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Worked well for me.
What do you like best about the product?
Usability was easy and self-explanatory.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is not the ability to use collaboratively at the same time with live updates.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We used lucid charts to create a flow chart that we used to make a website flow.
Brings your ideas to life!
What do you like best about the product?
The utmost ease of this useful tool; ready for beginners to jump right in. It tops the dread of eliminating tedious steps by each movement being contingent on the previous move.
Easily click, drag and drop for seamless use as you build out your idea as well as inspired with other ideas as you create.
Easily click, drag and drop for seamless use as you build out your idea as well as inspired with other ideas as you create.
What do you dislike about the product?
Initially, I was experiencing some trouble locating particular shapes. I later discovered this may have been due to the level of access I had.
Additionally, the original page setting, even though it is set up to provide the graph of the view, as you add the page will extend; if there is a way to have an overall background instead of the one basic page that would help in extending charts instead of rolling it across.
Additionally, the original page setting, even though it is set up to provide the graph of the view, as you add the page will extend; if there is a way to have an overall background instead of the one basic page that would help in extending charts instead of rolling it across.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My current projects require a variety of clients, which provide individual products. With the use of Lucidchart, we are compacting a type of wiki overview of each client and the various products. Creating a wiki of particular products gives an overview of step-by-step processes taking place in the flow of business operations.
Very comparable to Visio
What do you like best about the product?
I've been a long-time Visio user, back to when it was owned ShapeWare and came on a single floppy. Yes, it's been a while. I'm entrenched and really like Visio. So maybe it's time for a change.
So my current employer is using Lucid as a drawing tool. OK, I say, I'll give it a go, Partially in the name of learning something new, partially to keep things constant with everyone else. So off I went.
Creating my first drawing (a swimlane sequence diagram for one of our software processes), I was struck by how easy it was to translate my skills from Visio. Shapes are on the left; the drawing tools are on the top, and the drawing surface is where you'd expect - front and center. Drawing and highlighting are straightforward, and page operations are also easy to figure out. The lassoing of items on the page is slightly different (touch versus enclosing), but that didn't take too long to figure out.
Printing is also relatively simple. It generates a document and opens the standard print dialog to send it to a printer. It looks like it supports most paper sizes and also custom sizes if you're sending it to a plotter or other device to print non-standard paper sizes.
The capability to edit documents anywhere is excellent. Visio I was locked to a workstation, but Lucid, being an online application, allows me to swap to another workstation, use my tablet, or pretty much any other device. There are apps for the iPad (and the iPhone) that can also allow editing, though I haven't needed to use those for more than some viewing so far.
So my current employer is using Lucid as a drawing tool. OK, I say, I'll give it a go, Partially in the name of learning something new, partially to keep things constant with everyone else. So off I went.
Creating my first drawing (a swimlane sequence diagram for one of our software processes), I was struck by how easy it was to translate my skills from Visio. Shapes are on the left; the drawing tools are on the top, and the drawing surface is where you'd expect - front and center. Drawing and highlighting are straightforward, and page operations are also easy to figure out. The lassoing of items on the page is slightly different (touch versus enclosing), but that didn't take too long to figure out.
Printing is also relatively simple. It generates a document and opens the standard print dialog to send it to a printer. It looks like it supports most paper sizes and also custom sizes if you're sending it to a plotter or other device to print non-standard paper sizes.
The capability to edit documents anywhere is excellent. Visio I was locked to a workstation, but Lucid, being an online application, allows me to swap to another workstation, use my tablet, or pretty much any other device. There are apps for the iPad (and the iPhone) that can also allow editing, though I haven't needed to use those for more than some viewing so far.
What do you dislike about the product?
One of the primary things I used Visio for is database modelling. While you can do this in Lucid, the feature in Visio allowed you to connect to an existing database and create the diagram. I am sure that Lucid will have a solution to fill this gap, along with other tasks that involve working with external data sources in the future.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am primarily using Lucid for documenting current processes for other developers to learn about how our systems work and interact with each other. Currently I amd drawing a lot of sequence diagrams, it also involves database diagrams and some object modeling.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Get in there, play with it, draw something simple. Learn where things are, and then get more complicated.
Lots of Creative Features
What do you like best about the product?
There are lots of creative features that other platforms do not offer.
What do you dislike about the product?
Please add a description of what each shape means in a flow chart.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Creating flow charts for organizational purposes.
Helpful tool for software architecture
What do you like best about the product?
I like all the features when deciding what different things I want in my diagram. I also like many of the additional icons that they provide that I can include in my diagram so that I don't have to go online and get them myself. Also, the user interface is super simple and easy to understand.
What do you dislike about the product?
The connections between the boxes can be a little finicky at times. The lines can become difficult to manage and move around, and I'm still not quite how they work.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am creating software architecture diagrams on Lucidchart and it has really helped the team better visualize the workflow of the application.
the ease to create flow diagrams and the ready professional templates are so intriguing
What do you like best about the product?
the templates (agenda item design canvas ) has a great offering
What do you dislike about the product?
currently, I like all it offers; so far, this ranks as my best tool
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am generating design templates for my engineering projects. it's helping me better organize and prioritize my workflow
Nails basic ERD needs, but some assembly required
What do you like best about the product?
A good selection of templates, shapes, and intuitive UI makes it easy to jump in and start diagraming. Basic ERD and schema diagram creation is seamless with the starter templates. Collaboration and sharing with team members is also incredibly simple with the document sharing functionality. Custom templates are also incredibly useful for tailoring diagrams to my organization's needs and are great when combined with Lucidspark's provided templates. Exporting documents is also very easy with multiple options for file types and the ability to export specific sections of a diagram.
What do you dislike about the product?
While the custom templates feature is excellent, it can be challenging to customize certain templates to your specific needs. Applying spacing and styling changes to multiple elements is also not as intuitive as I'd like. Another small issue I noticed is arrows between shapes would not default to my last used style and instead picked a random change. It's not a dealbreaker, but was definitely noticeable.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Lucidspark has streamlined my process of creating database diagrams. ERDs, star schemas, concept models, and more are easy to make with the provided templates and the custom templates I've created. Lucidspark has also improved my collaborative process with team members.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great for general database diagram needs, especially among small teams that need to collaborate on diagrams. Some time and effort is definitely required to customize charts and templates to your organization's needs. Still, after that initial time investment, Lucidspark becomes a powerful tool for creating, editing, and sharing database diagrams.
Lucidchart makes it easy to collaborate and create workflows.
What do you like best about the product?
easy to add licenses
easy to collaborate
easy to collaborate
What do you dislike about the product?
It was challenging at first to add users to teams and determine how each user could view documents.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Lucidchart makes workflow sharing simpler. There is no need to find or worry that you have the most recent document version.
Lucidchart also makes it easier to collaborate with others across different organizations.
Lucidchart also makes it easier to collaborate with others across different organizations.
Great platform for collaboration
What do you like best about the product?
It's a great product for anyone who is looking for collaboration with individuals or teams like peer-2-peer designing. I very user-friendly.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't think of anything at this point to dislike about.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I was collaborating with the team to design a software feature (DFDs, HLDs). It has tons of predefined options to choose from to start quickly.
Awesome and very helpful
What do you like best about the product?
The easy of the UI, drag and utilize all components to make charts, organigrams. Super easy to collaborate with others at work as well. I love my co-workers can see what I worked on, add their input, and collaborate. Super user friendly
What do you dislike about the product?
Mmm, hard to say; I have not found anything that I dislike.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
-Immediate collaboration with others
- Easy to use
- Easy to use
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