Why it comes up: Nakisa is a dedicated org design suite with write back to SAP, Workday and Oracle.
Stands out: Three suites ship together: Org Chart, Org Design, and Strategic Workforce Planning. Nakisa Decision Intelligence checks plans against org design rules in natural language.
Watch out: This is built for large, complex organizations, not a small chart tool. Licensing language on the site is per user, not per employee, and the dollar rate is quoted.
Best for
- Enterprises on SAP, Workday, or Oracle that need org changes written back
- HR and finance teams building an annual headcount plan
- Org design teams comparing reorg scenarios before they go live
Read the Nakisa Workforce Planning write-up · Pigment vs Nakisa Workforce Planning
Why it comes up: TeamOhana focuses on headcount planning for HR and finance, with a free plan to start.
Stands out: Plans are banded by company size, not per seat. The whole finance, HR, and talent team can log in on every tier, including Free.
Watch out: Free still bills a $5,000 one-time implementation fee to connect systems. Growth jumps to $45,000/year plus $15,000 implementation and a two-year minimum.
Best for
- Finance and talent partners who are done reconciling headcount in spreadsheets
- Companies with 151 to 500 employees that can live on Professional at $15,000/year
- Teams that already run Rippling, HiBob, BambooHR, Greenhouse, Ashby, or Lever
Read the TeamOhana write-up · Pigment vs TeamOhana
Why it comes up: Orgvue is dedicated org design and workforce modeling rather than a general planning platform.
Stands out: Core licenses are Org Insights (current-state charts, analytics, joiner-mover-leaver) and Org Design (to-be structures, costed scenarios, talent selection). People Planning and Strategic Workforce Planning are module add-ons.
Watch out: Configuration is done with Orgvue experts. This is not a self-serve $29 org-chart editor. Expect a project, not a credit-card signup.
Best for
- HR, finance, and strategy teams running restructures with costed to-be scenarios
- Enterprises that need a cleaned org dataset before they draw charts
- Workforce planners adding Strategic Workforce Planning on top of design
Read the Orgvue write-up · Pigment vs Orgvue
$24/seat/mo 22 day free trial
Why it comes up: Functionly is a lighter org design tool with published pricing from $24 per seat a month.
Stands out: A 22-day trial is printed on the pricing page, and annual Starter is $240/mo for 10 seats, which is $24 per seat per month.
Watch out: Annual plans require 10 user seats. Monthly extra seats are $48/seat/mo, so the cheap $24 figure is the annual toggle, not month-to-month.
Best for
- Leaders drawing current and future org charts with compensation hidden behind access control
- Teams running vacancy and headcount plans in the same canvas
- Consultants who want the partner plan to spin client workspaces
Read the Functionly write-up · Pigment vs Functionly
