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Miro

Productivity & Collaboration

Visual collaboration platform for distributed teams

Founded 2011San Francisco, CA, USA1,000+ employeesfreemium · Free planFrom Free (3 boards); Starter $8/seat/month annualVerified · Sep 2026
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About Miro

Miro is an online collaborative whiteboard platform used by millions of teams for brainstorming, diagramming, agile planning, and product design — enabling real-time and async visual collaboration.

Editorial Assessment

Miro is a visual collaboration platform — an online whiteboard — built for distributed teams to brainstorm, plan, and co-create in real time. Founded in 2011 as RealtimeBoard by Andrey Khusid and Oleg Shardin in Perm, Russia (rebranded to Miro in 2019), the platform grew rapidly during the remote work shift of 2020 to over 60 million users. Miro's infinite canvas supports sticky notes, shapes, connectors, frames, templates, mind maps, diagrams, and embedded content. The collaboration model is real-time and multiplayer: team members see each other's cursors and can edit simultaneously. Miro AI can generate sticky notes, mind maps, and diagrams from text prompts, and summarize large boards. The Free plan includes 3 editable boards with unlimited viewers. Starter ($8/seat/month annual) includes unlimited boards with core collaboration. Business ($16/seat/month annual) adds advanced permissions, unlimited guests, and Jira/GitHub integrations. Enterprise (custom) adds SSO, advanced admin, and security controls. Miro's main competitive differentiation is the breadth of its template library (2,500+ templates) and the depth of its design tool integrations — FigJam (Figma's competing whiteboard product) is its primary competitive threat in the design-adjacent market, while digital whiteboard alternatives like Lucidspark and Stormboard compete for project management-adjacent use cases.

Strengths
  • Real-time multiplayer infinite canvas for distributed team collaboration
  • 2,500+ templates for sprint planning, retrospectives, product roadmaps, and more
  • Deep integrations with Jira, Confluence, GitHub, Slack, and Microsoft Teams
  • Miro AI for generating sticky notes, mind maps, and diagrams from prompts
  • Persistent boards with full history — not ephemeral whiteboard sessions
  • Presentation mode for walking through boards in meetings
  • Strong free plan (3 editable boards, unlimited viewers)
Limitations
  • Free tier limited to 3 editable boards — insufficient for team use without upgrade
  • Large boards with many objects can experience performance degradation
  • Export options are limited for complex diagrams (Visio, advanced SVG not fully supported)
  • Real-time cursor sharing can be resource-intensive in large sessions
  • Governance and compliance features only on Enterprise tier

Best For

Remote and distributed teams running workshops, retrospectives, and planning sessions Product and design teams doing user journey mapping, wireframing, and brainstorming Engineering teams running Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospectives, PI planning) Consultants and facilitators running structured virtual workshops

Not Ideal For

Teams needing structured project management or task tracking (not a PM tool)Design teams needing pixel-precise wireframing (Figma is more appropriate)Organizations with strict data residency requirements that cannot use cloud-hosted whiteboards

Key Features

Infinite canvas with real-time multiplayer editing2,500+ templatesMiro AI content generationSticky notes, shapes, mind maps, diagrammingJira, Confluence, GitHub, Slack integrationsPresentation modeVoting and timer facilitation tools

Who It's For

Product management and UX teamsAgile and scrum teamsRemote-first distributed teamsFacilitators and workshop leaders

Integrations

JiraAsanaSlackFigmaGoogle DriveNotion

Platforms

web ios android windows mac

Founders

  • Andrey Khusid
  • Oleg Shardin

Products & Tools

Miro Collaborative WhiteboardVisual Collaboration / Whiteboard
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Infinite online whiteboard for team collaboration with templates, AI, and integrations.

freemium · Free planFrom Free (3 boards); Starter $8/seat/month annual; Business $16/seat/month annual
Infinite canvasReal-time collaboration2,500+ templatesMiro AIJira integration

Sources & Verification

Last reviewed September 2026

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