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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
14
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
65
Ranking in other categories
Mind Mapping Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Visual Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Figma is 40.7%, up from 38.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lucidchart is 4.7%, down from 14.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Visual Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Figma40.7%
Lucidchart4.7%
Other54.599999999999994%
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."
"I recommend Figma to other users because it enables team creation and provides multiple people access to the same project."
"It is challenging to identify downsides of Figma because for web design, it is the best tool available."
"Working with Figma has provided significant benefits over the past five years."
"Figma is very user-friendly compared to Adobe XD, and the overall design community was moving towards Figma."
"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."
"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 decided to switch to Figma because it is quick and seamless for my web design use cases."
"The wireframe and mock-up features have been the most useful so far. It's easy to create the mock-ups and then communicate to our development team what they need to look like. Lucidchart's capabilities for visualizing and understanding process flows or workflows is very good as well. I'm able to easily use any style of box that I need to create on a flowchart, to effectively communicate to our development team."
"Lucidchart is a 10 out of 10 when it comes to documenting things such as processes, systems, and new teams. It's just so user-friendly. The fact that even if you've never used Lucidchart, if you take a template and adapt it, you'll inevitably find something to fit your needs, but it's also perfect for building from scratch. It's the ease of use, clarity, and the different functionalities that make it incredibly useful."
"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."
"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."
"Lucidchart is a lovely tool for creating visual representations of any process or organization."
"The swimlanes feature is one that I use a lot. I have used swimlane diagrams to create business process flows and I think that it does the job pretty well."
"The interface is really good and it is very easy to use."
"It does everything I need it to do."
 

Cons

"Figma's pricing could be improved since many people are seeking open-source options like Penpot."
"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."
"The solution might not be affordable for teams of five or more people, making it somewhat expensive for small businesses."
"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."
"There is one aspect of Figma that needs improvement."
"I would rate the stability at about six; quite a few bugs occur."
"The product could be improved by addressing performance issues such as slowness, particularly with heavy or high-resolution images."
"There is a basic function that I struggle with, in the interface, which is having to switch between the editing and navigation modes. A lot of clicks are required when switching between edit and navigation modes and I think that many could potentially be avoided by handling the tasks at the same time."
"I wish there were a lot more automations. For instance, if I'm using a project management software to list out all my WBS [work breakdown structure] I wish Lucidchart had the functionality where it would take all the numbering and generate a tree diagram. Something like that would help so much, but right now it's still a manual task..."
"Lucid should create some proper documentation and video tutorials to demonstrate the capabilities of the product to new users. It should explain everything that it offers and everything that it can be used for."
"If you're trying to expand a comments box that is sitting on top of the chart, it automatically defaults to assuming you're trying to connect it to the next step in the process, when all you're trying to do is make the box bigger."
"There is a basic function that I struggle with, in the interface, which is having to switch between the editing and navigation modes."
"When you want to add text to a connector arrow, I have not figured out how to position the text vertically."
"I am not quite sure what different functionalities it provides as well as the difficulties other people are facing."
"When I was using the free version last summer, I don’t remember there being an option to change the look of the arrow."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Sigma's pricing is reasonable and accessible for both small and large firms."
"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."
"The price was low enough to make me think that it was fine, I'll go for it. I think it's $80 or so. It's not too expensive."
"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 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."
"The pricing is very reasonable, and they have a free trial available that you can play with."
"We chose Lucid based on the price comparison between it and draw.io... Lucidchart was about 15 percent cheaper per user... I was surprised to learn that it came with a separate subscription model and was not included in my existing Lucidchart subscription."
"I have only used the trial version and have not yet paid for it, or explored the pricing options."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise28
 

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