MindGenius vs MindMeister (2026): which should you pick?

Pick MindGenius if

• Fits if you plan projects as maps and want them as tasks and a timeline
• Works for a small team that wants guests to join a project

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you are one person, at $160 a year against the category's usual yearly price
• Tight after the trial: the free fallback is a single project
• Watch out: the Windows desktop version is separate and licensed on its own
• Watch out: volume prices apply only to annual billing from 11 seats
• Watch out: dollar prices come from a currency switch, because the page opens in pounds

Pick MindMeister if

• Fits if your team brainstorms together and wants everyone on the same map at once
• Works for MeisterTask users who want to turn map topics into tasks

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're staying free, since 3 mind maps is the limit and you can't export or print them
• Not for you if you want a desktop app, because outside the phone apps it runs in a browser
• Skip it if you like paying month by month, as billing is in 6-month or 12-month cycles only
• Pricey if you need Word or PowerPoint exports or Google Workspace, which wait for Pro at €10.50 a month
• Watch out: prices vary by region, and SAML SSO needs Business plus a request to sales

MindGenius

• After the 14-day trial the account becomes a single-project plan unless a subscription is bought.
• MindGenius Desktop is a separate Windows-only product with its own licensing; these prices cover Online only.
• Volume pricing applies only to annual billing from 11 seats up.
• Dollar prices come from the page's USD currency switch; the page opens in pounds.

MindMeister

• The Free plan stops at 3 mind maps and has no file exports, printing, attachments or version history.
• Plans are billed in 6-month or 12-month cycles with no monthly option, and prices vary by region; the figures here are the vendor's EUR reference prices.
• Word and PowerPoint exports, custom branding and Google Workspace need Pro; SAML SSO needs Business and a request to the sales team.
• No desktop apps are listed: outside the iOS and Android apps, MindMeister runs in a browser.

MindGenius

Mind maps

Ideas, assumptions, risks and open questions are laid out as a map before any work is committed.

Taskboard and Timeline views

The same project can be shown as a map, a task board or a timeline, and all three are part of the single subscription.

Needs Attention

A cross-project view that collects whatever is slipping across all projects. The vendor lists it as Online-only.

Microsoft Teams and guests

A Microsoft Teams integration and guest access let people outside the account take part in a project.

Volume pricing

Annual plans drop to $144 per seat at 11 to 25 seats, $120 at 26 to 50 and $80 at 51 to 100.

MindMeister

Mind map editor

Topics are arranged by drag and drop and can carry links, notes, emojis and images. Layouts include mind maps, org charts and lists, with themes and color schemes.

Real-time collaboration

Collaborators invited by link edit the same map at once, comment on topics and @mention each other. Every plan, including Free, allows unlimited collaborators.

Presentation mode

A map can be shown as a presentation directly from the editor, so a team can be walked through the ideas without building separate slides.

Outline and focus modes

Outline mode switches a map to structured bullet points, and focus mode hides menus, toolbars and icons in the editor.

AI map creation (beta)

A prompt or an uploaded file such as a PDF, presentation, spreadsheet or image produces a map, which AI can then expand or tidy. It is listed as beta on every plan.

Exports and integrations

Topics convert into MeisterTask tasks on any plan. Image and PDF exports and Microsoft Teams start at Personal; Word and PowerPoint exports and Google Workspace at Pro.

MindGenius

• Subscription$160

  per seat / year, billed annually ($16 billed monthly)

  Unlimited projects and views, Needs Attention overview, Microsoft Teams integration and guest access.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For 25+ seats with volume pricing, deployment guidance and a named contact. Sold through sales.

MindMeister

• Free€0

  Up to 3 mind maps, unlimited collaborators, templates, presentations, outline and focus modes, the MeisterTask integration and AI map creation in beta.

• Personal€6.50

  per user / month, billed yearly (€7.50 on 6-month billing)

  Unlimited mind maps, PNG, JPG and PDF exports, printing, 2 attachments per map, 7-day version history and the Microsoft Teams integration.

• Pro€10.50

  per user / month, billed yearly (€12.50 on 6-month billing)

  Unlimited attachments, all-time version history, multiple admins, Word and PowerPoint exports, custom branding and the Google Workspace integration.

• Business€15.50

  per user / month, billed yearly (€19 on 6-month billing)

  Group sharing, compliance exports and backups, IP restriction, SAML SSO on request, priority email and phone support and a customer success manager.

MindGenius

• Annual discount

  About 17% off with annual billing

  Annual billing costs about 17% less per seat than paying monthly; the page puts the difference at $32 a seat.

MindMeister

• Annual discount

  13 to 18% lower on 12-month billing

  MindMeister's pricing file says the 12-month billing cycle costs approximately 13 to 18% less than the 6-month cycle, for example €6.50 against €7.50 per user a month on Personal.

• Education

  50% off for students and educators

  Students, educators and educational institutions get a 50% discount, applied by contacting the support team.

• Nonprofit

  50% off for nonprofits

  The same 50% discount is listed for non-profit organizations, also arranged through the support team.

• By country

  Lower price shown to buyers in India

  MindMeister says it uses geo-based pricing. On 9 October 2026 its pricing page showed Personal to a reader in India at $3.50 per user a month on yearly billing, against a reference price of €6.50 for most of Europe.