Figma vs Lucidspark comparison

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Figma and Lucid Software are both solutions in the Visual Collaboration Platforms category. Figma is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.8, while Lucid Software is ranked #4. Figma holds a 33.7% mindshare in VCP, compared to Lucid Software’s 3.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Figma users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Lucid Software users who would recommend it.

Figma

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5,825 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

Lucidspark

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1,785 Views
1,785 Comparison Views

97% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Figma and Lucidspark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Visual Collaboration Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Figma vs. Lucidspark Report (Updated: September 2026).

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Figma vs. Lucidspark

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

Figma

Ranking in Visual Collaboration Platforms

1st

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Lucidspark

Ranking in Visual Collaboration Platforms

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Visual Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Figma is 33.7%, down from 41.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lucidspark is 3.6%, down from 6.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Visual Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Figma	33.7%
Lucidspark	3.6%
Other	62.699999999999996%

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Featured Reviews

Vasanth Muralidharan

Freelance Webflow Designer And Developer at Freelance

Collaborating on web designs has become seamless and now delivers faster client approvals

Figma's pricing could be improved since many people are seeking open-source options like Penpot. On the free plan, I cannot have separate files for different collaborators, requiring a team plan which costs around twenty-two dollars, creating a bottleneck along with the added burden of additional features and paywalls for new AI tools being introduced. The issue of privacy arises on the free tier with collaborator access, allowing inspection of confidential files.

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reviewer1471212

Executive Assistant with self employed

Made my operations simpler, clearer, and easier to do. Learning curve for advance features needs to be more intuitive.

There are some things which are kind of complicated to know how to use. I would have to get used to them a bit more, or learn how to use them more, because I feel like there are a lot of features and I don't really know about all of them. I would need more tutorials, and that's one of the biggest things. It's so nice when you're able to just hop onto a program and intuitively know how to use it. Also, it is so tedious to have to teach new team members how to use the program, especially if they don't collaborate consistently but are hopping on for one meeting. The easier that they could make it for people to learn, like improving the learning curve, the better that Lucidspark could be. What drew me to Lucidspark was that I hopped on and it was easy and intuitive. It was very nice to look at and use. That caught me. However, there are advanced features that I would have to learn how to use, and if I want my other team members to use them, then I would have to be able to quickly and easily explain them. So, if they could make pop-up tutorials for new team collaborators, e.g., click here to do this and that as a very brief intro tutorial, then that would be helpful. I don't know if they have that already, but that would be helpful for collaborators. There are still some things that are a little confusing or too advanced, which is why it's not easy to use and hop on. There could be some other features that could be added, like other templates. What I really liked was how there were templates that gave you examples of how you could use Lucidspark. I feel like that is helpful for people to see. Adding more variety would be helpful for people. The easier it is to use, the faster someone can just pick it up and start using it. I feel like that will improve the platform and get more people to join it. A lot of small organizations need these sorts of tools, but they don't have time to spend learning about what is good about this solution and how it can help them. I would recommend making it as easy as possible, especially for small organizations.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It is challenging to identify downsides of Figma because for web design, it is the best tool available."

"Overall, Figma is a complete solution for product and UI design if you want to learn all its features for wireframing, making visual elements, using colors, and leveraging the many plugins it offers."

"I recommend Figma to other users because it enables team creation and provides multiple people access to the same project."

"Working with Figma has provided significant benefits over the past five years."

"Figma has positively impacted my organization because it allows everyone to have access to the files that our design team produces."

"I would recommend Figma to other users because I definitely think it is the industry standard."

"Having everything hosted on the web is one of the best features."

"If you are a designer, particularly a UI/UX designer, then you need to use Figma as it is the best."

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"The most valuable feature is the live, interactive whiteboarding. For brainstorming high-level ideas and concepts it's like Visio but much better, because it's online. Collaboration for process is much easier."

"Lucidspark has done an incredibly good job of providing a very robust library of templates. I'd like to see more of those. But right now there are many more useful templates than anything I've seen with any other similar apps. Hats off to Lucid for that."

"I really liked the sticky notes. They made it easy to change the colors, just click and add ideas, move those ideas around, and then connect them. I felt like they were very intuitive and easy to use."

"The virtual whiteboard is also absolutely fantastic. It has streamlined all of those aspects that we would have done via PowerPoints and other types of on-the-fly screen sharing that were used in the past. Now, everyone can be in the same space. That part of it really helps us to feel confident and allows us to be more engaged with the client and vice-versa, with the client being engaged with us."

"The whiteboard has been very helpful. It's a nice tool. At least for me, as a teacher, that's been very helpful and it's an easy tool. There are specific tools within the whiteboard for drawing. It makes things easier, so I like that."

"The virtual whiteboard is useful for brainstorming and quickly drawing and getting your thoughts out without having to do a formal, formatted drawing. For example, if I am doing a Zoom call, I can just share my screen and I can draw freehand, and change colors."

"There's a feature that allows us to tag and automatically group ideas to help organize and synthesize ideas after a brainstorming session, and it's an amazing aspect and very helpful."

"Overall, Lucidspark has brought the productivity of our working and brainstorming sessions up to a new level."

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Cons

"One of the areas for improvement is the onboarding experience. When you first starting using Figma, it can be a little confusing. It would be useful to have some guidance and direction."

"There are a few things Figma needs to improve upon, particularly regarding the types of images it can import."

"Figma could be made more user-friendly."

"The disadvantages of Figma compared to Adobe are the capabilities when searching for plugins; we often need to rely on external ones, and it takes time to read documentation because the prototyping protocol is not very clear."

"Sometimes the prototype view menu gets in the way of navigation, especially if the prototype has a menu at the top, and most of the time it does."

"Figma can be improved because it is a closed ecosystem."

"There is one aspect of Figma that needs improvement."

"In the free version, because we are designers, we don't always have access to the paid version. While the pricing is totally fine for paid workspaces, the free version needs better security locks so other users cannot duplicate content."

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"Sometimes, editing text can be confusing. Changing different fonts and subtitles and the shapes that you're trying to use can be confusing. There isn't that much that I would improve other than just nitpicky user differences."

"There should be a feature for changing the color of the background, borders, etc. Such a feature will make the flowcharts more attractive."

"There are still some things that are a little confusing or too advanced, which is why it's not easy to use and hop on. There could be some other features that could be added, like other templates."

"There is room for improvement with the user interface. It almost feels "uncooked." It sometimes feels like a prototype rather than the real thing."

"When two people are editing, there should be a way to lock the other person's changes to avoid having a person overwrite someone else's changes. When multiple users access the same document, there should be some way of locking others out, possibly by changing user permissions."

"It has not affected the productivity of our working and brainstorming sessions too much."

"Some parts where the arrows flow tend to flow in a strange direction where you want to drag it to, and it requires a lot of adjusting here and there. It's just the flow of the arrow sometimes it gets a little tricky, and then when you move something else, it gets wonky, and then you have to go back and fix it up. That's the only thing that needs improvement."

"I would like for the whiteboard to have the ability to be expanded. It doesn't have the ability to be a continuous page so that you don't have to erase things."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Sigma's pricing is reasonable and accessible for both small and large firms."

"It's a very reasonable $8 a month. That makes it really accessible and helps it fill a pretty significant need for virtual collaboration. Just about every leadership team member that I've talked to said, 'Oh, well, that's cheap, just go buy it.'"

"I don't think that the cost is ever something that I considered. It has always been worth it to pay a small payment and help everyone with their tasks. It has definitely helped me become more organized. I don't think that the cost has been a barrier at all, and it is worth it to be able to pay for it."

"I personally had a hard time getting the licenses sorted out. In the organizational license, the whole process took a lot of time. Personally, I feel that the licensing could be done much better on that front."

"The pricing is in line with everything else out there, and you get what you pay for."

"One must pay extra if he wishes to have a higher level product."

"The licensing is a fair price. We mainly have single users. We chose not to do the team user because of the cost. We didn't see a need for that at this point. We have talked to Lucidchart and Lucidspark salesmen often about that."

"It is not cost-prohibitive. It is well worth it, but we are also a small team. We are definitely planning on having it as part of our onboarding for everyone, but I haven't looked at the pricing for an enterprise level or large set of employees."

"The pricing is very reasonable. It is more expensive than some of the free options out there but much cheaper than Visio, and it works much better."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

University

Comms Service Provider

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Figma?

Figma is deployed in my organization as we pay for it at $20 a month for a few seats. I am just a designer, so you are asking the wrong person about this.

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What needs improvement with Figma?

Figma can be improved because it is a closed ecosystem.

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LucidChart vs LucidSpark for brainstorming sessions over Zoom

Hi @Krista Thompson - Yes, LucidSpark is a much more nimble and, in some ways, user-friendly tool than LucidChart. LucidSpark is designed to do a better job managing multiple users participating ...

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Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 1% of the time

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Compared 32% of the time

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Compared 27% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Lucidspark

October 2026

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Overview

Figma offers a comprehensive platform for collaborative design, enabling teams to work seamlessly on web-based projects with advanced features like AI capabilities and plugin integration.

Figma stands out in the design realm through its intuitive interface and robust collaborative tools that facilitate efficient feedback and sharing. It integrates smoothly with external tools and supports sophisticated prototyping, making it a preferred choice among UX/UI designers and developers. Its UI library and design system tools enhance consistency, allowing designers to concentrate on creative aspects without needing additional software.

What are Figma's most important features?

Collaborative Features: Facilitate real-time teamwork, enhancing project synchronicity.
AI Capabilities: Streamline design processes, reducing tedious tasks.
Plugin Integration: Expand functionality with ease, tailoring to specific workflow needs.
Interactive Components: Improve user engagement through dynamic design elements.
Design System Tools: Maintain consistency across projects efficiently.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Time-Saving UI Library: Speeds up design phase, allowing more focus on innovation.
Enhanced Prototyping: Offers thorough testing before final implementation.
Feedback & Sharing Facilitation: Boosts collaboration effectiveness.
Integration with Developer Tools: Ensures a smooth transition from design to development.
Comprehensive Creative Tools: Allows expanding design possibilities without multiple software.

Figma is widely implemented across industries for designing prototypes and UI screens, especially web interfaces. UX/UI designers, web developers, and design teams leverage its capabilities for crafting wireframes, mockups, and prototypes. The collaboration and integration features are instrumental in creating landing pages, dashboards, and other design projects efficiently.

Figma

Lucidspark offers an innovative platform for real-time collaboration, integrating an intuitive interface with an infinite whiteboard that supports extensive brainstorming and workflow enhancement.

Lucidspark is designed to facilitate team interaction, streamline collaboration, and enhance creativity. With a seamless blend of Collaborator Colors, drag-and-drop features, and expansive integrations, it fosters an efficient organization of ideas through diagrams, sticky notes, and exports. While users benefit from its flexibility in remote environments, there is a desire for improvements in internal comment systems, smoother integration with Microsoft apps, and more intuitive onboarding processes. Navigation on large boards and the absence of a dedicated desktop app are recognized challenges, prompting a call for enhanced shape recognition, color options, and time-tracking tools.

What are Lucidspark's key features?

Real-time Collaboration: Enables teams to work together effectively, regardless of location.
Intuitive Interface: Simplifies navigation and encourages user engagement.
Infinite Whiteboard: Provides endless space for brainstorming and creativity.
Extensive Templates: Offers a variety of pre-designed templates to kickstart projects.
Seamless Integrations: Connects effortlessly with other tools to enhance workflow efficiency.

What benefits should users expect?

Enhanced Team Interaction: Promotes collaborative work environments using visual tools.
Increased Productivity: Streamlined processes aid in quick idea organization and execution.
Flexible Creativity Encouragement: Adapts to team needs, fostering innovative solutions.
Improved Remote Collaboration: Facilitates effective virtual meetings and sessions.

In industry-specific contexts, such as education and consultancy, Lucidspark serves as a vital tool for developing flowcharts, conducting strategy workshops, and mapping out processes. Teams in architecture and project management leverage it for diagram creation and idea ideation, while its virtual whiteboard capabilities support remote sessions and workshops, aiding consultants and enterprises in strategic planning and system organization.

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Sample Customers

Uber, Zoom, Deliveroo

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