Archgram vs Lucidchart and Miro
Lucidchart and Miro are general visual collaboration platforms, strong for workshops, whiteboarding and cross-functional diagrams. Archgram is narrower on purpose: architecture diagrams as text that engineers can review, version and generate, tied to ADRs and delivery.
| Archgram | Lucidchart and Miro | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Architecture diagrams, ADRs and delivery tracking | General visual collaboration |
| Diagram as text | Yes, with preview and conversion | Primarily canvas-based |
| Version control | Git sync, pull requests | Built-in history; Git is not the model |
| Enterprise controls today | Row-level security, encrypted tokens. SSO / SAML and audit logs are on the roadmap, not available | Mature enterprise administration; check current plans |
Choose Lucidchart and Miro if
- Non-engineers need to drag shapes in real time during workshops.
- You need a broad template and whiteboarding suite beyond architecture.
- Your organisation already standardised on one of them with enterprise controls you require today.
Choose Archgram if
- Your architecture diagrams should live next to the code and change in pull requests.
- You want AI to draft diagrams from a description or a repository scan.
- You want to keep your own AI provider and data under your control.
Products change. This page describes approaches as we understand them; check each vendor’s current documentation before deciding.