"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."
"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."
"Lucidchart is very visual in nature, and it is something that we do use extensively for stakeholder mapping, for example. If you want to build graphs for things like who the decision-makers are in a particular organization, Lucidchart can be used for that."
"In general, this product has improved our organization because it makes accessing up-to-date processes and planning a lot easier."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use, and just being able to drag and drop."
"The interface is really good and it is very easy to use."
"Documenting complicated workflows and technology integrations so that we can go back to it has also been a benefit. And without having to dig into a lot of technical, the codes, the documents, I can simply understand on a high level what's happening."
"It is easy and intuitive to use, not excessively rigid, and quite flexible."
"The solution is very user-friendly. It's easy to just open it and start working."
"The initial setup is extremely straightforward."
"What I found most valuable in Visual Paradigm is diagramming. I had a great user experience as diagramming in the tool is easy and convenient, even for complex diagrams or models. Visual Paradigm is the perfect tool for me, and I prefer it over Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect. Visual Paradigm is better for collaboration if you consider, for example, versioning, so this is another valuable tool feature that's simple and embedded in the solution. In Visual Paradigm, it's also easy to set up the project with team members and collaborate, and it's also a pro of the tool."
"The most valuable feature of the Visual Paradigm that I use is process modeling. Additionally, the solution has a complete set of features."
"Visual Paradigm is super user-friendly, especially for new team members. I always have them start with it because the interface is so simple to pick up. They usually spend about six months to a year using only Visual Paradigm before moving on to other tools. We also use the cloud repository for collaborative work, but I've had some trouble with code reviewing and limitations. Sometimes, customers even request the source file or exported XML because it's easier for them to access and review."
"I love Visual Paradigm because it has many different types of diagrams. For any field of engineering, we can find a diagram."
"Using the Component Diagram, Visual Paradigm helps with design and control, reusing components."
"The flowcharting feature would be improved if it had some kind of prediction capability that helped to create the diagrams, such as the ability to automatically join components with my database."
"The main improvement I would like to see is for them to improve the help section on the flow charts or on the formatting."
"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."
"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."
"In terms of improvement, they should make it very clear, whether it's a single A4 page or two A4 pages, it should be mapped out. Either I don't know how to use it, or it's not there, but having to stick to margins so I can see what's going to be on different pages when I print it or move it to a PDF has been my only challenge so far."
"If it could be a little more visual, in terms of being able to make it stand out a little bit more, then that would be helpful."
"They could provide more documentation or tutorials of ERDs or DDD on the Lucidchart site. That could be better."
"I would like to have more text boxes to write more comments so I can write a small note below a picture. I would like some flexibility."
"I was looking to generate code from the diagrams, but it was not totally clear how to do it."
"The solution could be more compatible with other products in the future."
"The product's versioning capability needs improvement."
"From time to time, we experience some troubles when we work as teams."
"Visual Paradigm can improve by having better process mining tools and model integration."
"Visual Paradigm is much better now. But each project has its own challenges, which is why I'm exploring different tools for my new projects. For instance, designing reports can be tough, especially with the costly intervention of professional services from vendors."
"For me, what needs improvement in Visual Paradigm is the limited features included in the $99 license, which is the cheapest option. If more features could be included in the cheapest licensing package, Visual Paradigm would be better, especially for businesses that have a limited budget for buying software."
"The solution is not user-friendly. It uses a lot of memory and CPU. You have to have a good computer to use it."
Lucidchart is ranked 2nd in Mind Mapping Software with 54 reviews while Visual Paradigm is ranked 7th in Business Process Design with 25 reviews. Lucidchart is rated 8.6, while Visual Paradigm is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Lucidchart writes "Good brainstorming features, facilitates collaboration, and keeps us focused on our work". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Paradigm writes "Very flexible and easy to use with a good pricing model". Lucidchart is most compared with Lucidspark, Figma, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio and erwin Data Modeler by Quest, whereas Visual Paradigm is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, Bizagi, No Magic MagicDraw and erwin Data Modeler by Quest.
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