essensys vs. Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
essensys
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Designed for ambitious operators and landlords, essensys in London boasts providing the ultimate technology platform for flexible workspaces.N/A
Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Score 8.5 out of 10
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The Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite empowers teams to ideate, plan, design, build, and launch game-changing solutions from a shared infinite canvas.
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Pricing
essensysLucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Editions & Modules
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Free
$0
Individual
$9
per month per user
Team
$10
per month per user (3 user minimum)
Enterprise
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per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
essensysLucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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User Ratings
essensysLucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
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8.8
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.1
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Usability
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8.9
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Support Rating
-
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7.3
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User Testimonials
essensysLucid Visual Collaboration Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
Great platform for a flexible office space company. However, as our company continues to grow, it may be interesting to see how scalable the platform is with the growth. Right now, each account is managed separately and we really should be able to consolidate that much more effectively.
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It is hard to think of ways in which Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite would not be best suited to provide an effective tool for any organization to find success in its use. Whether it is a visual display to map an organizational structure, a collaboration to find an answer of how to improve workflow, or even to display the upcoming budget needs, working in Lucid can seamlessly provide that!
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Pros
  • Internet access: most reliable within this space for us.
  • Management of members when onboarding or offboarding, easy to add or remove users.
  • High level of security: This is something that many of our members require.
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  • Serverless. You don't need to install another program to create diagrams, you just open a new tab and there you are, ready to go.
  • Collaboration. You don't need to update your colleague diagram by creating a new file and creating a new file version, you both are in the same diagram and you and all the team are free to update it at any time, at the same time, you are seeing the same thing. That is really helpful and time-saving.
  • Shapes. It has any shape that you can think of and Lucidchart is always updating them, I can create an Azure solution architecture, an AWS one, an old on-premise solution. Or just put standard shapes to describe a business process. Providing so many specific shapes help the diagram to express specific information, and for specific teams, that's less text and more visual information, you don't need to put a text below a standard database shape (this is an Azure SQL database), you just put the azure shape and done. That....is beautifully helpful.
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Cons
  • Integrations: I wish that there were more integrations with other business software.
  • Invoicing: The company often does not send invoices in time and we are forced to contact them.
  • Auditing: Would be great if we could get a consolidated audit report across all locations instead of one per account.
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  • Bandwidth - when working with complex workflows spanning multiple shapes and layers, the page tends to slow down and sometimes crash.
  • Zooming in & out - when a workflow is spread out over multiple pages, the view can become small even with a large screen.
  • Pricing - newly introduced monthly/annual pricing schemes are not as good as previous quarterly payment models.
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Usability
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The interface is easy to use and understand and most features feel very familiar from the start. There are so many features and functions that users may not know it can be done without some instruction. Lucid's champion network is a great, fun resource to learn more about the product.
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Support Rating
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I would rate the overall support for Lucidchart as a 9. The support provided is generally robust and responsive. Their help center, tutorials, and webinars offer extensive resources for users. The ticket-based support system is effective, providing timely resolutions to most issues. Moreover, they actively gather user feedback, demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement
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Alternatives Considered
I am not the most knowledgeable in this area.
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Based on my personal experience, Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite is head and shoulders above any other competitor. Canva is good, but not intuitive at all. Miro is good as well, but not nearly as appealing and still lacks some of the logical functions that LucidSpark has. I’ve also used Apple FreeForm quite a bit, which is a free software with Apple. Once again you can accomplish the same things in any of these software, but Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite is so much better to the point that it is 3-4 times faster to use Lucid than Free Form or Canva.
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Return on Investment
  • High cost per location (negative)
  • Reliable (positive)
  • Scalability (neutral)
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  • Though I can't necessarily provide hard numbers, I can confidently say that Lucidchart has saved countless hours for myself and my teams as we don't need to try to develop some type of complex diagram using markup or any kind of code.
  • I have previously been able to build a complete ERD using Lucidchart in a past position, which the company never had before. It ended up being used by countless teams in the company and ultimately in a large-scale data stack migration effort.
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ScreenShots

Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of how Lucid helps teams to clarify complexity, align their insights.Screenshot of where information can be imported, exported, and shared whenever and wherever it is needed.Screenshot of how Lucidchart offers secure intelligent diagramming that is built for teams.