[mellosouls]

This is a paid service but the website wording piggybacks on Draw.io to imply it's a free service, I'd avoid it as it comes across as very underhand.

"It's that free diagramming tool that just works. No credit card, no trial periods, no BS", etc

[riedel]

I just thought the same and thought this was really some dark pattern not adding any trust. Also there is no really good examples or performance metrics.

There is stuff on GitHub that actually does similar stuff [0] [1] . We tried some pipelines a year ago for a project (understanding compliance relevant process diagrams) and it was still quite a challenge . Wonder what the state is now with all those vision llms and even if commercial how good that stuff is.

[0] https://github.com/Zackriya-Solutions/diagram2graph

[1] https://github.com/modhtom/Pic2Chart

[matthewshere]

I really appreciate you calling this out, and I'm genuinely sorry for the bad experience. The wording was misleading, and we should have been much clearer.

To be transparent, when we started, the AI model costs quickly became unsustainable with purely free usage. We had to introduce a paid model to cover these costs and ensure we could keep the service running and improving. It was a difficult decision, and we clearly fumbled the communication.

We've since added a free trial with credits for every new user. I know we made a poor first impression, but I hope you'll consider giving it another try. Your feedback is incredibly valuable and helps us do better.