Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite vs. Microsoft Teams

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Score 8.6 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.
$1
per month
Microsoft Teams
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.
$5
per month
Pricing
Lucid Visual Collaboration SuiteMicrosoft Teams
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
Individual
$7.95
per month, per user
Team
$9.00
per month, 3 user minimum
Enterprise
.
per year
Free
$0.00
per user/per month
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
$5.00
per user/per month
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
$12.50
per user/per month
Office 365 E3
$20.00
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Lucid Visual Collaboration SuiteMicrosoft Teams
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for non profit organizations.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Lucid Visual Collaboration SuiteMicrosoft Teams
Considered Both Products
Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
The only application similar to Lucidchart that I have used is Microsoft Excel. Despite their connection, Excel is not as compatible with Microsoft Teams (formatting errors often arise when trying to edit Excel documents out of Teams). I think that Lucidchart and Excel are very …
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Much better, it doesn't get the steps in lines even a tenth as much as Visio, can use custom shapes as actual shapes rather than images, and aligns much easier. Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite is easily the best and I have tried about 4-5 programs over the last 5 years.
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Miro had an advantage with the unlimited canvas until Lucidchart recently added that feature. Lucidchart seems to be better designed for creating drawings, incredibly technical or software architectural diagrams. Miro appears to be more designed for non-technical folks as a …
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
We used both solutions before deciding to use LucidChart. Creately works really great and is an excellent option, but their pricing was so outside of our requirements that it did not make sense to continue with our demo. Also, their salespeople did not follow up with us, they …
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Miro is good for workshops and project planning but Lucidchart is more useful for architectural diagrams but it does not have stickers and fancy colors like in Miro used in workshops
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
In my opinion, I would say that Lucidchart provides a better experience and is easy to navigate than the product listed above. Lucidchart makes moving objects around easier and templates are easier to use in Lucidchart. The only thing I would say iObey does better is their Jira
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
it is way better than visio - wish it integrated with ms teams better - It is better for cloud / collaboration - you don't have to save versions or send via email. You can send notifications or allow others access
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Lucidchart is a premium web-based product compared to the rest. Also, the fact that it is browser-based puts it over Visio.
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Simplicity - I don't need to build complex things, so Lucidchart is the perfect tool as it allows to build and share processes very quickly.
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Promapp is better for collaborating about processes and maintaing process ownership.
Lucidchart is very versatile and allows us to do a lot more.
I prefer Lucidspark to LucidChart for most applications, however. I wish there was a single license for the two, or at least a bundled …
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
When you are a Mac user like me, you don't get [Microsoft] Visio unless you work some magic and install some software that works wonders (which I actually like, but not the point right now). So Lucidchart is the remaining option, however, many think that because it is not a …
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
I haven't been involved in the selection. But, It stacks well with other solutions like Visio in terms of usability and collaboration.
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Lucidchart can make flowcharts more intuitively and automatically than PowerPoint.
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Lucidchart beats [Microsoft] Visio in its ease of use (formatting and exporting) and ease of access (remote collaboration).
Chose Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Lucidchart is less expensive, cloud-based, and allows for real time collaboration. Our team mostly works out of Google Docs and Sheets so this made way more sense than moving to a per-user desktop-based product which can't do real time collaboration like Vizio. I haven't found …
Microsoft Teams
Chose Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is definitely a strong contender to Slack. For small organizations with small teams, Slack has a clear advantage in term of setup and ease of use. However, for large organizations with dedicated and specialized IT Administrators the task of setting up Microsoft …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Lucid Visual Collaboration SuiteMicrosoft Teams
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
7.2
182 Ratings
9% below category average
Task Management00 Ratings7.5137 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.270 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings7.9153 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings6.695 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings7.9174 Ratings
Search00 Ratings7.3160 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings6.6111 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
7.7
191 Ratings
4% below category average
Chat00 Ratings8.8190 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings8.0189 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings8.5177 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings7.2104 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.0117 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings7.047 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings6.243 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.8156 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
7.4
177 Ratings
9% below category average
Versioning00 Ratings7.1122 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings7.4150 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings7.6152 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings8.1164 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings7.5148 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings7.0110 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings6.353 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings8.0124 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Lucid Visual Collaboration SuiteMicrosoft Teams
Small Businesses

No answers on this topic

Stackby
Stackby
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Mural
Mural
Score 7.6 out of 10
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Miro
Miro
Score 9.0 out of 10
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 9.0 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Lucid Visual Collaboration SuiteMicrosoft Teams
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(1123 ratings)
8.0
(269 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(4 ratings)
5.8
(9 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(1092 ratings)
7.1
(52 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(876 ratings)
8.3
(113 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
6.2
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(7 ratings)
User Testimonials
Lucid Visual Collaboration SuiteMicrosoft Teams
Likelihood to Recommend
Lucid Software
We have deployed chatbots across our markets and within these markets we have speficic POCs. With the collaborative features of Lucid Chart, teams can go together on 1 platform and instantaneously mind-map flows for chatbots. Another example is through Lucidchart our T&Q was able to effectively conduct process trainings. Agents are able to effectively appreciate learning through visuals and not through lengthy documents.
Read full review
Microsoft
Positive: The virtual workspace created for a work team within the same company, for the resemblance of information and communications in one place.Negative: The access for members of a non-profit organization who have external emails from the host but need the same access as an internal person since their volunteer work is part of the very core of the federation.
Read full review
Pros
Lucid Software
  • 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.
Read full review
Microsoft
  • Virtual meetings - ease of set up and execution
  • File sharing! We build channels for projects, and being able to invite only project members is huge!
  • Peer-to-peer communications - being able to "ping" one of my colleagues, either text, video or call-only, on-demand, is what runs our business.
Read full review
Cons
Lucid Software
  • I have used the templates before and those are nice! I would like to see more
  • The ONLY complaint I can come up with is that there has been several times that my screen will lock up and i have to fully refresh it, even when it is a fairly fresh load.
Read full review
Microsoft
  • The feature of notifications in the mobile application could be improved. Sometimes notifications of different teams are not visible and are only visible when the application is opened.
  • It uses lots of computational resources while running and thus, slows down the system sometimes.
  • It allows a few channels per team. The number of channels could be increased for better productivity.
Read full review
Likelihood to Renew
Lucid Software
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Microsoft Teams is included with our Office 365 subscription and we have no intention of migrating off of Office 365 and Microsoft products. Since Microsoft Teams is included for free with our Office 365 subscription, and since we enjoy all the features, benefits, and functionality, there is no question that our team will continue to use the product
Read full review
Usability
Lucid Software
The usability of Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite is bar none and incomparable to any other tool used in the past. There is such a vast offering that covers all the needs of any user in industries far and wide. It is no doubt that this is a firm recommendation for anyone and everyone to utilize this tool for all their needs.
Read full review
Microsoft
User experience has been much better than the previous Skype for Business app. It has an easy-to-use interface with persistent chats. The search feature is very fast and useful. MS Teams has mostly focused on Collaboration and team building features which are very useful for organizational communications. Since Teams is accessible from multiple platforms like Laptop, Desktop, Mobile phones, etc it has been very convenient from a Mobility perspective.
Read full review
Reliability and Availability
Lucid Software
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Rare, but outages do happen
Read full review
Performance
Lucid Software
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Sometimes about once a week I get a message that says "Sorry, there seems to be something wrong". But it goes away in a few minutes.
Read full review
Support Rating
Lucid Software
I would rate the overall support for Lucidchart as a 9. The support provided is generally robust and responsive. Their help center, tutorials, and webinars offer extensive resources for users. The ticket-based support system is effective, providing timely resolutions to most issues. Moreover, they actively gather user feedback, demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement
Read full review
Microsoft
Using Microsoft Teams has resulted in much faster business communications with both co-workers and consultants. There has been little need for support with this software as the interface is very intuitive and the product is overall very well designed. We did encounter an issue with the built-in phone service, however, this was quickly resolved by the support team.
Read full review
Implementation Rating
Lucid Software
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
Read full review
Alternatives Considered
Lucid Software
Lucidchart is well beyond Microsoft Visio and is constantly improving. Visio is pretty much stagnant and hasn't been improved for several years, Lucid is constantly adding new functionality like AI powered functions and tools. We have no reason to pay for Visio licenses when Lucid can provide so much more for less.
Read full review
Microsoft
Our company and IT department previously used Skype for our communication needs. Skype was not dependable in my opinion, because it seems each time I used it during a call and/or a meeting, I and several other team members would get disconnected more than once. This caused a great interruption of our meeting, caused team members to have to ask others to repeat themselves and caused a general lack of interest in employee attendance during meetings.
Read full review
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Lucid Software
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Honestly, this tool is worth every penny. Yes, it's not free and you pay for the quality of services and the license. But the ROI and the benefits are all there. Also, the renewal, negotiation, and contract terms are all very well explained by our Microsoft account manager, and she's a charm.
Read full review
Scalability
Lucid Software
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
It does not appear to have a limit to how many teams and employees we can have using it
Read full review
Professional Services
Lucid Software
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
I used Skype for Business to take calls, hold conferences, and provide remote assistance to users. Microsoft Teams, on the other hand, is superior to Skype for Business in my opinion. My job entails a lot of screen sharing.
Read full review
Return on Investment
Lucid Software
  • It sure has. It has saved me a lot of time. Think of all the time I could have wasted trying to learn a program that does the same thing, whereas Lucidchart just does it with ease, learn as you go, and be a boss at it.
  • Lucidchart has increased productivity. My diagrams have helped co-workers find connectivity and helped them troubleshoot devices. This has saved time and increased productivity.
Read full review
Microsoft
  • I'm not sure I can point to a specific ROI, but it has improved our ability to communicate and work more effectively together.
  • It's also nice to have records of every interaction, photo, and document that has been shared. Less chance of something completely disappearing.
Read full review
ScreenShots

Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of Helps teams to clarify complexity, align their insights.Screenshot of Information can be imported, exported, and shared whenever and wherever it is needed.Screenshot of Lucidchart offers secure intelligent diagramming that is built for teams.