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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Padlet

No public discounts listed.