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Lucidchart vs Dynamo: What are the differences?
Lucidchart: Collaborative diagramming solution for your entire organization. Solution for visual communication. Create online flowcharts, diagrams, UML sketches, and ER models; Dynamo: An open source visual programming platform for designers. It is a graphical programming interface that provides designers access to parametric modeling and data-driven customized workflows for building information modeling (BIM). It can run as an addin for Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Vasari, with the ability to manage Revit project files and family definitions, or it can run as a standalone program. It allows users to control complex geometry, construct parametric relationships, manage data, and automate tasks.
Lucidchart and Dynamo belong to "Diagramming" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by Lucidchart are:
- Nothing to install
- Drag and drop
- Dedicated support
On the other hand, Dynamo provides the following key features:
- Lightweight visual scripting
- Easily extensible
- Manage data
When starting my new role at #Stessa, I needed a solution to start diagramming some of my #Architecture so I'd be able to share my views on #SystemArchitecture with the rest of the team.
Visualization is key. Especially when working with complex/distributed systems. You want to make sure everybody's got the same understanding of your approach, so you can better communicate, and start delegating more.In the past, I had worked with #VisualParadigm for #UML, in both desktop and #SaaS version of the product. Also worked with #LucidChart We also looked at potential alternatives such as Microsoft Visio for instance.
Ultimately, my recommendation was & we closed on Lucidchart, as it won on couple of key aspects : #Team #Collaboration, #Integrations with #AWS for instance, and certain specific visualizations we were looking for / others didn't have.
This isn't just for #Engineering. I've seen Lucidchart being used by #Product Teams, #Network #Engineers, #IT Departments, #DevOps, or non-Engineering related teams.
