Best all-round free drawing diagram tool.
April 11, 2024
Best all-round free drawing diagram tool.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- Lucidchart
- Lucidspark
Overall Satisfaction with Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
We use Lucid diagrams for our Solution Architecture Design documentation. This includes multiple views and some whiteboards (the unlimited canvas is very useful for this). We make use of the good selection of general shapes and enjoy having brand-specific shapes available as well (we use a lot of Azure shapes). The ability to share diagrams with others in the same team, manage access control, collaborate on the same diagram, and even present from the diagram has been very useful.
- Improved collaboration.
- Improved documentation.
- Time saving for being a mostly easy to use manual drawing tool.
We have tried integrating Lucidchart diagrams into Atlassian Confluence. A simple plug-in enables putting a Lucidchart diagram into a Confluence page with some simple controls over which tab pages to display. However, we found the performance to be rather slow and clumsy, especially after placing more than 3 diagram views on a Confluence page.
The online collaboration features are complete and useful for remote/hybrid work with team members from various locations. We share diagrams to work asynchronously. We use the presentation mode, and the "follow the cursor" feature helps keep everyone following the presenter. Updates to the diagram happen quickly, so it's easy to collaborate live over a Teams meeting.
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 digital whiteboard for collaboration. Performance-wise, Lucidchart works much better. Miro tends to get slow once the board starts getting busy with many items.
Do you think Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite's feature set?
Yes
Did Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite again?
Yes