Last updated on 8 March 2021
Plectica is a new generation tool for making all types of mental maps online with ease. The minimalist graphics platform prioritises efficiency to allow you to focus on the essentials by eliminating unnecessary distractions.
Plectica is one of the professional tools that allow Create and work with mind maps. Whether it is to put your ideas in order; organise a session or a course; learn or have a lesson learned; mind maps are formidable allies to use and advise. Tools to help you organize your thinking.
Create mind maps with ease
Plectica allows you to create diagrams and diagrams very easily. The central unit of a card is a block that can represent people, tasks, objects or ideas. These blocks can exist alone or be nested. Blocks can be connected to other blocks with one or more … relation lines You know the basic principles. On Plectica a mind map can be viewed and edited by several people at the same time.
The platform allows you to create as many mind maps as you want. Once your account is created, you will land on your first card. You can start from scratch or use one of the many templates on offer that you can customize as you see fit. Plectica has installed a very comprehensive help system that can be accessed with a click in the top right corner of your card. You will find all the basic functions and a series of shortcuts for the most recurring ones. However, instructions for use are quickly dispensed with. Far from some gas plants, the use of Plectica is particularly intuitive.
Create or edit a multi-mental map
For brainstorming sessions with your colleagues, to work as a team on a research project, to develop a structure or organization together, Plectica offers collaborative work functions. You will be able to work remotely and in real time on the same map.
Each mind map can be shared very simply via a dedicated URL. The tool makes it possible to share only in reading or to open the possibility for the recipient of the link to edit and intervene on the content a mind map.
All created cards remain available in your personal online space. They can then be reused or used as models for new creations. Cards can be exported in .JPG image format or via a PDF file optimised for printing. The data can be retrieved in JSON/CSV format.
The ease of use, the careful ergonomics, the range of applications and possible uses, the functions of collaborative editions make Plectica a very good tool.
Only small regret, the platform is currently only in English, but nothing insurmountable. We would also love a mobile version usable on tablet. To be followed probably in the coming months.
Plectica offers a free version for occasional needs. For around €7 per month, you have full access to the platform. This is half price for students and teachers.
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Plectica is high on my list of all the tools for create mind maps.
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Hello Fidel, and thank you for this report. I didn't know about this tool. I saw pleasant things, in addition to the ease of handling, and the pleasant and fluid graphic universe.
► Import a colonised text file to quickly start a map
► A library of Template Cards rather well equipped
► Comments on a topic to build-trace a conversation
► The "filters" named here "perspectives" which is very fair
So yes a pleasant tool and to follow. Perfect it seems to me in an educational context. I regularly read the excellent blog toolstice.com and am therefore delighted to comment on this article. For those who want to know more about the steps involved in building a Mind Map, you can find out more here: https://www.mind-mapping-decision.com/mind-mapping-definition/
I would be delighted to welcome you and advise you. Thanks again. Denys.
It is an interesting tool.
The limit of free, 250 cards! They can be reached or even surpassed quickly in a single map (even for an occasional need).
This is a good alternative to other more complex tools. The only small problem is that the link-editing functionality still requires identification on the collaborators’ side as well. In this, Plectica does not yet manage to compete with MindMeister (whose widget for Google Docs is very useful elsewhere).