Visio
Why models recommend it
“Consider starting with simpler, more flexible tools (like draw.io, PowerPoint, or Visio)”Mistral Small · Negative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“excellent for diagrams but: Lack repository capabilities—no single source of truth”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · warning
“Avoid: Relying on Excel/Visio for long-term EA”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Diagramming tools as your EA system of record. Visio- or Lucidchart-style tools can be fine for making and sharing diagrams, but be wary”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
“Spreadsheet, Visio, or whiteboard-only approaches at enterprise scale ... become unreliable as application counts and dependencies grow”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Visio, over the 30 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 10 | View → | |
| 19 | 1 | View → | |
| 19 | 0 | View → | |
| 17 | 1 | View → | |
| 16 | 1 | View → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
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 30 of the 30 answers that named Visio and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Visio, so its own site is not marked.
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 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |