Security Review

Is lucid.co legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 97/100

Lucid.co is the legitimate home of Lucid Software, a multi-billion dollar visual collaboration platform used by 99% of the Fortune 500.

lucid.coScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 100·MT 95
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 98% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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lucid.co

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Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

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/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The page displays a professional, fully-rendered corporate website for Lucid with no visual indicators of scam patterns or deceptive design.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Professional layout with high-quality typography and consistent branding for Lucid

Functional navigation menu with standard corporate categories like Products, Solutions, and Enterprise

Clear call-to-action buttons for 'Contact sales' and 'Sign up free'

High-resolution custom graphics depicting a business process flowchart

No presence of urgency tactics, fake trust badges, or intrusive pop-ups

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
Our analysis confirms this is the authentic domain for Lucid Software Inc., an established company founded in 2010. The site shows no signs of malicious activity, and our antivirus network reports it as completely clean. It maintains a massive global traffic presence and is officially recognized as a top-tier business application. While some users have reported billing disputes or third-party impersonation scams, these are typical for a company of this scale and do not reflect on the domain's safety. The infrastructure is robust, featuring valid security certificates and professional corporate branding.
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Page Content

The website is a professional corporate storefront for Lucid's suite of products, including Lucidchart and Lucidspark. It features high-quality graphics, clear calls to action, and detailed information about their AI-powered diagramming tools.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on high-reputation infrastructure with no history of abuse. It utilizes a valid SSL certificate and loads resources from verified internal subdomains and trusted third-party analytics providers.

Domain History

The domain is long-established and serves as the primary hub for a company valued at over $3 billion. It has a massive footprint in the software industry and is integrated into major enterprise ecosystems.

Web Reputation

The company maintains an excellent reputation with a 4.2-star rating on employee review sites and widespread adoption by government and educational institutions. There are no records of malware or phishing originating from this domain.
Risk Factors
2
  • Third-party scammers occasionally impersonate Lucid for fake job interviews or phishing, though the site itself is safe.
  • Some users have reported difficulties with subscription cancellations and refund requests in community forums.
Positive Signals
5
  • Official domain for a company with over 100 million users and a $3 billion valuation.
  • Zero detections across 92 different antivirus engines in our network.
  • Used by 99% of Fortune 500 companies including Google, GE, and T-Mobile.
  • High global traffic ranking and verified business registration in Utah, USA.
  • Active security resources and phishing reporting tools provided for users.
AI Recommendation
This is a safe and legitimate business website. You can proceed with signing up or contacting their sales team for professional diagramming services.
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Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for lucid.co, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · United States
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
3 scam reports · 2 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • lucid.co is the official website of Lucid Software Inc., a visual collaboration platform offering Lucidchart (intelligent diagramming with AI), Lucidspark (virtual whiteboarding), and related tools.
  • Company founded in 2010 by Ben Dilts and Karl Sun; headquartered in South Jordan, Utah, with additional offices in Raleigh NC, Amsterdam, Melbourne, and Hamburg.
  • Claims 100M+ individual users, 99% of Fortune 500 companies as customers, presence in 180+ countries, and high ranking (#12-13) among most-used apps on Okta.
  • Received over $500M in secondary investment valuing the company at $3B+; customers include Google, GE, NBC Universal, T-Mobile, and many enterprises.
  • Glassdoor employee rating 4.2/5 from 589 reviews; active on LinkedIn, Wikipedia, and used by universities/government (FedRAMP listed).
  • Some user complaints about subscription cancellation/refunds and reports of third-party scammers impersonating the company for jobs or phishing (company publishes guidance on reporting these).
  • No major scam reports or data breach headlines directly tied to the domain; company maintains help resources for phishing awareness and unauthorized charges.
Scam reports (3)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Spiceworks Communityopen

    "So @ Lucidchart ​ does not refund subscription payments if you can cel your subscription. The essentially stole $980 just like that."

  • Lucid Communityopen

    "I recently had a scammer contact me for an interview through Microsoft Teams pretending to be your company."

  • Lucid Help Centeropen

    "Lucid takes the security and privacy of your account and data seriously. ... Report a phishing attempt"

Positive reviews (2)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Glassdooropen

    "Lucid Software has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 589 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there."

  • Spectrum Equityopen

    "Top businesses use Lucid’s products all around the world, including customers such as Google, GE, NBC Universal and T-Mobile, and 99% of the Fortune 500."

Business registration
Status: active · United States

Lucid Software Inc., founded 2010, headquartered in South Jordan, Utah. Privately held with significant funding/valuation (>$3B in past rounds). LEI active.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We found that Lucid.co is the official website of Lucid Software Inc., headquartered in South Jordan, Utah. Research on Glassdoor shows a high employee rating of 4.2 stars, and financial reports confirm the company has received over $500 million in investment. While some users on Spiceworks and the Lucid Community have raised concerns about subscription refunds and third-party phishing attempts, these are common issues for large-scale service providers and do not indicate that the site itself is fraudulent.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious61Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers0.240743
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (0.240743).

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · E7
ExpiresAug 7, 2026 (47d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingAkamai Technologies, Inc.
Server locationUS
Platform / CMSGatsby 5.16.1
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPAkamai Technologies, Inc.
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on lucid.co and not a lookalike like l-ucid.co.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
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Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on lucid.co. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • lucid.co passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. lucid.co presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E7, expiring in 47 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report lucid.co as clean.
  • No. lucid.co is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • lucid.co resolves to an IP operated by Akamai Technologies, Inc. in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • Yes. lucid.co sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 20, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around lucid.co have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·lucid.co
SAFE

Lucid.co is the official website for Lucid Software, a highly reputable provider of visual collaboration tools like Lucidchart and Lucidspark. The site is a legitimate corporate platform used by millions of professionals and major enterprises globally. You can safely use this site for business diagramming and whiteboarding.

This is a safe and legitimate business website. You can proceed with signing up or contacting their sales team for professional diagramming services.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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