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Org charts and org design · October 2026 Edition

Creately vs OneDirectory

Zero of fourteen models named Creately first on the direct prompt; one named OneDirectory. Creately was named by twelve of the fourteen models and OneDirectory by nine and Creately carries 24 labels and OneDirectory 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Creately

criticized challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

OneDirectory

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share8%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate33%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2411A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Creately reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Organimi was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. ChartHop vs Creately · ChartHop vs OneDirectory · Organimi vs Creately

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.
CreatelyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOneDirectory
Direct01
Paraphrase00
Comparative001 against Creately
Budget-constrained40
Scale-constrained021 against Creately
Negative006 against Creately · 1 against OneDirectory
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.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Creately and OneDirectory 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Creately OneDirectory first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Creately on the left and OneDirectory on the right.

The direct prompt

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

OneDirectory first, Creately not the choice

1 of 14 modelsCreately was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5OneDirectory alternatives: Lucidchart, OrgChart, Organimi

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
MiniMax M2.5ChartHop alternatives: OneDirectory, OrgChart, Pingboard, Sift
Muse Glimmer 30BPingboard alternatives: ChartHop, OneDirectory, OrgChartHub, Organimi

Neither was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniChartHop alternatives: OrgChart, Pingboard
Gemini 3.5 FlashChartHop alternatives: HiBob, Organimi, Rippling, Sift, TeamOhana
Perplexity SonarOrgChart alternatives: Lucidchart, OrgChartHub, Organimi
Grok 4.1 FastPingboard alternatives: Lucidchart, Organimi
Mistral SmallOrgChartHub, Pingboard alternatives: Arbor, Ingentis org.manager, Organimi
DeepSeek V4 FlashChartHop alternatives: Lucidchart, OrgChart, Pingboard, The Org
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashLuminal alternatives: BambooHR, BetterU, Lucidchart, Rippling
Kimi K2Pingboard alternatives: ChartHop, Lucidchart, Organimi
GLM 4.7 FlashXChartHop alternatives: BambooHR, Organimi, Pingboard
GPT-6 LunaOrganimi alternatives: ChartHop, 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
Creately leads by two points.
Creately2%#7 of 15
OneDirectory0%#– of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Creately leads by two points.
Creately8%#4 of 13
OneDirectory6%#6 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: OneDirectory leads at enterprise.
OneDirectory10%#4 of 15
Creately2%#10 of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Creately

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

“Static diagramming tools such as Lucidchart, Miro, Creately, SmartDraw, Visio...” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“consider avoiding general-purpose diagramming tools like Lucidchart, Visio, SmartDraw, Miro, and Creately” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Be cautious about: General whiteboard/diagramming tools (Miro, Lucidchart, SmartDraw, Creately)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Creately ($5) gives the best bang for the buck, with unlimited diagrams and decent collaboration.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Draw.io for complete free access or Creately for a low-cost paid option are strong choices” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best org chart software is usually Creately or Organimi” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about OneDirectory

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

“OneDirectory: Requires Microsoft 365 as the primary data source, lighter on workforce-planning and scenario-modeling depth.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“OneDirectory is the best org chart software for mid-size and large organizations with complex structures” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“OneDirectory | Live HRIS sync, matrix reporting, governance. Built for mid-large orgs.” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“OneDirectory is recommended for mid-size and large organizations with such needs.” Llama 4 Maverick · scale prompt · first choice
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.