# Org charts and org design for small business buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 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 small B2B company. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/planning/org-charts-and-org-design/smb/

**Standing:** Organimi leads with 32% of first choices; verdict contested. 53 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Organimi | 32% | 2% | 52 |
| 2 | Lucidchart | 19% | 20% | 66 |
| 3 | draw.io | 13% | 14% | 28 |
| 4 | Pingboard | 11% | 18% | 34 |
| 5 | BambooHR | 4% | 5% | 20 |
| 6 | ChartHop | 4% | 25% | 32 |
| 7 | Creately | 2% | 18% | 28 |
| 8 | Miro | 2% | 24% | 33 |
| 9 | Canva | 2% | 23% | 26 |
| 10 | The Org | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 11 | Deel | 0% | 0% | 10 |
| 12 | OrgChart | 0% | 13% | 15 |

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

- Claude Haiku 4.5: BambooHR; alternatives Lucidchart, Organimi, diagrams.net
- GPT-5.4 mini: BambooHR; alternatives Built, OrgChart, Organimi
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Pingboard; alternatives ChartHop, Lucidchart, Softr, The Org
- Perplexity Sonar: Organimi; alternatives BambooHR, Creately, Lucidchart, Microsoft Visio
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Organimi; alternatives Lucidchart, Pingboard
- Mistral Small: Lucidchart, Organimi; alternatives SmartDraw, Venngage
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Organimi, Pingboard; alternatives ChartHop, Lucidchart, The Org
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Lucidchart; alternatives BambooHR, Gusto, Rippling, draw.io
- Kimi K2: Organimi; alternatives Functionly, Lucidchart, Pingboard, draw.io
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: ChartHop; alternatives Lucidchart, Pingboard
- MiniMax M2.5: Lucidchart, Pingboard; alternatives ChartHop, Organimi
- GPT-6 Luna: Organimi; alternatives Lucidchart, Visio in Microsoft 365
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Organimi; alternatives ChartHop, Lucidchart, Pingboard

## Sources the answers cite

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

- firsthr.app: 44 answers, 47 citations
- forbes.com: 38 answers, 38 citations
- venngage.com: 29 answers, 31 citations
- g2.com: 27 answers, 33 citations
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 27 answers, 28 citations
- connecteam.com: 25 answers, 25 citations
- gitnux.org: 24 answers, 37 citations
- teamohana.com: 23 answers, 23 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://firsthr.app/compare/general/org-chart-software (42 answers)
- https://forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-org-chart-software (38 answers)
- https://venngage.com/blog/best-org-chart-software (29 answers)
- https://connecteam.com/best-organization-chart-software (25 answers)
- https://teamohana.com/blog/org-chart-software (23 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/org-chart/small-business (22 answers)
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-org-chart-tools (21 answers)
- https://softr.io/blog/best-org-chart-software (20 answers)
- https://creately.com/reviews/best-org-chart-software (19 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-org-chart-software (19 answers)

## Warned against

- Microsoft Visio: 13 of 27 labels negative. "Tools designed primarily for making static illustrations (like Microsoft Visio, PowerPoint, or Canva)... Why to Avoid: These tools create "dead" data." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- Lucidchart: 13 of 66 labels negative. "Avoid relying on static diagramming tools (Visio, Lucidchart, SmartDraw, Creately, Miro, Canva, draw.io, PowerPoint) as the *official* org chart." (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)
- Miro: 8 of 33 labels negative. "Avoid relying on static diagramming tools (Visio, Lucidchart, SmartDraw, Creately, Miro, Canva, draw.io, PowerPoint)" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)
- ChartHop: 8 of 32 labels negative. "org chart tools small businesses should avoid or be cautious about ... ChartHop ⚠️ ... the minimum contract makes it cost-prohibitive for small teams" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Organimi at 27%.

- draw.io: 4% to 13%, +9. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 6 → 4 of 69.
- Creately: 10% to 2%, −8. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 3 → 8 of 69.
- Organimi: 31% to 27%, −5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 1 of 69, unchanged.
- ChartHop: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 74 → 6 of 69.
- OrgChart: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 16 of 69.
- Pingboard: 10% to 13%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 → 3 of 69.
- BambooHR: 2% to 4%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 8 → 5 of 69.
- Microsoft Visio: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 15 → 69 of 69.
- Miro: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 5 → 10 of 69.
- Lucidchart: 22% to 22%, +1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 2 of 69, unchanged.
- Canva: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 9 of 69, unchanged.
- The Org: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 16 → 13 of 69.

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.