and Visio files with you. See Import an existing network.
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