Ideaflip vs Miro (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Ideaflip if

• Fits if you run the occasional retro or short brainstorm with outside guests
• Works for facilitators who want guests to join without a full account

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: 3 boards of your own and 2 guests
• Skip it if you want freeform drawing or diagrams, as it's built around sticky notes
• Skip it if you need apps or integrations, because none are listed
• Pricey if you're a single user, at $9 a month for Basic and $16 for Professional

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

Ideaflip

• The free Personal plan allows only 3 boards of your own.
• Basic limits sharing to your team plus 2 outside guests per board.
• Single-user subscriptions are priced differently from team ones: $9 a month for Basic and $16 for Professional.
• Runs in the browser only; no desktop or mobile apps are listed.

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.

Ideaflip

Sticky-note boards

Virtual sticky notes can be written, moved and grouped freely on an unlimited board, with real-time editing by everyone present.

Voting and annotation

Notes can be voted on, annotated and connected, which suits retrospectives and prioritization sessions.

Templates

Ready-made boards include a Sailboat Retrospective, Business Model Canvas and Breakout Groups; paid plans add custom templates.

Guests and drop-in sessions

Professional allows unlimited outside guests and drop-in sessions that need no account, which can be anonymous or embedded in a web page.

Facilitator tools

Paid plans include facilitator tools, including a countdown timer that all board members can see.

Export

Boards can be exported; the home page lists export beside brainstorm, organise, vote, annotate and connect.

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.

Ideaflip

• Personal$0

  Up to 3 boards of your own and sharing with up to 2 guests; you can still join any board as a guest.

• Basic$6

  per user / month, billed monthly ($66 per user billed yearly)

  Unlimited boards, facilitator tools and custom team templates; share with your team and up to 2 outside guests.

• Professional$12

  per user / month, billed monthly ($125 per user billed yearly)

  Unlimited boards and unlimited outside guests, plus drop-in sessions that need no account.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Professional features plus single sign-on, single tenancy, white-labelling and custom templates.

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.

Ideaflip

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing costs less than monthly

  Team prices are $66 a year for Basic and $125 a year for Professional per user, against $6 and $12 a month.

• Nonprofit

  Non-profit and educational discount

  The pricing FAQ says a non-profit or educational discount exists; details are given on request.

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.