Collaboard vs Miro (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Miro: it is first in our ranking of whiteboard and mind map tools, and it grades higher too, 3.0 against 2.2.
Checked Oct 9, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Miro grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Collaboard
Swiss online whiteboard with regional cloud hosting options
Miro
Online whiteboard for team brainstorming, diagrams and planning
Which one is for you
Pick Collaboard if
- Fits if your data has to stay in Switzerland, Germany or the Netherlands
- Works for workshop facilitators who need an MCP server or self-hosting
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, as it is 3 boards and 5 participants per board
- Watch out: voting, timers, presentation mode and the icon library need Advanced
- Watch out: hosting in Germany costs extra and is not in the listed price
- Watch out: single sign-on, SCIM, LDAP and audit logs are Enterprise only, with no published price
Pick Miro if
- Fits if you run remote workshops, retrospectives and brainstorms with a whole team
- Works for product and engineering people mapping a process or a system together
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're never paying, since only your 3 most recent boards stay editable and there are no guests
- Pricey if you need the technical diagram shapes, Jira sync or SSO, which start at $20 a member on Business
- Not for you if you lean on AI all day, as credits are metered monthly and don't roll over
- Watch out: on Free every board is open to the whole team, and Enterprise starts at 30 members
- Skip it if you're on Linux and want a desktop app, as none is listed
How we grade them
| 2.2GPACollaboardFair | 3.0GPAMiroVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$6 per user a month billed yearly sits between the category's cheaper quarter at $5 and its middle at $8.25. | CStarter is $8 a member a month billed yearly, which is squarely in the middle of this category: the cheaper quarter starts at $5.00 and the dearer quarter at $9.99. The 4,700 technical shapes and two-way Jira sync are Business at $20. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree plan with 3 whiteboards and 5 participants per board, which most teams will outgrow. | CFree gives you unlimited team members, templates and the Docs, Tables, Slides and Kanban formats. But only your 3 most recent boards stay editable, every board is open to the whole team, there are no guest or visitor roles, and AI is 10 credits a month. |
| Features | CCore whiteboard tools, templates and guests, but voting, timers and presentation mode need Advanced at $11.50 a seat. | AThe whole job, plus a set the other boards here don't have: docs, tables, timelines, kanban boards and slides are formats of their own on the same canvas as the sticky notes, on every plan including free. Paid adds a timer, voting, AI that draws diagrams and clusters notes, and 4,700 UML, AWS and BPMN shapes. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and facilitation boards take building. | B4.69 on the App Store from 5,812 ratings, a whisker under the 4.7 an A asks for. There are templates for workshops, and anyone who has ever stuck a note on a wall knows the basics. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Teams, Webex, Pexip, Nextcloud and Rocket.Chat integrations. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, so every device type, and 250+ integrations including Jira, Confluence, Slack, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, plus an API. No Linux app is listed. |
| Best for | workshop whiteboards with a choice of hosting country | team workshops on one big shared board |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Collaboard and Miro. How we grade
Price against what you get
Collaboard starts at $6 a month for each person and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Miro starts at $8 a month for each person and scores 3.7.
Miro scores higher, and starts $2 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other whiteboard and mind map tools on the chart, 9 score higher than Collaboard for less, and none scores higher than Miro for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Miro also covers diagrams.
At a glance
| Collaboard | Miro | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $6 per user / month, billed yearly ($7.20 billed monthly) | $8 per member / month, billed yearly |
| Free plan | Up to 3 whiteboards, 5 participants per board and access to 200+ templates. | Unlimited team members and 3 editable boards (only the three most recent stay editable), templates, 250+ integrations and 10 AI credits a month. No guest or visitor roles. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial of the Business plan |
| Web | ||
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| Windows | ||
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| Made by | BOC Information Technologies Consulting GmbH | Miro |
| Price read from | collaboard.app | miro.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Collaboard
- The free plan is limited to 3 whiteboards and 5 participants per board.
- Voting, timers, presentation mode and the icon library need Advanced.
- Hosting in Germany is available for an additional charge and is not part of the listed price.
- Single sign-on, SCIM, LDAP and audit logs are Enterprise only, and Enterprise has no published price.
Miro
- On the Free plan only the 3 most recent boards stay editable, every board is open to the whole team, and there are no guest or visitor roles.
- The technical diagramming shapes, two-way integrations, SSO and AI workflows start at Business, $20 per member / month billed yearly.
- AI use is metered: 10 credits a month on Free, 25 per member on Starter and 50 per member on Business, with no rollover.
- The download page lists Mac, Windows, iOS and Android apps but no Linux app.
Key features
Collaboard
- Core whiteboard tools
- Sticky notes, text, shapes, connectors, drawing pens, mind maps, frames, tables and chat on the board.
- Workshop facilitation
- Voting and ratings, a timer, presentation and focus modes and a way to bring participants to your position (Advanced and up).
- Guest access
- Guests can view and edit a board without logging in: up to 20 on Basic, unlimited on Advanced.
- Templates
- The vendor lists over 250 templates, and Advanced adds personal and organization templates.
- Hosting choice
- Cloud hosting in the Netherlands, Switzerland or Germany, with self-hosted and private deployment on Enterprise.
- MCP server
- A beta MCP server connects AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Mistral to whiteboards on the Advanced plan.
Miro
- Canvas with built-in formats
- Docs, tables, timelines, kanban boards and slides sit on the same board as sticky notes, shapes and drawings, and are available on every plan including Free.
- Diagramming shape libraries
- The Business plan adds more than 4,700 shapes for mapping technical systems, cloud infrastructure and business processes, covering Mermaid, UML, AWS and BPMN.
- Facilitation tools
- From the Starter plan, a timer, voting, private mode and notes support meetings and workshops. Business adds Engage activities such as polls, scales and a 2x2 matrix.
- Miro AI
- Generates diagrams, tables and summaries and clusters sticky notes, paid for with monthly AI credits that do not roll over. AI workflows and agents are part of Business.
- MCP server
- Connects Miro to AI tools such as Claude, Cursor and GitHub Copilot so board content can flow both ways. Daily call limits rise with the plan: 500 on Starter, 2,000 on Business.
- Two-way integrations
- On Business, items from Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp and Azure can be planned on the canvas with changes synced in both directions.
Plans
Collaboard
Free$0
Up to 3 whiteboards, 5 participants per board, core whiteboard features and templates.
Basic$6
per user / month, billed yearly ($7.20 billed monthly)
Unlimited boards, 50 participants per board, up to 20 guests who can edit without a login, exports.
Advanced$11.50
per user / month, billed yearly ($13.80 billed monthly)
Unlimited participants and guests, facilitation tools, custom templates, branding, cloud region choice.
EnterpriseCustom
Self-hosting, single sign-on, SCIM and LDAP, audit logs and a dedicated customer success manager.
Miro
Free$0
3 editable boards, unlimited team members, templates, Docs, Tables, Slides and Kanban formats, and 10 AI credits a month.
Starter$8
per member / month, billed yearly
Unlimited and private boards, visitor editing, high-resolution exports, timer and voting, 25 AI credits per member a month and 500 MCP calls a day.
Business$20
per member / month, billed yearly
Unlimited workspaces and guests, 4,700+ diagram shapes, AI workflows and agents, two-way integrations, SSO and 50 AI credits per member a month.
EnterpriseCustom
From 30 members. Enforced SSO, SCIM, audit logs, domain control, data residency in the EU, US, Australia or Japan, and AI admin controls.
Ways to pay less
Collaboard
- Annual discount
Save 17% with yearly billing
The pricing page shows a yearly option labelled as a 17% saving over monthly billing, in dollars, euros or Swiss francs.
Miro
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
Miro's pricing page states that annual billing on Starter and Business costs 20% less than paying monthly.
- Education
Free plans for students and educators
Students can apply for a free plan with 10 team members for 2 years, and educators for a free plan with 100 team members. Institution accounts start at 50% off the regular price.
- Nonprofit
30% off paid plans for nonprofits
Eligible nonprofit organizations that apply with proof of status receive a 30% discount on paid Miro plans for as long as the account stays active.
- Startups
Up to $1,000 in credits for startups
Startups with fewer than 30 employees and no paid subscription can get $1,000 in Miro credits through a partner accelerator, incubator or VC, or $500 when applying independently.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Collaboard or Miro?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Collaboard is cheaper to start with: $6 a month for each person, against $8 a month for each person for Miro. Collaboard starts at $6 per user / month, billed yearly ($7.20 billed monthly), and Miro starts at $8 per member / month, billed yearly.
Which has a free plan, Collaboard or Miro?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Collaboard and Miro have a free plan.
Which platforms do Collaboard and Miro run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Miro lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.