What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about whiteboard and diagramming tools — measured weekly across 5 engines, published as open data.
Updated 2026-08-04 · 49 sampled answers · rolling 4-week window · methodology
Rankings are measured from sampled AI answers — never editorial, never paid. Orbator builds AI-visibility tooling; when Orbator itself appears in any category, it is measured by the same rules as everyone else.
Sample: 49 AI answers · Window: Jul 7, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (34 answers)
Across 49 sampled AI answers from 5 engines, Miro is recommended most often — appearing in 89.8% of recommendations, followed by FigJam (71.4%) and Mural (59.2%).
This is a measurement of share of voice across 5 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miro miro.com Best for: AI recommends Miro most when buyers ask “best online whiteboard tools for collaborative brainstorming” (100% of those answers) | 89.8% 95% CI 78.2–95.6% 44 mentions · avg pos 5.2 first pick 38.6% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 85.7%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 85.7%PERPLEXITY 85.7% | Claim |
| 2 | FigJam Best for: AI recommends FigJam most when buyers ask “best online whiteboard tools for collaborative brainstorming” (100% of those answers) | 71.4% 95% CI 57.6–82.2% 35 mentions · avg pos 7.9 first pick 5.7% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 57.1%CHATGPT 85.7%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 64.3% | Claim |
| 3 | Mural mural.co Best for: AI recommends Mural most when buyers ask “best online whiteboard tools for collaborative brainstorming” (75% of those answers) | 59.2% 95% CI 45.2–71.8% 29 mentions · avg pos 4.9 first pick 0% | — | GROK 57.1%GEMINI 71.4%CHATGPT 57.1%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 42.9% | Claim |
| 4 | Figma figma.com Best for: AI recommends Figma most when buyers ask “best online whiteboard tools for collaborative brainstorming” (87.5% of those answers) | 59.2% 95% CI 45.2–71.8% 29 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 10.3% | — | GROK 85.7%GEMINI 50%CHATGPT 71.4%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 50% | Claim |
| 5 | Excalidraw excalidraw.com Best for: AI recommends Excalidraw most when buyers ask “free or affordable alternatives to popular online whiteboard platforms” (100% of those answers) | 57.1% 95% CI 43.3–70% 28 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 21.4% | — | GROK 71.4%GEMINI 64.3%CHATGPT 71.4%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 35.7% | Claim |
| 6 | Lucidchart lucidchart.com Best for: AI recommends Lucidchart most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (100% of those answers) | 49% 95% CI 35.6–62.5% 24 mentions · avg pos 7.2 first pick 20.8% | — | GROK 85.7%GEMINI 57.1%CHATGPT 42.9%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 7 | Microsoft Whiteboard whiteboard.microsoft.com Best for: AI recommends Microsoft Whiteboard most when buyers ask “free or affordable alternatives to popular online whiteboard platforms” (87.5% of those answers) | 42.9% 95% CI 30–56.7% 21 mentions · avg pos 8.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 42.9%GEMINI 42.9%CHATGPT 57.1%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 42.9% | Claim |
| 8 | Lucidspark lucidspark.com Best for: AI recommends Lucidspark most when buyers ask “best online whiteboard tools for collaborative brainstorming” (50% of those answers) | 36.7% 95% CI 24.7–50.7% 18 mentions · avg pos 6.6 first pick 0% | — | GROK 57.1%GEMINI 35.7%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 42.9% | Claim |
| 9 | diagrams.net diagrams.net Best for: AI recommends diagrams.net most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (87.5% of those answers) | 30.6% 95% CI 19.5–44.5% 15 mentions · avg pos 4.2 first pick 20% | — | GROK 28.6%GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 10 | Storyflow storyflow.so Best for: AI recommends Storyflow most when buyers ask “best online whiteboard tools for collaborative brainstorming” (62.5% of those answers) | 30.6% 95% CI 19.5–44.5% 15 mentions · avg pos 6.3 first pick 13.3% | — | GROK 71.4%GEMINI 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 35.7% | Claim |
| 11 | Draw.io draw.io Best for: AI recommends Draw.io most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (100% of those answers) | 30.6% 95% CI 19.5–44.5% 15 mentions · avg pos 7.1 first pick 13.3% | — | GROK 42.9%GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 12 | Mermaid mermaid.js.org Best for: AI recommends Mermaid most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (100% of those answers) | 30.6% 95% CI 19.5–44.5% 15 mentions · avg pos 7.1 first pick 6.7% | — | GROK 42.9%GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 42.9%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 13 | PlantUML plantuml.com Best for: AI recommends PlantUML most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (100% of those answers) | 30.6% 95% CI 19.5–44.5% 15 mentions · avg pos 8.4 first pick 6.7% | — | GROK 42.9%GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 42.9%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 14 | Structurizr structurizr.com Best for: AI recommends Structurizr most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (62.5% of those answers) | 28.6% 95% CI 17.8–42.4% 14 mentions · avg pos 10.5 first pick 7.1% | — | GROK 42.9%GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 42.9%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 15 | Stormboard stormboard.com Best for: AI recommends Stormboard most when buyers ask “best online whiteboard tools for collaborative brainstorming” (62.5% of those answers) | 26.5% 95% CI 16.2–40.3% 13 mentions · avg pos 9.3 first pick 0% | — | GROK 28.6%GEMINI 64.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 16 | Slack slack.com Best for: AI recommends Slack most when buyers ask “best online whiteboard tools for collaborative brainstorming” (37.5% of those answers) | 22.4% 95% CI 13–35.9% 11 mentions · avg pos 4.4 first pick 18.2% | — | GROK 42.9%GEMINI 21.4%CHATGPT 42.9%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 17 | Git git-scm.com Best for: AI recommends Git most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (37.5% of those answers) | 20.4% 95% CI 11.5–33.6% 10 mentions · avg pos 7.8 first pick 0% | — | GROK 42.9%GEMINI 7.1%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 18 | IcePanel icepanel.io Best for: AI recommends IcePanel most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (37.5% of those answers) | 18.4% 95% CI 10–31.4% 9 mentions · avg pos 7.8 first pick 0% | — | GROK 28.6%GEMINI 21.4%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 19 | Notion notion.so Best for: AI recommends Notion most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (37.5% of those answers) | 18.4% 95% CI 10–31.4% 9 mentions · avg pos 8.6 first pick 11.1% | — | GROK 42.9%GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 20 | Visio Best for: AI recommends Visio most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (75% of those answers) | 16.3% 95% CI 8.5–29% 8 mentions · avg pos 7.5 first pick 12.5% | — | GROK 28.6%GEMINI 21.4%CHATGPT 28.6%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 21 | Zapier AI zapier.com Best for: AI recommends Zapier AI most when buyers ask “best online whiteboard tools for collaborative brainstorming” (50% of those answers) | 12.2% 95% CI 5.7–24.2% 6 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | GROK 42.9%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 22 | Eraser eraser.io Best for: AI recommends Eraser most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (50% of those answers) | 12.2% 95% CI 5.7–24.2% 6 mentions · avg pos 11.6 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3%GEMINI 21.4%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 23 | Whimsical whimsical.com Best for: AI recommends Whimsical most when buyers ask “free or affordable alternatives to popular online whiteboard platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 12.2% 95% CI 5.7–24.2% 6 mentions · avg pos 14.3 first pick 0% | — | GROK 28.6%GEMINI 21.4%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 24 | Canva canva.com Best for: AI recommends Canva most when buyers ask “free or affordable alternatives to popular online whiteboard platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 10.2% 95% CI 4.4–21.8% 5 mentions · avg pos 4.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 28.6%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 25 | Jamboard jamboard.google.com Best for: AI recommends Jamboard most when buyers ask “free or affordable alternatives to popular online whiteboard platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 10.2% 95% CI 4.4–21.8% 5 mentions · avg pos 6.8 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3%GEMINI 28.6% | Claim |
| 26 | TLDraw tldraw.com Best for: AI recommends TLDraw most when buyers ask “free or affordable alternatives to popular online whiteboard platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 10.2% 95% CI 4.4–21.8% 5 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 20% | — | GROK 28.6%GEMINI 7.1%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 27 | Boardmix Best for: AI recommends Boardmix most when buyers ask “free or affordable alternatives to popular online whiteboard platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 10.2% 95% CI 4.4–21.8% 5 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3%GEMINI 21.4%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 28 | Vibe vibe.us Best for: AI recommends Vibe most when buyers ask “best online whiteboard tools for collaborative brainstorming” (37.5% of those answers) | 10.2% 95% CI 4.4–21.8% 5 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3%GEMINI 7.1%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 29 | ClickUp clickup.com Best for: AI recommends ClickUp most when buyers ask “free or affordable alternatives to popular online whiteboard platforms” (50% of those answers) | 10.2% 95% CI 4.4–21.8% 5 mentions · avg pos 10.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 21.4%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 30 | GuideFlow guideflow.com Best for: AI recommends GuideFlow most when buyers ask “best online whiteboard tools for collaborative brainstorming” (37.5% of those answers) | 8.2% 95% CI 3.2–19.2% 4 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 25% | — | GROK 14.3%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 31 | Aha! aha.io | 8.2% 95% CI 3.2–19.2% 4 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 32 | MockFlow IdeaBoard mockflow.com | 8.2% 95% CI 3.2–19.2% 4 mentions · avg pos 5.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 33 | InfraSketch infrasketch.net | 8.2% 95% CI 3.2–19.2% 4 mentions · avg pos 7.8 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3%GEMINI 14.3%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 34 | Asana asana.com | 8.2% 95% CI 3.2–19.2% 4 mentions · avg pos 9.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 28.6%GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 35 | OpenBoard Best for: AI recommends OpenBoard most when buyers ask “free or affordable alternatives to popular online whiteboard platforms” (50% of those answers) | 8.2% 95% CI 3.2–19.2% 4 mentions · avg pos 18.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3%GEMINI 7.1%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 36 | MindMeister mindmeister.com | 6.1% 95% CI 2.1–16.5% 3 mentions · avg pos 5.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 7.1%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 37 | Gliffy gliffy.com | 6.1% 95% CI 2.1–16.5% 3 mentions · avg pos 6.7 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3%GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 38 | Zoom zoom.com | 6.1% 95% CI 2.1–16.5% 3 mentions · avg pos 7.7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 39 | Zoom Whiteboard | 6.1% 95% CI 2.1–16.5% 3 mentions · avg pos 7.7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 40 | Opsgenie atlassian.com | 6.1% 95% CI 2.1–16.5% 3 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 33.3% | — | GROK 28.6%CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 41 | Microsoft microsoft.com | 6.1% 95% CI 2.1–16.5% 3 mentions · avg pos 8.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 42 | Tallyfy tallyfy.com | 4.1% 95% CI 1.1–13.7% 2 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 50% | — | GROK 14.3%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 43 | Draw.Chat | 4.1% 95% CI 1.1–13.7% 2 mentions · avg pos 2.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 44 | Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite lucid.co | 4.1% 95% CI 1.1–13.7% 2 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 7.1%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 45 | Graphviz graphviz.org | 4.1% 95% CI 1.1–13.7% 2 mentions · avg pos 4.5 first pick 50% | — | GEMINI 7.1%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 46 | Coggle coggle.it | 4.1% 95% CI 1.1–13.7% 2 mentions · avg pos 6.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 47 | Google Workspace workspace.google.com | 4.1% 95% CI 1.1–13.7% 2 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 7.1%CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 48 | AFFiNE affine.pro | 4.1% 95% CI 1.1–13.7% 2 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 49 | Jotboard jotboard.com Best for: AI recommends Jotboard most when buyers ask “free or affordable alternatives to popular online whiteboard platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 4.1% 95% CI 1.1–13.7% 2 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 7.1%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 50 | Whiteboard.chat whiteboard.chat | 4.1% 95% CI 1.1–13.7% 2 mentions · avg pos 10.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 51 | Dev.to dev.to | 4.1% 95% CI 1.1–13.7% 2 mentions · avg pos 16.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 28.6% | Claim |
| 52 | Cacoo cacoo.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 100% | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 53 | Flat.social flat.social | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 100% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 54 | Zoom for Healthcare zoom.us | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 100% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 55 | Conceptboard conceptboard.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 56 | Forbes forbes.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 57 | ClickHelp clickhelp.com Best for: AI recommends ClickHelp most when buyers ask “best diagramming tools for technical architecture and flowcharts” (37.5% of those answers) | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 58 | Whitebophir | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 59 | Notion AI notion.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 60 | Whiteboard.fi | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 7.1% | Claim |
| 61 | SmartDraw smartdraw.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 13 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 7.1% | Claim |
| 62 | Box box.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 15 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 7.1% | Claim |
| 63 | 3scale redhat.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 64 | Creately creately.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 7.1% | Claim |
| 65 | DeskTime desktime.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 66 | Kosmik kosmik.app Best for: AI recommends Kosmik most when buyers ask “free or affordable alternatives to popular online whiteboard platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 67 | PCMag pcmag.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 68 | Rippling rippling.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 69 | Teachfloor teachfloor.com | 2% 95% CI 0.4–10.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 49 sampled answers, so each row also shows its 95% CI — the Wilson score interval around that share. When two products' intervals overlap, the gap between them isn't statistically meaningful at this sample size. First pick is the share of a product's recommending answers where it was named first, which separates “always mentioned” from “usually the top recommendation”. Full methodology.
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