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Features

Everything CollabDraw has to offer

Built for everyone

A complete UX & design platform, right in your browser.

From UX wireframes and diagrams to presentations and data visualizations — CollabDraw gives you professional-grade design tools with real-time multiplayer, AI assistance, and seamless cloud storage.

Most features are free — no credit card required
Drawing & Design Tools

Advanced Brushes

Pencil, ink, charcoal, spray, and more — with pressure sensitivity and custom sizing.

Rich Shape Library

Rectangles, circles, polygons, stars, arrows, callouts and dozens of custom path shapes.

Freehand Drawing

Smooth freehand paths with real-time rendering and advanced brush stroke algorithms.

Text & Typography

Rich text editing with font picker, size, weight, alignment, and inline formatting. Type directly inside any shape.

Sticky Notes

Color-coded sticky notes with emoji reactions, ideal for brainstorming and ideation.

Tables & Grids

Insert editable tables directly on the canvas with inline cell editing.

Frames & Artboards

Organize your canvas into named, resizable frames. Objects dropped inside frames stay grouped and move together.

Smart Eraser

Precision eraser that removes strokes without affecting surrounding elements.

Gradient Fills

Apply gradient fills to any object for richer, more polished visuals alongside solid fill and stroke controls.

Image Crop Tool

Crop uploaded images directly on the canvas without leaving the app — non-destructive and adjustable at any time.

Image Filters & Effects

Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, blur, and more with a full set of non-destructive image filters.

Replace Image

Swap any image in place by right-clicking and selecting a new asset — keeps position, size, and styling intact.

Canvas & Navigation

Rulers & Draggable Guides

Enable rulers along canvas edges and drag precision guides to align objects exactly where you need them.

Snapping & Alignment

Snap-to-object connections keep lines and arrows attached as you move elements. Smart alignment guides appear automatically.

Grid Styles

Switch between dots, squares, and spacing options. Toggle gridlines on or off in exported images independently.

Zoom & Pan Controls

Smooth scroll-to-zoom, middle-mouse panning, toolbar zoom controls, and keyboard shortcuts for fluid canvas navigation.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Comprehensive shortcuts for tools, zoom, templates, emojis, alignment, and frequent canvas actions. Press ? to view all.

Layer Management

Reorder, rename, lock, and hide individual layers from the full layers panel. Right-click any object to control its stack order.

Diagrams & Wireframing

Flowcharts & Diagrams

Create flowcharts, org charts, and process diagrams with smart connectors and automatic routing.

Endless Custom Shapes

An ever-growing library of built-in shapes — plus fully custom path shapes you can style and reuse across diagrams.

Connected Elements

Link any two shapes with arrows and connectors that stay attached as you move elements. Supports curved lines with adjustable handles.

Device Wireframes

Prototype for desktop, tablet, and mobile with accurate device frames and responsive layout guides.

UI Component Blocks

Pre-built wireframe components — buttons, nav bars, cards, forms, and more — ready to drag and drop.

Named Frames & Artboards

Structure your wireflow across named artboards with preset sizes (1920×1080, A4, and more) and per-frame exports.

Charts & Data Visualization

Bar & Column Charts

Standard, grouped, stacked, horizontal, waterfall, lollipop, and population pyramid charts for comparing categories.

Line & Area Charts

Smooth line, filled area, stacked area, step line, scatter, and bump charts for tracking trends over time.

Pie & Donut Charts

Pie, donut, and polar area charts to visualise proportions and part-to-whole relationships clearly.

Radar, Treemap & Heatmap

Advanced chart types including radar, funnel, radial bar, treemap, and heatmap for multi-dimensional data.

Infographic Elements

Gauge dials, radial progress rings, and progress bars to present KPIs and metrics in a visual, engaging way.

Fully Editable Data

Click any chart to edit its data, labels, colours, and style. Every chart is live and updates instantly as you type.

Real-Time Collaboration

Live Cursors

See every collaborator's cursor in real time with their name and color displayed.

Presence Awareness

View who is currently active on a project. Follow any collaborator to have your view sync to theirs as they navigate.

Inline Comments

Drop threaded comments anywhere on the canvas with replies and emoji reactions. A global panel shows every comment at a glance.

Notifications

Get notified when collaborators comment, reply, or make changes to shared projects.

Project Sharing & Permissions

Share projects with a link or invite specific users with viewer, commenter, or editor permissions. Each project gets a unique secure URL.

Password-Protected Sharing

Add a password to any shared project so only intended viewers can open it — perfect for client work and confidential projects.

Direct Messages

Open private message threads with individual collaborators alongside a shared per-project chat channel.

Project Chat

Built-in per-project chat to discuss changes and ideas without leaving the canvas. Chat history persists across sessions.

Expiring Shared URLs

Set if you want to make shared project urls have expiry time limits with one click.

AI-Powered Design

AI Canvas Commands

Describe what you want and AI builds it — shapes, text, layouts, and entire diagrams placed in an organised frame.

AI Image Generation

Generate stunning custom images from a text prompt and place them directly onto your canvas in seconds.

AI Image Editing & Remix

Select any uploaded image and transform it with AI — change style, add elements, or remix it entirely with a prompt.

AI Background Removal

Instantly remove the background from any image with one click using on-device AI — no uploads to third parties.

Smart Suggestions

Context-aware prompt pills help you discover what the AI can do. Quick-start badges like "Make an image" and "Make an icon" speed up requests.

Powered by advanced AI models

Canvas commands use AI for design intent; image generation uses multi-modal AI for photorealistic and artistic outputs.

Project & Page Management

Cloud Projects

All projects auto-save to the cloud and are accessible from any device you sign in to.

Document Import

Import PDF, Word, and PowerPoint files directly onto your canvas. Each page becomes an editable frame — move, resize, annotate, and mix document pages with your own designs.

Multi-Page Canvases

Organize work across multiple pages within a single project with a clean page strip UI. Export all pages as a single PDF or PowerPoint.

Undo History

Deep undo/redo history per project so you can always roll back to an earlier state.

Favourites & Recents

Star projects and stock images to find them quickly. Recently inserted images are saved for fast reuse.

Google Sign-In

Sign up and log in with your Google account for fast, password-free access alongside email and password sign-in.

Auto-Save

Pro users get instant auto-save on every change. Free users save every minute. Anonymous projects save to local browser storage.

Templates & Assets

Template Library

290+ ready-made templates across presentations, wireframes, diagrams, marketing, infographics, and boards — with tag-based search.

Stock Photo Browser

Search and insert millions of royalty-free images from Pexels and Pixabay directly onto the canvas. Save favourites and revisit recents.

Icon Library

Thousands of icons across categories, searchable and drag-and-droppable onto the canvas with resizable bounding boxes.

Emoji Panel

Browse thousands of emojis by category and insert them onto the canvas or react to comments and sticky notes.

Video & Timeline

Video Upload

Upload video files directly onto the canvas. Free accounts support up to 200 MB; Pro accounts support up to 1 GB per video.

Multi-Layer Timeline Editor

Arrange multiple video and audio tracks on a visual timeline with drag-to-trim, reorder, and precise playhead scrubbing.

Canvas Video Element

Place videos anywhere on the infinite canvas alongside shapes, text, and images. Resize and reposition like any other element.

Audio Track Support

Add background music or voiceover audio tracks on dedicated audio lanes in the timeline editor.

Playback Controls

Play, pause, and scrub through the timeline. Preview the composition in real time before exporting.

Export & Security

Multi-Format Export

Export your work as PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF, or PowerPoint (.pptx) with quality control options.

Frame-Level Export

Export individual frames as separate files or bundle them all into a single PDF or PowerPoint presentation.

Export Options

Choose whether to include gridlines in exports, use transparent backgrounds, and export clean images free of selection handles.

Database Security

Every project is protected by advanced data security — only you and your collaborators can access your data.

Encrypted in Transit

All data is encrypted with TLS. Authentication uses industry-standard bcrypt hashing.

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