ChartHop vs Lucidchart
Nine of fourteen models named ChartHop first on the direct prompt; three named Lucidchart. Both were named by all fourteen models and ChartHop carries 48 labels and Lucidchart 60, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the org charts and org design page.
By framing
ChartHopFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLucidchart
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, ChartHop and Lucidchart were named in the same answer 116 times, of the 419 answers naming ChartHop and the 186 naming Lucidchart. In those answers Lucidchart took the first choice fifteen times and ChartHop thirty-two.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | | |
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
ChartHop Lucidchart first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ChartHop on the left and Lucidchart on the right.The direct prompt
ChartHop first, Lucidchart an alternative
9 of 14 modelsLucidchart was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Lucidchart first, ChartHop an alternative
3 of 14 modelsChartHop was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Lucidchart15%#3 of 13ChartHop0%#8 of 13ChartHop28%#1 of 15Lucidchart11%#3 of 15ChartHop16%#2 of 13Lucidchart2%#8 of 13What the models said about ChartHop
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“full-featured enterprise tiers of tools like ChartHop or OrgChart ... are often costly overkill for small-to-medium businesses” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you need the org chart to stay current with HR data ... ChartHop, Workleap Pingboard, FirstHR, BambooHR, Deel, Factorial, or Ingentis org.manager are the best choices.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Lucidchart
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“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 · soft negative
“Tools like *Lucidchart* or *OrgChartNow* (good if you have extremely complex custom matrix structures ... though they require more manual maintenance)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“it produces diagrams that are a visual artifact, not a live system of record, with no role management, governance, analytics” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best for: well-rounded professional visual diagrams and data-linked diagramming ... Best for creating org charts from existing data” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you want a pure visual diagram and don't mind updating it manually, go with Lucidchart, Visio, SmartDraw, or Creately.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best all-rounder; data-linked diagramming; professional templates ... If you want a *picture*, use Lucidchart or Visio.” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.