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Lucidchart vs draw.io comparison

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Categories and Ranking

draw.io
Ranking in Mind Mapping Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Lucidchart
Ranking in Mind Mapping Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Visual Collaboration Platforms (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Mind Mapping Software category, the mindshare of draw.io is 11.5%, down from 17.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lucidchart is 18.1%, down from 22.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mind Mapping Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Lucidchart18.1%
draw.io11.5%
Other70.4%
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Featured Reviews

reviewer2886744 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Visual workflows have improved process communication and have reduced rework across projects
One area for improvement would be handling very large and complex diagrams in draw.io, where navigation and editing can sometimes feel a little cumbersome, and I would also like to see more advanced collaboration and version control features, especially when multiple people are working on the same diagram. Another improvement I think of for draw.io would be making diagram management easier across large projects, especially when there are many related diagrams and versions, as better organization, search, and change tracking would make it easier to maintain diagrams over time. Another improvement needed for draw.io would be better integrations with common project management and documentation tools, so diagrams can stay synchronized with project information, and I would also appreciate more automation around diagram organization and reusable components for larger projects.
AlexMartin1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Nestlé
Visual collaboration has improved remote workflows and supports faster shared decisions
The best features Lucidchart offers are that it diagrams processes very well. It allows for project management to help with client timelines. It is also easy to use and create diagrams, especially mermaid diagrams. Collaborating is easy. Out of all those features, collaboration stands out to me the most because it is easy to share with team members to do joint design work. Lucidchart has positively impacted my organization by improving productivity and collaboration. In terms of specifics, collaboration helps us come to conclusions. I notice better throughput as it is easy to use. Improved productivity allows us to express ourselves more quickly.

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Pros

"Overall, I have found draw.io to be a practical and easy-to-use tool for day-to-day diagramming and process documentation, and it has fit well into our automation projects, especially for communicating workflows and solution designs, and I would continue using it for those needs."
"Feature and functionality-wise, it is fantastic."
"It is a very effective tool for documenting processes and using it has improved our efficiency significantly."
"The biggest lesson that I have learned from using this product is that I don't need to struggle with creating org charts; it's quick and easy to use."
"In general, the usability is great. You have a ton of customization options with different colors, different borders, different thicknesses of lines, different types of arrows, et cetera. There's so much variety. You can really make a chart with all sorts of color-coding, and color charts in different colors, link them together, for example, or use different types of arrows for different types of links between the chart elements. That variety, while not a specific feature, is really useful. If you want to make a chart, you can basically do anything."
"Ever since I have discovered Lucidchart, I've been kind of an evangelist for it because I've been doing a lot of work in it, and I really enjoy working in it."
"We saved our team time by 20-30% and made our work considerably easier."
"The real-time collaboration among users, where we're working on the same version of the document or chart, sped up our project development process."
"Lucidchart enables me to put down on paper what I was visualizing in my head. It makes it more shareable than only using words."
 

Cons

"One area for improvement would be handling very large and complex diagrams in draw.io, where navigation and editing can sometimes feel a little cumbersome, and I would also like to see more advanced collaboration and version control features, especially when multiple people are working on the same diagram."
"They should make it more user-friendly. The only option is either to use the existing template with already existing colors and gradients. If you want to do custom colors and gradients, then it's too complicated to use and should be simplified."
"Overall, I would rate this product somewhere in the middle. Not bad, but not good."
"The layering is something that can be improved because sometimes, it is confusing for me when I'm trying to get to the layer that I want to edit."
"The system is a bit clumsy when it comes to stylizing to match corporate imaging styles."
"One of the issues has been that, as far as I understand, even to view it, the other person needs a Lucidchart account unless you send them a PDF. That's been a bit of an issue because some people in our organization don't have Lucidchart accounts, only certain people have logins. If we just want to collect comments from people, that's been a bit complicated."
"I just felt that I am wasting time with those questions and just wanted them to stop asking me these questions and get into charting."
"I've had an issue is when you create, let's say, a rectangle box. You can write some text in it and give it a name, and, depending on how you shape the size of the box, the text will rearrange itself to fit. That is, except if your box is very, very narrow, but very long, like a long, narrow rectangle in a vertical position. In this case, the text will always go out of the rectangle."
"Sometimes, I have created charts with a lot of layers, which locks down parts of the chart and hides parts of the chart to edit it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I had a quick glimpse of it. It was about 100 Canadian Dollars a year for just me. I don't know if there are any additional costs."
"I have a subscription as an individual user for one year, and it is not expensive."
"We signed up for the month-to-month and it charged us all at once for the whole year. I believe we signed up for the $7.99 one. I think that was the price."
"There is a nominal charge for the paid version of the product. They have a free version available and from what I could see, there was not much difference between it and the pro version."
"I pay $95 a year for it. It seems like a reasonable price."
"At €167 per user per year, the pricing is slightly higher than Visio, but it's worth it."
"The pricing and licensing are fine. It has a lot of features that I prefer over some of the other programs, which is good. Being that it is web-based, I feel that it is acceptable that it's on a monthly pay basis. However, I think I pay on an annual basis, which is fine with me."
"Pricing comes in at about $100 for a year's subscription, which is very reasonable if this is a tool that you will use more than once."
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Financial Services Firm
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Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
6%
 

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Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
 

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Do you recommend Lucidchart?
I definitely recommend Lucidchart. I feel it is one of the top visual collaboration platforms that’s available on the market. Out of all the solutions I have tried, it is by far the best for diagra...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Lucidchart?
It is cloud-based, so no setup is required. Currently, we are using a free plan.
 

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