Lucidchart vs yEd Graph Editor

Lucidchart is a web, iOS, and Android diagramming tool with real-time collaboration and offline editing. It supports process maps, flowcharts, organizational charts, technical and system architecture diagrams, UML diagrams, ERDs, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts, and C4 models. Users can import VSDX, VSD, VDX, Draw.io XML, OmniGraffle flat files, BPMN, and XPDL, then export PDF, PNG, JPEG, SVG, VDX, VSDX, JSON, or CSV. AI can create diagram content from text prompts, and UML markup can generate sequence diagrams from text. Google Sheets, Excel, and CSV data can link to visualizations; conditional formatting highlights patterns, while layers manage visibility and hierarchy. Lucidchart offers more than 100 custom-built integrations and a free signup. The Free plan costs nothing for Basic diagramming access. Individual, Team, and Enterprise plans are listed without prices. Lucidchart is associated with Lucid Software Inc., founded in 2010 and headquartered in South Jordan, Utah.

yEd Graph Editor is a free desktop application for creating diagrams manually or importing data and arranging it with automatic layouts. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and supports diagrams including BPMN, flowcharts, semantic networks, family trees, social networks, UML class diagrams, entity relationship diagrams, and swimlane diagrams. Its palette includes common diagram elements, with options to add custom graphics and Visio VSX stencils. Layouts include hierarchical, orthogonal, organic, circular, tree, radial, swimlane, and flowchart arrangements. yEd imports GraphML, Excel XLS, GEDCOM, GML, and XML transformed into GraphML with XSLT. Export formats include PDF, SVG, EMF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, HTML image maps, and EPS. The interface supports English and German. The Java Swing application is based on the yFiles for Java diagramming library and requires a suitable Java Runtime Environment. Its license permits one installed copy for personal or commercial use, but bars redistribution and use in automated processes. The listed plan costs nothing.