Here are some of the best free Network Diagram and Design software for designing your network on Windows 11/10.

A list of free Microsoft Visio alternative software to prepare complex diagrams includes Kivio, Graphviz, Inkspace, Open Office Draw, and DIA Diagram Editor.

With the free software ' Network Notepad ' for Windows, you can draw simple network diagrams by dragging and dropping.

Everyone using Microsoft 365 now gets access to Visio, but what can you do with it – and which diagramming features do you still have to pay more for?