Lucidchart vs Lucidspark comparison

Lucidchart and Lucidspark are both solutions in the Visual Collaboration Platforms category. Lucidchart is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.0, while Lucidspark is ranked #4 with an average rating of 9.0. Lucidchart holds a 4.6% mindshare in VCP, compared to Lucidspark’s 3.0% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Lucidchart users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Lucidspark users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 15, 2026

Lucidchart and Lucidspark are collaborative tools competing in the visualization and brainstorming software market. Lucidchart appears to have an upper hand in diagramming, while Lucidspark excels in brainstorming sessions.

Features: Lucidchart is designed for detailed diagramming, offering extensive templates, real-time collaboration, and a large library of icons for database schemas and flowcharts. It integrates well with various platforms, supporting Mac and PC users, and simplifies documentation of complex processes. Lucidspark, on the other hand, provides a dynamic environment for brainstorming with its infinite canvas, collaborative colors for identifying contributions, and integration with tools like Atlassian.

Room for Improvement: Lucidchart could benefit from enhanced integration with PowerPoint, more sophisticated flowchart connections, and longer free trials. Users also express a need for more intuitive tutorials. Lucidspark users seek a greater variety of templates, smoother navigation on the virtual whiteboard, and a clearer onboarding process. Improved integration with Microsoft Teams is also desired.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both Lucidchart and Lucidspark are cloud-based, enabling easy deployment with minimal technical support required. Despite the simplicity of the tools, some Lucidchart users have reported delayed responses from support, highlighting an area for improvement. A strong community base helps mitigate the need for extensive support.

Pricing and ROI: Lucidchart offers competitive pricing and various plans designed for teams and individuals, with users noting a significant ROI through enhanced time savings and collaboration. Lucidspark is priced reasonably, but users suggest more bundled offers, particularly for combined use with Lucidchart. Both are praised for their cost-effectiveness, aiding in collaborative efficiency and providing value for businesses.

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Categories and Ranking

Lucidchart

Ranking in Visual Collaboration Platforms

3rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Mind Mapping Software (2nd)

Lucidspark

Ranking in Visual Collaboration Platforms

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Visual Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Lucidchart is 4.6%, down from 12.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lucidspark is 3.0%, down from 9.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Visual Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Lucidchart	4.6%
Lucidspark	3.0%
Other	92.4%

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AlexMartin1

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.

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Maryam S Waris

Customer Success Manager at a media company with 501-1,000 employees

Encourages collaboration with our clients, and reactions help to prioritize ideas, but automation to make things more consistent would be helpful

This is a feature-rich product and I would like to see more opportunities for teaching new users how to learn and use the breadth of the platform. Ideally, it would be nice if there were a set of guidelines to explain what it is capable of. I know that there are videos online, and I've watched a few. But, I know that when I first started, just playing around, there were things I didn't discover that I could do until much later. This is why I get surprised by certain integrations I learn that they have. It would have been great to know right from the start, with a guided tutorial on how to use the various options. As it is now, we have invested internally in the educational resources needed to learn how to use it. A tool that can be very self-serving in that way, and enable its users to use it to the breadth of what it is capable of doing, is always a great thing. Whatever they can do to help make the visual look a little cleaner would be great because it can get a bit messy, or inconsistent. If there were automations to do things like making sure that elements are of the same size and correct alignment, it would help to make the visual more presentable. This is important because, at the end of what you create, it can have a very positive impact on what is ultimately shared with the client.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"Real-time collaboration has definitely saved us time; I haven't had to call people back and forth and make changes like that, whereas we're both just editing in a single document and it saves around an hour or two a day."

"This process flow has really helped all the regions in understanding how onboarding works across all the regions."

"Creating flowcharts and documentation is easy to do and the results are very nice."

"I love the simplicity and how clean all the different boxes, arrows, and charts can be. Especially with something complicated like our sales flow, it could be really easy to be all cluttered and everything like that, but my favorite feature is how clean it is, how straightforward it makes our flow look, and how easy it is to understand. Lucidchart accommodates both Mac and PC users which is important to us because at my company right now, our sales floor and then every other computer we have as a company is a Mac, but a lot of our employees actually have PCs and Android as well. So it's really beneficial because if we're ever on the go or we need to make a change, it's versatile and is open for both Mac and PC."

"Previously, we used to create something in a PowerPoint or Keynote file, but they were just not as collaborative, dynamic, and adaptable as Lucidchart."

"It is important that Lucidchart accommodates both Mac and PC users because if you support Mac, that means you also support the mobile applications on the iPad... Some of the other employees have access to an iPad, but not all of them do. When we're trying to talk through a process with them on-the-fly, or at the point of occurrence, it's so much nicer if we can both have it up on the iPad. That's why I would say the Mac support is essential."

"I will definitely recommend this solution to others."

"Lucidchart helped us to realize efficiencies in the projects we use it for. I can show people pictures, and I can change things in a meeting and then email it by the end of the meeting. Because most places we go, especially now with everybody in-home office, I'm going to have great internet access, and that just makes it easier to be able to change things quickly while we're in a meeting and go, "Oh, you changed this. Oh, okay.", and then send it to them as a proof and send it as a PDF or send them a link. That works great. That saves time and accelerates a sale."

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"In terms of the productivity of our brainstorming sessions, it has probably made us 80 percent more efficient."

"It positively affected the productivity of our working and brainstorming sessions. It was definitely a saver for us because we wanted the agenda to be addressed as soon as possible. We were able to do that, and this solution was pretty useful for us."

"I really liked the sticky notes. They made it easy to change the colors, just click and add ideas, move those ideas around, and then connect them. I felt like they were very intuitive and easy to use."

"The main benefit to using this product was how much more quickly I could get things done, and this is because it was more intuitive than the other options."

"The solution’s virtual whiteboard for brainstorming is great. It feels like I have an endless board where I can zoom out and draw everybody to what I'm looking at. It's invaluable, especially right now when most people work remotely."

"Because I worked in IT, we tested them out; we picked Lucid because of its ease of use and breadth of capability."

"We have used this solution for remote or virtual brainstorming sessions. We're a 100% remote company and therefore having that capability is important."

"The time is no longer spent trying to get everybody to be in one document or sending documents back and forth so that everybody is on the same page. Those things add up, especially as a team gets larger. Also, there are errors that come with that, e.g., sending the wrong version of a document. If the document is held somewhere, then it is easy to determine who made the last correction. Everybody is a part of the team so I can remove people as an administrator who need to be removed or add them to a specific thing. It is very straightforward and worth it in that manner."

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Cons

"I just felt that I am wasting time with those questions and just wanted them to stop asking me these questions and get into charting."

"I'm not sure if this feature is already there, but it would be good if we can import a cloud database in the web version."

"A couple of times when I tried to move a line, connecting two shapes on an organizational chart, occasionally the line doesn't move as intuitively as I think it should. I have to fiddle around with it a few times to get it to do what I want it to do."

"The main improvement I would like to see is for them to improve the help section on the flow charts or on the formatting."

"This might already be a feature, but I remember sometimes when we're just all viewing, if you accidentally click, then there's an arrow that pops up, and you have to go back and delete it. A lot of times there are accidental arrows being drawn when really we're just trying to present to each other."

"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."

"Perhaps it already exists, but if there were software to install the solution on a Mac, that would be helpful. I see that it's not in the App Store, so that's something that could be improved."

"It would be really helpful if we could create a process flow based on a Word Document or a PPT file."

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"One challenge we ran into while collaborating on Lucidspark was tracking time. We would, for example, set aside 90 minutes for a particular task but end up spending a lot more time on it. It would be great to see if Lucidspark could also help us keep track of time. That feedback would be beneficial."

"One of the things that I struggled with a little bit was navigating around the board. Because it's so big that when you want to find certain sections, it can be a little bit challenging to move the little box in the corner around to find where you are. If there could be more options to move around the board, that might make it easier. It can have a joystick version or something like that so that you could just manually move around, or there should be an option for a picture in the corner on which you click around to locate different items on the board."

"On the Lucidchart side, they have a fantastic document-based tutorial and how-to educational module built into the application. I would love to see something like that on the Lucidspark side."

"They have a grid system for snapping too, and they've done a lot to try to line things up so that the lines don't squiggle when you draw a line between one item and another. Everything has to be lined up. Everything has to be 90 degrees exact. But a lot of other people on the team just throw something together really quickly and the lines are not straight. And so it would be nice to have some feature that eliminates that problem."

"It's not intuitive. There's the learning curve."

"There is an emphasis on Google as a set of cloud apps and cloud storage but I don't use Google so that doesn't really help."

"The tracing is inaccurate and we have to do the drawing ourselves."

"Whatever they can do to help make the visual look a little cleaner would be great because it can get a bit messy, or inconsistent. If there were automations to do things like making sure that elements are of the same size and correct alignment, it would help to make the visual more presentable."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"Lucidchart's pricing model is not excessive, as compared to similar products. It is pretty much in line with everyone else."

"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 have a subscription as an individual user for one year, and it is not expensive."

"I have only used the trial version and have not yet paid for it, or explored the pricing options."

"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 pay $95 a year for it. It seems like a reasonable price."

"At €167 per user per year, the pricing is slightly higher than Visio, but it's worth it."

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"One must pay extra if he wishes to have a higher level product."

"I was using the web version. I don't know what I signed up for, but I don't think I paid anything. It was just free."

"I know that to get 10 seats for Spark is $2000 a year, which struck me as a little high."

"There is room for improvement in terms of the cost. It should all be bundled together. It's becoming like a Microsoft, where you have to buy all the different version features separately. It should just all be bundled with one price."

"It is not cost-prohibitive. It is well worth it, but we are also a small team. We are definitely planning on having it as part of our onboarding for everyone, but I haven't looked at the pricing for an enterprise level or large set of employees."

"The licensing is a fair price. We mainly have single users. We chose not to do the team user because of the cost. We didn't see a need for that at this point. We have talked to Lucidchart and Lucidspark salesmen often about that."

"I personally had a hard time getting the licenses sorted out. In the organizational license, the whole process took a lot of time. Personally, I feel that the licensing could be done much better on that front."

"I don't think that the cost is ever something that I considered. It has always been worth it to pay a small payment and help everyone with their tasks. It has definitely helped me become more organized. I don't think that the cost has been a barrier at all, and it is worth it to be able to pay for it."

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Answers from the Community

it_user1620528

Principal | Executive Coach at CrossCut

Jul 8, 2021

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 simultaneously and I've found its ease of use is really helpful when working with clients who likely don't have any previous experience.I use LucidChart for detailed process maps and flow charts (just...

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Evgeny Belenky

Director of Community at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Jul 7, 2021

Hi @Emilia Maria D'Anzica , @Kevin Heires , @Sankalp Nigam, @Kevin Replinger, @Scott Rogers, @Mayank Thakur and @MichaelSmith2. Would you mind sharing your professional experience with these tools? Tnx

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Kevin Replinger

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Jul 8, 2021

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10%

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10%

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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 ...

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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...

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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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Overview

Lucidchart offers a dynamic platform for visual collaboration, enabling teams to enhance workflows and boost productivity through real-time updates and diverse templates.

Lucidchart provides an intuitive interface designed for seamless integration with tools like Google Workspace and Salesforce. This enhances team collaboration by reducing misunderstandings and accelerating workflows. Its cross-platform compatibility ensures both Mac and PC users achieve visual clarity in process management. While users value its efficiency, there is a desire for improvements in handling complex diagrams, more accessible pricing for advanced features, and enhanced offline capabilities. Customization, such as color schemes and dark mode, along with robust tutorials, remain areas for potential enhancement.

What features define Lucidchart?

Real-time Collaboration: Allows teams to work simultaneously on diagrams.
Drag-and-Drop Interface: Simplifies the creation process with intuitive controls.
Diverse Templates: Offers a variety of pre-built templates for extensive usage scenarios.
Seamless Integration: Connects effortlessly with Google Workspace and Salesforce.

What benefits can be expected from Lucidchart?

Enhanced Productivity: Facilitates efficient collaboration and workflow acceleration.
Time Savings: Streamlines process mapping, saving teams significant time.
Visual Clarity: Aids in clear project management and teamwork communication.

In sectors like technology and business, Lucidchart is extensively used for visualizing workflows, system architectures, and process maps. It serves as a powerful tool for collaboration, brainstorming, and documenting procedures. Teams find it effective for demonstrating technical and business structures, improving coordination, and supporting tasks like planning, migration, and development.

Lucid Software

Lucidspark offers an innovative platform for real-time collaboration, integrating an intuitive interface with an infinite whiteboard that supports extensive brainstorming and workflow enhancement.

Lucidspark is designed to facilitate team interaction, streamline collaboration, and enhance creativity. With a seamless blend of Collaborator Colors, drag-and-drop features, and expansive integrations, it fosters an efficient organization of ideas through diagrams, sticky notes, and exports. While users benefit from its flexibility in remote environments, there is a desire for improvements in internal comment systems, smoother integration with Microsoft apps, and more intuitive onboarding processes. Navigation on large boards and the absence of a dedicated desktop app are recognized challenges, prompting a call for enhanced shape recognition, color options, and time-tracking tools.

What are Lucidspark's key features?

Real-time Collaboration: Enables teams to work together effectively, regardless of location.
Intuitive Interface: Simplifies navigation and encourages user engagement.
Infinite Whiteboard: Provides endless space for brainstorming and creativity.
Extensive Templates: Offers a variety of pre-designed templates to kickstart projects.
Seamless Integrations: Connects effortlessly with other tools to enhance workflow efficiency.

What benefits should users expect?

Enhanced Team Interaction: Promotes collaborative work environments using visual tools.
Increased Productivity: Streamlined processes aid in quick idea organization and execution.
Flexible Creativity Encouragement: Adapts to team needs, fostering innovative solutions.
Improved Remote Collaboration: Facilitates effective virtual meetings and sessions.

In industry-specific contexts, such as education and consultancy, Lucidspark serves as a vital tool for developing flowcharts, conducting strategy workshops, and mapping out processes. Teams in architecture and project management leverage it for diagram creation and idea ideation, while its virtual whiteboard capabilities support remote sessions and workshops, aiding consultants and enterprises in strategic planning and system organization.

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