EdrawMax vs Lucidchart

EdrawMax is diagramming software for creating, importing, and exporting a wide range of diagrams. Its online edition offers more than 210 types, including flowcharts, circuit diagrams, floor plans, UML, and network diagrams. The product advertises 20,000+ free templates and 26,000+ symbols, plus AI tools for diagramming, presentations, drawing, symbols, analysis, copywriting, OCR, and stickers. It supports Visio, SVG, and CAD imports and exports to PNG, JPG, PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SVG, and Visio. EdrawMax is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web. The browser edition processes files on its servers, while the desktop edition processes documents locally. The free plan includes 500 AI tokens and 100M cloud storage, but limits shapes and document pages and adds a watermark to exports. Basic is listed at $5.90 per month billed annually; Unlimited is listed at $11.90 per month billed annually. The pricing note lists a 7-day trial. Premium users can save and open files directly with Google Drive and Dropbox.

Lucidchart is a cloud-based diagramming tool for mapping processes, planning teams, and visualizing technical systems. It supports process maps, flowcharts, organization and team planning, technical diagrams, and systems and architecture visuals. Lucid AI can use text prompts to add content to the canvas and answer questions. Users can link Google Sheets, Excel, or CSV files to create visualizations from data, and collaborate in real time or asynchronously. Its marketplace lists integrations including Jira, Confluence, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Notion, AWS, and Azure. The public API supports creating, reading, and updating Lucidchart and Lucidspark documents. The Free plan costs nothing and includes three editable Lucidchart documents, up to 60 shapes per document, and 100 basic templates. Individual costs $9 a month and adds unlimited documents, shapes, and lines, premium templates and shape libraries, Presentation Mode, 1 GB cloud storage, and Visio import and export. It is available on Android, iOS, web, and as an extension; there is no desktop app. Lucid lists a free plan and a seven-day trial.