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Genogram Builder vs GenogramAI

Genogram Builder vs GenogramAI compares two browser editors that draft family charts from notes. Both tools run in the browser and both will draft a family from a few paragraphs of notes. They differ in what the free plan includes, in how a draft is reviewed before it reaches the chart, and in what each offers beyond the browser. This page sets the two side by side.

Last checked on 20 October 20266 minute read

At a glance

Genogram BuilderGenogramAI
Free planTwo genograms of up to 50 people, PNG and PDF.Two genograms of up to 50 people, PNG.
Assistant on the free planFive drafts a month, four follow-up changes each.Five AI credits a month.
Paid plansPro $12 and Max $29 a month.Professional $12 and Clinical $29 a month.
Templates34, each a fictional family with a case note.182 online, with four printable sheets.
Beyond the browserNothing to install.A Mac application and an encrypted local mode on Clinical.
Files it readsGEDCOM, GenoPro, Gramps, Mermaid, spreadsheets.Photographs and notes on paid plans.

Genogram Builder shows its reasoning before the chart changes

The idea is the same in both products. You write what you know about the family, including names, dates, marriages, children and the quality of particular relationships, and the assistant turns the text into a chart. The difference is in what happens between the writing and the chart.

In Genogram Builder the draft arrives as a list of people, lines and conditions, each marked as stated in the notes or inferred from them, and each shown with the sentence that supports it. Items that need a decision, such as a marriage whose end is implied but not stated, are set aside for you to keep, edit or remove. Nothing reaches the chart until you add the draft, and a follow-up sentence such as "Raymond died in 2024" becomes a change with its own card and an undo. The free plan includes five drafts a month, and the count is shown before you begin.

Your notes

Ellie Hawkins, born 2009, is the client, a sixth form student with generalised anxiety disorder. Her brother Jack, born 2006, is an apprentice plumber and is close to Ellie. Her parents, Paul Hawkins, born 1971, and Helen Hawkins, born 1974, married in 2003 and are distant from each other.

Found in the notes

  • Ellie Hawkins, 2009
  • Jack Hawkins, 2006
  • Paul Hawkins, 1971
  • Helen Hawkins, 1974
  • Paul and Helen, married 2003
  • Jack and Ellie, close
  • Paul and Helen, distant

On the chart

771944–2021Walter HawkinsHeart diseaseRetired postman791947–Joan HawkinsDepressionRetired schoolsecretary801946–Raymond FletcherRetired electrician771949–Pauline FletcherRetired pharmacyassistant571969–Carol HawkinsDistrict nurse531973–Neil HawkinsCar mechanic541972–Dawn ReillyUnknown551971–Paul HawkinsAlcohol misuseTrain driver521974–Helen HawkinsPrimary schoolteacher202006–Jack HawkinsApprenticeplumber172009–Ellie HawkinsGeneralised anxiety disorderSixth form student
The example family on the home page, from the notes to the chart drawn beneath them. The demonstration on the home page replays a real recorded draft of these notes.

The free plan of Genogram Builder goes further

The two products charge the same at the paid tiers, $12 and $29 a month, so the free plans decide the matter for a student or a practitioner with a small caseload. Genogram Builder holds two genograms of up to 50 people each, exports PDF as well as PNG, and lets anyone draw one genogram without an account. GenogramAI holds two genograms of up to 50 people and exports PNG. Both give five uses of the assistant a month, counted differently.

GenogramAI has the larger library, and both draw the standard notation

GenogramAI has by far the larger library of examples, with 182 online templates listed on its site against 34 here, and it offers four printable sheets. The 34 in Genogram Builder are each a fictional family with a case note, grouped by use, and every one opens in the editor on the free plan, so a student can take a complete three-generation case and change it rather than start from a blank page.

Both products draw the standard notation. Genogram Builder keeps to the 59 symbols and connections of McGoldrick, Gerson and Petry and prints a key on every chart so that a reader never has to guess what a line means. GenogramAI follows the same tradition and adds an extended set of its own, which its symbol guide describes.

Mendoza–Bennett household · 2020–nowVargas household202020202020441982–David MarshElectrician421984–Laura BennettPediatric nurse461980–Carlos MendozaRestaurant manager441982–Teresa VargasBank teller152011–Sophie MarshDepression10th grader132013–Ethan MarshDyslexia8th grader42022–Lucía MendozaPreschooler172009–Mateo Mendoza12th grader
Blended family with step- and half-siblingsA template from the library, drawn by the editor. Each template opens in the editor with its case note.

A chart moves from GenogramAI through GEDCOM, and the other way through a file

A chart drawn in GenogramAI on a paid plan can be exported as GEDCOM and opened in Genogram Builder through Export and then Import a family file. GEDCOM carries people, unions, parents and dates, and Genogram Builder lists anything it could not read before the import rather than dropping it silently. Emotional lines are not part of the GEDCOM standard, so they are redrawn by hand or described in a short note and drafted.

Feature by feature

Each row states what the two products offer in their own terms. Checked on 20 October 2026 on genogramai.com and on this site.

FeatureGenogram BuilderGenogramAI
Plans
Free genogramsIncluded. Five, of up to 50 people each, and one without an account.Included. Two, of up to 50 people each.
Free exportsIncluded. PNG and PDF with a small watermark, and a JSON backup.In part. PNG with a watermark.
Paid plansIncluded. Pro at $12 a month or $99 a year, Max at $29 a month or $228 a year.Included. Professional at $12 a month or $99 a year, Clinical at $29 a month or $228 a year.
Drafting
Draft from written notesIncluded. Every item listed with the sentence that supports it, reviewed before it is added.Included. An AI assistant that creates the genogram from a description.
Draft from a photographNot included. Not offered.On a paid plan. Import from photographs on Professional and Clinical.
Follow-up changesIncluded. Four per draft, each with a card and an undo.Not stated. Not described on the pages read.
Library, notation and files
Standard notationIncluded. McGoldrick, Gerson and Petry, 59 symbols and connections, with a key on every chart.Included. Standard symbols with an extended set of its own.
ReadsIncluded. GEDCOM, GenoPro, Gramps, Mermaid and spreadsheets.On a paid plan. Photographs and notes on paid plans. GEDCOM import is not stated.
ExportsIncluded. PNG and PDF on Free, SVG on Pro and Max, JSON for everyone.On a paid plan. PDF, SVG, GEDCOM and high-resolution PNG on paid plans.
Beyond the browser
Desktop applicationNot included. None, by design.On a paid plan. A Mac application on Clinical. A Windows one is described as coming.
IncludedOn a paid planIn partNot includedNot stated

Sources: the GenogramAI Pro page, the GenogramAI templates page, Genogram Builder plans.

Before you decide

Which free plan goes further

Genogram Builder holds two genograms of up to 50 people and exports PDF as well as PNG on the free plan, and the drawing itself needs no account. GenogramAI holds two genograms of up to 50 people and exports PNG. Both offer five uses of the assistant a month, counted differently.

The desktop application

GenogramAI offers a Mac application on its Clinical plan and says a Windows one is coming. Genogram Builder has no desktop application and does not plan one. It runs in Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Edge on any computer, and in the browser on a tablet.

Keeping charts only on your own computer

GenogramAI offers a mode under its Clinical plan in which charts are encrypted and stored only on your device. Genogram Builder keeps a chart in the browser until you choose to save it to your account, and a JSON backup can be kept wherever you like, but it does not offer an encrypted local-only mode.

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