Org charts and org design · November 2026 Edition
Lucidchart vs Pingboard
Three of fourteen models named Lucidchart first on the direct prompt; two named Pingboard. Lucidchart was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Pingboard by twelve and Lucidchart carries 60 labels and Pingboard 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
First-choice share11%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate22%20%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels6035A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lucidchart reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ChartHop was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. ChartHop vs Lucidchart · ChartHop vs Pingboard · Organimi vs Lucidchart
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
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LucidchartFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPingboard
Direct321 against Lucidchart
Paraphrase101 against Pingboard
Comparative84
Budget-constrained202 against Lucidchart · 1 against Pingboard
Scale-constrained012 against Lucidchart · 1 against Pingboard
Negative028 against Lucidchart · 4 against Pingboard
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Lucidchart and Pingboard were named in the same answer ninety-four times, of the 186 answers naming Lucidchart and the 114 naming Pingboard. In those answers Pingboard took the first choice seventeen times and Lucidchart fifteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Lucidchart and Pingboard stood in it.
| 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 | | |
Lucidchart Pingboard first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lucidchart on the left and Pingboard on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lucidchart and Pingboard stood in it.
Lucidchart first, Pingboard an alternative
3 of 14 modelsPingboard was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Grok 4.20Lucidchart alternatives: ChartHop, Creately, Functionly, Microsoft Visio, Miro, Organimi, Pingboard
Llama 4 MaverickLucidchart alternatives: Miro, Planfix
Muse Glimmer 30BLucidchart alternatives: ChartHop, Organimi, Pingboard
Pingboard first, Lucidchart an alternative
2 of 14 modelsLucidchart was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Pingboard alternatives: BambooHR, ChartHop, Factorial, Personio
Kimi K2ChartHop, Pingboard alternatives: Lucidchart
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Perplexity SonarChartHop alternatives: GoProfiles, Lucidchart, Microsoft Visio, Organimi
Mistral SmallChartHop, OrgChart alternatives: Functionly, Lucidchart, Workleap
GLM 4.7 FlashXChartHop alternatives: Lucidchart, Microsoft Visio, Pingboard, SmartDraw
MiniMax M2.5Built, ChartHop alternatives: GoProfiles, Lucidchart, OrgChart, Organimi, Workleap
Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniOrgChart alternatives: Lucid, Microsoft Visio, Miro
Gemini 3.5 FlashChartHop alternatives: HiBob, Organimi, Rippling, Sift, TeamOhana
DeepSeek V4 FlashChartHop alternatives: Functionly, OrgChart
Qwen 3.7 FlashChartHop, Organizational Charts alternatives: BambooHR, Rippling, iOrgChart
GPT-6 LunaChartHop alternatives: OrgChart
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
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Pingboard leads by four points.
Pingboard18%#2 of 13Lucidchart15%#3 of 13Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Lucidchart leads at mid-market.
Lucidchart11%#3 of 15Pingboard5%#6 of 15Enterprise
Lucidchart leads by two points.
Lucidchart2%#8 of 13Pingboard0%#12 of 13What 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
What the models said about Pingboard
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Updates are mostly manual unless you set up custom automation, and it lacks native HRIS-level directory syncing” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“simple org chart software (like Pingboard) lacks the data-driven modeling needed for strategic planning” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“those are more HR-platform style products and can cost more than a simple diagramming tool” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“Better alternatives: ... Tools with built‑in employee directories and live updates (e.g., Pingboard, ChartHop, Organimi, Ingentis, etc.)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · first choice
“A dedicated org chart + directory tool — it keeps charts automatically current by syncing with your HR system” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Most mid-market B2B companies find Pingboard or ChartHop to be the sweet spot” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
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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.