G2 Vendor Directory

yEd Graph Editor vs. Pencil

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

MetricyEd Graph Editor

by yWorks

Pencil

by Pencil Project

Overall rating4.44.0
Review count2220
Ease of use8.38.7
Ease of setup10.09.5
Quality of support8.47.4
Meets requirements8.98.4
NPS59.09090935
Small Business36.4%65.0%
Mid-Market36.4%25.0%
Enterprise27.3%10.0%
Total page views109109
Total LLM citations5751,011

yEd Graph Editor

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

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    Pencil

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

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