Ideaflip vs Stormboard (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 Stormboard if

• Fits if your workshops need to end in a written report people can edit
• Works for sprint planning in Jira, Rally or Azure DevOps with changes synced back

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're staying free, with 5 open Storms of 5 users and view-only Office and Google files
• Skip it if you want the AI on a regular plan, as StormAI on Business is a 30-day trial before an Enterprise upgrade
• Not for you if you want a desktop app on a Mac, because only a Windows one is listed
• Watch out: the 30-day trial needs a card and covers monthly plans only, and annual plans aren't refundable
• Too light for work on a phone, as the vendor calls its phone app a companion with limited features

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.

Stormboard

• The Personal plan allows 5 open Storms with 5 users each, and Microsoft Office and Google Drive files are view-only on it.
• Substorms, idea grouping, folders, and the Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Google reports all need the Business plan.
• SAML single sign-on, audit logs and the Surface Hub app are Enterprise-only, and StormAI on Business is a 30-day trial before an Enterprise upgrade.
• The vendor lists apps for Windows, iOS and Android but no Mac app, and describes the phone app as a companion with limited features.

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.

Stormboard

Storms built from sticky notes

A workspace, called a Storm, holds text, image, video, file and whiteboard sticky notes on an infinite canvas divided into sections. Index card notes open a Substorm on paid plans.

Templates and section types

More than 250 templates are included. On Business and Enterprise, a section can become a calendar, spreadsheet or matrix, and customized templates can be saved for reuse.

Reports and exports

A Storm exports as an editable Word, PowerPoint or Excel report, or as Google Docs, Slides or Sheets. These need Business; Personal has word cloud, votes and tasks exports.

Two-way agile integrations

Integrations with Jira, Rally and Azure DevOps mirror changes made in Stormboard back to the tracker, for backlog and sprint planning and for showing dependencies.

Voting, tasks and timer

Participants can vote on ideas, comment, and assign a task to a sticky note, and an assigned-tasks report lists owners and due dates. A timer is included on every plan.

StormAI

StormAI builds a template from a stated goal, suggests ideas, and summarizes sticky notes or groups them by theme or sentiment. Business customers get a 30-day trial of it.

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.

Stormboard

• Personal$0

  5 open Storms, 5 users per Storm, one administrator per Storm, pre-made templates, and word cloud, votes and tasks exports.

• Business$8.33

  per user / month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)

  Unlimited Storms, Substorms, idea grouping, folders, custom templates, Office and Google reports, and live co-editing of Office and Google files.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds SAML single sign-on, a single-tenant option, audit logs, the Surface Hub app, volume pricing, priority support and a dedicated account manager.

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.

Stormboard

• Annual discount

  2 months free with annual billing

  Business is $8.33 per user a month billed annually ($100 a seat per year) against $10 billed monthly. Annual subscriptions are non-refundable and do not include the free trial.

• Nonprofit

  25% off annual plans for nonprofits

  Certified non-profit organizations get 25% off annual plans by choosing a plan and then contacting Stormboard. The discount does not apply to monthly billing.