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Org charts and org design · September 2026 Edition

ChartHop vs Pingboard

Four of twelve models named ChartHop first on the direct prompt; two named Pingboard. ChartHop was named by eleven of the twelve models and Pingboard by twelve and ChartHop carries 38 labels and Pingboard 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.

ChartHop

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Pingboard

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share27%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate16%15%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#7A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels3827A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ChartHop reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Organimi was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. ChartHop vs Organimi · ChartHop vs OneDirectory · ChartHop vs OrgChart

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ChartHopFirst choices, of twelve modelsPingboard
Direct42
Paraphrase70
Comparative30
Budget-constrained001 against ChartHop · 3 against Pingboard
Scale-constrained30
Negative205 against ChartHop · 1 against Pingboard
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, ChartHop and Pingboard were named in the same answer sixty-seven times, of the 341 answers naming ChartHop and the 96 naming Pingboard. In those answers Pingboard took the first choice four times and ChartHop seventeen.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ChartHop and Pingboard stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
ChartHop Pingboard first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ChartHop on the left and Pingboard on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ChartHop and Pingboard stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
DeepSeek V4 FlashChartHop, Pingboard alternatives: Functionly, Lucidchart, OrgChart

ChartHop first, Pingboard an alternative

3 of 12 modelsPingboard was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashChartHop alternatives: Lucidchart, OrgChartHub, Organimi, Pingboard, Prolifiq Relationship Map, TeamOhana
Qwen 3.7 FlashChartHop alternatives: Lucidchart, Organice, Tropic
GLM 4.7 FlashXChartHop alternatives: Lucidchart, OrgChart, Organimi, Pingboard

Pingboard first, ChartHop an alternative

1 of 12 modelsChartHop was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastLucidchart, Pingboard alternatives: ChartHop, OneDirectory, Organimi

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarOneDirectory alternatives: Ingentis org.manager, OrgChartHub, Orgvue, Pingboard
Kimi K2OneDirectory alternatives: ChartHop, Lucidchart, Microsoft Visio, Organimi

Neither was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Organimi alternatives: Ingentis org.manager, Lucidchart, OneDirectory
GPT-5.4 miniOrgChart alternatives: OneDirectory, Organimi
Mistral SmallOneDirectory alternatives: Lucidchart, Miro, Organimi, Visme
Llama 4 MaverickOneDirectory alternatives: Lucidchart, Miro, Organimi, Visme
MiniMax M2.5OneDirectory alternatives: Microsoft Visio, Nakisa, Organimi, SmartDraw

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 ten points.
Pingboard10%#4 of 12
ChartHop0%#12 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: ChartHop leads at mid-market.
ChartHop27%#1 of 14
Pingboard4%#7 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
ChartHop leads by nine points.
ChartHop9%#4 of 13
Pingboard0%#10 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ChartHop

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget - ChartHop: ... requires a ~$9,000/year minimum commitment.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“minimum annual cost of around $9,000 and charges per employee, making it less suitable for smaller companies” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“The Specialized Standalones (Best for 500) Examples: ChartHop, Xenspace, Datasnapshots ... Verdict: Often the sweet spot for companies at your size.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale 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 eight in this category shown.

“Requires a custom quote; generally aimed at larger budgets.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“some users find it less intuitive for complex organizational structures and it may not scale well for very large enterprises” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“a starter plan that's cheaper than Pingboard's ($20 monthly vs $186.25 monthly)” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · soft negative
“Often rated best overall for mid-sized teams... Pingboard or Lucidchart are safe starts for most B2B mid-market needs” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“Pingboard (Workleap) offers the best value” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Pingboard (now part of Workleap) — Best for interactive org charts built around employee connection.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.