Astah UML vs. Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
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Astah UML | N/A | N/A | Astah UML is a desktop UML modeling tool developed by Change Vision, Inc. It is designed for individual developers, software designers, and students who need to create UML diagrams without the overhead of a full enterprise modeling suite. It is part of the Astah product line, formerly known as JUDE. Deployment Astah UML is an installable desktop application for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is not a cloud or SaaS product. Models are saved as local files, so… | $6.99 per month per user |
Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite | Score9 out of 10 | N/A | The Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite empowers teams to ideate, plan, design, build, and launch game-changing solutions from a shared infinite canvas. | $0 per month |
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| Additional Details | Astah UML is available as a monthly subscription ($6.99 per user) or an annual subscription ($79.99 per user). For teams, floating licenses (annual, from 1 seat, self-hosted license server required) and organizational licenses (annual, for more than 10 users, hosted on the Astah portal) are available, and per-seat prices decrease with larger packs. Students can use Astah UML free of charge with a Free Student License. A 20-day free trial is available for everyone. AI features (AI Chat Copilot, AI-Powered Code Reverse, and the local MCP server) require your own API key from a supported AI service. API usage is billed separately by that service provider. | — | ||||||||||||||
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | No answer on this topic |
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| Would buy again | ||
No answers on this topic | 96% Would buy again 1099 Answers | |
| Delivers good value for the price | ||
No answers on this topic | 98% Delivers good value for the price 876 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 98% Happy with the feature set 1118 Answers | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
No answers on this topic | 99% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 600 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 99% Implementation went as expected 732 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | OmniGraffle Score9.8 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Medium-sized Companies | OmniGraffle Score9.8 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Enterprises | OmniGraffle Score9.8 out of 10 | Miro Score9 out of 10 |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | - | 9.0 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 9.1 |
| Usability | - | 8.7 |
| Availability | - | 9.1 |
| Performance | - | 9.1 |
| Support Rating | - | 7.8 |
| Implementation Rating | - | 9.1 |
| Configurability | - | 9.1 |
| Ease of integration | - | 9.1 |
| Product Scalability | - | 9.1 |
| Vendor post-sale | - | 9.1 |
| Vendor pre-sale | - | 9.1 |
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