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Gliffy is one of the few genuinely direct rivals to Miro for lightweight team diagramming — flowcharts, UML, wireframes, network diagrams — and it is bought differently than most people expect. Since 2021, Gliffy is not sold as a standalone app you download and sign into. It is sold as an add-on inside Confluence or Jira, priced and billed through the Atlassian Marketplace. That single fact answers most of the confused searches around “gliffy price,” “free gliffy,” and “gliffy software free download” — there is no separate consumer product called Gliffy Online anymore, and no free-standing download.
This guide covers what Gliffy actually costs today through both purchase paths (Confluence and Jira), what its free tier really includes, the older “5 diagrams” free-plan limit that still shows up in search results and reviews, and how Miro’s free plan and paid tiers compare for a team that has outgrown Gliffy or never used Confluence/Jira in the first place. All prices below are as verified live against gliffy.com/pricing and miro.com/pricing on August 26, 2026, unless marked as third-party-reported.
Gliffy price: what it costs as of August 2026
Gliffy is sold in two current product lines, both exclusively through the Atlassian Marketplace — there is no direct-from-Gliffy checkout and no standalone tier:
| Product | Tier | Price (as of Aug 2026) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gliffy Diagrams for Confluence | Free | $0 | Up to 10 users, no time limit, unlimited diagrams |
| Gliffy Diagrams for Confluence | Standard | $3.80/user/mo (billed annually) | 11-100 users |
| Gliffy Diagrams for Confluence | Enterprise | Custom | 100+ users, contact sales |
| Gliffy Zero Egress (compliance-ready) | Standard | From $2.80/user/mo | 1-100 users, isolated/cloud-ready hosting |
| Gliffy Zero Egress | Enterprise | Custom | 100+ users, contact sales |
Gliffy for Jira exists as a separate Marketplace listing with its own pricing tier structure, but Gliffy does not publish its Jira per-seat rates on the same page as its Confluence pricing, and no independently verifiable current figure for it turned up in this research — if Jira is your platform, get the live quote from the Atlassian Marketplace listing rather than assuming Confluence pricing carries over, since the two listings are billed separately even though the diagramming engine is the same.
Free Gliffy, free account, and free download: what actually exists in August 2026
This is the part that trips up most searches for “gliffy free download” or “gliffy free account” — the answer has changed since Gliffy was a standalone product:
- There is no current standalone Gliffy download or free account. Gliffy for Confluence and Gliffy for Jira are Atlassian Marketplace apps installed into an existing Confluence or Jira site — you cannot sign up for “Gliffy” on its own the way you once could.
- The “5 diagrams” free-plan limit is real, but it is a legacy limit. Gliffy’s older standalone product, Gliffy Online, historically capped its free tier at 5 editable diagrams before requiring a paid subscription. That standalone free tier has since been discontinued along with the standalone product itself; it is not the plan currently sold on gliffy.com. Because Gliffy does not publish its own retirement notice for this in a way that is independently fetchable today, treat this as a well-corroborated but third-party-reported (not primary-source) fact rather than a live current-product claim.
- The current free tier lives inside Confluence for Gliffy for Confluence: up to 10 users, unlimited diagrams, no time limit — genuinely free, not a trial, as long as your Confluence site stays at 10 users or fewer.
- “Gliffy software free download” searches are best served by that same answer: there is no installable free app; the free tier is the 10-user Confluence add-on above.
Purchase path matters: Confluence add-on vs. Jira add-on vs. standalone Miro
Because Gliffy is not standalone, the real buying decision usually isn’t “Gliffy vs. Miro” in the abstract — it’s “do we already have Confluence or Jira, and is diagramming embedded in tickets/pages worth more to us than a dedicated whiteboard.” Miro is the honest alternative for teams who either don’t run Atlassian tools, or who have outgrown what an embedded-diagram add-on can do (freeform whiteboarding, stickies, workshops, AI-assisted diagramming, and templates well beyond flowcharts/UML).
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Miro pricing, for comparison (as of August 2026)
| Plan | Price | Boards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 3 editable boards | Unlimited boards can be created/shared, but only 3 stay editable at once; limited AI trial |
| Starter | $8/member/mo (billed annually) | Unlimited | 25 AI credits/member/mo |
| Business | $20/member/mo (billed annually) | Unlimited | 50 AI credits/member/mo, 14-day free trial |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited | 30+ seats typical, org-wide AI pool |
Miro’s free plan is the more generous entry point for anyone who is not already inside Confluence: 3 fully editable boards with no user cap and no time limit, versus Gliffy’s 10-user cap on its free Confluence tier. For a small team evaluating whether they need paid diagramming at all, Miro’s free tier is the more practical place to actually try real work before paying anything.
Who should actually choose Gliffy over Miro
This is the honest part most vendor comparisons skip. If your team already lives inside Confluence or Jira and mainly needs diagrams that stay embedded natively in tickets and pages — an architecture diagram on a Confluence spec, a swimlane flowchart on a Jira epic — Gliffy’s tight, in-product integration can be genuinely more convenient day-to-day than opening a separate Miro board and linking back to it. You are not context-switching to another app, permissions follow your existing Confluence/Jira space, and at 10 users or fewer the whole thing is free. That is a real, defensible reason to stick with Gliffy, not a consolation prize.
Who should choose Miro instead
Miro is the better fit once any of the following is true:
- Your team is past 10 users and would be paying Gliffy’s $3.80/user/mo tier anyway — at that point Miro’s $8/user/mo Starter plan buys unlimited boards, freeform whiteboarding, and templates well beyond flowcharts, not just parity with a cheaper add-on.
- You need open-ended whiteboarding — brainstorms, retros, workshops, sticky-note exercises — rather than structured diagram types. Gliffy is built around defined diagram shapes (flowchart, UML, wireframe, network); it is not a general-purpose canvas.
- You don’t run Confluence or Jira at all. Gliffy has no purchase path outside those two platforms as of August 2026, so if your team uses neither, Gliffy isn’t actually purchasable for you.
- You want AI-assisted diagram generation, real-time cross-functional collaboration beyond your Atlassian instance, or integrations with 250+ external tools.
FAQ
What is Gliffy’s price per user?
As of August 2026, Gliffy for Confluence costs $3.80/user/mo (billed annually) for 11-100 users, with a free tier for 10 users or fewer. The lower-cost Zero Egress line starts from $2.80/user/mo. Enterprise pricing (100+ users, either line) is custom — contact Gliffy sales for a quote.
Is Gliffy actually free?
Yes, for small Confluence sites: Gliffy for Confluence is free for up to 10 users with unlimited diagrams and no time limit. It is not a time-boxed trial at that size. Above 10 users, it moves to the paid per-user tier.
Can I still get a free Gliffy account, separate from Confluence or Jira?
No. As of August 2026, Gliffy has no standalone product or account signup outside of Confluence and Jira. The standalone “Gliffy Online” product that once offered a free account (historically capped at 5 diagrams) has been discontinued.
Is there a Gliffy free download / software free download?
Not as an installable standalone app. Gliffy today is installed as a Confluence or Jira add-on through the Atlassian Marketplace — there is nothing to download and run independently.
What happened to Gliffy’s free plan with a 5-diagram limit?
That limit belonged to the legacy standalone Gliffy Online product. It has been discontinued along with standalone Gliffy generally; the currently-sold free tier is the 10-user Confluence add-on described above, which is not diagram-capped.
How does Miro’s free plan compare to Gliffy’s free plan?
Miro’s free plan gives any team (no Confluence/Jira required) 3 fully editable boards at no cost, no user cap, and no time limit. Gliffy’s current free tier is more generous on seats (up to 10 users) but requires you to already be running Confluence, and is scoped to embedded diagrams rather than a general whiteboard.
Bottom line: if you’re already committed to Confluence or Jira and stay under 10 users, Gliffy’s free tier genuinely costs nothing and fits neatly into your existing workflow. Once you outgrow that — more users, more than structured diagrams, or no Atlassian stack at all — Miro’s free plan is the honest next step to actually try before paying for either tool.
