# Org charts and org design: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "org chart software" and as "organizational design tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/planning/org-charts-and-org-design/2026-11

**Standing:** ChartHop leads with 28% of first choices; verdict contested. 57 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ChartHop](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/charthop/index.md) | 28% | 2% | 48 |
| 2 | [Organimi](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/organimi/index.md) | 14% | 9% | 44 |
| 3 | [Lucidchart](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/lucidchart/index.md) | 11% | 22% | 60 |
| 4 | [Functionly](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/functionly/index.md) | 9% | 0% | 21 |
| 5 | [OrgChart](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/orgchart/index.md) | 9% | 12% | 24 |
| 6 | [Pingboard](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/pingboard/index.md) | 5% | 20% | 35 |
| 7 | [Orgvue](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/orgvue/index.md) | 4% | 30% | 10 |
| 9 | [Miro](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/miro/index.md) | 2% | 18% | 34 |
| 10 | [Ingentis org.manager](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/ingentis-org-manager/index.md) | 2% | 11% | 19 |
| 11 | [diagrams.net](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/diagrams-net/index.md) | 2% | 11% | 18 |
| 18 | [Canva](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/canva/index.md) | 2% | 44% | 18 |
| 19 | [Creately](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/creately/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 20 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 113 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Pingboard; alternatives BambooHR, ChartHop, Factorial, Personio
- GPT-5.4 mini: OrgChart; alternatives Lucid, Microsoft Visio, Miro
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: ChartHop; alternatives HiBob, Organimi, Rippling, Sift
- Perplexity Sonar: ChartHop; alternatives GoProfiles, Lucidchart, Microsoft Visio, Organimi
- Grok 4.20: Lucidchart; alternatives ChartHop, Creately, Functionly, Microsoft Visio
- Mistral Small: ChartHop, OrgChart; alternatives Functionly, Lucidchart, Workleap
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: ChartHop; alternatives Functionly, OrgChart
- Llama 4 Maverick: Lucidchart; alternatives Miro, Planfix
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: ChartHop, Organizational Charts; alternatives BambooHR, Rippling, iOrgChart
- Kimi K2: ChartHop, Pingboard; alternatives Lucidchart
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: ChartHop; alternatives Lucidchart, Microsoft Visio, Pingboard, SmartDraw
- MiniMax M2.5: Built, ChartHop; alternatives GoProfiles, Lucidchart, OrgChart, Organimi
- GPT-6 Luna: ChartHop; alternatives OrgChart
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Lucidchart; alternatives ChartHop, Organimi, Pingboard

## Sources the answers cite

72 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- planfix.com: 41 answers, 41 citations
- forbes.com: 40 answers, 40 citations
- zapier.com: 35 answers, 37 citations
- softwareadvice.com: 24 answers, 30 citations
- getapp.com: 19 answers, 27 citations
- firsthr.app: 18 answers, 18 citations
- theorgchart.com: 17 answers, 27 citations
- fitsmallbusiness.com: 16 answers, 16 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://planfix.com/blog/industry-insights/best-organizational-chart-software (41 answers)
- https://forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-org-chart-software (40 answers)
- https://zapier.com/blog/best-org-chart-software (34 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/org-chart (19 answers)
- https://firsthr.app/compare/general/org-chart-software (18 answers)
- https://fitsmallbusiness.com/best-org-chart-software (16 answers)
- https://muchskills.com/best-org-chart-review (14 answers)
- https://talkspirit.com/en/blog/best-org-chart-software-comparison (13 answers)
- https://goprofiles.io/blog/best-org-chart-software-2026 (11 answers)
- https://softwaresuggest.com/org-chart-software (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Lucidchart: 13 of 60 labels negative. "Lucidchart, Visio, Canva, SmartDraw, and similar tools can create polished charts, but they usually require manual updates or imports, so the chart can become stale quickly." (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- Microsoft Visio: 13 of 39 labels negative. "basic versions of Canva, Microsoft Visio free tier, or no-name alternatives... Avoid for anything beyond very small teams" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Canva: 8 of 18 labels negative. "Static Presentation & Document Software (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Canva) ... Why to avoid (for company-wide use)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Microsoft PowerPoint: 7 of 7 labels negative. "Avoid tools that force you to manually maintain a static chart—especially spreadsheets, PowerPoint slides" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: ChartHop at 28%.

- Lucidchart: 2% to 11%, +9. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 9 → 3 of 113.
- Creately: 8% to 0%, −8. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 5 → 19 of 113.
- OneDirectory: 6% to 0%, −6. Not named this edition · was rank 7 of 95.
- Organimi: 9% to 14%, +5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 3 → 2 of 113.
- Functionly: 4% to 9%, +5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 8 → 4 of 113.
- Orgvue: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 19 → 7 of 113.
- OrgChart: 6% to 9%, +3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 6 → 5 of 113.
- Pingboard: 8% to 5%, −3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 4 → 6 of 113.
- ChartHop: 30% to 28%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 1 of 113, unchanged.
- Ingentis org.manager: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 20 → 10 of 113.
- diagrams.net: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 29 → 11 of 113.
- Microsoft Visio: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 18 → 21 of 113.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.