FlowBreeze Feature Comparison Table
FlowBreeze comes in two editions - FlowBreeze Basic Edition and FlowBreeze Standard Edition. FlowBreeze Basic Edition is a simplified version of FlowBreeze that produces business document-friendly black and white flowcharts using the 28 core flowcharting symbols. The following table provides a comparison of the features:
| Premium Features | Basic | Standard |
| Text To Flowchart Wizard (Converts a spreadsheet of text into a flowchart) |
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| Save as Picture (Save both the flowchart and spreadsheet data to 6 picture formats.) |
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| Style Wizard Bulk edit styles and symbol types - after the flowchart has been created. |
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| Apply Styles Applies the default styles to the flowchart |
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| Flow line connector styles | 1 | 21 |
| Symbol formatting styles *Due to graphics limitations, some Excel versions may support fewer styles. |
1 | 84* |
| Template Generator | - | |
| Templates for cross-functional swim lanes, block diagrams, titles, and more. | 8 | 120 |
| Number of flowchart symbols and shapes | 28 | 124 |
| General Flowchart Features | Basic | Standard |
| Converts text entries into a flowchart symbols | ||
| Automatically adds flow line from previous flowchart symbol | ||
| Creates a Flowchart Symbol Key in a single click | ||
| Quick access toolbars for flowchart symbols, flow line connectors, and callouts | ||
| Lets you create a "My Symbols" list of favorite flowchart symbols | ||
| Easily add hyperlinks to flowchart symbols | ||
| Comprehensive documentation with many "How Do I…?" tutorials | ||
| Extract Flowchart Text from flowchart symbols to create process step list on worksheet | ||
| Shape Selection Tool to select multiple shapes by shape type | ||
| Automation Shortcuts | Basic | Standard |
| Associate Keywords to flowchart symbol types | ||
| Associate Prefixes to flowchart symbol types | ||
| Add labels by typing "LBL" | ||
| Add flow line connectors by typing "FL" | ||
| Automatically add a start Terminator symbol when flowcharting is started | ||
| Automatically add end Terminator symbol when flowcharting is stopped | ||
| ALL CAPS entries create flowchart Connector symbols (circle shapes) | ||
| Numeric entries create flowchart Off-Page Connector symbols | ||
| Numeric entries create flowchart Connector symbols when Off-Page Connector feature is disabled | ||
| Flow Line Connectors | Basic | Standard |
| Add flow line from previous process flow step (i.e., flowchart symbol) | ||
| Prompt to add flow line if the newest symbol is not aligned with last flowchart symbol | ||
| Applies dashed lines to and from Alternate Process symbols | ||
| Create straight, elbow, or curved connectors | ||
| Flowchart Decisions and Branches | Basic | Standard |
| Insert Branch Tool - inserts branch / org chart structures |
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| Entries with a question mark (?) create flowchart Decision symbols | ||
| Automatically add Decision branch labels (e.g., Yes / No) | ||
| Set default branch label positions | ||
| Set default branch label text | ||
| Text Formatting | Basic | Standard |
| Preset font, size and color for all flowchart symbols | ||
| Preset horizontal text alignment for all flowchart symbols | ||
| Preset vertical text alignment for all flowchart symbol | ||
| Automatically capitalizes the first letter of text | ||
| Flowchart Symbol Size and Alignment | Basic | Standard |
| Automatically sizes the flowchart symbols based on text length. | ||
| Enforce uniform flowchart symbol sizes | ||
| Optimized internal symbol margins to minimize footprint | ||
| Automatically aligns shapes | ||
| Page Settings | Basic | Standard |
| Preset page margins for export to Word | ||
| Preset page margins for export to PowerPoint | ||
| Preset orientation and paper size to display page breaks as drawing boundaries | ||
| Set top to bottom, left to right, or auto-detect flow direction | ||
| User Interface | Basic | Standard |
| Familiar Microsoft Excel interface | ||
| Create, share, and collaborate on flowcharts with any MS Office user | ||
| Move shapes with the keyboard arrow keys | ||
| Easily move shapes by inserting or deleting rows and columns | ||
| Turn grid on or off | ||
| Toggle between shapes with the Tab key | ||
| Text entry guidelines for easy alignment | ||
| Back to FlowBreeze Flowchart Software Overview | ||
