Lucidspark vs Mural

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

Mural

• Facilitated workshops, retrospectives and design-thinking sessions
• Large groups on a budget: the Free plan has no member limit
• Organizations that work in Microsoft 365 and Teams
• Consultants who bring outside clients into a session

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.

Mural

• The Free plan keeps only 3 murals editable at a time, and its visitors can view but not edit.
• Mural AI is not part of the Free plan; it is available on Team+, Business and Enterprise.
• SSO and guest access start at Business, which is listed with annual billing only; monthly billing is shown for Team+.
• SCIM, audit logs, data residency and multiple workspaces are limited to Enterprise, which has no public price.

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.

Mural

Facilitation features on every plan

A facilitator can summon participants, run a timer, hold anonymous votes, switch on private mode, lock content, and hide steps in the outline until it is time to reveal them.

Sticky notes, drawing and diagramming

Boards take sticky notes, drawings, images, icons and connected diagrams, on either an infinite or a resizable canvas. A content library stores objects for reuse.

Templates

More than 250 Mural-made templates are included, and teams can create their own. The Business plan adds LUMA frameworks.

Mural AI

Generates mind maps, clusters sticky notes by topic, summarizes content and classifies stickies by sentiment. Available on Team+, Business and Enterprise.

Rooms, visitors and guests

Murals are organized into rooms: open on Free, private from Team+ and confidential on Enterprise. One-time visitors are free on every plan; ongoing guests need Business.

Meeting and work-tracking integrations

Murals can be worked on inside Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Webex meetings. Asana tasks import with two-way sync, and Azure DevOps work items can be laid out on a mural.

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.

Mural

• Free$0

  Unlimited members, 3 editable murals at a time, view-only visitors, open rooms and all core collaboration and facilitation tools.

• Team+$9.99

  per member / month, billed annually ($12 billed monthly)

  Unlimited editable murals, visitors with editing rights, private rooms, Mural AI and basic integrations such as Zoom and Webex.

• Business$17.99

  per member / month, billed annually

  Adds SAML single sign-on, unlimited guests, advanced integrations such as Azure, GitHub and Okta, LUMA frameworks, invoicing and priority support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Multiple workspaces, confidential rooms, SCIM, audit logs and reporting APIs, required 2FA, data residency, BYOK and premier support.

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.

Mural

• Annual discount

  About 17% lower on Team+ with annual billing

  Mural's pricing page lists Team+ at $9.99 per member a month when billed annually, against $12 per member a month when billed monthly.