ConceptDraw API
No API in any form: no REST endpoints, no webhooks, no OAuth. ConceptDraw is a desktop suite whose only programmability is the in-product ConceptDraw Basic scripting language, which cannot be invoked remotely. Integration means file round-trips through Visio, MS Project, and Excel formats.
Frequently asked questions
ConceptDraw scores F on the API Report Card. No API in any form: no REST endpoints, no webhooks, no OAuth. ConceptDraw is a desktop suite whose only programmability is the in-product ConceptDraw Basic scripting language, which cannot be invoked remotely. Integration means file round-trips through Visio, MS Project, and Excel formats.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly.
ConceptDraw is a suite of desktop business productivity applications developed by CS Odessa, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Odesa, Ukraine (with U.S. operations).
Horizontal business productivity / diagramming tooling. Users install ConceptDraw DIAGRAM, MINDMAP, or PROJECT locally and produce flowcharts, org charts, network diagrams, floorplans, business process diagrams, mind maps, Gantt-style project schedules, and presentations.
Moderate-to-niche. ConceptDraw has long-standing brand recognition as a Mac-friendly Visio alternative but is a small player relative to Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, draw.io/diagrams.net, Miro, and Wondershare EdrawMax.
Limited to user-authored diagrams, mind maps, and project plans stored as local files on the user's Mac or Windows machine (with optional cloud storage via the user's own Dropbox/Google Drive/OneDrive, not a ConceptDraw-hosted service).
Legacy. CS Odessa has shipped ConceptDraw since the mid-1990s and the product is now on DIAGRAM v18 / MINDMAP v16 / PROJECT v15.
No public REST API documented anywhere on conceptdraw.com, no developer portal, no API reference, no webhook docs. Programmability is restricted to the in-product ConceptDraw Basic scripting language, which runs only inside the installed desktop app and cannot be invoked remotely. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, draw.io / diagrams.net, Miro, Wondershare EdrawMax, SmartDraw. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.