G2 Vendor Directory

Pencil vs. yEd Graph Editor

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricPencil

by Pencil Project

yEd Graph Editor

by yWorks

Overall rating4.04.4
Review count2022
Ease of use8.78.3
Ease of setup9.510.0
Quality of support7.48.4
Meets requirements8.48.9
NPS3559.090909
Small Business65.0%36.4%
Mid-Market25.0%36.4%
Enterprise10.0%27.3%
Total page views109109
Total LLM citations1,011575

Pencil

An open-source GUI prototyping tool that's available for ALL platforms.

Pros

    yEd Graph Editor

    yEd is a powerful desktop application that can be used to quickly and effectively generate high-quality diagrams.

    Pros