A tagline:
summarize the app in one sentence
Lucidchart is a diagramming web application, which allows
users to actively collaborate and work together in real-time.
The problem the
app solves
Lucidchart is a diagramming web application—meaning, that
users can diagram UMLs, flowcharts, and other diagram types. Unlike Microsoft
Viso, Lucidchart allows for collaboration in real-time. So, no more sending a document back and forth
trying to complete a diagram—the user, and team members, can log into
Lucidchart start chatting on how the diagram should be and start
dragging-and-dropping objects to create their diagram.
Why you like this
app
I like this application because, first, it is easy-to-use. I have first-hand experience using this
application at least a couple times a week at work, and the learning curve
wasn’t steep at all. It is easy to add
members of a team to a document to allow them to view or edit the diagram. Also, it is easily merged into other applications—such
as, Confluence, Google Apps, etc. Also,
it has a slick looking interface—better than most diagramming web applications.
Competing apps,
and why this app is better
Competitors of Lucidchart are other online diagramming
software; such as, Gliffy, Flowchart.com, and Daigramly. Though, most of these have real-time
collaboration, there aesthetics lacks.
Also, Lucidchart has hundreds of shapes, allowing for a diverse platform
of diagrams across the board. The final
edge that Lucidchart has, is that this web application can import document from
Microsoft Visio—so document conversion to the cloud is simplistic.
A little bit about
how this app works
The user experience of Lucidchart, as stated above, is
very simple. You login to the website, and
click on the “Create” button. A dropdown
list is presented with two options: 1) New Document or 2) New Folder. When selecting the “New Document”, a Visio
like screen appears and one is ready to begin creating their diagram. After, a user has create their document she
can share the document with the team—either allowing permissions of only
viewing or allow the shared users to edit the document. After sharing the document, the other members
are able to login and beginning working together on the document.
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