Miro Alternatives: 10 Whiteboard Tools for 2026

Miro Alternatives: 10 Options Compared for 2026

Short answer: FigJam is the best Miro alternative overall, especially if anyone on your team already uses Figma, because its Collab seat is $3/month. The best free option is Excalidraw for sketching, or draw.io if what you really need is diagrams. For open source and self-hosting, Excalidraw (MIT license, ships a Dockerfile) is the pick. For serious diagramming across a team, Lucid's Lucidchart and Lucidspark pair is the strongest paid choice.

Here's what Miro costs right now. Per miro.com/pricing, the Free plan gives you 3 editable boards, 10 AI credits a month, and unlimited view-only boards. Starter is $8 per member per month billed yearly, Business is $20, and Enterprise is custom with a 30-member minimum. Yearly billing saves 20% over monthly.

So a 12-person team on Business pays $2,880 a year on annual billing, or $3,600 if you stay month to month. Starter brings that to $1,152, but you lose two-way Jira and Linear sync, unlimited workspaces, and prototyping. And that fourth editable board is the moment most teams notice the meter. Free runs out fast once three people each start a retro.

That's a fair price for what Miro does. But plenty of teams use 20% of it. Ten alternatives below, priced from each vendor's own page in September 2026.

TL;DR: Quick Picks for 2026

Need	Top pick	Price
Best overall, cheap seats for non-designers	FigJam	Free, $3/mo Collab seat
Facilitated workshops, closest Miro swap	Mural	Free (3 murals), $9.99/member/mo (annual)
Whiteboard plus serious diagramming	Lucidspark	Free (3 boards), $10/user/mo (annual)
Fast flowcharts, wireframes, docs	Whimsical	Free trial tier, $10/editor/mo (annual)
Free sketching, open source	Excalidraw	Free, Excalidraw+ $6/user/mo
Canvas you embed in your own app	tldraw	tldraw.com free, SDK license custom
Already paying for Microsoft 365	Microsoft Whiteboard	Included with Microsoft 365
GDPR, data hosted in Germany	Conceptboard	Free (3 boards), paid in EUR
Free diagrams, your own storage	draw.io	Free
Architecture diagrams as code	Eraser	Free (3 files), $15/member/mo (annual)

What Miro Actually Does Well

Miro's template library is huge. The pricing page lists 7,000+ Miro and community templates, and 250+ integrations on every plan, Free included. Whatever workshop you run, someone has already built the board.

It's also the default. Your agency, your client, and your new PM have all used it. Business adds two-way sync with Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp, and Azure, so sticky notes can turn into tickets without copy-paste. Few alternatives match that breadth.

The alternatives win on price model, on focus (diagrams, sketching, facilitation), or on where your data lives.

When to Leave Miro

Three signals:

1. You're paying per member for occasional users. If half the team opens a board twice a month, $20 each per month adds up. Tools with cheap collab seats or free guests fix this.
2. Most of your boards are really diagrams. Architecture, flowcharts, org charts. A diagram tool does that with auto-layout and proper connectors, often for free.
3. Legal wants the data somewhere specific. Regional hosting is an Enterprise feature at Miro. Self-hosted or EU-hosted tools get you there without a 30-seat contract.

1. FigJam

Figma's whiteboard, and the easiest switch if design already lives in Figma.

Strengths:

• Collab seats are $3/month and include full FigJam, Figma Slides, and Figma Buzz
• Designers pull real components and frames straight onto the board
• Stamps, voting, timers, and widgets keep workshops light
• Same comments and file permissions your team already knows

Weaknesses:

• Fewer enterprise integrations and two-way syncs than Miro Business
• Big boards with lots of images can lag
• Full seats get pricey on Organization ($55/month, annual only)

Pricing: Starter is free. Professional is $3/month per Collab seat, $12/month per Dev seat, and $16/month per Full seat (monthly billing shown). Organization and Enterprise are annual only. See figma.com/pricing.

Best for: Product teams where design and planning should share one workspace.

2. Mural

The closest thing to Miro, with a stronger focus on facilitation.

Strengths:

• Visitors are free on every plan, and Team+ lets guests edit
• Facilitation tools and LUMA frameworks for structured workshops
• Free plan allows unlimited members
• Monthly billing on Team+ if you don't want to commit

Weaknesses:

• Free plan caps you at 3 editable murals, same wall as Miro
• Business is annual only
• Diagramming is basic

Pricing: Free (3 editable murals). Team+ is $9.99/member/month billed annually or $12 monthly. Business is $17.99/member/month, annual only, and adds SSO. Enterprise is custom. See mural.co/pricing.

Best for: Consultants, agencies, and facilitators who run workshops with lots of outside participants.

3. Lucidspark (and the Lucid suite)

A whiteboard that sits next to Lucidchart, one of the best diagram tools going.

Strengths:

• Brainstorm in Lucidspark, then move to Lucidchart for precise diagrams
• AI generate, summarize, and sort on every plan (free for now, per Lucid)
• Team plan adds voting, timers, chat, and facilitator controls
• Bundling Lucidchart and Lucidspark saves 25%

Weaknesses:

• Individual licenses skip most of the collaboration tools
• Two products means two things to learn
• The 7-day trial asks for a card upfront

Pricing: Free (3 editable boards). Individual is $9/month and Team is $10/user/month, both billed annually. Enterprise is custom. See lucid.app/pricing/lucidspark.

Best for: Teams whose workshops end in real process maps or system diagrams.

4. Whimsical

Fast, opinionated, and good-looking. Boards and docs in one place.

Strengths:

• Flowcharts and wireframes snap into place with almost no fiddling
• Docs and boards live together, so specs sit next to diagrams
• Unlimited viewers and guests on all plans
• Pro removes limits for $10/editor

Weaknesses:

• Free is an evaluation tier: 50 board objects and 50 doc blocks per month, watermarked exports
• Less freeform than Miro for sprawling workshops
• SSO is Business only

Pricing: Free (evaluation limits above). Pro is $10/editor/month and Business is $20/editor/month, billed annually (annual saves 17%). See whimsical.com/pricing.

Best for: Small product teams who mostly do flows, wireframes, and quick specs.

5. Excalidraw

Hand-drawn style, open source, and free in the browser with no account.

Strengths:

• MIT licensed with 132,000+ GitHub stars and active development
• End-to-end encrypted collaboration links on the free app
• Self-host it from the repo (Dockerfile and docker-compose included)
• Integrations with Notion, Obsidian, and more

Weaknesses:

• The free app keeps one scene; saving many boards needs Excalidraw+ or local files
• Sketchy style isn't for polished client deliverables
• Light on templates and facilitation tools

Pricing: Free forever. Excalidraw+ is $6/user/month billed monthly, with annual billing saving 14%. It adds unlimited scenes, cloud storage, sharing permissions, comments, presentations, and voice hangouts. 14-day trial. See plus.excalidraw.com/pricing.

Best for: Engineers and anyone who wants quick sketches without signing up for anything.

6. tldraw

A free whiteboard at tldraw.com, but the bigger story is the SDK.

Strengths:

• tldraw.com is free, instant, and multiplayer
• The SDK lets you put an infinite canvas inside your own product
• 50,000+ GitHub stars and very active development

Weaknesses:

• Source-available license: production use requires a paid or hobby license key
• Commercial SDK pricing isn't published
• The hosted app is minimal next to Miro

Pricing: tldraw.com is free. The SDK has a 100-day free trial, a free hobby license for non-commercial projects, and value-based commercial licenses (startup discounts available). See tldraw.dev/pricing.

Best for: Product teams building whiteboard features into their own app.

7. Microsoft Whiteboard

The canvas you probably already pay for.

Strengths:

• Built into Teams meetings, so no extra tool to open
• Copilot in Whiteboard helps sort and summarize ideas
• Apps for Windows, iOS, and Android, plus inking on Surface Hub
• Admins manage it with the rest of Microsoft 365

Weaknesses:

• Fewer templates and integrations than Miro
• Clunky for people outside your tenant

Pricing: Included with Microsoft 365. See Microsoft 365 plans.

Best for: Microsoft shops that want basic whiteboarding without another vendor.

8. Conceptboard

The privacy pick, built and hosted in Germany.

Strengths:

• Data centers in Germany on every plan, GDPR focus, ISO 27001/27017/27018
• Optional IONOS or StackIT hosting on Advanced and up
• On-premises or dedicated hosting via special plans
• Board history and approval flows for review work

Weaknesses:

• Free plan caps you at 3 active boards and 100 objects per board
• Smaller template library and community
• Prices are listed in EUR only

Pricing: Free (3 active boards, 250MB). Paid tiers (Starter, Advanced, Corporate & Government) are priced in euros; see conceptboard.com/pricing.

Best for: European companies and public-sector teams with strict data rules.

9. draw.io (diagrams.net)

Free diagramming with no sign-up, where you choose the storage.

Strengths:

• Free forever, Apache 2.0 licensed
• Save to Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, GitHub, or local files
• Desktop app works fully offline
• Huge shape libraries for AWS, Azure, network, and UML

Weaknesses:

• Built for diagrams, so sticky-note workshops feel awkward
• Real-time collaboration depends on where you store files
• The interface feels dated next to Whimsical

Pricing: Free. Confluence and Jira apps are sold separately through Atlassian. See drawio.com.

Best for: Anyone whose Miro boards are mostly flowcharts and architecture diagrams.

10. Eraser

Diagrams as code plus a canvas and docs, built for engineering teams.

Strengths:

• Write diagram code and get clean architecture, sequence, and ER diagrams
• AI generates diagrams from prompts or codebases
• GitHub, Notion, Confluence, and VS Code integrations
• Unlimited guests on every plan

Weaknesses:

• Free plan caps you at 3 files and 3 AI diagrams
• Pricier than general whiteboards
• Not built for non-technical workshops

Pricing: Free (3 files). Starter is $15/member/month billed annually or $20 monthly. Business is $45 annually or $60 monthly and adds SAML SSO. Enterprise is custom. See eraser.io/pricing.

Best for: Engineering teams documenting systems and design reviews.

Recommendation by Profile

You	Pick
Design team already on Figma	FigJam
Workshops with lots of outside guests	Mural
Whiteboards that turn into process diagrams	Lucidspark + Lucidchart
Small team, flows and wireframes	Whimsical
Free sketching, open source	Excalidraw
Want a canvas inside your own product	tldraw SDK
Already on Microsoft 365	Microsoft Whiteboard
EU data residency matters	Conceptboard
Free diagrams, files in your own storage	draw.io
Engineering architecture docs	Eraser

Pricing at a Glance (12-Person Team, Annual)

Product	Typical tier	~Annual cost (12 people)
Miro (Starter)	$8/member/mo	$1,152
Miro (Business)	$20/member/mo	$2,880
FigJam (Professional, Collab seats)	$3/seat/mo	$432
Mural (Team+)	$9.99/member/mo	~$1,439
Mural (Business)	$17.99/member/mo	~$2,591
Lucidspark (Team)	$10/user/mo	$1,440
Whimsical (Pro)	$10/editor/mo	$1,440
Excalidraw+	$6/user/mo, 14% off annually	~$743
tldraw.com	Free	$0
Microsoft Whiteboard	Included with Microsoft 365	$0 extra
Conceptboard	EUR pricing	See pricing page
draw.io	Free	$0
Eraser (Starter)	$15/member/mo	$2,160

FigJam, Excalidraw, and draw.io are the structural outliers. Everyone else still charges per editor.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best free Miro alternative?

Excalidraw for quick collaborative sketches, since it needs no account and you can save as many files locally as you like. draw.io if you need diagrams, since it's free with no sign-up at all. Most freemium whiteboards (Mural, Lucidspark, Conceptboard) cap you at 3 boards, the same wall you hit on Miro.

Is there an open-source Miro alternative?

Yes. Excalidraw is MIT licensed and self-hostable, and draw.io is Apache 2.0. tldraw's code is public but source-available, so production use needs a license. None of them match Miro's template library or facilitation tools yet.

Miro vs FigJam: which is better?

Miro has more templates, more integrations, and two-way Jira and Linear sync on Business. FigJam is simpler and much cheaper for occasional users: a $3/month Collab seat versus $8 to $20 per member at Miro. If your designers already live in Figma, FigJam fits better.

Miro vs Mural: which is better?

They're close. Mural leans harder into facilitation and lets visitors join free on every plan. Pricing is similar: Mural Team+ is $9.99/member/month annually versus Miro Starter at $8, and Mural Business ($17.99) is cheaper than Miro Business ($20). Pick Miro for integrations, Mural for workshops with outsiders.

Can I self-host a whiteboard?

Yes. Excalidraw's repo includes a Dockerfile and docker-compose file for the editor. draw.io runs as a desktop app with local files, so there's nothing to host. Conceptboard offers on-premises hosting through its special plans if you want a vendor to support it.

The Honest Take

Miro is still the most complete whiteboard, and $20 a member is fair if your team runs workshops every week and uses the Jira sync. You get the biggest template library and the tool everyone already knows.

But most teams don't need all of it. If your people draw diagrams, draw.io or Lucid does it better. If they sketch, Excalidraw is free. If designers are already in Figma, FigJam's $3 seat is hard to argue with. And if data location matters, Conceptboard or a self-hosted Excalidraw gets you there.

Count how many people actually edit boards each week. Pay for those seats, and let everyone else join as guests.