WholeTeam and Lucidchart solve the same problem from opposite directions: one is source-available software you can own outright for $19, the other is a subscription at $7.95/mo run entirely on someone else's servers.
Head to head
| 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 WholeTeam does well
- 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.
What Lucidchart still does better
There's a real reason Lucidchart costs what it does: a bigger team, broader integrations and dedicated support behind it. If that ecosystem is genuinely what you need, it's worth paying for.
Which one should you pick
If your workflow depends on Lucidchart's specific integrations or you'd rather not run anything yourself, stay put — that's a legitimate call. If you're comfortable owning the tool and want to stop paying $7.95/mo for a job your own hardware can do, WholeTeam pays for itself and then some: 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.
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.