We performed a comparison between Lucidchart and Visual Paradigm based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Lucid Software, diagrams.net and others in Mind Mapping Software."I love the fact that you can just integrate a drawing into Google Slides. I build a lot of visuals in Lucidchart, and then, rather than sharing them directly from Lucidchart, I just build Google Slides decks for senior management, and I link the Lucidchart on the cloud version to a slide image. That makes it easy. This way, I can build in one tool and show in another."
"The templates are quite valuable, as is the fact that you can export to PDF, to a Visio document, or as a picture. These are valuable features for me because they give me the ability to make changes in any other product that I'm using. I'm not bound by one platform."
"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."
"Creating flowcharts and documentation is easy to do and the results are very nice."
"Stable design software with multiple functions and features. It's simple to install and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the Visual Paradigm that I use is process modeling. Additionally, the solution has a complete set of features."
"The application is easy to use and provides informative diagrams."
"The initial setup is extremely straightforward."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup was straightforward."
"I find it very user-friendly for my purposes, which is creating business process models that I can publish as HTML pages. It has worked flawlessly for my project, and my clients are able to utilize it as an internal web portal for their process documentation and other needs."
"The Visual Paradigm business process forms for designing we good. There was not a lot of configuration for the process diagram."
"It is easy and intuitive to use, not excessively rigid, and quite flexible."
"I would like to have access to more colorful and more vibrant icons."
"What I do find extremely frustrating is that when I've sent the sheet to non-license holders, you have to create an account. You create a username and password. The path taken to create that account is so confusing that everyone thinks that they have to give their credit card number, and then they're reluctant. They don't want to go through the sheet."
"I'm not a super user, and there might be a way of doing it that I haven't explored, but I was looking for some specific icons that are just standard icons, and I found the icon library to be very focused on architecture icons. It didn't have as many standard or generic icons."
"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."
"I was looking to generate code from the diagrams, but it was not totally clear how to do it."
"The solution's technical support can be improved and accessible for our company location since Visual Paradigm follows a remote support model with some challenges."
"Visual Paradigm is heavier and has more complexity than one of its competitors, e.g. Lucidchart. It could have been better if it was more simplified."
"The user interface is not easy to navigate, so it should be made easier."
"The product's versioning capability needs improvement."
"There is room for improvement in the licensing model. I would suggest implementing country-specific pricing, as many other products in India do. This would make Visual Paradigm more affordable and accessible."
"The solution can improve by updating the user interface, and graphics."
"Takes up a lot of resources."
Lucidchart is ranked 2nd in Mind Mapping Software with 4 reviews while Visual Paradigm is ranked 7th in Business Process Design with 12 reviews. Lucidchart is rated 9.8, while Visual Paradigm is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Lucidchart writes "Intuitive, integrates well, and is a great way to change text into visual ideas". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Paradigm writes "Complete feature sets, plenty of models, and useful document engine". 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, No Magic MagicDraw, Bizagi and ARIS BPA.
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