Gantt Chart Software

Easy to Use

Click simple commands and SmartDraw builds your Gantt chart for you, automatically. Add or remove tasks, change start or end dates, and SmartDraw realigns and arranges all the elements so that everything looks great.

Easy to Switch Views

SmartDraw allows you to view the data behind any project chart as a mind map for easy brainstorming or for a productive project status meetings. Simply choose the right view for the occasion with a single click. Changes made in any view will be automatically reflected in the other.

Easy to Manage

To help manage even the largest of project charts, SmartDraw's floating toolbar lets you control the level of detail you see and helps you scroll through large charts.

Easier to Organize

With SmartDraw, you can group related tasks quickly using one-click controls and the length of the parent task will reflect the length of all the child tasks automatically.

Easy to Add to Trello^®

SmartDraw lets you assign tasks and track their progress using your Gantt chart, but you can also quickly convert any task into a card on your team's Trello^® board with SmartDraw's powerful Trello^® integration. Changes to the Trello^® cards are reflected in your project chart the next time you open it. So when a team member marks a Trello^® card as complete, the project manager will see this in the SmartDraw project chart. Likewise, changes to the project chart, like task due dates, are reflected in the Trello^® card in real time.

Easy to Customize

You can control how days and holidays are displayed on your chart with just a few clicks. You can choose the timeframe, holidays, and even choose which columns you want to display on your chart.

Easy to Save Time

Save time by saving repeated tasks within a project as a task library. Your library saves the hierarchy of tasks and even the people assigned to them and task duration.

Easy to Work With Other Apps

SmartDraw is easy to work with no matter what other apps you use. You can add your Gantt chart to:

• Microsoft Office^®
  • Word^®
  • PowerPoint^®
  • Excel^®
• Microsoft Teams^®
• Google Workspace^™
  • Google Docs
  • Google Sheets
• Atlassian^™ apps
  • Confluence
  • Jira

Easy to Save to Your Existing Storage Solution

SmartDraw works hand in glove with most file storage systems. You can save your Gantt charts directly to:

• SharePoint^®
• OneDrive^®
• Google Drive^™
• DropBox^®
• Box^®

There is no need to create a parallel set of common folders and permissions, SmartDraw can just save files directly into your existing set up.

Easy to Share

Need to share your Gantt chart with clients? You can easy export your Gantt chart as a PDF or PNG or insert it into any Office^® or Google Workspace^™ application in just a few clicks.

Easy to Get Help

Have a question? Chat or email us. SmartDraw support is in-house and free!

When considering Gantt chart software, consider this. Only SmartDraw lets you switch between two different views of your project—Gantt chart and mind map. This makes it easy to brainstorm projects, run meetings, manage deadlines, and create reports. Simply input your information and SmartDraw's built-in automation does the rest.