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Figma vs Lucidchart comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Figma
Ranking in Visual Collaboration Platforms
1st
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Lucidchart
Ranking in Visual Collaboration Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Mind Mapping Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Visual Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Figma is 39.0%, up from 38.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lucidchart is 4.6%, down from 12.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Visual Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Figma39.0%
Lucidchart4.6%
Other56.4%
Visual Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Ponnila Michael Rayappan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Developer at University of Bristol
Has supported project lifecycles with design-first workflows and streamlined developer collaboration
The area of Figma I would prefer to see improved is the responsiveness of the developer tool. When you enable it, you can extract variations, but these variations are not responsive. If I design a page, and there's a way to choose a view, whether it is on mobile or tablet, which then automatically converts it to the responsive layout of the page I design, that would save considerable time. If I design for tablet view, and it automatically adjusts for mobile and different screen variations at the click of some drop-downs, that would be beneficial. Additionally, when we extract code, if it can provide variations for all different types in a responsive way using REM to adjust to different screen sizes and breakpoints, that would be extremely useful to have.
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.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I recommend Figma to other users because it enables team creation and provides multiple people access to the same project."
"I decided to switch to Figma because it is quick and seamless for my web design use cases."
"Figma is very user-friendly compared to Adobe XD, and the overall design community was moving towards Figma."
"Figma, in addition to being light, has very good performance and hardly has bugs."
"From a technical perspective, Figma has greater capabilities, and once you start to explore all these features and how to connect Figma with other tools such as Storybook and Zeplin for documentation, it's a tightly coupled system with many different functionalities available which make it excellent, and I will definitely recommend Figma over other designing tools for organizations because the support it provides is extensive and highly technically feasible, making your job considerably easier."
"I would recommend Figma to other users because I definitely think it is the industry standard."
"File sharing is easy."
"At the end of the day, I feel that I do not really have to leave the tool to do all this creative work, because I can get from the idea to a working prototype on Figma without thinking about any other tool."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use, and just being able to drag and drop."
"What I like about Lucidchart is its flexibility of how you put things together along with its intuitive sense."
"There is no alternative to Lucidchart if you want to describe a five-step process with bullet points. I believe every person who ever worked with PowerPoint on any type of documentation and then thought about which tool would actually help to describe what they're trying to do but without the words, would come up with Lucidchart."
"Lucidchart has positively impacted my organization by making it very easy for us to create diagrams of any type, and we use it extensively."
"This ability to collaborate efficiently and in parallel has saved us time because it makes the job easier for our colleagues and teammates."
"Using Lucidchart for documenting processes is great. The elements are ready to use and it is quick to do."
"The ability for people to look at the diagram rather than reading through written documents saved time, and as a result, money."
 

Cons

"Typing a prompt to express what I have in mind is quite complicated."
"Sometimes the prototype view menu gets in the way of navigation, especially if the prototype has a menu at the top, and most of the time it does."
"Figma could be made more user-friendly."
"The disadvantages of Figma compared to Adobe are the capabilities when searching for plugins; we often need to rely on external ones, and it takes time to read documentation because the prototyping protocol is not very clear."
"The solution might not be affordable for teams of five or more people, making it somewhat expensive for small businesses."
"The product could be improved by addressing performance issues such as slowness, particularly with heavy or high-resolution images."
"In the free version, because we are designers, we don't always have access to the paid version. While the pricing is totally fine for paid workspaces, the free version needs better security locks so other users cannot duplicate content."
"There is one aspect of Figma that needs improvement."
"One of the things that I find frustrating is that all of our Tableau information is on a server, so when I send that out people can't open it and use it. I then have to go back and do extra work to convert everything into an Excel format that everybody can use. It would be really important to me, if I send something out to somebody who doesn't have a Lucid account, that they can just click and see it, instead of having to log in and create an account."
"The primary area that could be improved is the learning curve."
"I choose seven because of those things I mentioned where adjusting different things and drawing the lines is basically not very intuitive at all."
"I would like to have access to more colorful and more vibrant icons."
"There is a premium for the use of certain elements in Lucidchart, like a drop-down. These features come at a premium and are only accessible in the premium plan."
"They should continue to bring in more shapes. Lucidchart could come up with more visualizations."
"It can have more colors or graphics. Currently, it is a little boring. It can have a little bit more fun factor."
"Though I really appreciate Lucidchart, I feel it is not as intuitive as it could be."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Sigma's pricing is reasonable and accessible for both small and large firms."
"The price and licensing are good."
"I have a subscription as an individual user for one year, and it is not expensive."
"I was using the paid version, but at $12 USD per month, I canceled the plan because it was a little bit too expensive for me."
"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."
"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."
"The licensing is pretty cost-effective but I haven't considered it on an enterprise level."
"The pricing and licensing are fine, though I wish they didn't require you to buy the licenses in batches of five."
"The pricing is very competitive. It is more cost-effective than some competing products, such as Visio."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
University
8%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Figma?
Several improvements could make Figma even better, mainly around performance and advanced usability. First, performance with large files could be improved. When working on heavy projects with many ...
LucidChart vs LucidSpark for brainstorming sessions over Zoom
Hi @Krista Thompson ​ - Yes, LucidSpark is a much more nimble and, in some ways, user-friendly tool than LucidChart. LucidSpark is designed to do a better job managing multiple users participating ...
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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