The Cloudcraft alternative that runs on your Mac — no uploads, no account, free.

AWSAnalyze is the only native macOS AWS diagram tool with a built-in AI audit. Compare it head-to-head against Cloudcraft, Hava, AWS Perspective, and Lucidchart to see why going local matters for your infrastructure data.

How AWSAnalyze compares to every AWS diagram tool

AWSAnalyze
Cloudcraft
Hava
AWS Perspective
Price
Free
From $49/mo
From $49/mo
Free (AWS-only)
Native macOS app
✓
✗ Web only
✗ Web only
✗ Web only
Credentials stay local
✓ Keychain
✗ Uploaded
✗ Uploaded
✗ AWS account
Built-in AI audit
✓ BYO key
✗
✗
✗
No account required
✓
✗
✗
✗ AWS login
Read-only AWS access
✓
✗ Write roles
✗ Write roles
✓
No telemetry
✓
✗
✗
✗
Interactive diagram
✓
✓
✓
✓
IaC export (CF/TF)
✓
✗
✗
✗
PDF export
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multi-account
✓ Separate vaults
✓ Merged view
✓ Merged view
✓
Team collaboration
Single-user
✓ Shared
✓ Shared
✓ Shared
30+ AWS services
✓ 33+
✓
✓
✓

Why choose a native Mac AWS diagram tool?

🔐 Privacy by architecture

Web tools like Cloudcraft and Hava require you to upload AWS credentials to their servers. AWSAnalyze never sends your keys anywhere — they stay in your macOS Keychain, encrypted by Apple. No backend means nothing to breach.

🤖 AI audit included

Cloudcraft and Hava draw diagrams. AWSAnalyze draws the diagram and runs an AI audit across security, cost, reliability, and performance — using your own OpenAI or Anthropic account. No other tool in this category ships this.

💸 Actually free

Cloudcraft starts at $49/mo. Hava is roughly the same. AWS Perspective is free but locked to AWS accounts. AWSAnalyze is free, period — no subscription tiers, no feature gates, no "enterprise" upsell.

Frequently asked comparisons

Is AWSAnalyze a good Cloudcraft alternative?+
Yes — if you're on a Mac and value privacy. AWSAnalyze gives you the same interactive AWS diagram, plus a built-in AI audit, IaC export (CloudFormation & Terraform), and PDF export. The trade-off is that Cloudcraft supports real-time team collaboration on shared diagrams. If you're a solo DevOps engineer or work on your own Mac, AWSAnalyze does everything Cloudcraft does without the $49/mo subscription or the credential upload.
How does AWSAnalyze compare to Hava?+
Hava is a web-based AWS diagram tool similar to Cloudcraft, with automated diagram generation and version history. AWSAnalyze matches Hava on automated diagram generation but adds: (1) native macOS performance — no browser tab, (2) a built-in AI audit across four pillars, (3) CloudFormation/Terraform export, and (4) zero credential uploads. Hava still wins on team collaboration and multi-region merged views.
What about AWS Perspective? Is AWSAnalyze better?+
AWS Perspective is Amazon's own architecture diagram tool, available in the AWS console. It's free and deeply integrated with AWS. AWSAnalyze differs in three key ways: (1) it's a native macOS app, not a browser tab in the console, (2) it ships a unique AI audit that AWS Perspective doesn't offer, and (3) you can export your infrastructure as CloudFormation or Terraform code — AWS Perspective is visualization-only. AWSAnalyze also works across accounts without re-authenticating through the console.
Can AWSAnalyze replace Lucidchart for AWS diagrams?+
Lucidchart is a general-purpose diagramming tool with AWS icon sets — you draw diagrams manually. AWSAnalyze automates the entire process: it scans your live AWS account via read-only APIs and builds the diagram for you in under a minute. If you're manually drawing AWS architecture in Lucidchart, AWSAnalyze will save you hours. Lucidchart still wins for custom, non-AWS diagrams or for collaborative whiteboarding.

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