FigJam vs Lucidspark

FigJam

• Teams that already design products in Figma
• Stand-ups, retrospectives and workshops run on a shared board
• Mapping user flows next to the designs they describe
• Classrooms: verified students and teachers get FigJam free

Lucidspark

• Remote and hybrid teams running brainstorms and workshops
• Agile teams holding standups, sprint planning and retrospectives
• Organizations that already use Lucidchart for diagrams
• Teachers and students, who get a free upgrade with a school email

FigJam

• FigJam cannot be bought separately; access comes with a Figma seat, and plans and seats are chosen for the whole Figma product set.
• The free Starter plan allows 3 FigJam files in its team folder and leaves out voting, open sessions, audio conversations and advanced shapes.
• Custom color palettes and organization-wide custom templates need the Organization plan, which is billed annually only.
• The iPhone and Android apps view and comment on FigJam files; on mobile, sketching in FigJam is offered on iPad only.

Lucidspark

• The Free plan is limited to 3 editable boards.
• The iOS app requires a Team or Enterprise subscription; Free and Individual accounts are pointed to the browser version instead.
• Voting, timers, guest collaborators and revision history start at Team; breakout boards, SAML and the Jira and Azure DevOps integrations are Enterprise only.
• The pricing page shows only annual-billing rates. Its FAQ says monthly billing is available but gives no monthly price.

FigJam

Shapes and connectors

Shapes and connectors snap to the grid for mapping user flows, processes and systems. Advanced shapes for AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure and Kubernetes need a paid plan.

Facilitation tools

A shared timer, stamps, emotes and a built-in music player are on every plan, and Spotlight mode lets a presenter guide the group. Voting starts at Professional.

FigJam AI

A prompt generates meeting templates and visuals, and one click sorts stickies into themes or summarizes them. These draw on the AI credits included with each plan and seat.

Open sessions

On paid plans, people outside the team can be invited to contribute to a board for 24 hours without a paid seat, with no limit on the number of sessions.

Templates, widgets and plugins

More than 300 ready-made templates cover kickoffs, retrospectives, flow charts and journey maps, and community widgets and plugins extend a board.

Ties to Figma Design and Slides

Screens and components from Figma libraries can be dropped into a diagram, and an AI feature in Figma Slides drafts a deck outline from a FigJam board.

Lucidspark

Infinite canvas

Boards hold sticky notes, shapes, freehand drawing, images and comments, with Gather and Sort tools to group notes after a brainstorm.

Visual Activities

Interactive exercises collect input from a group and turn it into results the team can act on. Basic activities are free; premium ones need a paid plan.

Facilitation tools

Team plans add voting, a timer, a laser pointer, facilitator controls and the option to call everyone to one spot. Breakout boards are Enterprise only.

Lucid AI

AI generates ideas, sorts notes into themes and summarizes a session. It is listed on every plan, with a note that it may move to a paid model later.

Lucid Cards and Dynamic Table

Lucid Cards work with task tools such as Jira and Azure DevOps to turn ideas into next steps, and Dynamic Table organizes ideas for visual planning.

Mind maps and templates

A mind map can be added to any board in a few clicks, and the template gallery covers retrospectives, sprint planning, roadmaps, SWOT analysis and more.

FigJam

• Starter$0

  3 FigJam files plus unlimited drafts, with the timer, tables, code blocks, diagramming tools and the AI generate, sort and summarize features.

• Professional$3

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Unlimited files, voting, open sessions, audio, advanced shapes and unlimited version history. Dev seats are $12 and Full seats $16 a month.

• Organization$5

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Adds custom color palettes, custom templates shared across the organization, SSO and centralized administration. Full seats are $55 a month.

• Enterprise$5

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Adds custom workspaces, SCIM seat management, guest access controls and expiring public links. Full seats are $90 a month.

Lucidspark

• Free$0

  3 editable boards, unlimited shapes per board, freehand drawing, commenting, basic Visual Activities and Lucid AI.

• Individual$9

  per month, billed annually

  Unlimited editable boards, premium Visual Activities and 1 GB of storage.

• Team$10

  per user / month, billed annually

  Adds voting, timer, facilitator tools, guest collaborators, revision history with versioning and the developer platform.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds Lucidchart, breakout boards, team hubs, SAML authentication, sharing restrictions, and Jira, Smartsheet and Azure DevOps integrations.

FigJam

• Education

  Free for verified students and educators

  Figma for Education gives students and teachers who verify their status free access to Figma and FigJam, including the paid professional tools, through an education team.

• Annual discount

  Lower Professional seat prices on annual billing

  Professional seats can be billed monthly or annually, and the pricing page shows the lower annual rates. Figma's help center prices a Dev seat at $15 on monthly billing against $12 on annual.

Lucidspark

• Annual discount

  Lower price with annual billing

  Lucid's pricing FAQ says paid plans can be paid monthly or, at a saving, annually. The listed rates are the annual ones and the page does not state the size of the saving.

• Education

  Free upgrade for students and educators

  Accounts registered with a valid educational email address are upgraded automatically at no charge. Schools can also request a quote for Education Premium.