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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 November 2026, in the Visual Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Figma is 33.7%, down from 41.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lucidchart is 7.2%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Visual Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Figma33.7%
Lucidchart7.2%
Other59.099999999999994%
Visual Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Vasanth Muralidharan - PeerSpot reviewer
Freelance Webflow Designer And Developer at Freelance
Collaborating on web designs has become seamless and now delivers faster client approvals
Figma's pricing could be improved since many people are seeking open-source options like Penpot. On the free plan, I cannot have separate files for different collaborators, requiring a team plan which costs around twenty-two dollars, creating a bottleneck along with the added burden of additional features and paywalls for new AI tools being introduced. The issue of privacy arises on the free tier with collaborator access, allowing inspection of confidential files.
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

"It is challenging to identify downsides of Figma because for web design, it is the best tool available."
"File sharing is easy."
"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."
"I would recommend Figma to other users because I definitely think it is the industry standard."
"I decided to switch to Figma because it is quick and seamless for my web design use cases."
"Having everything hosted on the web is one of the best features."
"Working with Figma has provided significant benefits over the past five years."
"Lucidchart is a reliable and effective tool for visualizing ideas and improving workflow clarity, and it stands out for its ease of use, drag-and-drop features, a large collection of templates, and strong collaboration features, making it suitable for both individual and team-based work."
"Out of all the choices that I saw come across my desk, Lucidchart was the best and easiest choice."
"The team could not operate without it."
"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."
"The best features Lucidchart offers are that it is easy to use, the diagrams created are of good quality, and there are a lot of elements available."
"I like the panel on the left of the screen that has all of the shapes that are available to use in the charts. It's easy to use because you can just drag and drop."
"This ability to collaborate efficiently and in parallel has saved us time because it makes the job easier for our colleagues and teammates."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use, and just being able to drag and drop."
 

Cons

"Figma can be improved because it is a closed ecosystem."
"Typing a prompt to express what I have in mind is quite complicated."
"Figma could be made more user-friendly."
"The product could be improved by addressing performance issues such as slowness, particularly with heavy or high-resolution images."
"Figma's pricing could be improved since many people are seeking open-source options like Penpot."
"There is one aspect of Figma that needs improvement."
"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."
"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."
"It might already exist and I haven't used it, but in terms of improvement, I would like a hot-key system for some of the diagrams to auto-generate things a bit quicker to be able to produce charts a lot faster, or have more standard templates that you can just go to if you're trying to generate something quickly."
"Adding dark mode would be a great improvement for Lucidchart."
"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."
"It would be nice to have more features that help me visually present information."
"The communication with sales has been pretty poor. They have been spotty in terms of response."
"My advice to others looking into using Lucidchart is to explore all the options available and not fixate on drawing flowcharts using Lucidchart."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Sigma's pricing is reasonable and accessible for both small and large firms."
"I pay $95 a year for it. It seems like a reasonable price."
"I have a subscription as an individual user for one year, and it is not expensive."
"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."
"I was using the free version of Lucidchart, which was very helpful."
"The licensing is pretty cost-effective but I haven't considered it on an enterprise level."
"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
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction 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

Which would you choose - Miro or Figma?
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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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