Lucidchart charges $7.95/month per editor just to keep an org chart current — and it stops at the chart. WholeTeam (formerly Orgtree) puts the org chart, team chat with auto-generated department channels, per-department file libraries and a PIN time clock into one desktop app that runs entirely on your own network. Install WholeTeam Admin on the owner's machine and WholeTeam Member on everyone else's — $19 once, no seats, and your chats, files and hours never touch the cloud.
This is the full pricing breakdown: what Lucidchart actually costs over one, two and three years, what WholeTeam gives you for $19 paid once, and the honest cases where the subscription is still the right call.
What Lucidchart actually costs you
At $7.95/mo, one Lucidchart subscription adds up to $95 every year — $285 over a three-year window, for software you stop owning the day you cancel. WholeTeam is $19 the day you buy it, and the meter never runs again.
| WholeTeam | Lucidchart | |
|---|---|---|
| Sticker price | $19 once | $7.95/mo |
| Cost after 1 year | $19 | $95 |
| Cost after 2 years | $19 | $190 |
| Cost after 3 years | $19 | $285 |
Three years in, the gap is $266 — and every year after that adds another $95 to the subscription side of the ledger.
WholeTeam vs Lucidchart, feature by feature
Price is only half the story — here's how the two line up on the things that decide day-to-day use:
| WholeTeam | Lucidchart | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 once | $7.95/user/mo ($95/user/yr) |
| Cost over 3 years, 3 editors | $19 | $855 |
| Org chart + auto-layout | Included | Included |
| Team chat | Included — LAN-hosted channels & DMs | No |
| Shared file libraries | Included — one per department | No |
| Time clock | Included — PIN clock-in + activity % | No |
| Where your data lives | Your own machines | Their cloud |
| Source code | MIT, on GitHub | Closed |
What you get for $19, once
LAN-first team platform: drag-drop org chart with scenario planning, auto-generated department chat channels, shared file libraries and a PIN time clock. One payment covers your whole team. The highlights:
- 🌳 Drag-drop org chart — CSV import, auto-layout, drag to reparent, department color coding — plus scenario planning to model a reorg before you announce it.
- 💬 Team chat, no server bill — Auto-generated department channels plus direct messages, hosted by the Admin machine on your LAN — no Slack subscription, no cloud.
- 📁 Department file libraries — Each department gets a shared 300MB library that syncs to a plain folder in Documents on every Member machine.
- ⏱️ PIN time clock — Employees clock in with a PIN; hours and idle-based activity % land on the Admin machine — not on a surveillance dashboard in someone else's cloud.
Against a 3-editor Lucidchart team, WholeTeam pays for itself in under a month — and it replaces the chat, file-sharing and time-clock subscriptions Lucidchart never covered.
Switching is 3 steps
- Buy once, grab both installers. One $19 payment covers your whole team — download WholeTeam Admin for the host machine and WholeTeam Member for employees, right on this page.
- Set up the Admin host. Install Admin on the owner or manager's machine and import your team from CSV — it starts hosting chat, files and the time clock for the office.
- Connect your team. Install Member on each employee's machine — it connects to the Admin host on your LAN (or over Tailscale for remote workers) and everyone's in.
When paying Lucidchart is still the right call
Being straight about it: the subscription earns its keep in three situations. If your team is large enough that Lucidchart's collaboration features, permissions and admin controls are genuinely load-bearing; if your workflow is built on its integrations and leaving means rebuilding that plumbing; or if you have enterprise requirements — SSO, audit logs, SLAs, a vendor to call — that a pay-once app doesn't come with. Everyone else is paying $7.95/mo for a job that runs fine on hardware they already own.
If that's you, WholeTeam is $19, once. For the deeper dive, read the WholeTeam vs Lucidchart head-to-head.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between WholeTeam Admin and Member?
Admin is for the owner or manager — install it on one machine. It hosts the org chart, chat, files and time clock for everyone else, and it's the only place salary data ever lives. Member is for employees — it connects to the Admin install for chat, the file library, self-service profile and PIN clock-in.
Do I need a license per employee?
No — WholeTeam Admin is a one-time $19 purchase for the host machine, and employee Member installs are covered under the same purchase. There's no per-seat subscription.
Does anything ever touch the cloud?
No. Chats, files and hours stay on your own network. Remote employees connect back to the Admin machine over Tailscale — a private, encrypted overlay network — not through a public cloud service.
Is the activity tracking spyware?
No — there are no screenshots, no keylogging, no webcam. The activity % is idle-based only: it measures whether the machine was in use while clocked in, and it's visible to your admin, not to a third party.
Wasn't this called Orgtree?
Yes — WholeTeam is Orgtree grown up. The org chart builder is still here, now alongside team chat, department file libraries and the PIN time clock. Same one-time price.
Is the source code available?
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/wholeteam-mvp. The $19 buys the packaged Admin + Member installers and updates.
More on Lucidchart pricing
WholeTeam — product page, demo & full feature list · All OneTimeSuite pricing breakdowns
Try WholeTeam — $19, once
LAN-first team platform: drag-drop org chart with scenario planning, auto-generated department chat channels, shared file libraries and a PIN time clock. One payment covers your whole team.