Lucidchart makes you leave PowerPoint. Flowchart doesn't.
Build flowcharts as native, fully editable PowerPoint shapes, right on the slide you present from. No exporting, no separate app, no account to manage.
Free to start · Runs inside PowerPoint
Where should this diagram live?
Lucidchart is an established, standalone diagramming app with a much bigger template library and support for technical diagram types like UML and ER diagrams. If your team needs that kind of depth in a dedicated tool, Lucidchart is the more capable place for it to live. If it's headed into a deck, Flowchart builds it right on the slide.
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The round trip
Lucidchart's own support team confirms it: diagrams "need to be edited in Lucidchart and then refreshed in PowerPoint to show changes." Flowchart skips that step entirely. Build it on the slide, edit it on the slide, present it from the slide.
AI that finishes the job
Lucid AI is built for Lucid's own canvas, so even AI-generated diagrams have to be exported back into your deck. Ask Lucen AI for a flowchart, and it lands on the slide, as native shapes you can adjust right away.
Pricing
Lucidchart's Team plan carries a 3-user minimum, which pushes a single extra seat from $9 to $30 a month. Flowchart starts free, with a single $9/month Plus plan that includes Lucen AI once you need it — no account required for anyone just opening the file.
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Free to start · Runs inside PowerPoint
Common questions
Both handle flowcharts and process diagrams, but they live in different places. Lucidchart is a standalone app: diagrams enter PowerPoint as images or embeds that route back to Lucidchart's web editor for changes. Flowchart builds every shape natively inside PowerPoint, so you create, edit, and present from the same slide without switching tools.
Flowchart is built for creating flowcharts natively in PowerPoint. If you're moving over from Lucidchart, the simplest path is rebuilding your process once inside Flowchart — after that, every update happens right on the slide instead of in a separate app.
Flowchart offers a free plan to start, with a Plus plan at $9/month ($108/year) that includes Lucen AI. Lucidchart's paid plans start at $9/user/month for individuals and $10/user/month for teams, with a 3-user minimum on the Team plan.
No. Flowchart runs inside PowerPoint, so anyone with PowerPoint 2016 or newer, including Microsoft 365, can open, view, and edit a flowchart. No separate account required.
Flowchart is built for teams that already build and present in PowerPoint — process owners, IT managers, software/application managers, operations analysts, process engineers, PMOs, consultants, and cross-functional teams who need process maps, SOPs, and decision trees to stay current without leaving their deck.