Figviz
Summary
Drawing a free-body diagram by hand for the fourth time this week, or redoing a ray diagram in Illustrator because the PNG from last year printed blurry — that's the prep-time tax Figviz is built to eliminate.
Figviz takes a plain-English prompt or an attached PDF and returns a labeled, science-accurate diagram sized for slides, worksheets, or journal figures. The vendor states over 320,000 diagrams have been generated across K-12 and graduate contexts, with output formats covering 4K PNG and editable SVG. The SVG export is the differentiating move for researchers: drop it into Illustrator or Figma and edit rather than redraw. The ceiling appears when your diagram needs custom interactivity, data-driven generation from a live dataset, or subject matter outside the supported STEM presets — the tool does not cover those paths. For single-subject, one-shot figure generation, the workflow is three steps and done.
Bottom line: Pick Figviz when you need a projector-ready cell diagram or ray diagram in under two minutes — plan a different workflow when the figure requires dynamic data inputs or subjects outside its STEM preset library.
Pricing Plans
- Price
- $199 lifetime
- Free Tier
- 3 free credits to start
Free
3 free credits to start
- Basic diagram generation
- PNG and SVG export
Lifetime
Founding offer, limited seats
- Unlimited access
- All exports
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Pros
Sign in to edit- SVG vector export editable in Illustrator, Figma, and Inkscape, so researchers stop redrawing poster figures from scratch every time a label shifts.
- Subject and grade-level presets for physics, biology, chemistry, earth science, and math, which means a teacher specifies the concept rather than rebuilding diagram conventions from a blank canvas.
- Simultaneous labeled and blank diagram generation from one prompt, so producing a completed answer key alongside a student worksheet requires no second pass.
- 4K Ultra HD PNG output sized for 16:9 slides and A4 printouts, so the same file works on a classroom projector and a printed problem set without re-exporting.
- Reference image and PDF attachment at prompt time, so the output style can be guided by an existing textbook figure rather than described from scratch.
Cons
Sign in to edit- The tool generates diagrams from text or image prompts only — there is no mechanism to feed in a data table and produce a chart or data-driven figure. Research teams needing figures that reflect actual experimental values build those in R, Python, or dedicated graphing tools and use Figviz only for conceptual diagrams.
- Subject coverage is bounded by the STEM preset library. A humanities researcher needing a historical process diagram or a social science team visualizing a survey framework hits a dead end — that team moves to a general-purpose diagramming tool or hires an illustrator.
- No self-hosted deployment path exists. Institutions under strict data-residency or student-privacy policies that prohibit third-party cloud processing cannot route around this constraint — those institutions evaluate on-premise or local alternatives instead.
- The generation model is one-shot: you prompt, you get a diagram. Iterative refinement means submitting a new prompt, not adjusting parameters on a live canvas. Teams accustomed to the feedback loop in tools like Lucidchart or draw.io report the back-and-forth adds up on complex figures.
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About
- API Available
- Yes
- Self-Hosted
- No
- Last Updated
- 2026-07-11T04:29:46.428Z
Best For
Who it's for
- K-12 STEM teachers preparing worksheets and slides
- Graduate students and faculty needing journal figures
- High school and university students creating lab reports
- Researchers requiring vector exports for posters and grants
What it does well
- Generating labeled ray diagrams and free-body diagrams for physics lessons
- Creating cross-section cell diagrams for middle and high school biology
- Producing titration setups and molecule structures for chemistry classes
- Building graphical abstracts and scientific posters for research
- Making geometry diagrams such as central and inscribed angles for math
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Figviz free?
- Figviz has a permanent free tier alongside paid upgrades (paid plans from $199 lifetime). You can keep using a baseline version indefinitely without paying.
- Is Figviz open source?
- No — Figviz is a closed-source tool. Source code is not publicly available.
- Does Figviz have an API?
- Yes. Figviz exposes a developer API. See the official documentation at https://figviz.com for details.
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Redrawing the same inclined-plane diagram for three different grade levels, then re-exporting it at higher resolution for a poster — Figviz collapses that loop into a single prompt. The core workflow: sign in, select subject and level, type a description such as “titration setup for AP Chemistry” or attach a reference image, and the tool returns a diagram formatted for 16:9 slides, A4 printouts, or large-format posters. Output arrives as high-res PNG or editable SVG. No canvas manipulation, no node graphs — one input, one output.
The SVG export is where Figviz separates from screenshot-based alternatives. The vendor describes the vector output as editable in Illustrator, Figma, and Inkscape, which means a researcher building a graphical abstract for a grant deck can adjust label positions and line weights without regenerating from scratch. For K-12 teachers, the tool generates both a labeled version and a blank version from the same prompt — useful for producing a completed key and a student worksheet in one pass.
Figviz fits tightly into two workflows: a teacher who needs a subject-specific diagram fast, and a researcher who needs a clean vector figure without an Illustrator session. It does not fit workflows that require diagrams generated from uploaded data tables, real-time dataset connections, or subjects outside physics, biology, chemistry, earth science, and math. The API is available for teams wanting to pipe diagram generation into their own platforms, but the docs describe a one-shot generation model — not a stateful or iterative agent loop. No self-hosted option exists, so institutions with strict data-residency requirements route around it.
