Gliffy

Gliffy, the online Visio alternative, has released the first API for any service of its kind. This new move will let Gliffy really lead the pack in this space and impact the competitors like Lovely Charts and Draw Anywhere. The API is in public beta as of today. The developers who got access to the trial run have already built some extensions, such as a script that automatically backs up your Gliffy account to your local machine.With the API, the company hopes that the ability to extend and integrate the service with other platforms will become too attractive to pass up.

Gliffy, as well as MS Office Visio - is a tool for drawing various charts, diagrams, interfaces, plans, etc. For many years, MS Office Visio was the only normal solution in this niche and Gliffy - is it's first worthy competitor, which also can become its killer. Gliffy provides all the functionality that you can find in Visio. The fact that the Gliffy is an online services, but not the desktop app - does not affect the speed and convenience of the interface. But Gliffy also has some advantages over Visio. First of all, it offers free single-user version, which in many cases is sufficient. Since Gliffy is a web service - it is very convenient to share and collaborate on a diagram. Unlike Visio, the service provides the version control system, which allows you to track the changes and roll back the older versions.