Self-Hosted vs SaaS Architecture Diagram Tools: An Honest Comparison

Comparison of self-hosted and SaaS architecture tools on screen

TL;DR — SaaS architecture diagram tools work well until they don’t: per-seat pricing that grows with your team, topology data leaving your infrastructure, and vendor lock-in on your system documentation. Self-hosted alternatives eliminate all three — at the cost of a small one-time setup investment. For most engineering teams, that trade is obvious. The architecture […]