Lucidspark vs Stormboard

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

Stormboard

• Facilitated workshops that need to end in a written report
• Agile teams planning with Jira, Rally or Azure DevOps
• Teams that co-edit Office or Google files inside a board
• Small groups: the free plan allows 5 users in each Storm

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.

Stormboard

• The Personal plan allows 5 open Storms with 5 users each, and Microsoft Office and Google Drive files are view-only on it.
• Substorms, idea grouping, folders, and the Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Google reports all need the Business plan.
• SAML single sign-on, audit logs and the Surface Hub app are Enterprise-only, and StormAI on Business is a 30-day trial before an Enterprise upgrade.
• The vendor lists apps for Windows, iOS and Android but no Mac app, and describes the phone app as a companion with limited features.

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.

Stormboard

Storms built from sticky notes

A workspace, called a Storm, holds text, image, video, file and whiteboard sticky notes on an infinite canvas divided into sections. Index card notes open a Substorm on paid plans.

Templates and section types

More than 250 templates are included. On Business and Enterprise, a section can become a calendar, spreadsheet or matrix, and customized templates can be saved for reuse.

Reports and exports

A Storm exports as an editable Word, PowerPoint or Excel report, or as Google Docs, Slides or Sheets. These need Business; Personal has word cloud, votes and tasks exports.

Two-way agile integrations

Integrations with Jira, Rally and Azure DevOps mirror changes made in Stormboard back to the tracker, for backlog and sprint planning and for showing dependencies.

Voting, tasks and timer

Participants can vote on ideas, comment, and assign a task to a sticky note, and an assigned-tasks report lists owners and due dates. A timer is included on every plan.

StormAI

StormAI builds a template from a stated goal, suggests ideas, and summarizes sticky notes or groups them by theme or sentiment. Business customers get a 30-day trial of it.

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.

Stormboard

• Personal$0

  5 open Storms, 5 users per Storm, one administrator per Storm, pre-made templates, and word cloud, votes and tasks exports.

• Business$8.33

  per user / month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)

  Unlimited Storms, Substorms, idea grouping, folders, custom templates, Office and Google reports, and live co-editing of Office and Google files.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds SAML single sign-on, a single-tenant option, audit logs, the Surface Hub app, volume pricing, priority support and a dedicated account manager.

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.

Stormboard

• Annual discount

  2 months free with annual billing

  Business is $8.33 per user a month billed annually ($100 a seat per year) against $10 billed monthly. Annual subscriptions are non-refundable and do not include the free trial.

• Nonprofit

  25% off annual plans for nonprofits

  Certified non-profit organizations get 25% off annual plans by choosing a plan and then contacting Stormboard. The discount does not apply to monthly billing.