Lucidchart Reviews

I used Lucidchart to build-out items such as business org charts, business processes/workflows, and product diagrams.

Lucidchart is much better than competitors that I have used, such as Visio. I am able to easily save off charts I have created in a PDF document, which is primarily what I do.

The flexibility of Lucidchart is great. It is easy to create swim lane process documents with as many rows as you would like. It is also very easy to include columns into the swim lane that allows you to show where one process ends and another picks up. This feature has allowed me to generate very detailed process documents that my employers have loved. 

Lucidchart is a lovely tool for creating visual representations of any process or organization. 

People always ask me what I build my charts in, as the graphical rendering in Lucidchart is superb. The tool is super user-friendly and intuitive and comes with hundreds of templates to get you started. The user interface for Lucidchart makes it easy to build visual diagrams very quickly.

The full tool kit included in the product has more features and functionality than I will ever need, including the ability to publish diagrams directly to a web page. 

I love the template library. It makes it easy to get started on a project without having to expend a lot of energy upfront trying to recreate the wheel. There are many, many templates to choose from across a wide variety of categories. It is easy to find a template category that works and then even find a template with a color scheme that works for what you need. I have often taken a template, with the color scheme I like, deleted everything out of it, and started from scratch just so I could get the colors I liked quickly. 

When you want to add text to a connector arrow, I have not figured out how to position the text vertically. It always wants the text to stay horizontal. This is frustrating when I would like the text to stay in-line with a connector arrow, or otherwise.

Also, printing hard copies of PDF files that I have saved from Lucidchart has always been a problem. Although I don't print copies very often, every once in a while I need to do that for a meeting. The hard copies always come out missing colors and components of the chart I have created. I'm not sure if this is an issue with my printer, Adobe Acrobat DC, or otherwise. 

I have been using Lucidchart for one year.

The Lucidchart cloud offering is super stable. I've never had any issues with it, even when my network has gone up and down. 

The tool is not scalable, per se, but it does allow the user to easily share diagrams with other parties. 

I used Visio in the past. Lucidchart's user interface is easier to use. I also prefer the look of the Lucidchart diagrams. 

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. 

I have only used Visio and Lucidchart. 

I primarily use Lucidchart for mobile app development.

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

I think that this solution is good in terms of its visualizations and it helps to understand process flows and workflows. The flowcharts and wireframes are very nice and easy to use.

The features for creating database schemas and modifying existing data structures are things that I have used a little bit. I find that this is a good tool when working with databases and it helps with strategy planning, ideation, and project planning. 

It is definitely important to use that Lucidchart accommodates both Mac and PC users. We have work that is done collaboratively in teams and we need to be able to share between team members. This is important regardless of platform.

Lucidchart allows for real-time collaboration, where multiple users can access the same version of a document. It has improved our project development process because we can discuss a journey map and a flowchart with developers in real-time. Using this tool, we are able to better interact with developers.

This ability to collaborate efficiently and in parallel has saved us time because it makes the job easier for our colleagues and teammates. I would estimate that it saves between three and four hours a day.

The entire tool is very good. The wireframing and flowchart are very nice features.

The interface is very user-friendly and supports drag and drop. You don't need to have technology or design knowledge in order to use it. Anybody can work with it.

I would like to have access to more colorful and more vibrant icons. Otherwise, the experience is very good.

I am new to Lucidchart and have only been using it for a short time.

The performance is very nice. Even when the internet speed is low, it is stable and performs well.

I have not been in contact with technical support.

Prior to implementing Lucidchart, I used SketchUp and SigmaNEST. I switched to Lucidchart because of the user-friendliness. The drag and drop functionality makes it very easy to use.

The price and licensing are good.

We do not currently use the integration with other products but it is something that we are planning to do in the future. Similarly, we do not yet use the functionality that allows us to compare versions of documents.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

Our primary use case of this solution is to create some process flows, namely how the user will use the product, how they will walk through the product, etc. We don't use the program very often - only once every week or so.

What I like about this program, is that it is very easy to use. It is also easy to manage my documents or to access something. I just open the browser, click, enter the file name and then I'm in. It's all very easy.

I don't know if I will be able to add some animations if I want to. I believe the problem may be the program's process flows but if I want to transfer it into a PPP or any other document, I can only do image transfer. So if I created a flow chart, I should be able to copy it as it is, do the presentation and if I want to do some minor changes, I can do it in the presentation. But at this stage, I can only copy an image.

I have been using Lucidchart for more than a year now.

It is a very stable program. I haven't experienced any crashes or bugs.

Honestly, I haven't tried to scale yet. At this stage, I manage about 35 businesses, and so far I haven't faced any problems. We have about eight licenses. 

We haven't used their technical support yet.

The initial setup was really easy because I think they just required a username and password. We did the deployment on our own and it didn't take very long. 

I am not sure about the cost, but I think there is a basic model, premium model and an enterprise model. 

I will definitely recommend this solution to others. It's a really good tool for any business that designs business workflows. It is very easy to simply pay and then start using it right away. Anybody who knows how to create a workflow will find it very easy to work on Lucidchart. They can just log on and start creating. It's very easy. 

On a scale from one to ten, I rate this program a nine. One thing that needs to improve, is the feature that is used to import or export data. Perhaps they can add more templates for users. 

• Cloud/SaaS Solution/Pay As You Go
• Semi-Reasonable Pricing
• Lots of templates to choose from
• Integrates with other tools (e.g., Slack, JIRA, and most importantly Visio)
• Easily converts Visio files on import
• Can export to Visio
• Because it’s a cloud solution, I can create/edit from one computer, and continue to edit on another, if needed.
• Cheaper than Visio, and since It’s a browser solution, I don’t have to worry about having a single license on a single machine.

I pay for a personal license, but being new to the organization, I am trying to push the use of Lucidchart, especially for Mac users in lieu of setting up a Virtual Machine with Windows, and in lieu of OmniGraffle.

Anytime I need to print, I have to re-download/export. This is a mild inconvenience, but hoping it could be improved.

One year.

No.

No.

This tool is so easy and intuitive that I’ve not had the need to contact technical support.

Visio.

Super easy! Sign-up for the free version, test it out, and if you like it, pay for the subscription and start using it.

Bigger discounts for annual prepaid license.

OmniGraffle.

If you are looking for a solution that replaces Visio, Lucidchart is indeed the alternative. All of the benefits/features that I described above are the reasons why I would never go back to Visio.

The ability to work collaboratively, and the general UX of the product.

This product allowed me to work closely with design team and merge the perspective of Quality Assurance and Product Design easily.

I'd prefer this software to be an operating system, not a web tool, as I'd switch to LucidOS, if it existed, in seconds.

Approximately eight months of my career consisted of activities which were made simpler with Lucidchart.

Yes, minor, and only on loading graphical files "several meters long".

No.

The voice of the community has been heard and taken into account, while improving Lucidchart.

Yes, I did, and I have used similar software at my previous jobs. 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.

Semi-instant setup with no unnecessary complexities.

I pay for this software even while I do not plan on using it for next few months -- as the perspective of having no access to these features is out of my consideration.

I have used several different tools of this type before, but once I encountered the beauty of Lucidchart, I knew I'd stay with it.

Just give it to your designers and wait for miracles to happen.

Some of the valuable features are drag and drop and connection through arrows. It makes work go by a lot faster without having to create each shape from scratch.

I have used this product several times to create or update an IA for whichever project I may be working on.

I like the feature of how the arrows connect to each shape. It would be nice to see more options with that as well. In other words, options such as color, type of line, weight, and flexible/loose.

When I was using the free version last summer, I don’t remember there being an option to change the look of the arrow. I’m sure that option exists now, but the main thing I was trying to figure out was how to get a fixed (straight) line. On a YouTube video it shows lines that are curved (loose). At the time, I couldn’t figure out how to just get a simple straight line or vice versa. I also couldn’t figure out how to connect the arrow to other points of the shape.

I have used this solution for four to six months.

There were no issues with stability.

If you mean, the size of my board, then yes, I do remember having an issue with scalability in the past. I had to scale down all of my elements to make sure that they fit onto the board.

I’ve used OmniGraffle before. I switched because I found it easier to create a flowchart in the Lucidchart program.

The initial setup was straightforward. I was using the free version.

I haven’t needed to evaluate solutions in the past, but for work, I will probably do so if I need to create a flowchart in the future.

Try out the free version and see how you handle using the software first.