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Add to SafariWhen comparing Lucidchart vs Microsoft Visio, the Slant community recommends Microsoft Visio for most people. In the question“What are the best flowchart / diagram softwares?” Microsoft Visio is ranked 3rd while Lucidchart is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Microsoft Visio is:
Visio has the most thorough set of standard support and tool-set.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Integrates with a variety of services
Lucidchart has Google Drive, Google Apps, JIRA, Confluence, Jive, and Box integration.
Pro Revision history
Keeps track of previous version of files and is capable of reverting any changes made.
Pro Simple UI
Pro Secure
Pro Tutorials
A selection of tutorials are available.
Pro No data ownership
Users keep all rights to documents created using Lucidchart services.
Pro Can import and export Microsoft Visio documents
Pro Complete set of tools
Visio has the most thorough set of standard support and tool-set.
Pro De facto standard
Microsoft Visio is the de facto industry standard diagram creation software.
Pro Looks good
Pro Easy usage
Cons
Con Limited functionalities for customizing look & feel
Con Limitation for free users
Limit to 60 components per document and up to 3 documents.
Con Only web version available
Desktop or other platforms are not supported.
Con Proprietary
Con Pretty expensive
Con Very clumsy for state diagrams, limited features
Con Imperfect integration with Office
Since Visio was acquired, not originally developed by Microsoft, integration is not as seamless as the core Office Suite is known for. Diagrams can get corrupted while importing from Visio to Word or Powerpoint.
