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Excalidraw vs G2

Excalidraw lands on Worth it, and G2 lands on Depends.

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Depends
Confidence: Medium

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Excalidraw versus G2
CompareExcalidrawG2
VerdictWorth itDepends
Best forQuick sketches and wireframesB2B software buyers shortlisting tools
Who it's not forEnterprises wanting Miro-style workshop templates and facilitationVendors without five-figure budgets
PrivacyOpen-source with past medium-severity XSS CVEs; Excalidraw+ adds SOC 2 certification and E2E encryption.10No public security page found; UpGuard reports no phishing; G2's own DPA references a past data breach.
Support qualityNo support evidence in sourcesTrustpilot and BBB complaints about G2's service
Public sentimentUsers love Excalidraw for quick, effortless sketching and rate it around 4/5, with minor gripes about scaling and drawing-tool limits.⁴Buyers find G2 useful for breadth, but sentiment on G2's own service skews negative on Trustpilot and Redditors weigh it against Capterra and Trustpilot.
Biggest gotchaExcalidraw+ ($7/mo) needed for team persistence and workspaces; free version stores locally⁶Vendor contracts are negotiated and opaque; budget five figures annually before committing.

Pick Excalidraw when

  • Quick sketches and wireframes
  • Dev teams diagramming architecture
  • Students and teachers
  • Obsidian note-takers via plugin

When Excalidraw is not a fit

  • Enterprises wanting Miro-style workshop templates and facilitation
  • Polished, precise engineering diagrams . draw.io fits better
  • Teams needing SOC 2 on the free tier . that's paid-only
  • Buyers wanting vendor SLAs from a tiny bootstrapped team

Pick G2 when

  • B2B software buyers shortlisting tools
  • Teams wanting peer reviews pre-demo
  • SaaS vendors building review-based social proof
  • Marketers using buyer-intent data

When G2 is not a fit

  • Vendors without five-figure budgets
  • Anyone expecting unbiased star ratings
  • Consumer-product shoppers . B2B only
  • Buyers wanting deep technical vetting

Sources

  1. Excalidraw Reviews 2026 | G2g2.com
    review
  2. Excalidraw vs. Miro Comparison | G2g2.com
    review
  3. Draw.io vs. Excalidraw Comparison | G2g2.com
    review
  4. Excalidraw honest thoughts (4/5) | Mediumaibenchmarked.medium.com
    review
  5. Why is Excalidraw so good? | Off by oneoffbyone.us
    review
  6. Excalidraw Pricing 2026 | Costbenchcostbench.com
    official
  7. Excalidraw+ Pricingplus.excalidraw.com
    official
  8. Excalidraw+ Is Now SOC 2 Certifiedplus.excalidraw.com
    official
  9. End-to-End Encryption in the Browserplus.excalidraw.com
    official
  10. CVE-2024-32472 XSS | Snyksecurity.snyk.io
    security
  11. Excalidraw Revenue, Funding | Prospeoprospeo.io
    news
  12. Excalidraw - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
    news
  13. DrDroid case studyplus.excalidraw.com
    review
  14. r/ObsidianMD: Should I use Excalidraw?reddit.com
    review
  15. G2 (company) . Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
    news
  16. G2 . product siteg2.com
    official