Great software architecture charting tool
October 30, 2021

Great software architecture charting tool

Fredrik Liljegren | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Lucidchart

It works intuitively for the most part. I could try it out and find out how to do most things without checking any manual. Sometimes shapes I need are not available.
We use it in engineering for software architecture diagrams of a microservices/serverless platform. We chart up microservice clusters, event flows, and deployment areas for wherein the cloud things are going to live, how the different areas connect, what has the source of truth is, etc. It also includes users, datastores, frontends.

Pros

  • Data flow charting
  • Service dependency charts
  • Deployment diagrams

Cons

  • Startup time could be quicker
  • Sharing software architecture diagrams is simple.
  • Embedding charts in confluence, slite, notion, etc to keep diagram and textual description close.
We embed the software architectural charts into the confluence documents describing those parts of the system, and into the descriptions of things to develop.
It is my preferred tool for this purpose.

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?

Yes

Did implementation of Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite again?

Yes

I've mainly used PlantUML for the same things. Doing it graphically with ease to move things around makes it much quicker than the technical coding of data flowcharts.
It is great for visualizing data flow in distributed systems.

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