Miro

What is Miro?

Miro is the leading online whiteboard and visual collaboration platform, with an infinite canvas, huge template library, integrations and AI, the all round standard for brainstorming, workshops and visual teamwork. Founded in 2011, it provides a shared infinite canvas where teams add sticky notes, shapes, drawings, images, diagrams, frames and connectors and collaborate in real time, with one of the largest template libraries (for brainstorms, retros, mapping, planning, diagramming), facilitation features (voting, timers, presentation), many integrations (Jira, Teams, Slack and more), and Miro AI. Hugely popular across product, design, engineering, marketing and more, Miro is the most widely used visual collaboration tool and the default for remote and hybrid visual work. For all round visual collaboration, Miro is the benchmark.

Miro's distinction is the broadest, most popular all round visual collaboration platform. Its vast template library, extensive integrations, facilitation features and large, active ecosystem make it capable of almost any visual work, from brainstorming to diagramming to planning, which narrower or specialist tools do not match for breadth and adoption. That breadth, ecosystem and ubiquity set it apart.

Who Miro is best for

Miro is best for teams and organisations that want the broadest, most capable all round visual collaboration platform for brainstorming, workshops, mapping, planning and diagramming, with the largest template and integration ecosystem. It suits all round visual collaboration. It is a weaker fit for teams wanting specialist workshop facilitation only, where Mural fits, design teams tied to Figma, where FigJam fits, the Lucid suite, where Lucidspark fits, or simple free whiteboarding in Microsoft, where Microsoft Whiteboard fits.

Key features

The core strengths are a shared infinite canvas with sticky notes, shapes, drawing, images, diagrams, frames and connectors, real time collaboration, one of the largest template libraries, facilitation features (voting, timers, presentation modes), many integrations, and Miro AI. Miro offers breadth and a large ecosystem. Its vast templates, integrations and all round capability are its defining advantages.

Miro pricing

Miro has a free plan (limited to a few editable boards), with paid plans per user per month, Starter from around 8 US dollars, Business around 16, and Enterprise, adding boards, features, security and controls. So small teams can start free and larger ones pay per editor. Costs scale with editors and tier. Confirm current figures on the Miro pricing page.

Integrations and ecosystem

Miro integrates with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Figma, Asana and many apps, with an app marketplace and API. Its extensive integrations and large app ecosystem, which connect Miro to the tools teams use and bring work onto the canvas, are a signature strength and a key reason it is so widely adopted.

Miro and breadth

The broadest, most popular all round platform is the signature strength: Miro's vast templates, integrations, facilitation features and large ecosystem make it capable of almost any visual work, from brainstorming to diagramming to planning, which narrower tools do not match. For teams wanting one capable visual collaboration tool, this is the main reason to choose Miro.

Ease of use and support

Miro is highly rated for its canvas, templates, integrations and collaboration, the most reviewed and adopted visual tool, with strong support and resources, though reviewers note large boards can lag and advanced features add complexity. Its G2 reviews praise breadth, templates and collaboration, with performance on big boards the main consideration.

Is Miro worth it?

For teams and organisations that want the broadest, most capable all round visual collaboration platform, Miro is the benchmark choice. The main caution is performance on very large boards and some complexity, so teams wanting specialist facilitation may prefer Mural, design teams FigJam, Lucid users Lucidspark, and simple Microsoft whiteboarding Microsoft Whiteboard, but for all round visual collaboration Miro leads.