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Attribute Ratings
- Avolution ABACUS is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
- Lucidchart is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

9.0
Avolution ABACUS
90%
1 Rating
9.1
Lucidchart
91%
783 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

Avolution ABACUS
N/A
0 Ratings
9.1
Lucidchart
91%
1 Rating
Usability

Avolution ABACUS
N/A
0 Ratings
8.9
Lucidchart
89%
752 Ratings
Support Rating

9.0
Avolution ABACUS
90%
2 Ratings
8.4
Lucidchart
84%
623 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Avolution ABACUS
Well suited scenarios include IT portfolio management, project portfolio management, enterprise architecture planning, modeling of business capabilities, using standard frameworks that ship out of the box such as TOGAF, and integration with SharePoint.Less appropriate scenarios would be detailed data modeling and using the tool expecting to get model drive code execution.
Enterprise Architect
Anheuser-Busch InBevConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees
Lucidchart
Lucidchart is a powerful workflow builder particularly useful to huge organizations implementing new and updated process flows across multiple regions, demographics, and departments. Creating easy-to-understand and visually appealing diagrams, the software's end products surely would appeal to a variety of users, from newly hired employees getting acclimated with the process to existing teams and leadership groups.
Trainer/Quality Analyst
ZinusRetail, 501-1000 employees
Pros
Avolution ABACUS
- Customisable meta-model that allows you to focus on areas of interest, cut out the clutter, and grow organically as requirements arise.
- Integration to third party products such as SharePoint, and export/import with Excel feature makes getting information in and out really easy.
- Reporting and analytics, and impact analysis are simple using the built-in features as well as ABACUS intelligence and/or integration to third party analytics tools.
Enterprise Architect
Anheuser-Busch InBevConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees
Lucidchart
- Large number of predefined charts, diagrams, flows
- A great repository of various symbols and objects
- The easiness of using and manipulating objects and shapes. There is a lot of auto-editing and adjusting which the software does for you which saves a lot of your time.
- Easy way of duplicating shapes.
- While working with the app everything feels organic and natural. You don't get the clunky/limited feeling which happens with some other similar apps.
Incident Response Expert
JaggaerInformation Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Cons
Avolution ABACUS
- More standard connectors for integration with other modeling tools could be beneficial for companies having legacy tools/fragmented toolsets.
- Better automated diagramming features would be useful.
Enterprise Architect
Anheuser-Busch InBevConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees
Lucidchart
- [In my opinion,] if there is one thing, perhaps it would be to slap Microsoft in the face a little harder.
- [Microsoft] Visio is ok, but don't try to copy them or re-invent the networking diagram world by becoming greater than [Microsoft] Visio.
Sr. Cloud Network Engineer
opentextComputer & Network Security, 10,001+ employees
Pricing Details
Avolution ABACUS
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Avolution ABACUS Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Lucidchart
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
$0 per month
Lucidchart Editions & Modules
Edition
Enterprise | .1 |
---|---|
Free | $0 |
Individual | $7.953 |
Team | $9.004 |
- per year
- none
- per month, per user
- per month, 3 user minimum
Additional Pricing Details
—Usability
Avolution ABACUS
No score
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Lucidchart
Lucidchart 8.9
Based on 752 answers
Lucidchart is very easy to learn, and the search bars provided on every facet of the application (e.g. shapes) help you to find what you need very quickly. The UI is intuitive and it does what you would expect it to do. It does not have the wonky jumping-around habits when it comes to shapes that other diagramming software has.
Lead Consultant - Technology
VirtusaComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Support Rating
Avolution ABACUS
Avolution ABACUS 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Highly knowledgable team and fast response times
Enterprise Architect
Anheuser-Busch InBevConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees
Lucidchart
Lucidchart 8.4
Based on 623 answers
We have not needed a lot of support since the documentation is done very well. We have also had a good experience dealing with their sales team. They respond quickly whenever we acquire about adding additional licenses. Also, the billing team worked closely with our accounts payable team to set up and connect our billing systems.
Head of Business Intelligence
Menlo SecuirtyComputer & Network Security, 501-1000 employees
Alternatives Considered
Avolution ABACUS
More flexible and user friendly interface.Better customization enables organisations to grow based on their maturity and requirementsAvolution is highly rated on Gartner and Forrester reviews
Enterprise Architect
Anheuser-Busch InBevConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees
Lucidchart
Lucidchart when compared to the competition is way ahead of them. It has a good number of features available in the free version and the other thing is that there is none to a little learning curve required to understand the product. It is fairly easy to use when we compare it to the rest.
Manager Labs Network & Operations
Visit HealthHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees
Return on Investment
Avolution ABACUS
- Enabled rationalization of IT portfolio to save costs
- Supporting of strategic planning of EA and IT initiatives
Enterprise Architect
Anheuser-Busch InBevConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees
Lucidchart
- Lucidchart dramatically improved collaboration during the pandemic when teams were operating in a completely virtual fashion.
- Lucidchart not only allows for collaboration internally, but it allows us to build artifacts and documents which can then be shared directly or exported into a format that is easily shareable and sent to our clients.
- The adoption of Lucidchart across the enterprise has allowed all our teams to be working in a single platform and speaking a single "language." This has contributed to more seamless handoffs and transitions as projects and customers are passed from one team to another and everyone is using a common tool.
Director, Digital Pharmacy Product
CoverMyMedsInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees