Genogram Pro vs Lucidchart
Lucidchart is a diagramming platform with sample genogram templates and CSV import for family data. Genogram Pro is a genogram editor with standard symbols, emotional relationship lines and medical conditions, and on the Professional plan you can save genograms encrypted end to end in your account.
Updated October 2026Competitor details from lucid.co and lucid.app, checked between October 22 and October 23, 2026
Which to use
Genogram Pro
Choose Genogram Pro if you want genogram symbols, emotional bonds and medical conditions ready to use, one-click auto-arrange and encrypted storage on the Professional plan, instead of building each symbol from general shapes.
Lucidchart
Choose Lucidchart if your team already diagrams in it, and a genogram from a sample template or from family data imported as CSV is enough for the job.
How Lucidchart and Genogram Pro compare
Each Lucidchart detail has a link to the Lucidchart page it was taken from, and "Not documented" means we found no mention of the feature on Lucidchart's site.
| Genogram Pro | Lucidchart | |
|---|---|---|
| Genogram symbols | McGoldrick and Gerson notation, with 25 couple line types and 4 parent-child line types | Sample genogram diagrams in its template gallery, with no genogram shape library namedlucid.co/diagram/family-tree/genogram-maker |
| Emotional relationship lines | 39 bond line types, such as close, fused, hostile and cutoff | Not documented |
| Medical conditions | 16 built-in conditions plus your own, each with a color and an onset date | Not documented |
| Households | Households drawn around their members, with a label and color | Not documented |
| Ecomap of the same family | In the same file as the genogram on the Professional plan, or on its own in the free ecomap maker | Not documented |
| AI from a text description | On the Professional plan and its 7-day trial, you can draft or edit a genogram with the AI assistant from typed notes or a photo of a paper genogram | Lucid AI, included on the Free planlucid.app/pricing/lucidchart |
| Auto-arrange | Every generation is laid out in one click | Not documented |
| GEDCOM | Import and export on the Professional plan, with 23 fact types such as occupation, education and residence | No GEDCOM import or export is documented. Family data can be imported from a CSV filelucid.co/diagram/family-tree/genogram-maker |
| PDF and PNG export | PNG and PDF, with an optional key of the symbols used. Free editor exports have a small badge, which can be removed on the Professional plan | Not documented |
| Where it runs | In a web browser on Mac, Windows, Linux and Chromebook, with nothing to install | Genograms made online, on a computer, smartphone or tabletlucid.co/diagram/family-tree/genogram-maker |
| Free option | The free genogram maker needs no account, and genograms made in it are saved in your browser | 3 editable documents with up to 75 shapes each, and 100 templateslucid.app/pricing/lucidchart |
| Price | $9.99 a month billed annually, or $14.99 billed monthly, after a 7-day free trial | The Individual plan is $9 a month and the Team plan is $10 per user a month, both billed annuallylucid.app/pricing/lucidchart |
| How client data is protected | Genograms saved to an account are encrypted end to end with a master password only you know | Password-protected publishing on the Team plan, with no end-to-end encryption documentedlucid.app/pricing/lucidchart |
What Lucidchart has for genograms
Lucidchart's genogram page has a section on genogram symbols. On the same page, Lucid says its template gallery contains several sample genogram diagrams and that genealogical data can be imported into the editor in CSV format. Lucidchart names no genogram shape library and documents no emotional relationship lines or medical conditions.
In Genogram Pro, the genogram symbols, 39 bond line types and 16 built-in medical conditions are part of the editor, and GEDCOM import and export are included on the Professional plan.
Source: Lucidchart's genogram page
What Lucidchart's free and paid plans include
Lucidchart's Free plan includes 3 editable documents with up to 75 shapes each, which a large multigenerational genogram can exceed. The Individual plan is $9 a month billed annually, and password-protected publishing is part of the Team plan, at $10 per user a month billed annually. Lucidchart documents no end-to-end encryption.
Genogram Pro's free genogram maker needs no account. On the Professional plan, at $9.99 a month billed annually after a 7-day free trial, genograms are encrypted end to end in your account and can be shared with a password.
Source: Lucidchart pricing
Drawing a genogram in Genogram Pro
A couple line can be a marriage, a divorce, a cohabitation or any other of the 25 couple types, and a child line is drawn for a biological, adopted or foster child, all in McGoldrick and Gerson notation.
There are 39 bond line types for closeness, conflict, cutoff, caretaking and other patterns, and each color-coded condition is drawn as a filled section of the person's symbol.
A PNG or PDF export can include a key of only the symbols and lines on the genogram, so a reader can follow the notation without a separate legend.
Questions people ask
Can you make genograms in Lucidchart?
Yes, from general shapes or from one of the sample genogram diagrams in its template gallery. Lucidchart names no genogram shape library and documents no emotional relationship lines or medical conditions.
Does Lucidchart have genogram relationship lines?
Lucidchart documents no emotional relationship lines for genograms, such as fused, hostile or cutoff lines. Genogram Pro has 39 bond line types.
Can I export a Lucidchart genogram to GEDCOM?
Lucidchart documents no GEDCOM import or export, and on its genogram page Lucid describes importing family data as CSV. In Genogram Pro, you can import and export GEDCOM on the Professional plan.
Does Lucidchart offer encryption for client data?
Lucidchart documents password-protected publishing on the Team plan and no end-to-end encryption. Genograms saved to a Genogram Pro account are encrypted end to end with a master password only you know.
Does Lucidchart have a free trial?
Yes. Lucid says a Lucidchart free trial lasts 7 days. Genogram Pro has a 7-day free trial of the Professional plan, and its free genogram maker needs no account.
Try both on the same family
Draw the same family in the free editor and in the tool you use today, then keep using the one whose genogram is easier to read.