Educreations vs Microsoft Whiteboard (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Microsoft Whiteboard grades higher than Educreations: 3.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Microsoft Whiteboard grades higher on value for money, the free plan, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Educreations
Record voice and whiteboard lessons on an iPad for students
Microsoft Whiteboard
Free collaborative canvas built into Microsoft 365 and Teams
Which one is for you
Pick Educreations if
- Fits if you teach on an iPad and want to record lessons with your voice
- Works for teachers who share lesson videos with a class link
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, as Basic keeps 1 saved draft and 50 MB
- Watch out: video export and document import need a Pro plan
- Not for you if you use Android or Windows to record, as recording is in the iPad app
- Pricey if you teach a big school, as Pro School starts at $995 a year for 10+ teachers
Pick Microsoft Whiteboard if
- Fits if your meetings are in Teams and you want everyone drawing on one board
- Works for pen users on a Surface Hub or an iPad
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your team isn't on Microsoft 365, because a personal account loses cursors and the recycle bin
- Not for you if you want a desktop app on a Mac or Linux, as Microsoft lists neither
- Too light for detailed diagrams and big workshops, with no voting, no timer and image-only export
- Watch out: at work an admin can switch it off, and Copilot features need a separate license
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAEducreationsFair | 3.4GPAMicrosoft WhiteboardVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$8.25 a month for one teacher billed yearly is the middle of the category's prices. | AFree, where the rest of this category wants about $8.33 a month. There's nothing to buy with a personal Microsoft account, and at work or school it arrives with your organization's Microsoft 365 tenant. It isn't sold on its own at any price. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree Basic plan with 1 saved draft and 50 MB, a cap most teachers hit quickly. | AThe web, Windows, iPhone and Android apps are all free with a Microsoft account, and so are the 60-plus templates, with no cap on boards to walk into. Copilot is the one thing that costs extra, needing its own license. |
| Features | CRecording, classes and sharing do the job, but it is narrow, and video export and document import need Pro. | CThe basics of a board: pens, a highlighter, sticky notes, shapes, 60-odd templates and Loop components that stay in sync elsewhere. The listing's gaps are plain, though. Personal-account boards lose collaborative cursors, the laser pointer and the recycle bin, export is an image, and there's no voting or timer. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and you build each lesson yourself. | B4.6 from 12,309 App Store ratings. It takes a mouse, a finger or a pen, there are templates to start from, and in Teams it's one click to put a board in front of the whole meeting. |
| Platforms and integrations | CiPad recording with web viewing, and Dropbox, Google Drive and YouTube links. | ABrowser, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android and Surface Hub, tied into Teams, Loop, OneNote and OneDrive. The hole is Apple and Linux desktops: Microsoft lists no Mac app, so there it runs in a browser or inside Teams. |
| Best for | recording a voice-over lesson on an iPad whiteboard | sketching together in a Teams meeting |
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: Educreations and Microsoft Whiteboard. How we grade
Price against what you get
Educreations starts at $8.25 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Microsoft Whiteboard has no paid plan and scores 3.0.
Microsoft Whiteboard scores higher and starts $8.25 a month lower. Of the other whiteboard and mind map tools on the chart, 40 score higher than Educreations for less, and none scores higher than Microsoft Whiteboard 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
- Educreations also covers screen recording and file sharing.
- Microsoft Whiteboard also covers templates.
At a glance
| Educreations | Microsoft Whiteboard | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $8.25 per month, billed annually ($11.99 billed monthly) | Free |
| Free plan | Basic plan: record and share lessons, basic whiteboard tools, 1 saved draft and 50 MB of storage. | Free with a personal Microsoft account or a Microsoft 365 work or school account. Boards made with a personal account lack collaborative cursors, the laser pointer and a recycle bin. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Educreations, Inc | Microsoft Corporation |
| Price read from | educreations.com | microsoft.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Educreations
- Recording happens in the iPad app; the pricing page lists web only for viewing recordings.
- The free plan keeps a single saved draft and 50 MB of storage.
- Video export and document import need a Pro plan.
- Pro Classroom covers 40 students; further student upgrades are bought at checkout.
Microsoft Whiteboard
- Microsoft lists apps for Windows, iOS, Android and Surface Hub but none for Mac or Linux, where Whiteboard runs in a browser or in Teams.
- Boards made with a personal account are stored in Azure and lack collaborative cursors, the laser pointer, the roster, a recycle bin and retention policies.
- Whiteboard is not sold on its own: work and school use depends on the organization's Microsoft 365 tenant, where an admin can turn it off.
- Copilot features need a separate Microsoft Copilot license.
Key features
Educreations
- Recorded lessons
- Record your voice and your writing on an iPad whiteboard to produce a video lesson that can be replayed at any time.
- Sharing
- Share a lesson with a class, by link or embed code, and on Pro export the video to store elsewhere.
- Classes
- Teachers create classes with unlimited students and can replay student recordings to see how they explained a concept.
- Imported content
- Images, backgrounds and web pages can be imported on every plan; PDF, PPT, Keynote and Google Doc files and custom maps are Pro.
- School management
- Pro School adds teacher and student management, school-wide feature settings and a central billing account.
Microsoft Whiteboard
- Infinite canvas with ink and sticky notes
- Pens, a highlighter, an eraser and a lasso sit alongside sticky notes, text, images and shapes, and the canvas works with a mouse, a touchscreen or a pen.
- Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams
- A board can be shared in a Teams meeting, chat or channel and stays available afterwards. The meeting organizer can put other participants in read-only mode.
- Templates
- More than 60 free templates give a starting structure for exercises such as brainstorming, sprint planning and project development.
- Loop components
- Microsoft Loop components can be placed on a board and stay in sync with the same component in chats, meetings, emails and documents.
- Copilot in Whiteboard
- Copilot suggests ideas as sticky notes, sorts notes into categories and summarizes a board. It requires a Microsoft Copilot license.
- Automatic saving and share links
- Boards save to the Microsoft cloud automatically, a share link invites others to collaborate, and a board can be exported as an image or sent to a OneNote class notebook.
Plans
Educreations
Basic$0
Record and share lessons, create and join classes, 1 saved draft at a time, 50 MB of storage.
Pro Classroom$8.25
per month for 1 teacher, billed annually ($11.99 billed monthly)
One teacher and 40+ students on Pro: video export, document import, unlimited drafts, 5 GB per user.
Pro School$995
per year and up, for 10+ teachers, sold through sales
Pro for all teachers and students, user management, central billing, unlimited storage.
Microsoft Whiteboard
Free$0
The web, Windows, iOS and Android apps with a free Microsoft account. Work and school access comes with an organization's Microsoft 365 tenant, not as a separate purchase.
Ways to pay less
Educreations
- Annual discount
Annual billing on Pro Classroom
Pro Classroom is $8.25 a month when billed annually, against $11.99 month to month.
Microsoft Whiteboard
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Educreations or Microsoft Whiteboard?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Microsoft Whiteboard is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $8.25 a month for Educreations. Educreations starts at $8.25 per month, billed annually ($11.99 billed monthly), and Microsoft Whiteboard is free.
Which has a free plan, Educreations or Microsoft Whiteboard?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Educreations and Microsoft Whiteboard have a free plan.
Which platforms do Educreations and Microsoft Whiteboard run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Microsoft Whiteboard lists Windows and Android apps. Both list a web app and an iOS 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.