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SP
Head of IT Infrastructure & Operations at Aliaxis

If I want to reorganize my unit, there are multiple platforms that I can work with. I can use draw.io, Visio, or Miro, but adopting LucidChart was better from a strategic perspective.

At this time, it is my responsibility to evaluate the effectiveness of the tool in my region. I'll be in a position to evangelize the product across the whole organization, based on the key outcomes and whether the success criteria have been met. After I demonstrate its worth, the whole organization will adopt these tools.

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AG
Director, People Systems and Data at a wellness & fitness company with 10,001+ employees

We have used Visio and have also tried creating process flows in Excel.

Migrating from Visio to Lucidchart was not difficult, as it is a SaaS solution. We are a Google company from a product standpoint, and we used Google integration to assist with the transition. It was pretty seamless.

Being able to import everything from Lucidchart was very important for us because Lucidchart is a collaboration tool. One of the limitations when working with Visio compared to Lucid is it's pretty static, but here, we are able to do the work in real-time. One of the things that really helped with our import is how integrated it is with Google. The learning curve was fairly low in terms of understanding how to use it and share and collaborate using the tool.

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MichaelChirinian - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at Mindmap

I have previously used other tools such as Visio and draw.io. I found Lucidchart to be more intuitive than draw.io and way better than Visio. 

I was using the free version of draw.io, and that was really because I didn't have a large need for something. Visio is a desktop app, and it is on-premises. The Lucidchart version that we have is a cloud version. So, these are two different worlds. I was a proponent of cloud solutions as well, but usually, due to the entire integration in IT, it's hard to switch from one to the other. Visio is the way to go when you have a complete Microsoft platform. It's tough to go cloud with Lucidchart with all of the other intricacies of security, IT, scalability, and all the operating model and OPEX cost associated with the cloud software.

Ever since I have discovered Lucidchart, I've been kind of an evangelist for it because I've been doing a lot of work in it, and I really enjoy working in it. I have my own consulting company, and I will become a customer of Lucidchart after I leave this client's place.

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ED
CEO at growthmolecules

I have used other similar products but I have given up. I feel this one is just very simple to use. For example, I have used Visio, PowerPoint, and I've dabbled with Bizagi but I really disliked it and it's super expensive. I quickly dropped that one. I've also played around with MURAL. 

Specifically, with Visio, I used it years ago but I hated it. I found it complicated to use and also, they may not have had an Apple version at the time for the Mac. I was very happy when the company that I was working for introduced this to me.

What I really liked about Lucidchart is the ease of use. I went to their conference and I thought that it was well put together. I really liked the content, and it's stuff like that that matters.

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MN
Informatics Data Scientist at Abbott

I used Visio before and I switched to Lucidchart. I was not really a fan of Visio, mostly from the perspective that the ERD diagrams were harder and Lucidchart was just easier.

The migration from Visio to Lucidchart was easy. 

I think they're both about the same or similar when it comes to intuitiveness and ease of use. I haven't used Visio in around five years. It could be totally different at this point.

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SS
Marketing Director at a construction company with 11-50 employees

I have used Visio very recently. I basically told my boss, "We either have to buy a Visio subscription or a Lucid subscription. I'm buying a Lucid subscription because I don't want to work in Visio." We're on the 365 stack, and they like us to use as much of that as possible, but I was like, "No, I'm using Lucid." I didn't have to migrate anything over.

The ease of use is the main reason for using Lucidchart. I know that Visio and Lucidchart can do similar things. For my purposes, I wouldn't even touch some of the more advanced stuff that can be done in Visio, so it doesn't make sense to me to use something that's clunkier.

One of my complaints with Visio is that it gives you a thousand different tools, but most people need just five tools. Lucidchart is designed in a way that it gives you what need for a task, and if you need more, it tells you where to find it. It's very well organized and user-friendly, so that's great. With Visio, you have a box with no organizers, shelves, or anything in it, and everything is just thrown in there. You have to know where your stuff is to know how to use it. Lucidchart provides you a little shelf for workflows if you're doing a workflow. 

Another thing that I do for people is CRM object mapping, where I define the custom objects that we're going to have in a CRM and all the attributes of those objects, including other objects that an object can have in it. This would even be useful for object-oriented programmers, such as Java or C# programmers. They can also use it for such things. That's how flexible it is. I use the same tool that I use to do my workflows and process maps. It is intuitive to map out what an object has in it because it can have other objects. With Visio, I'd be spinning my wheels a lot more and looking for the right tools for that end product. Capability-wise, they are the same or very similar, but in terms of getting to that end product, it is going to be faster if I use Lucidchart.

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KH
Product and Materials Manager at Case Systems, Inc.

Lucidchart is better than keeping a bunch of Excel spreadsheets, which I end up losing or haven't named correctly. This way, I can visually see the work that I have done, the competitors, and quickly attach images.

I came across Lucidchart when I was searching for something like a whiteboard-type system, where I could throw a lot of information on there and present.

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OA
Chief Operating Officers at Work Pillars

When I was researching chart products, I found that Lucidchart was one of the good options. I decided to implement it and didn't stop using it until I found that the price was too expensive for me.

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MK
Professional Services Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees

When I started with this company, I used draw.io because they had a subscription for that. I've also used it a couple of times previously. There is a night-and-day difference between these two solutions. The features are similar, but the usability is at a completely different level in Lucidchart. Lucidchart is easy to use for connecting the lines and doing other such things, and that makes 50% of what I'm doing with it. I didn't want to spend most of my time drawing diagrams and trying to connect things, which was the case with draw.io.

I have also used Visio with another employer a while ago. Visio is not as bad as draw.io. Based on my experience, Lucidchart is better in terms of functionality and ease of use, and it is the tool to go for, but they might have improved Visio. Lucidchart is definitely ahead of the game.

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RJ
Project Manager at Freelancer

I used to be a big fan of Visio, but when I found Lucidchart, it just blew Visio out of the water.

I tried importing Visio sheets once but it didn't work that well. It was faster for me to start over, which is what I did, and it looked better anyway. I also tried the web version of Visio recently and I just couldn't figure it out. To me, Lucidchart is a clear winner. It's more attractive, intuitive, and just overall better.

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VS
Sr. Software Engineer at Gartner

This is the first time that I am using a tool of this kind, e.g., data modeling. I have never used other tools.

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JR
Product Manager at Foundry Payments

We have used draw.io as well. We switched to Lucidchart because of a preference for it on the part of the VP of our product team.

Our primary driver was price. We chose Lucid based on the price comparison between it and draw.io. I don't know that feature functionality was strongly considered. Lucidchart was about 15 percent cheaper per user.

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NV
Talent Acquisition Specialist at eDreams ODIGEO

I'm really not familiar with any proper charting tools. I used PowerPoint and Microsoft Word until now. I've definitely not used specialized tools. Anything else would be considered very inconvenient to use for something like the tasks I've worked on compared to Lucidchart. It's not even comparable.

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JA
Co-Owner at Globe Cafe & Tapas Bar

I tried to do charts in Word before.

Lucidchart is definitely more comprehensive, more professional-looking, and more flexible.

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Siddhartha Nuli - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Developer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have used Visio a few years ago. Lucidchart is more user-friendly than Visio. Visio also doesn't have a web version. You need to install the app on every system, which is not the case with Lucidchart. You can also access it on your phone. It is compatible with everything.

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RT
Senior Financial Analyst at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

I switched from being a Visio user. I had used Visio a few years ago and when I started to have a need to do more diagrams, I learned about Lucidchart. I found it on my own and then I started using the free version and am now paying for it. I do find it a better experience than Visio.

It was an easy migration. I didn't really have any files to migrate, but as far as adopting it, it was easy as a user.

Lucidchart is definitely more favorable than Visio. Visio is a solid product, but from what I remember, when you're doing connectors on a diagram, you have to choose the connector in Visio, whereas, in Lucidchart, you just pick the start and the endpoint. That to me is a whole lot more useful.

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BS
Paid Search Lead Marketer at a wellness & fitness company with 51-200 employees

I tried using Visio but my experience was horrible. I also used a free solution from GitHub, a mind mapping tool from GitHub. I remember the appreciation for Lucidchart really increased the moment I realized how different it is to combine two shapes. 

I saved a project but then I couldn't access it for some reason. I lost it and had to start from scratch. The customer support said, "It's a free tool, what do we expect?"

I didn't have any expectations from the tools I was using. I just needed an hour with an online tool for free. But then I didn't know that Lucidchart had a free option, so I didn't turn where I needed to go. I didn't use Lucidchart and it was a mistake.

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AS
Software Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I have used a couple of different tools in the past, one of which is Microsoft Visio. It is certainly helpful if you are using Microsoft Office products because you can take images created in Visio and copy them directly into Microsoft documents. However, Visio is an on-premises desktop-based application, which I don't really like. I like the web-based solution that Lucidchart offers. There is less clutter on my laptop. At the end of the day, I prefer Lucidchart over Visio.

I have found that some organizations use Visio whereas others use Lucidchart, and switching between one and the other is not really important. All of them work fine, depending on the preference that the organization has. There is also the cost factor to consider, and whether the organization can afford it.

Lucidchart is much easier to use than Visio. Performance is important when it comes to ease of use and it is important to remember that not everyone has a fast laptop or a fast personal computer. Visio is a desktop application, so if you don't have a good computer then it is going to run slowly. Lucidchart is web-based, and the only thing that you need is a good internet connection.

Another product that I have used is Draw.io. It is not as advanced as Lucidchart. One of the main advantages of Lucidchart is everything that it offers you at the beginning. This includes different types of diagrams, different types of shapes, and different containers. In general, the UI tools are better when compared to Draw.io.

Overall, I think Lucidchart is a better solution at this time.

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Ashutosh Dubey - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Business Analytics at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Prior to using Lucidchart, I was using the SmartArt features in Microsoft PowerPoint. The advantage is that you don't have to copy your work from Lucidchart or elsewhere before presenting it.

I also have experience using Microsoft Visio and Draw.io. Visio is too complex compared to using Lucidchart or Draw.io, which both make this type of work very simple. 

I found it very easy to switch over from Visio. The Lucidchart interface is more user-friendly and lightweight. Visio has a very heavy interface.

I was able to import all of my files from Visio into Lucidchart and the process was very easy. This was definitely important because we have some existing documents from other products that we needed to continue working on. In fact, the reason that Lucidchart supports so many different formats is one of the reasons that we chose it.

When comparing Lucidchart with Visio and Draw.io, one of the things to point out is that Lucidchart and Draw.io are both lightweight and easy to launch. They do not consume much in terms of resources. Visio, on the other hand, is important because it comes as part of a suite of products. Since the release of Office 365, we began searching for replacements to Visio. Lucidchart is also much cheaper than Visio.

One of the differences with Draw.io is that we can't collaborate. Our increase in efficiency using Lucidchart is partly because of our collaboration, so this is an important difference..

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BB
CEO at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

We still use Visio in some capacity. I am not sure that it is because we couldn't have switched. We just don't know all the functions which exist within Lucidchart.

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ZF
Continuous Improvement Manager at a consumer goods company with 501-1,000 employees

Before Lucidchart, we were building process diagrams in Excel.

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JP
Business Analyst at a real estate/law firm with 201-500 employees

While I myself did not switch from Visio to Lucidchart, I know people in our company who have switched. The switch was easy. I don't know in detail what they did, but I don't think they did any conversions or imports. I think they just started from scratch.

I had to work with our design team to draw out charts for. The design team uses Adobe Creative Cloud. When I said that using Lucidchart saves me 20 percent of my time, it's because there's no longer any going back and forth with the design team. I don't need their help anymore. I can just do it myself.

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GG
Engineering Student at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees

I tried some other applications and websites, such as Draw.io, and I found that Lucidchart was very efficient compared to the others.

Lucidchart and Draw.io are fairly similar applications and I have used them both for creating charts. I found that it was more difficult to draw and work with charts using Draw.io.

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SL
Sr. Eng Program Manager at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We used PowerPoint, Word, and templates. It seems like Lucidchart is the most intuitive out of the entire set. 

The intuitiveness is the main difference. The ability to get to see it very quickly seems to be the big advantage for Lucidchart.

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VL
Salesforce Solution Architect at a consultancy with 5,001-10,000 employees

We previously used PowerPoint.

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SR
Director of Strategic Accounts at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees

I have had clients send me Visio files. However, most people at the company were using Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.

The main reason why we went with Lucidchart was I don't like the solution in Microsoft Office and PowerPoint. They were very limited in what you can get them to do. They were also very slow to make things look the way you want, so it was not an adequate solution.

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NP
Manager, Marketing at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Prior to Lucidchart, I used Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint to prepare flowcharts. I switched because it is easier to build flowchart diagrams.

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LS
Office Manager at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

Prior to using Lucidchart, I was using Visio. I really struggled with drawing lines and with other actions. For example, it is difficult to make boxes symmetric. I find Lucidchart much easier to use.

Because of our experience with Visio, we started exploring other org chart drawing applications. This is when I tried Lucidchart and found it quite easy to use.

When I switched over from Visio, I did not try to import anything. I did it all from scratch. I prefer to do that, so it's clean.

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PC
Web Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Prior to Lucidchart, I used Figma. I switched because the free version of Lucidchart provided more features.

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TM
Solution Consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I switched from Visio. I use a Mac and the migration was simple. I just imported old Visio into Lucidchart. It's simple and effortless. The ability to import all these files is important to us. 

They're both good products but I use Lucidchart because I'm on a Mac and it's easier to use.

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JA
Graduate Engineer at a engineering company with 11-50 employees

We switched from Visio to Lucidchart for some of our documentation. One of the main reasons why we use Lucidchart is to switch from Visio to that.

We haven't migrated any prior documents. We're still keeping them as a legacy on Visio, but anything new going forward is moving to Lucid.

The interface for Visio is obviously common to all of the Microsoft programs, so it's quite easy to pick that up, but despite Lucid not being as well known or having that background of being part of the 365 packages, I think it's pretty good for that integration and how easy it is to use.

We still have Visio for the old documentation that we have to keep information on. So we won't be getting rid of that, but won't be buying any new versions. It's not a subscription-type setup, it's that we own those versions of the software. We'll just keep them for when we need to do legacy-related support.

We won't be getting rid of the old documentation that we have to keep information on but we won't be buying any new versions. It's not a subscription-type setup, it's that we own those versions of the software. We'll just keep them for when we need to do legacy-related support.

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SK
Product Manager at Technogise

We tried using draw.io as a stop-gap solution, but that didn't work that well. While draw.io looks very similar to Lucidchart in terms of its UI, I don't think it has evolved much.

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CR
Student at Universidad Galileo

I used some online tools, but I don't remember what they were called. When I was looking for a tool to help me, I found Lucidchart easier to use, without a requirement to purchase it. The other tools ask you for your credit card to try the free trial, and I didn't like that. That's why I chose Lucidchart.

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VS
IT Manager at a security firm with 51-200 employees

In my organization, they were creating presentations for any kind of process flows, but they didn't have a professional look. They had to spend more time on the explanation part to help clients visualize the process. With Lucidchart, everything is in a single place, and everything is properly designed and organized. When I explain something to clients, it is easy for them to visualize and understand it.

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CS
Managing Partner at Seegmiller Gardner, PLLC

I used Visio in the past. Lucidchart's user interface is easier to use. I also prefer the look of the Lucidchart diagrams. 

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it_user716550 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Program Manager, Cloud Engineering and Operations at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
KN
Business Support Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I went with it because we couldn't do certain things in Visio. I was Googling my use case and Lucidchart gave me templates and options that could combine to create a single process diagram with a timeline.

Switching from Visio to Lucidchart, was pretty easy. I was able to import my Visio files into the solution. That was pretty important because we had other process diagrams already created in Visio. We had to bring them over to Lucidchart so that we maintain them in a single platform.

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YO
Game Designer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

In the past, I used draw.io for ERDs.

We switched because Lucidchart has standalone libraries, which makes it comfortable for me to create some draw charts or data flows. draw.io doesn't have anything like standalone libraries. When I use draw.io, I usually have to make my own standalone library for my work. Using Lucidchart, there is no reason to make my own standalone libraries because Lucidchart already has many good standalone libraries for their ERDs.

Lucidchart is essential. When I use other charts programs, like draw.io, there are no standard shapes nor standalone libraries. They cannot import my ERD or schema to a secure database. When I found Lucidchart, the program already provided the input system to SQL and MySQL. So, it is very comfortable to use this solution rather than another program.

I also switched from Visio to Lucidchart. Visio does provide some good functions and nice directories, but it is very hard to use on an iPad or mobile that is iOS-based. The major feature which made me decide to use Lucidchart is the compatibility because Visio doesn't provide good compatibility for the mobile or iPad. 

draw.io is a free program, but they provide very few standard libraries and no import programs. Visio has good features, but it does not have the compatibility. The reason that I selected Lucidchart was for my chart program.

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FP
Enterprise Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I switched from PowerPoint because in PowerPoint you have to build everything, while in Lucidchart it's already there with templates. It's easy to use.

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C
Software Developer Engineer at a transportation company with 201-500 employees

Prior to Lucidchart, I did not use a similar product for this task.

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SG
Product Designer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Prior to implementing Lucidchart, I used SketchUp and SigmaNEST. I switched to Lucidchart because of the user-friendliness. The drag and drop functionality makes it very easy to use.

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it_user711903 - PeerSpot reviewer
UX Designer at a wellness & fitness company with 201-500 employees

I’ve used OmniGraffle before. I switched because I found it easier to create a flowchart in the Lucidchart program.

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SS
Senior Business Analyst at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I have used Visio. The migration to Lucidchart was very easy because it's pretty much the same.

When it comes to intuitiveness and ease of use, I only used Visio in the app and sometimes you have to load up the app and it can take time to get started. So compared to that, because it's web-based, I find Lucidchart to be easier and quicker.

I briefly used Draw.io. Whenever you need to do something quickly, you just log in to it, but I haven't used something for a long period of time or for a lot of different projects.

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it_user713805 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Tester at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Yes, I did, and I have used similar software at my previous jobs. None of those were even half as easy to use as Lucidchart, and I am a strong advocate for dropping those other software solutions for Lucidchart.

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Buyer's Guide
Lucidchart
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Lucidchart. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.