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Figma vs Lucidchart comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Figma
Ranking in Visual Collaboration Platforms
1st
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
16
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 (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Visual Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Figma is 34.9%, down from 40.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lucidchart is 6.5%, down from 10.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Visual Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Figma34.9%
Lucidchart6.5%
Other58.6%
Visual Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Elizaveta Besedina - PeerSpot reviewer
Designer | Product design team at Monterosa
Has supported my work in digital design with powerful components, AI features, and seamless plugin integration
Areas in Figma where I see room for improvement include variables; it would be very useful if we could record gradients in variables. Also, it is quite a common issue when we need to change the fonts in bulk, and there is not a native option on how to do that. We either go manually or we use a select by font feature, but it is not as consistent and is still pretty manual because we have to go font by font. If I have a headline font that is 14 pixels and then a body font which is smaller, then there are two separate lines, and I need to manually click on each of them to change the font. I would appreciate something that I can just use, and sometimes the files are not attached to a font variable, so it is not easy to change it. It would really benefit if I could just make it in one or two clicks, such as changing all the fonts in this file to this.
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

"The platform is scalable for small—to medium-sized enterprises."
"I would recommend Figma to other users because I definitely think it is the industry standard."
"I recommend Figma to other users because it enables team creation and provides multiple people access to the same project."
"If you are a designer, particularly a UI/UX designer, then you need to use Figma as it is the best."
"I decided to switch to Figma because it is quick and seamless for my web design use cases."
"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 way you can create templates is probably most helpful because it gives us a way to very quickly play around and test ideas and different types of layouts."
"Working with Figma has provided significant benefits over the past five years."
"None of those were even half as easy to use as Lucidchart, and I am a strong advocate for dropping those other software solutions for Lucidchart."
"It makes collaboration easy, it makes presentation easy, the real-time collaboration is super-helpful, and it has saved me time on the order of 20 percent for project planning."
"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."
"The usability is very nice in terms of flowchart components that are available."
"It does everything I need it to do."
"I really like the drag and drop feature because it makes the work easier. It is very easy to use. All the pieces are very good. All the icons and all the fields are available in the left panel. So, I just click, drag, and then edit a piece. When I showed it to my managing director, he was very inspired, and he also got a premium account for himself."
"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

"Typing a prompt to express what I have in mind is quite complicated."
"I would rate the stability at about six; quite a few bugs occur."
"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."
"One negative aspect about our main use case or how we used Figma in that project is that the notifications were a little bit difficult to follow."
"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."
"Figma can be improved because it is a closed ecosystem."
"The solution might not be affordable for teams of five or more people, making it somewhat expensive for small businesses."
"It would be nice to be able to import not just contacts from Salesforce but also leads. In the beginning, when I was still learning the ropes and my way around it, I couldn't find such an option. There might be an option, but I just don't know about it."
"Wireframing can be improved. For mock-ups and wireframing, only 10% of what is required is there. If they can develop this feature, it would be much better because it will then provide everything. Currently, we can design network diagrams, processes, etc., but we should also be able to do wireframing."
"When I was using the free version last summer, I don’t remember there being an option to change the look of the arrow."
"I think Lucidchart can be improved by reducing the pricing, as it is a bit high."
"It would be helpful if there were different options available for organizing the folders, such as having a high-level display with pictures."
"I would like an on-premises version of the software that I can just download and use. I think that it's easier that way."
"One of the major drawbacks is that we have to extract the work in Lucidchart as an image when we want to create a presentation."
"The communication with sales has been pretty poor. They have been spotty in terms of response. So far, that has been our problem with it. We were in contact with one of their representatives, but he just kind of disappeared one day and we couldn't find him anymore. He has not been responsive to email."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Sigma's pricing is reasonable and accessible for both small and large firms."
"I'm happy with the pricing of Lucidchart but I can't say I'm completely happy with it. It could be cheaper for what it offers, about $5 cheaper, or Lucid could charge $5 more and add more features, like automation. Right now, it's $15 per user per month... On the other hand, they have made their billing super-easy for users, such as for people who have to do expense reports. It is probably the easiest platform I'm using when it comes to billing for software as a service."
"The licensing is pretty cost-effective but I haven't considered it on an enterprise level."
"Its pricing is very affordable and reasonable for the features that it provides. I am using its basic plan, and for my usage, it is perfectly reasonable. It suits perfectly."
"I was using the free version of Lucidchart, which was very helpful."
"At €167 per user per year, the pricing is slightly higher than Visio, but it's worth it."
"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."
"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."
"One of the reasons we were able to get approval within two hours from our management was that it was cheap enough. We have a 3% or 10% collaboration package, which comes out to be 70 bucks a year. It was very cheap, and we had no issues actually getting the full version. It was very affordable for a business."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
University
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Figma?
Figma is deployed in my organization as we pay for it at $20 a month for a few seats. I am just a designer, so you are asking the wrong person about this.
What needs improvement with Figma?
Figma can be improved because it is a closed ecosystem.
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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