# orgchart.live > Build an org chart from anything. Paste a spreadsheet, drop a CSV or Excel file, describe the team in words, or upload a screenshot of an old chart — orgchart.live draws a clean, live org chart, lets people edit it together, and exports it as PNG, PDF, SVG or PowerPoint. Made by Hivetivity, Inc. Building a chart is free; clean exports, share links, public org pages and HR-system sync are paid. ## What it does - Import: spreadsheets (CSV, TSV, XLSX) with automatic header detection and manager-name matching; free-text descriptions and images via AI, with every decision listed for review. - Edit: canvas and table views of the same chart, drag to re-parent or reorder, fold teams, departments with colors, staff (assistant) cards, dotted-line reports, open roles. - Collaborate: real-time editing with live cursors; view links need no account, edit links need a sign-in. - Export: PNG (free, with a small "built with" line), and clean PNG, PDF, SVG and PowerPoint on paid plans. - Publish: a public org page at orgchart.live/org/ with structured data, where every listed person can remove themselves without an account. ## Pricing - Free: unlimited people and charts, live editing, PNG export with a footer line. - 3-day pass, $4.99 once: everything unlocked for 72 hours. - Pro, $49 a year: clean exports, share links, public org pages, AI import with Claude. - Business, $199 a year: Pro plus HR-system sync every six hours from Gusto, BambooHR, HiBob, Oracle HCM, Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. ADP and Rippling are registered but not connectable yet. API keys and agent access over MCP are live at https://mcp.orgchart.live/mcp; webhooks are in build. - The marketing site is also in Spanish under https://orgchart.live/es/ (examples, guides, pricing); the app itself is in English. ## Links - Home: https://orgchart.live/ - Pricing: https://orgchart.live/pricing - What is an org chart — a definition, what it shows and does not, its parts (cards, solid and dotted lines, staff positions, open roles, contractor and intern marks, department colors), what it is for, and what a good one looks like: https://orgchart.live/what-is-an-org-chart - How to make an org chart — six steps (the list first, the audience, the structure, the drawing, the checks, keeping it current), what to put on it and keep off it, and where each tool stops: https://orgchart.live/how-to-make-an-org-chart - Make an org chart from a spreadsheet (accepted columns, what gets fixed automatically): https://orgchart.live/org-chart-from-a-spreadsheet - Org chart examples — four structures (functional, divisional, matrix, flat) and forty-two industries (manufacturing, logistics, construction, software startup, nonprofit, medical practice, school, hotel, marketing agency, security company, sales team, accounting firm, law firm, church, restaurant, IT department, HR department, local government, utility company, bank, staffing agency, hospital, retail chain, small business, finance department, marketing department, customer service department, engineering department, operations department, product department, consulting firm, real estate brokerage, insurance agency, dental practice, university, e-commerce company, veterinary clinic, auto dealership, school district, police department, nursing home, property management company), each with a downloadable spreadsheet: https://orgchart.live/org-chart-examples - Types of org charts — nine structures drawn and compared (hierarchical, functional, divisional, matrix, flat, line and staff, team-based, network, circular), the ways a chart is drawn, and which type fits which company: https://orgchart.live/types-of-org-charts - Dotted-line reporting — what a second manager owns and what the solid line owns, when a dotted line is right, how to draw one from a Dotted line column and how to write the agreement: https://orgchart.live/dotted-line-reporting - Span of control — typical spans by kind of work, spans against layers, reading every span off a chart, and the span-of-control slide in the PowerPoint export: https://orgchart.live/span-of-control - Org charts for executive assistants and chiefs of staff — what belongs on an executive's chart, what to keep off it, and how to keep it current: https://orgchart.live/org-chart-for-executive-assistants - Planning a reorg with an org chart — draft privately, test spans and layers, draw the transition, announce with one chart: https://orgchart.live/org-chart-for-a-reorg - Org charts for a merger or acquisition — normalizing titles, the Day 1 chart, transition dotted lines, the first hundred days: https://orgchart.live/org-chart-for-a-merger - Org charts for consultants — a client's current state in a day, what the chart shows before interviews, options, and the deliverable: https://orgchart.live/org-chart-for-consultants - Startup org chart by stage — the same company drawn at 10, 25, 50 and 100 people, what changed at each stage and the hire that forced it, with a template for each: https://orgchart.live/startup-org-chart - Hiring plan org chart — a company drawn today and as planned, every approved role an open card with its start quarter, the managers before the reports, six checks and a headcount table read off the chart, with a template: https://orgchart.live/hiring-plan-org-chart - Org chart templates — a blank template plus every example as an Excel workbook (.xlsx) and a CSV; the chart is drawn from the rows: https://orgchart.live/org-chart-template - Org chart software — the three kinds (diagramming tools you draw in, HR platforms where the chart is a by-product of payroll, and tools built only for org charts), the five questions that decide which you need, and a table of Visio, Lucidchart, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets and Canva with each vendor's own prices and the date they were read: https://orgchart.live/org-chart-software - How to make an org chart in Excel — SmartArt step by step, its limits, the retired Data Visualizer add-in, and the list-driven way: https://orgchart.live/org-chart-in-excel - How to make an org chart in Google Sheets — the built-in chart from three columns, its limits (no dotted lines, no wrapping), and importing the same sheet: https://orgchart.live/org-chart-in-google-sheets - How to make an org chart in PowerPoint — SmartArt, or an exported PowerPoint where every card is an editable shape: https://orgchart.live/org-chart-in-powerpoint - Visio org charts — how the Organization Chart Wizard works, what Visio Plan 1 and Plan 2 cost, and a free alternative: https://orgchart.live/visio-org-chart - Lucidchart org charts — the spreadsheet import, the free plan's 60-object limit, the Individual plan's price, and a free alternative: https://orgchart.live/lucidchart-org-chart - Org charts in Canva — Canva's own whiteboard steps, where a hand-drawn chart stops, and the list-driven alternative: https://orgchart.live/org-chart-in-canva - HR system sync — the five fields that sync (name, title, department, manager, employment type), the rules that decide who wins when the chart and the HR system disagree, and what each of Gusto, BambooHR, HiBob, Oracle HCM, Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace needs to connect: https://orgchart.live/integrations - All guides: https://orgchart.live/guides - For AI agents (MCP, live): https://orgchart.live/connect — server at https://mcp.orgchart.live/mcp, authenticated with an orgchart.live API key - Privacy: https://orgchart.live/privacy - Terms: https://orgchart.live/terms - Contact: hello@orgchart.live