LayerBack
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveRebuilds a screenshotted flowchart or org chart into an editable file with real shapes and connectors.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $20/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Pro is $20/month ($10/month billed yearly) for 1,000 credits (about 100 conversions) and API access; Free gives 10 credits with no API.
Use tool ↗About LayerBack
LayerBack converts diagram images, such as flowcharts, architecture diagrams, and org charts, back into editable files, outputting to formats like Visio, PowerPoint, and draw.io with real shapes, connectors, and text instead of just embedding the original picture. It offers an online editor for cleanup after conversion, plus an API and an MCP server so AI agents or other software can trigger conversions directly. Pricing runs on a monthly credit system: a free tier gives 10 credits for a couple of conversions, and paid tiers from Pro through Max scale up credits, concurrent conversion limits, and API rate limits, with failed conversions automatically refunded. Annual billing cuts the monthly price roughly in half. The company does not disclose its name or location, though it lists a CEO, Dana Cole, by name.
- Platforms
- Web · API
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Describes the diagram-to-editable-file conversion, supported output formats, and API/MCP server accesslayerback.com ↗
- Lists Free/Pro/Plus/Max credit pricing tiers and the annual billing discountlayerback.com ↗
Is LayerBack legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Aug 3, 2026Registry record (RDAP), registrar Spaceship, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Jan 2, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
Pros & cons of LayerBack
LayerBack solves a specific annoyance: someone sends a diagram as a flat image, and you need to actually edit it. Converting to real shapes and connectors in Visio, PowerPoint, and draw.io formats, plus API and MCP access for automation, makes it more than a one-off web toy, though the free tier's 10 credits won't go far.
Pros
- Outputs to real editable formats (Visio, PowerPoint, draw.io), not just a re-embedded image
- Provides both a REST API and an MCP server for agent-driven automation
- Failed conversions are automatically refunded
- Annual billing cuts the monthly price roughly in half
Cons
- Free tier is limited to 10 one-time credits, good for only a couple of conversions
- Company name and location are not disclosed
- Credit-based pricing makes cost less predictable than a flat per-seat plan
Best for
- Anyone who received a flowchart or org chart as a picture and needs to edit it
- Teams wanting diagram conversion wired into an API or an AI agent via MCP
Not for
- One-off users unwilling to pay once the 10 free credits run out
- Anyone needing guaranteed pixel-perfect recreation of complex, dense diagrams
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