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Figma vs Lucidchart comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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
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 (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Visual Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Figma is 39.8%, up from 37.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lucidchart is 4.7%, down from 15.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Visual Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Figma39.8%
Lucidchart4.7%
Other55.5%
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

"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."
"We have seen a clear ROI using Figma, mainly in terms of time savings and improved workflow efficiency rather than direct cost reduction."
"Figma has positively impacted our organization because we just live in Figma and certain teams just live in Figma all the time, which has really allowed us to make sure that our designs are consistent and that there is a standard way of producing those designs and consuming those designs."
"Overall, Figma is a complete solution for product and UI design if you want to learn all its features for wireframing, making visual elements, using colors, and leveraging the many plugins it offers."
"If you are a designer, particularly a UI/UX designer, then you need to use Figma as it is the best."
"I would recommend Figma to other users because I definitely think it is the industry standard."
"The platform is scalable for small—to medium-sized enterprises."
"I recommend Figma to other users because it enables team creation and provides multiple people access to the same project."
"In general, this product has improved our organization because it makes accessing up-to-date processes and planning a lot easier."
"What I like about Lucidchart is its flexibility of how you put things together along with its intuitive sense."
"The benefits since implementing Lucidchart are mostly because taking a visual approach to any of these things is far superior to trying to type it out or write it out or explain it to anyone."
"Easy to work on."
"It is a very effective tool for documenting processes and using it has improved our efficiency significantly."
"The flow chart is most valuable. It is a very user-friendly and simple-to-use product. Quite quickly, I was able to understand how to use it and just get on with my process flow."
"Lucidchart has positively impacted my organization by making it very easy for us to create diagrams of any type, and we use it extensively."
"It is a very interesting tool, I love using this tool and have recommended Lucidchart to my colleague and other developers in different companies because it is a good tool that is easy to use with a good UI and is also easy to understand."
 

Cons

"Typing a prompt to express what I have in mind is quite complicated."
"I have noticed that in the middle of each year, some glitches occur with Figma. Around October or September, when configurations are happening and new features are being released, I experience glitches, crashes, and various issues."
"The product could be improved by addressing performance issues such as slowness, particularly with heavy or high-resolution images."
"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."
"Figma is costly, especially when sharing with others as you have to upgrade your plan."
"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."
"I would rate the stability at about six; quite a few bugs occur."
"Figma could be made more user-friendly."
"Although it comes with a lot of pre-existing tools, it would help if it had some more design templates. By now, they must know what kinds of things people are trying out, and that should help them create more templates. I would also like to see a little more automation."
"There were some things I wish were a little bit more user-friendly. For instance, when you're putting all the stuff onto a document or PDF, there's a set limit of width and height. It would have been very nice in certain situations to be able to drag people on the far edges and move them back up so that everything fits nicely onto the page."
"When my colleague initially tried to edit the file that I shared with him, he had some trouble. This is something that should be improved."
"Lucidchart can be improved as it has some limited free plans with certain features unavailable in the free tier."
"I'd prefer this software to be an operating system, not a web tool, as I'd switch to LucidOS, if it existed, in seconds."
"One area for improvement is the fact that I had to create two sheets. I had to create a process flow diagram, and I had to create a timeline. I wasn't able to do that in one sheet. If they could add that kind of feature, where you could input a timeline and different types of templates into one worksheet, that would be really useful. I had to include two and then cut and paste, and that was an extra step for me."
"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."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Sigma's pricing is reasonable and accessible for both small and large firms."
"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."
"The pricing is very competitive. It is more cost-effective than some competing products, such as Visio."
"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."
"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 have a subscription as an individual user for one year, and it is not expensive."
"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."
"The price of this product is a little bit high. It is probably 20% higher than what I expected to pay for such a solution."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
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?
Figma could be made more user-friendly. I would suggest that it requires some more plugins, and adding some advanced features would be beneficial.
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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