Entry priceUSD 5 / seat / month
Pricing modelper-seat, billed annual
OwnerMicrosoft Corporation
Visio Plan 1, $5 per user/month paid yearly; web and Teams apps. Desktop included in higher Plan 2. Source
Microsoft Visio vs Mermaid
Fit:
Migration notes
Re-author supported technical and process diagrams as Markdown-inspired text in documentation or a website. Library does not supply a Visio-compatible desktop suite or collaboration server. No Visio import/export round-trip asserted.
Sources: mermaid.js.org, mermaid.ai · checked 2026-10-21
Microsoft VisioPaid incumbent
| Visio Plan 1 | entry | USD 60 / user / yr |
|---|---|---|
| Visio Plan 2 | business | USD 180 / user / yr |
Fit for Microsoft Visio
License 
Paid-feature tier A
Self-host
Paid-feature limitsNone established
| Mermaid library | free desktop/core | Free |
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What you may give up
No paid-feature limits established for this edition.
- Self-operated library can render locally or within your website; selfHostable=false records that the library is not a server application.
- Mermaid.ai paid platform has hosted diagram, AI, collaboration and enterprise features; these are not bundled into the MIT library.
Tier A: Scope: MIT text-to-diagram JavaScript library, installable and usable in your own pages; not a standalone collaboration server. All identified library functionality is open. First-party Mermaid Live Editor is linked by official docs. Mermaid Chart / Mermaid.ai commercial editor and collaboration plans are separate from this library. License source
What running it takes
- Local module or CDN delivery
- Browser JavaScript runtime
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JavaScript library; embed in local/site pages with browser ESM. No SQL/cache/queue/SMTP/object store required by core renderer. Mermaid.ai cloud collaboration is separate. Infrastructure and staff time are not priced here; this page does not compare total cost.