Lucidchart review

At Foundries.io we use Lucidchart to create and share engineering diagrams, our software architecture, and software design decisions. The main benefit it gives us is an ability to present complex software solutions involving many components in a clear and concise way. It is not only a good illustration but also allows to write shorter textual descriptions to the problem. Working with Lucidchart is easy, even for the beginner; and it allows to quickly build a vast majority of diagram types. Just the standard shapes set is enough for most use cases; whereas some extensions from networking, kubernetes, or venn shapes help to present more complex things. As a result it saves time (and money) worth well above its price.

I have used a Lucidcharts integration with Atlassian Confluence in my past job and plan to reuse that experience at the current position. It is really neat, as it allows to insert diagrams right into the Confluence space and all the images are dynamically updated every time a diagram is modified.