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DetailSimpleDiagrams logo SimpleDiagramsModeinspect logo Modeinspect
What it doesSimple, sketch-style diagrams on your Mac Design canvas with your codebase and agents built in, where design engineers get production-grade output without handoff
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Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingDesktop: one-time purchase via Mac App Store. Cloud (coming soon): Beginner $19/month (5 diagrams, 1 author seat, 10,000 updates/month), Pro $90/month (50 diagrams, 5 author seats, 500,000 updates/month), Enterprise $250/month (250 diagrams, 25 author seats, 5,000,000 updates/month). All Cloud plans Hobby: Free with monthly agent limits for personal projects and unlimited connected repositories. Pro: $20 per person per month with extended agent limits, merge-ready PRs, design QA, and priority support. Teams & enterprises: Custom pricing with SSO/SAML, SCIM, SOC 2 Type II, and dedicated support.
Key features
  • Hand-drawn sketch style for flowcharts and diagrams
  • Free shape libraries for AWS, Google Cloud, networks, energy and more
  • Offline-first desktop app with one-time purchase
  • AI agent integration for automatic diagram generation
  • AWS Networking & Content Delivery shapes (22 shapes)
  • Google Cloud shape library (42 shapes)
  • Energy shapes library (batteries, solar panels, power plants)
  • 7-day free trial
  • Canvas connected to codebase with code-to-canvas and canvas-to-code workflows
  • Type-safe code generation from design changes
  • Pull request integration for code review
  • Design QA and polish on live product
  • Support for authenticated screens and complex states
  • No developer environment setup required for designers
  • Reuses existing components and design system instead of creating parallel systems
What makes it different
  • Hand-drawn aesthetic that looks intentional, not generic
  • Works offline with one-time purchase, no subscription required
  • Free, open-source AI skills for automatic diagram generation
  • Specialized shape libraries for cloud architecture, networks and domain-specific work
  • Eliminates design-to-engineering handoff with production-ready code direct from canvas
  • Works directly with real codebase, components, and live data instead of static mockups
  • Type-safe pull requests that engineers want to merge
  • Preserves existing design system with no parallel UI debt
  • Design on the real product surface, not static files like Figma
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)31 no change since last check26 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)146
Citation Flow (Majestic)3332
Referring domains (Majestic)177151

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