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Smooth user interaction and seamless collaboration
What do you like best about the product?
What I really like about Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite is how easy it is to use, even if you’re new to it. The interface is straightforward, so you can start creating right away without any hassle. While working on hackathons and projects, sharing my work with teammates is as simple as clicking a button to generate a collaboration link, which makes working together so much smoother. It’s been really handy for creating system designs and building them. I use this frequently and it has become my go to tool for brainstorming.
What do you dislike about the product?
I could not find a way to save a preferrd color or size of text or background of the elements. Each and every element had to be manually configured to the preferred setting. My use case was to create diagram for dark mode ppts.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Brainstorming in hackathons and projects has become incredibly smooth with the real-time collaborative features, allowing us to quickly build on each other’s ideas without the usual back-and-forth. I am now able to work with teammates faster, spending less time on sharing and more time on creating together.
Researcher in HR practices within educational institutions
What do you like best about the product?
The visual nature of my project allowed me to create an effective mind map.
What do you dislike about the product?
My scope of use is limited at the moment so I haven't taken the time to use the other features.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Visualizing the scope of my project is the essential reason I moved to Lucid's products.
Beyond Amazing Project Management Platform
What do you like best about the product?
Progress can be made in real time.
The platform is also really simple to use, you can key map milestones in progress towards your goals.
You can also easily implement and integrate with services like Monday.com.
I use this platform regularly.
I can also have issues easily resolved by customer support of Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite.
The platform is also really simple to use, you can key map milestones in progress towards your goals.
You can also easily implement and integrate with services like Monday.com.
I use this platform regularly.
I can also have issues easily resolved by customer support of Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite.
What do you dislike about the product?
A major downside is if a collaboraster is clueless in how to use the platform, although the platform is relatively easy to learn.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The major business problem that Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite is that I can now easily work with others using their platform.
Good tools available, big learning curve. Trial version didn't appear to offer full access to tools
What do you like best about the product?
easier to convey project workflow with colleagues
What do you dislike about the product?
full suite of tools was not available to use in testing
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
mapping out all the steps in a project to find and reduce pain points and highlight and celebrate successes
liked the flow and UI
What do you like best about the product?
I liked the interface which gives visualization easy
What do you dislike about the product?
More widgets needed, also import of .vsd files should be seemless
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were working on setting up system architecture with different timezone people, the collabration capability of product is great.
Great for Teamwork, But Has a Learning Curve
What do you like best about the product?
What I love is how easy it makes teamwork. Whether you’re using Lucidchart for diagrams or Lucidspark for brainstorming, the tools are super user-friendly. You can start quickly with drag-and-drop features and templates, even if you're not tech-savvy.
The real-time collaboration is a standout. Team members can work on the same project at once, make updates, and give feedback instantly, which is great for remote teams.
Plus, it integrates smoothly with Google Workspace, Slack, and other tools, making it easy to stay organized and connected across platforms.
The real-time collaboration is a standout. Team members can work on the same project at once, make updates, and give feedback instantly, which is great for remote teams.
Plus, it integrates smoothly with Google Workspace, Slack, and other tools, making it easy to stay organized and connected across platforms.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can feel a bit overwhelming at first. There are so many features and tools that it takes time to figure out how everything works, especially if you’re new to visual collaboration platforms.
Another downside is that some advanced features are locked behind a paywall, which might be frustrating for smaller teams or individuals who don’t want to commit to a higher-tier plan.
Also, while it integrates with many tools, syncing can sometimes be a bit slow or clunky, which disrupts the workflow.
Another downside is that some advanced features are locked behind a paywall, which might be frustrating for smaller teams or individuals who don’t want to commit to a higher-tier plan.
Also, while it integrates with many tools, syncing can sometimes be a bit slow or clunky, which disrupts the workflow.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This platform helps solve the challenge of scattered communication, especially for teams working remotely. By providing real-time collaboration, it keeps everyone on the same page without relying on endless emails or extra meetings. The visual tools make it simple to translate complex ideas into clear, interactive diagrams, improving clarity and helping us make quicker decisions.
Its strong integrations with tools like Google Workspace and Slack streamline our workflow, making everything more cohesive. This leads to higher productivity, ensuring projects stay on track while reducing misunderstandings and delays, which has been a huge advantage for our team.
Its strong integrations with tools like Google Workspace and Slack streamline our workflow, making everything more cohesive. This leads to higher productivity, ensuring projects stay on track while reducing misunderstandings and delays, which has been a huge advantage for our team.
Great diagraming tool but take a while to learn more complex features
What do you like best about the product?
Simple drag and drop of shapes makes it intuitive to use for basic diagrams
What do you dislike about the product?
Overall it's great but I'd like a better onboarding experience maybe when you first sign up a series of short YouTube videos on how to do certain actions
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Technical diagrams
Easy and simple to use with the newest change of AI looks like a tool that keep up with fashion
What do you like best about the product?
I mostly use Lucidchart to create diagrams. It has most tools including some support for UML as a code.
I like how it is easy to create and collaborate a diagram.
I like how it is easy to create and collaborate a diagram.
What do you dislike about the product?
Search isn't very "clever": whenever I need to find a specific icon I have to remember exact name or search will not find it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allow to create and share diagrams from more specific like UML to less for non technical people.
Lucid Helps Make Visual Charts Easy with Great Collaboration
What do you like best about the product?
What I love about Lucid is how easy it was to start. Navigation is fairly intuitive. I did have to look up how to drag the page around (right click) but other than it is very friendly. Without readying any documentation I was able to create a chart for part of our network that was easy to read and understand.
Another thing about it is that it makes it easy to collaborate. If screen sharing it is easy to zoom so everyone can see what you are looking at. Zooming in also make it easy to read and doesn't pixelate like a picture would. If you share the chart with another teamate and they open the chart they can see your cursor so you don't even need to screen share to point stuff out to them. This is really great since screen sharing doesn't always work for various reasons.
It allows importing/exporting files from/to Microsoft Visio, which makes it really easy to integrate and implement.
Another thing about it is that it makes it easy to collaborate. If screen sharing it is easy to zoom so everyone can see what you are looking at. Zooming in also make it easy to read and doesn't pixelate like a picture would. If you share the chart with another teamate and they open the chart they can see your cursor so you don't even need to screen share to point stuff out to them. This is really great since screen sharing doesn't always work for various reasons.
It allows importing/exporting files from/to Microsoft Visio, which makes it really easy to integrate and implement.
What do you dislike about the product?
The draw backs are:
users coming from Microsoft Visio prefer Visio over learning a new system
There doesn't seem to be a way to create offline and while you can export there is no native export format. This leaves working offline or when Lucid is down hard to if not impossible. I was able to export the chart to PDF but it didn't allow me to export all the layers on a single page.
users coming from Microsoft Visio prefer Visio over learning a new system
There doesn't seem to be a way to create offline and while you can export there is no native export format. This leaves working offline or when Lucid is down hard to if not impossible. I was able to export the chart to PDF but it didn't allow me to export all the layers on a single page.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It made it very easy to create a document to show how our test network is setup and how it works.
Engineer
What do you like best about the product?
It is easy to integrate and has lots of features.
What do you dislike about the product?
Need to modify so the options can be found easier
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Collaborating with Architects for Mechanical designs
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