Lino vs Padlet (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Lino if

• Fits if a class or small group wants a shared board of sticky notes
• Works for people who want an email reminder on a note's due date

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want freehand drawing, as it's a sticky-note canvas
• Watch out: the Premium page couldn't be loaded, so paid prices and free limits are unverified
• Watch out: public canvases appear on the homepage, and the site asks users to check their public settings
• Watch out: no desktop apps or native phone apps are named

Pick Padlet if

• Fits if you run a classroom board where students post without much setup
• Works for a school that wants LMS links and single sign-on

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free, since 3 padlets and 1 user is the limit
• Watch out: SSO, LMS integrations and invoice billing are on School and District only
• Watch out: individual, team and classroom prices are not recorded and differ by region
• Watch out: the pages read name no integrations by product
• Skip it if you need long recordings free, as the free plan caps video at 2 minutes and audio at 5

Lino

• The Premium page could not be loaded when checked, so paid-plan prices and free limits are unverified.
• Public canvases appear on the homepage, and the site's news asks users to verify the settings of their public canvases.
• It is a sticky-note canvas, not a freehand drawing whiteboard.
• The pages read list no desktop apps and name no native mobile apps.

Padlet

• The Free plan allows only 3 padlets and one user account.
• Read from India, the pricing page showed Philippine pesos, so the individual, team and classroom prices are not recorded; check the page for your region.
• SSO, LMS integrations and invoice billing are limited to the School & District plan.
• The pages read name no integrations by product, so none are listed.

Lino

Sticky notes on canvases

Notes are posted on a canvas that can be reached from home, an office or a phone, with free layout of the items on it.

Due-date reminders

A sticky can carry a due date, and the homepage says an email reminder is sent on the morning of that date.

Pictures and videos

Pictures and videos can be placed anywhere on a canvas and arranged freely, then shared with others.

Groups

Creating a group lets members share ideas on common canvases, and files can be attached to stickies for sharing.

Smartphone use

Notes and photos can be posted from a smartphone, with pinch gestures to zoom in and out.

Padlet

Boards

Boards collect posts of text, files, video and audio, and can be shared with a group.

Sandboxes

Digital canvases for whiteboards, lessons and activities, offered alongside boards.

Paid-tier limits lifted

Paid plans remove the 3-padlet cap and raise upload size to 500 MB on Platinum and 1 GB on Team, with longer video and audio recordings.

Team controls

The Team plan adds role-based permissions, user management and an analytics dashboard, with API access from Platinum up.

Classroom and school tiers

Classroom includes 100 free student accounts and content safety features. School & District adds unlimited students, LMS integrations and SSO.

Apps

The App Store listing covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, and the vendor's homepage cites a Google Play rating.

Lino

Pricing could not be confirmed. See en.linoit.com.

Padlet

• Free$0

  3 padlets, 20 MB file uploads, 2-minute video and 5-minute audio recordings, no credit card needed.

• School & District$300

  per year, starting at, for 10 teachers

  Unlimited padlets and students, 1 GB uploads, role-based permissions, analytics, content safety features, LMS integrations, SSO and invoice billing. Sold through a quote.