Lucidspark - The Lucid App I've Been Waiting For
December 20, 2020
Lucidspark - The Lucid App I've Been Waiting For
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Lucidspark
It is available across the organization, but I specifically requested a license when I saw it was available because I thought it would be a better fit than Lucidchart, which I've used for many years. I know several other departments have started to use it for brainstorming sessions and user mapping. That is my main use case as well. I use it to bridge the gap since we're all remote currently and need a place to visually represent our work and collaborate on notes, user journey maps, story maps, and roadmaps.
- It is very easy to get started. You can open a board and start putting stick notes on it right away. It's intuitive enough that anyone can dive in and use it.
- It is very simple and unstructured. While Lucidchart was geared toward flowcharts (and I co-opted it to my own purposes), Lucidspark is open to whatever format you need. There are templates available which are helpful, but you can also free-form as much as you like.
- It is easy to collaborate. You can share a board with colleagues, use it real-time to collaborate on a story map by putting sticky notes together from an entire team, or take notes together.
- I like the idea of the containers, but am unclear what they are. It would be nice to have some examples or explanation at the point of use to better understand how and why to use them.
- I just found out that I can import a csv file into sticky notes, but the option was hidden. That would be useful to know or have more easily available. I guess the feedback is make things more visible.
- It has helped me visually represent ideas quickly and easily in meetings and to stakeholders. Rather than explain verbally or in an email, we are able to show.
- It has help us quickly sort through ideas. We can get everything out onto a board from everyone no matter where they are. This is especially important since we are all remote right now. Once we've got our ideas out, we can talk through them, move them around, vote, and come to better conclusions.
We haven't taken advantage yet of any of the integrations. I've been trying to get it more integrated, but we're still working on those things. Unfortunately our organization is slower with those things.
I haven't had any issues with performance or reliability so far. It has worked as I would expect in every circumstance, which is great. Whether that is collaborating online or working on things remotely or individually.
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
- Miro and MURAL (formerly Mural.ly)
It stacks up well against the other two options I've looked at. It works well since it integrates so nicely with Lucidchart, which we use widely at the company already. It also has all the functionality we need for working collaboratively in a remote environment and sharing information across teams.