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Fascinating
What do you like best about the product?
easy to operate, pretty quick output, Graphical Display of processes.
What do you dislike about the product?
Customer training / education on usage; it takes some time to load the software.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Business Process Diagrams
Very versitile diagram tool
What do you like best about the product?
Easy interface, easy to share with others, exports to PDF. For all the basic features it's free for individual users, which is great. It's incredibly intuitive - very little learning is required to use it "right out of the box". I work with many different types of clients, so I am very happy to have all the different features available in the tool because it allows me to use it for my variety of applications and customers' needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some of the "advanced" features are rather basic, but paying for them is actually quite expensive. There are a TON of features, too. Tons of capabilities. That's totally fine and great if you want a single tool to do many, many different things. However, sometimes simpler is better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My business partner and I have been drawing out the value stream for a customer we're working with. It's actually been fantastic for this. I use this for multiple programs, projects, and customers, for everything from business flows to software use cases, to money management. I've used it to model hardware, software, firmware, and business processes.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Take some time to explore your options before you choose LucidSpark. There are plenty of alternatives. LucidSpark is on the high end, both in terms of price and functionality. That's not necessarily a bad thing at all - Even the Free version is very full-featured. However, there are others that are more simple and may be more of what you're looking for (sometimes too many options is a bad thing).
Good tool for drawing and sharing diagrams
What do you like best about the product?
There are a lot of pre-defined icons and figures available. Easy to use for drawing anything I need.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the lines can get wobbly. Difficult to draw straight lines.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are sharing code diagrams with colleagues. Easy to sketch and share ideas during remote work.
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What do you like best about the product?
Multiple ways to design your board. Collaboration/real-time updates. Autosaves content. Templates (though I would say some of the templates could use some upgrading).
What do you dislike about the product?
Since the borders are infinite, it can make it hard to find things on some larger board. Would be nice to see more info on what the different features do/how they can be used. It would also be nice to be able to lock out some features (ie - the drawing pens) that you don't want folks to use during collaboration. It would also be helpful to have the ability to add the person's name to their edits so that the board owner can see who contributed what to the board.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Being able to better collaborate while working from home. We use whiteboards a lot and being able to represent things visually in real-time has helped.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try the free version and make sure that it fits what your team needs. Take some time to have folks go in and experiment with what Lucidspark can do so that you don't spend meeting time learning the tool.
Process and Design Clarity!
What do you like best about the product?
I love the massive library of symbols and templates to work choose from (and get inspiration from)! We've been able to customize the shapes into our own library to ensure consistent use form person-to-person, project-to-project.This product has been amazing for our team and a great way to provide clarity around process and program design.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wasn't initial clear about the limitations of the "Educational" plan, and thought there would be more options before having to upgrade. There was a little bit of a learning curve having to figure out the symbol library and the ability to create my own symbols, but once I got it down it has been simple to do.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're mapping resources connections for migrant workers and designing a intake process to get them to the right place!
Lucidspark
What do you like best about the product?
It enables the team to do collaborative work. Great tool for diagrammatic representation. We sometimes use it as a whiteboard session to brainstorm ideas. The built in templates are great and helpful.
Also the integration with the Slack and Google drive is really useful.
Also the integration with the Slack and Google drive is really useful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Well, the only annoying thing was having to double-tap a lot of the things to make changes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are trying to document our architecture using the C4 Model; it is straightforward with lucidspark to integrate the C4 components and use it.
Design your destination - User friendly, ease of use, excellent product.
What do you like best about the product?
The provided preset guides and templates provide clear structure that can easily be adjusted to fit the mold you need!
What do you dislike about the product?
I have yet to face a headwind with this product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Lucid continues to assist with putting my ideas on paper and creating actions items to bring them to life.
Competent and refined collaboration. Could use some work but is quite adequate.
What do you like best about the product?
Simple and smooth experience when using the tools. Easy to pick up which is great for collaboration. I can't say they do anything revolutionary compared to other programs, but they've really nailed the basics and have taken it a little farther than many other tools I've seen, on top of building a more robust framework for all their tools to exist within.
What do you dislike about the product?
The higher-level UI is kind of unhelpful and slow, though not terribly. I'm not an expert here, but I think there's room to improve there. It can also be slow to sync, but I've only seen google stuff be better. Some user customization of what tools they want to use personally or for the organization would help cut down on the clutter and keep it simpler for people to get right into collaboration.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Documentation and collaborative design, which are the main benefits we sought in the first place.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
There may be other products out there, but Lucidspark is a solid contender. Definitely worth trying. I know there are more intricate products out there, but the simplicity offered really helps get everyone involved quickly, instead of having a period requiring training.
Simplifies the Architecture Diagram Experience
What do you like best about the product?
The simplicity of quickly drawing diagrams
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes it's a little more challenging than desired to find the right icons, angles, etc.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allows for quick production of architecture diagrams and flow charts --- much quicker than what I found with Visio.
All the features you need to collaborate and whiteboard remotely!
What do you like best about the product?
Lucidspark is easy to get started with and accessible to anyone. It has just about every feature you need or might want to collaborate remotely. One feature that is really useful is the built in timer. When collaborating with others, I've had to do this manually and separately in the past. The built-in timer makes it much easier to be a facilitator effectively and ensure the session is moving along with good time. I also like the voting feature. It helps me understand a group's thinking and enables me to get the entire group's opinion when working tgether.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only downside I can think of with LucidSpark is that it doesn't have a wireframe library. I hope this is a feature that's coming, as it's one that I would use very often. I do use another piece of software for this use case, and would love to consolidate just down to the Lucidspark. Another thing that I dislike is the limitation of the free tier-- that you can only have three editable documents.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The problem I'm solving with Lucidspark is collaborating remotely. Having a realtime tool that is easy to use for groups of distributed people is tough. Lucidspark has made this not only possible, but easy and enjoyable. When working with others in real life, it's easy to whiteboard together and brainstorm. When doing so remotely, it's a lot more difficult to express your ideas visually and collaborate on ideas together. Lucidspark is fast and let's you show communicate your ideas quickly and effectively with people who might be on the other side of the globe.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I advise everyone to at least try Lucidspark to see if it meets your needs. There are many other competitors and similar products out there, but Lucidspark provides features like voting and timers that can be really beneficial depending on what you're doing. Only you can know if it meets your needs, but I think it's at least a good contender.
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