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Whiteboard · South Jordan, US · Founded 2010

Lucidspark

Lucid Software's whiteboard with AI co-creation, breakout boards and tight Lucidchart integration

Overall score
6.2

Overview

Lucidspark is the whiteboard product from Lucid Software (makers of Lucidchart) — an infinite canvas with sticky notes, voting, timer, breakout boards, AI sticky-note clustering and summary, and bidirectional sync with Lucidchart for diagrams. Strong enterprise posture inherited from Lucid: SSO/SAML, SCIM, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR and HIPAA-eligible deployments.

Best for: Engineering and PM teams already on Lucidchart who want sticky-note retros and brainstorming on the same platform — and whose security review favours a SOC 2 / ISO 27001 vendor.

How Lucidspark describes itself

Lucidspark pitches itself as a virtual whiteboard for collaborative thinking — sticky notes, brainstorming, voting and AI-assisted clustering, sitting alongside Lucidchart in a unified Lucid Suite.

"From idea to action on one platform — bring your team's thinking together with Lucidspark and connect it to the diagrams in Lucidchart."

The buyer narrative is platform consolidation: if your team already buys Lucidchart for diagrams, Lucidspark is a natural add-on. Pricing tiers (Free / Individual / Team / Enterprise) follow Lucid's standard structure. SSO/SAML and SCIM sit on Enterprise.

Our take

Lucidspark is a competent whiteboard alternative if Lucidchart is already in your stack. The Breakout Boards feature is genuinely useful for parallel-track retros and workshops, the integration set covers the major issue trackers and chat platforms, and Lucid's enterprise posture (SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA-eligible) is among the strongest in this category.

Where Lucidspark trails: no anonymous voting, no health checks, no recurring retros, no action carryover or cross-team reporting. Retro template depth is shallower than Miro or Mural, and AI features are present but not as polished. Free tier is restrictive (3 boards, 100 shapes/board). Best fit for engineering and product teams already paying for Lucidchart who want a whiteboard from the same vendor and need enterprise-grade compliance. Less compelling as a standalone retro tool.

Score breakdown

Ease of Use 7.0
Retro Toolkit 4.5
Value 5.0
Fun Factor 6.0
AI & Insights 5.0
Integrations 7.0
Enterprise-grade 9.0

Pros

  • + Tight integration with Lucidchart — switch between diagram and whiteboard on the same canvas
  • + Breakout Boards let you split a workshop or retro into parallel rooms
  • + Strong enterprise posture: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA-eligible, SSO/SAML, SCIM
  • + Generous integration set: Jira, Slack, Teams, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Asana
  • + Free tier exists and is enough to evaluate the tool

Cons

  • No native anonymous voting — names always visible on stickies
  • No health checks, recurring retros, action carryover or cross-team rollup
  • AI features lag Miro and FigJam — clustering and summary are present but not as polished
  • Free tier is restrictive: 3 boards and 100 shapes/board limits real use beyond evaluation
  • Brand is best known for diagramming; retro template depth trails Miro and Mural

Features

Retrospectives

Templates Custom templates Private/public retros· Private boards on paid plans

Facilitation

Meeting timer Action items· Sticky notes can sync to Jira Presentation mode Screen-share mode @mentions Drag-and-drop grouping Facilitator-only grouping· Breakout Boards control who sees what Async mode Whiteboard

Voting

Independent dot voting Custom vote count

Engagement

Mobile friendly· Web-first; mobile app usable but cramped Polling Icebreakers GIFs Custom backgrounds Planning poker· Via templates

AI

AI grouping / clustering AI summary

Reporting

Facilitator meeting notes

Enterprise

SSO / SAML· SAML SSO on Enterprise SCIM provisioning· Enterprise tier SOC 2 Type 2 GDPR compliant Audit logs· Enterprise tier Facilitator-only role Guest / observer roles· Guest collaborators on paid plans Meeting history· Boards persist with revision history Email domain restrictions· Enterprise tier Uptime SLA / dedicated support· Enterprise tier Multi-year contracts ISO 27001 certified Public API Data residency · United States, European Union (Enterprise tier only) Languages · 10 (English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, +5 more)

Integrations

Jira Azure DevOps Asana Slack Microsoft Teams Confluence

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