Creately

Although Creately entered the market as web based diagram software it has expanded their product range to include desktop software and diagram plugins for some popular platforms.

What is Creately?

 * Creately is diagramming and design software operated by Cinergix, Pty Ltd.
 * It is a cloud-based diagram tool built on Adobe's Flex/Flash technologies and provides a visual communication platform for Virtual Commicating. It can be used to create info graphics, flowcharts, Gantt charts, organisational charts, website wireframes, UML designs, mind maps, circuit board designs, doodle art and many other diagram types. It features a drag-and-drop WYSIWYG interface and easy to use collaboration capabilities

Launch

 * Cinergix, at Melbourne, Australia based start-up founded by Chandika Jayasundara, Nick Foster and Charanjit Singh. Creately first announced its visual collaboration platform in September 2008 at DEMO fall 08 as a private beta version.
 * Creately was made commercially available to the public in September 2009, with a unique "Pay What You Want price.
 * This was intended to be a 2-week pricing experiment. In November 2009, Creately announced fixCreatelyLogo.png price plans and in January 2010 released the findings of this pricing experiment on their blog.