Scribblar vs Ziteboard (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Ziteboard grades higher than Scribblar: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Ziteboard grades higher on the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Scribblar
Online classroom with a shared whiteboard for tutors
Ziteboard
Lightweight online whiteboard for tutoring and live teamwork
Which one is for you
Pick Scribblar if
- Fits if you tutor one to one or in small groups online
- Works for teachers who want to turn existing slides and PDFs into lesson pages
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, because there's only a 7-day trial
- Tight if you grow: 3, 10 or 30 rooms, and 3, 5 or 15 users per room
- Tight if you have long files: conversion stops at 25, 50 or 100 pages per file
- Watch out: Enterprise has no published price
Pick Ziteboard if
- Fits if you run live lessons and need math tools on the board
- Works for tutors who share a board link
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, with 3 owned boards and public boards only
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $9 against $85 for the year
- Watch out: letting people in without registration needs a paid add-on on top of Pro
- Watch out: payment is through PayPal, with bank transfer only on request
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAScribblarWeak | 2.2GPAZiteboardFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$19 a month for 3 rooms, $32 for 10 and $59 for 30. The category's dearer quarter starts at $10.95, but it's a teaching room, not just a board. | CMonthly Pro is $9, or $85 a year, which is about $7.08 a month. That's around the middle of what whiteboards charge. |
| Free plan and trial | DA 7-day trial with 3 rooms and up to 3 users, and the page doesn't say whether a card is needed. Nothing free after that. | CA free Starter plan with 3 owned boards, public boards only and limited data traffic. |
| Features | CWhiteboard, audio, video, chat and document conversion. Rooms, users per room and pages per file are all capped by plan. | CFreehand drawing, shape recognition, math tools, import and live chat. Private boards, full PDF import and backup export are Pro. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You set up rooms and upload lesson files first. | CNo store rating on record. The homepage and the FAQ disagree about whether there are native apps. |
| Platforms and integrations | CBrowser only, and no integrations are listed. | BWeb, iOS and Android plus a Chrome extension, WordPress and an enterprise API. No desktop app is listed. |
| Best for | online tutoring rooms with a whiteboard | a simple tutoring whiteboard |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Scribblar and Ziteboard. How we grade
Price against what you get
Scribblar starts at $19 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Ziteboard starts at $9 a month and scores 2.3.
Ziteboard scores higher and starts $10 a month lower. Of the other whiteboard and mind map tools on the chart, 59 score higher than Scribblar for less, and 18 score higher than Ziteboard for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Scribblar also covers presentations and video calls.
At a glance
| Scribblar | Ziteboard | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19 per month for 3 rooms | $9 per month, billed monthly ($85 billed yearly) |
| Free plan | None | Starter plan: 3 boards owned, unlimited shared boards and collaborators, 3 basic colors, low-resolution images and first-page PDF import. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial with 3 rooms for up to 3 concurrent users | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Scribblar | Ziteboard |
| Price read from | scribblar.com | ziteboard.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Scribblar
- There is no free plan, only a 7-day trial.
- Capacity is capped per plan: 3, 10 or 30 rooms, and 3, 5 or 15 users in each room.
- Document conversion is limited to 25, 50 or 100 pages per file depending on the plan.
- The pricing page names a wire-transfer option for Enterprise customers but publishes no Enterprise price.
Ziteboard
- The Starter plan allows 3 owned boards, public boards only, and limits data traffic unless a Pro user is on the board.
- Inviting people to a board without registration needs a paid anonymous whiteboard add-on on top of a Pro plan.
- The homepage mentions apps for iPad and Android, while the FAQ says no native app is needed; the Android listing is on Google Play.
- Payment is currently through PayPal, with bank transfer available on request.
Key features
Scribblar
- Real-time whiteboard
- A shared whiteboard that tutor and students draw on at the same time, inside a persistent room.
- Audio, video and chat
- Live audio, video and text chat are included on every plan, with unlimited lessons.
- Document conversion
- PDF, Word and PowerPoint files are converted into whiteboard pages, with a per-document page cap of 25, 50 or 100 by plan.
- Collaboration rooms
- Each plan includes a set number of rooms and a cap on users per room, so one tutor can keep separate rooms for different students.
- Selling lessons
- The pricing page says tutors can earn commissions, sell courses and sell subscriptions through the platform.
Ziteboard
- Realtime collaboration
- Unlimited people can share a board live. An integrated chat adds text, audio and video, and the video runs peer to peer.
- Math tools
- A formula editor takes LaTeX or a virtual keyboard, and a graph plotter and interactive compass cover functions and geometry.
- Drawing helpers
- Freehand strokes are smoothed, and rough circles and other shapes are recognized and redrawn. Sticky notes are included.
- Image and PDF import
- Images can be dragged in, and PDF pages or page ranges imported. Free accounts get lower-resolution images and the first PDF page.
- Export
- Boards export as PNG, SVG or PDF; a backup export is a paid feature.
Plans
Scribblar
Starter$19
per month for 3 rooms
Up to 3 users per room, document conversion up to 25 pages and email support.
Standard$32
per month for 10 rooms
Up to 5 users per room, document conversion up to 50 pages and priority support.
Premium$59
per month for 30 rooms
Up to 15 users per room, document conversion up to 100 pages and priority support.
Ziteboard
Starter$0
3 owned boards, unlimited collaborators, public boards only, limited data traffic, low-resolution image import.
One Week Pro$5
one-time payment for one week
All Pro features for a week: unlimited boards, private boards, audio and video chat, custom colors.
Monthly Pro$9
per month, billed monthly
Unlimited boards, private boards, custom colors, highlighter pens, HQ images, full PDF import, backup export and audio and video chat.
Annual Pro$85
per year
The Monthly Pro features, billed once a year.
Teams$8
per user / month for 2-5 users, billed monthly
Pro features for the whole team. Per-user price falls with team size and period: $4.50 at 21-100 users billed yearly.
EnterpriseCustom
Quoted by email: REST API, white label license, single sign-on, encryption and a dedicated server.
Ways to pay less
Scribblar
No public discounts listed.
Ziteboard
- Other savings
Team discounts for longer periods
The team price per user drops with team size and with 6-month, 1-year or 2-year periods, from $8 to $4.50 per user a month on the page's table.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Scribblar or Ziteboard?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Ziteboard is cheaper to start with: $9 a month, against $19 a month for Scribblar. Scribblar starts at $19 per month for 3 rooms, and Ziteboard starts at $9 per month, billed monthly ($85 billed yearly).
Which has a free plan, Scribblar or Ziteboard?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Ziteboard has a free plan. Scribblar does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Scribblar and Ziteboard run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Ziteboard lists iOS and Android apps and a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.