Miro

Miro is a shared visual workspace for planning, design work, and facilitated team sessions. It is a strong fit for teams that need one canvas for mapping ideas and running workshops, but the free plan’s three editable-board cap is a meaningful constraint.

Overview

Miro combines a visual canvas with collaboration tools for work ranging from product planning to process management. Teams can use it for brainstorming, journey mapping, wireframing, diagramming, and goal setting, then present or walk others through the work. Its scope makes it useful across functions; teams looking mainly for a narrowly focused prototyping tool may not need the broader workspace.

Founded in 2011, Miro is headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam. The company says more than 100 million users across 250,000 organizations use its workspace, which it positions for teams of any size.

Key features

The infinite canvas supports several stages of collaborative work, from early brainstorming to product planning and diagramming. More than 7,000 customizable templates, including options for brainstorming and Agile team events, give teams starting points for common activities. That breadth is an advantage for varied teams, though the value depends on whether a team benefits from keeping those activities in a shared visual space.

Miro’s AI tools can turn sticky notes into diagrams, synthesize research findings, and summarize boards. These functions address distinct tasks—structuring ideas, condensing research, and recapping a workspace—rather than replacing the broader planning workflow.

Presentations, live workshops with timers and voting, and recorded Talktrack walkthroughs support both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration. Guest collaboration is also supported. Miro says it connects to more than 250 tools, including Jira, Asana, Slack, Figma, Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, and Atlassian products, which can help teams bring the workspace into an existing tool mix. APIs and SDKs let developers build custom applications and experiences.

Miro’s trust center states that the service maintains SOC 2 Type II compliance, ISO 27001 certification, and GDPR compliance. Enterprise adds enforced SSO, audit trails, domain control, SCIM provisioning, and regional data hosting options in the EU, US, Australia, and Japan.

Pricing

Miro uses a freemium model, with a free plan, paid plans starting at $8/user/mo (annual), and a 14-day trial.

• Free: free, with 7,000+ templates and 250+ integrations. Users can create and share unlimited boards, but only the three most recent remain editable. It suits occasional or exploratory use; teams with ongoing work across more boards will hit the editing cap.
• Starter: $8 a month, billed yearly, per member. It includes unlimited private boards, 25 AI credits per member per month, and 500 MCP calls per day. This is the paid entry point for individuals or teams that need more editable workspace than Free permits.
• Business: $20 a month, billed yearly, per member. It includes unlimited workspaces and guests, 50 AI credits per member per month, and 2,000 MCP calls per day. The higher price is most relevant to teams that need guest access and multiple workspaces, as well as larger AI and MCP allowances.
• Enterprise: Custom pricing, from 30 members. It includes enterprise security and governance, regional data hosting, and 10,000 MCP calls per day. It is the fit for larger organizations needing the listed controls and hosting options; a customer success program is included, while Premium support is an add-on with 24/7 support and guaranteed SLAs.

The cheaper plans give up Enterprise’s security and governance package and regional hosting. Free also has the sharpest practical restriction: sharing boards is unlimited, but editing is limited to the three most recent. The yearly billing terms on Starter and Business matter when comparing their per-member monthly prices.

Platforms

Miro supports Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows, as well as an API.

Who it's for

Miro suits teams that want to facilitate workshops, develop ideas visually, and carry planning across activities such as research synthesis, journey mapping, and product design. Its guest collaboration, integrations, and presentation and walkthrough options are useful when work needs input from people beyond a core team. Teams that only need a few editable boards may find Free sufficient; those with larger governance or regional hosting requirements should consider Enterprise.

Pros and cons

• Pros: A broad mix of diagramming, wireframing, planning, and workshop activities can live on one infinite canvas, supported by more than 7,000 templates.
• Pros: Live timers and voting, guest collaboration, and recorded Talktrack walkthroughs cover different ways to involve participants.
• Pros: More than 250 integrations and a developer platform with APIs and SDKs provide options for connecting Miro to existing workflows or building custom experiences.
• Cons: Free users can edit only their three most recent boards, limiting its usefulness as a lasting workspace without a paid plan.
• Cons: Starter and Business prices are per member and billed yearly, so the listed monthly rate is not a month-to-month billing term.

Alternatives

For a wider set of visual collaboration options, compare Online Whiteboard Tools, Collaborative Whiteboard Software, and AI Whiteboard Software. Teams focused on design work can also compare Design Collaboration Software and AI Wireframe Generators.

Choose Genspark Design if a free plan with 100 credits per day is a better fit; its Plus plan includes 10,000 credits per month and 50 GB AI Drive storage.

Jenova UI/UX Prototype Generator is an alternative to consider for UI/UX prototyping, with a free plan offering core features at limited usage and a Plus plan at $20 a month billed monthly for higher usage limits and specific AI model selection.

pen.dev may suit users seeking a free plan with 5 agent days per month, 25 image and SVG generations per month, and one agent at a time.

Whimsical offers a free plan capped at 50 board objects and 50 doc blocks per month, with watermarked exports and seven-day version history; consider it if those limits fit your work.

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Verdict

Choose Miro if your team needs a flexible visual workspace for planning and workshops, with templates, integrations, and ways to collaborate live or asynchronously. Look elsewhere if the free plan’s editable-board cap is too restrictive or your work does not call for a broad shared canvas.