Collaboard review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for workshop whiteboards with a choice of hosting country
Collaboard is an online whiteboard for workshops with sticky notes, mind maps and tables, hosted in the Netherlands, Switzerland or Germany. The free plan is 3 boards with 5 people each, voting and timers need Advanced, and Enterprise has no published price.
Who Collaboard is for
- Fits if your data has to stay in Switzerland, Germany or the Netherlands
- Works for workshop facilitators who need an MCP server or self-hosting
Who Collaboard is not for
- Tight if you stay free, as it is 3 boards and 5 participants per board
- Watch out: voting, timers, presentation mode and the icon library need Advanced
- Watch out: hosting in Germany costs extra and is not in the listed price
- Watch out: single sign-on, SCIM, LDAP and audit logs are Enterprise only, with no published price
Why Collaboard gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$6 per user a month billed yearly sits between the category's cheaper quarter at $5 and its middle at $8.25.
- CFree plan and trialFree plan with 3 whiteboards and 5 participants per board, which most teams will outgrow.
- CFeaturesCore whiteboard tools, templates and guests, but voting, timers and presentation mode need Advanced at $11.50 a seat.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record, and facilitation boards take building.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Teams, Webex, Pexip, Nextcloud and Rocket.Chat integrations.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Collaboard's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/collaboard#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/collaboard.svg" alt="Collaboard: 2.2 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Collaboard stands among whiteboard and mind map tools
Collaboard's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 23 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, and level with 19.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 35 of 98) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $6 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 20 of the 69 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 9 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 99 whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Collaboard’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 11 of 98, level with 47
- CFree plan and trialAbove 10 of 98, level with 60
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 98, level with 76
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 98, level with 77
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 35 of 98, level with 55
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 88 whiteboard and mind map tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Collaboard, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Collaboard you could make: mind mapping and templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 56 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools grade higher. It costs $72 a year.
What you could make
- Mind mapping and templates: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- An endless canvas that stays smooth with hundreds of things on it.
- Several people working in it at the same moment.
- It plugs into other products, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex and Pexip among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Collaboard’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Collaboard?
Collaboard is an online whiteboard for workshops, meetings and project planning, with sticky notes, mind maps, drawing tools, frames and tables on a shared canvas. It can be hosted in the Netherlands, Switzerland or Germany, or on a customer's own servers on the Enterprise plan.
Worth knowing
- The free plan is limited to 3 whiteboards and 5 participants per board.
- Voting, timers, presentation mode and the icon library need Advanced.
- Hosting in Germany is available for an additional charge and is not part of the listed price.
- Single sign-on, SCIM, LDAP and audit logs are Enterprise only, and Enterprise has no published price.
Key features
- Core whiteboard tools
- Sticky notes, text, shapes, connectors, drawing pens, mind maps, frames, tables and chat on the board.
- Workshop facilitation
- Voting and ratings, a timer, presentation and focus modes and a way to bring participants to your position (Advanced and up).
- Guest access
- Guests can view and edit a board without logging in: up to 20 on Basic, unlimited on Advanced.
- Templates
- The vendor lists over 250 templates, and Advanced adds personal and organization templates.
- Hosting choice
- Cloud hosting in the Netherlands, Switzerland or Germany, with self-hosted and private deployment on Enterprise.
- MCP server
- A beta MCP server connects AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Mistral to whiteboards on the Advanced plan.
Collaboard pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Collaboard has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6 per user / month, billed yearly ($7.20 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $6 per user / month, billed yearly ($7.20 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Up to 3 whiteboards, 5 participants per board and access to 200+ templates.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Up to 3 whiteboards, 5 participants per board, core whiteboard features and templates. |
| Basic | $6per user / month, billed yearly ($7.20 billed monthly) | Unlimited boards, 50 participants per board, up to 20 guests who can edit without a login, exports. |
| Advanced | $11.50per user / month, billed yearly ($13.80 billed monthly) | Unlimited participants and guests, facilitation tools, custom templates, branding, cloud region choice. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Self-hosting, single sign-on, SCIM and LDAP, audit logs and a dedicated customer success manager. |
Read from collaboard.app on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Collaboard before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 17% with yearly billing
The pricing page shows a yearly option labelled as a 17% saving over monthly billing, in dollars, euros or Swiss francs.
Stated on collaboard.app
Works with
- Microsoft Teams
- Cisco Webex
- Pexip
- Nextcloud
- Rocket.Chat
- Jira
- Confluence
- Stashcat
Collaboard alternatives
- Collaboard vs Miro
Free plan · from $8/mo
- Collaboard vs Mural
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
- Collaboard vs Conceptboard
Free plan · from €5/mo
- Collaboard vs Klaxoon
Free plan · from $24.90/mo
Common questions
Does Collaboard have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Collaboard is listed for Web.
Does Collaboard have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Collaboard is listed for Web.
Is Collaboard open source?
Collaboard is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Collaboard have an API?
Yes. Collaboard offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.