# Sketchboard review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Online whiteboard for diagrams, sketches and team planning

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Sketchboard is a browser-based collaborative whiteboard with an infinite canvas, a large shape library and automatic connectors. Teams use it for software diagrams, flowcharts, retrospectives and mind maps. Everyone's edits appear in real time, and boards can be shared by link.

- **Category:** Whiteboards & Mind Maps
- **Made by:** Sketchboard
- **Website:** https://sketchboard.io
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 3 editable boards and 5 users.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, Sketchboard has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6 per month for 1 editor, billed monthly ($60 billed yearly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free plan with 3 editable boards and up to 5 users; boards are backed up daily on every plan.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 3 editable boards and up to 5 users. |
| Starter | $6 per month for 1 editor, billed monthly ($60 billed yearly) | Unlimited boards, 1 private team, PDF and SVG export, 1 GB storage; extra editors are $6 each a month. |
| Team | $20 per month for up to 5 editors, billed monthly ($200 billed yearly) | 5 editors, unlimited free viewers, board password sharing, comments and Slack; extra editors $5 each a month. |
| Business | $39 per month for up to 10 editors, billed monthly ($390 billed yearly) | 10 editors, unlimited private teams, SSO, team-level access rights and business admin; extra editors $5 each. |

Read from https://sketchboard.io/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Sketchboard before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Two months free with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Yearly billing is $60 for Starter, $200 for Team and $390 for Business, which the page says includes two months free. Source: https://sketchboard.io/pricing

## Key features

- **Infinite canvas:** A freeform board for sketching, notes and diagrams, with freehand drawing that can sit on top of pasted screenshots.
- **Shape libraries:** Over 1,000 shapes on paid plans, including AWS and Google Cloud icons, with connectors that recalculate when shapes move.
- **Real-time collaboration:** Edits and cursor movements show live, and a comment box doubles as a mini chat.
- **Templates for common work:** The site describes boards for UML and flowcharts, retrospectives, UX flows, roadmaps and mind maps.
- **Sharing controls:** Boards share by link; Team and Business add unlimited free viewers and board password sharing.
- **Integrations:** Connects to Microsoft Teams, Slack, GitHub, Webex and Google Drive.

## Good for

- Software teams drawing system and UML diagrams together
- Remote teams running retrospectives and planning sessions
- Small teams that want a lower-priced whiteboard with free viewers

## Worth knowing

- The free plan stops at 3 editable boards and 5 users.
- Plans are priced by editor; extra editors cost $5 or $6 a month each.
- SSO and team-level access rights are on Business only.
- Yearly billing includes two months free compared with monthly billing.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Sketchboard is a browser whiteboard with an infinite canvas, shape libraries and real-time editing. The free plan allows 3 editable boards and 5 users, extra editors cost $5 or $6 each, and SSO and team access rights are on Business only. It has no desktop or phone apps.

- **Value for money: B.** $6 a month for 1 editor ($60 yearly), and $20 for 5 editors on Team, which is about $4 a head. The category's cheaper quarter starts at $5.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** The free plan has 3 editable boards and up to 5 users. You'll hit the board cap.
- **Features: B.** Infinite canvas, shape libraries, real-time collaboration, templates and sharing controls. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core whiteboard job.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It's a web app where the work is drawing the board.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but it connects to Teams, Slack, GitHub, Webex and Google Drive.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sketchboard's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among whiteboard and mind map tools

- Sketchboard's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 58 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, and level with 16.
- It stands best on features (B, above 77 of 98) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1).
- Its paid plans start at $6 a month, 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 2.7 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/whiteboards

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** The plain part of Sketchboard you could make: mind mapping. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $72 a year.

- You could make: Mind mapping: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: An endless canvas that stays smooth with hundreds of things on it.
- You could not: A diagram editor.
- You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Microsoft Teams, Slack and GitHub among them.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Microsoft Teams, Slack, GitHub, Webex, Google Drive

**Tags:** Whiteboard, Diagrams, Real-time collaboration, Mind mapping

## Alternatives

- [Miro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/miro): Online whiteboard for team brainstorming, diagrams and planning. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/miro-vs-sketchboard)
- [Mural](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mural): Online whiteboard with built-in facilitation tools for workshops. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mural-vs-sketchboard)
- [Lucidspark](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lucidspark): Virtual whiteboard for team brainstorming and workshops. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lucidspark-vs-sketchboard)
- [Whimsical](https://toolgpa.com/tools/whimsical): Whiteboard for flowcharts, wireframes, mind maps and docs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sketchboard-vs-whimsical)
- [Excalidraw](https://toolgpa.com/tools/excalidraw): Open-source whiteboard for hand-drawn style sketches and diagrams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/excalidraw-vs-sketchboard)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://sketchboard.io/pricing
- https://sketchboard.io/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/sketchboard
Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).