Padlet review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Padlet report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for classroom boards where everyone posts
Padlet makes boards where people post text, files, video and audio, and it is sold mostly to schools. The free plan allows 3 boards and one user, the listing records only the School and District price, and the regional pricing page shows a different currency.
Who Padlet is for
- 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
Who Padlet is not for
- 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
Why Padlet gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyThe listing records only School and District, from $300 a year for 10 teachers, and the pricing page in this region shows ringgit, so one person's price is not on record.
- CFree plan and trialThe free plan is 3 padlets, 1 user, 20 MB uploads and short recordings, with no card needed. A trial of Team and Classroom is listed, length unstated.
- CFeaturesBoards, sandboxes, uploads and classroom safety tools. Gaps the listing shows: the free tier's 3-board cap, with LMS links, SSO and analytics on paid plans.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You set up each board and its permissions yourself.
- APlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android, an API from Platinum up, and LMS integrations on the school plan.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Padlet's own pages on 12 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/padlet#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/padlet.svg" alt="Padlet: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Padlet stands among whiteboard and mind map tools
Padlet's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 25 of the 61 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, and level with 9.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 54 of 61) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $25 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $7.49 for the category: 42 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 62 whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Padlet’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 7 of 61, level with 30
- CFree plan and trialAbove 7 of 61, level with 40
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 61, level with 42
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 61, level with 44
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 54 of 61, level with 7
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 55 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 Padlet, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Padlet you could make: templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $300 a year.
What you could make
- Templates: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- An endless canvas that stays smooth with hundreds of things on it.
- Apps for macOS, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- Several people working in it at the same moment.
- An API that other software can build on.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on and roles and permissions.
What this rests on. Padlet’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 Padlet?
Padlet is a visual collaboration tool built around boards, where people post text, files and media, and sandboxes, which are open canvases for whiteboards, lessons and activities. It is aimed at education and creative work, and the vendor says it has 40 million users. Plans are priced for individuals, teams, classrooms and whole schools.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Padlet pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Padlet has a free plan, and paid plans start at $300 per year for 10 teachers (School & District plan).
- Starts at
- $300 per year for 10 teachers (School & District plan)
- Free plan
- 3 padlets, 1 user, 20 MB uploads, 2-minute video and 5-minute audio recordings.
- Free trial
- Free trial offered on the Team and Classroom plans (length not stated)
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 3 padlets, 20 MB file uploads, 2-minute video and 5-minute audio recordings, no credit card needed. |
| School & District | $300per 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. |
Read from padlet.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Padlet before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Padlet have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Padlet is listed for Web, iOS, Android and macOS.
Does Padlet have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Padlet is listed for Web, iOS, Android and macOS.
Is Padlet open source?
Padlet is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Padlet have an API?
Yes. Padlet 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 12, 2026.