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Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Organimi is first at 38%.
ChartHop is first at 28%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Ingentis org.manager is first at 18%.
Why models recommend it
“For a completely free solution: start with diagrams.net or Google Drawings.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Choose diagrams.net if you only need to create and export an org chart occasionally and want to spend nothing.”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“If you want zero cost and don't need fancy features, diagrams.net is your best bet”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Completely free (open-source, no user limits). Great for simple, customizable org charts”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid free-only tools like diagrams.net for production use in a growing company.”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
“not built for live HR sync or advanced org management”GPT-5.4 mini · Comparative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as diagrams.net, over the 40 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 12 | View → | |
| 34 | 0 | View → | |
| 32 | 15 | View → | |
| 24 | 0 | View → | |
| 20 | 0 | View → | |
| 19 | 3 | View → | |
| 15 | 3 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of diagrams.net →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on diagrams.net's own site, not checked by Gane.
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How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 40 of the 40 answers that named diagrams.net and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
185 of the 185 domain citations in answers naming diagrams.net came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 56 | 8 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| Comparison | 4 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 3 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Custom link actions blog
- 2026-09-17Sharepoint diagram editor blog
- 2026-09-10Updated gliffy import blog
- 2026-08-18Layout shapes blog
- 2026-08-04Updated generate blog
- 2026-07-17Configuration dialog blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page drawio.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Read September 29, 2026.