The Stormboard Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Stormboard in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Stormboard
The Insider’s Guide
Sticky-note digital whiteboard with built-in reports
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among whiteboard and mind map tools, read from Stormboard’s own pages.
Made by Stormboard · checked Oct 6, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Stormboard’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Stormboard’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.6
GPA, above 13 of the 30 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade
Stormboard is a sticky-note-based digital whiteboard for meetings, workshops and planning. Work happens in shared workspaces called Storms, where notes are sorted into template sections, voted on and turned into tasks, and a finished Storm can be exported as an editable Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Google document. Two-way integrations with Jira, Rally and Azure DevOps are aimed at agile planning, and the StormAI assistant is aimed at Enterprise customers.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Stormboard, taken from its own pages and our grades.
The free plan at least needs no credit card, so you can poke at it before deciding.
- 1
Best for workshops that have to end in a written report
Stormboard is a sticky-note whiteboard whose finished board exports as an editable Word, PowerPoint or Excel report, and it syncs two ways with Jira, Rally and Azure DevOps.
- 2
Paid plans start at $8.33 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $8.33 per user / month, billed annually ($100 a year).
- 3
There is a free plan
Personal plan: 5 open Storms with up to 5 users in each, pre-made templates, basic reports and exports, and view-only Microsoft Office and Google Drive files. No credit card is needed.
- 4
It runs on 4 platforms
Web, Windows, iOS and Android.
- 5
Storms built from sticky notes
A workspace, called a Storm, holds text, image, video, file and whiteboard sticky notes on an infinite canvas divided into sections. Index card notes open a Substorm on paid plans.
- 6
Templates and section types
More than 250 templates are included. On Business and Enterprise, a section can become a calendar, spreadsheet or matrix, and customized templates can be saved for reuse.
- 7
Reports and exports
A Storm exports as an editable Word, PowerPoint or Excel report, or as Google Docs, Slides or Sheets. These need Business; Personal has word cloud, votes and tasks exports.
- 8
A 2.6 GPA, above 13 of 30
That is against the other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
The plain part of Stormboard you could make: templates, reports and tasks. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Stormboard at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $8.33 per user / month, billed annually ($100 a year)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial on monthly subscriptions only; a credit card is required
- Runs on
- Web, Windows, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Stormboard, since 2009
- Category
- Whiteboards & Mind Maps
- Our grade
- 2.6 GPA, good
The report card
Best for workshops that have to end in a written report
Stormboard is a sticky-note whiteboard whose finished board exports as an editable Word, PowerPoint or Excel report, and it syncs two ways with Jira, Rally and Azure DevOps. Those reports need Business at $8.33 a user a month billed annually. The free plan stops at 5 open Storms of 5 users, the trial needs a card, there's no Mac app, and StormAI is aimed at Enterprise.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Business is $8.33 a user a month billed annually ($100 a year), or $10 monthly, which is the exact middle of this category. Annual subscriptions are non-refundable and skip the free trial, and StormAI on Business is a 30-day trial before an Enterprise upgrade. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Personal is free with no credit card, with pre-made templates, voting, tasks and a timer. But 5 open Storms of 5 users each is a cap you'll hit, Office and Google files are view-only, and the Word, PowerPoint and Excel reports are left out. |
| Features | B | Text, image, video, file and whiteboard sticky notes sorted into template sections, with voting, comments, tasks and a timer, and more than 250 templates. A Storm exports as an editable Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Google report, and changes mirror back to Jira, Rally and Azure DevOps. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record, and the work here is building the board itself: sections to lay out, notes to sort, a template to pick from more than 250. The free plan at least needs no credit card, so you can poke at it before deciding. |
| Platforms and integrations | A | Web, Windows, iOS and Android, with Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, Google Drive and Zapier hooked in. There's no Mac app, and Stormboard itself calls the phone app a companion with limited features. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Stormboard is for
- Fits if your workshops need to end in a written report people can edit
- Works for sprint planning in Jira, Rally or Azure DevOps with changes synced back
Who it is not for
- Tight if you're staying free, with 5 open Storms of 5 users and view-only Office and Google files
- Skip it if you want the AI on a regular plan, as StormAI on Business is a 30-day trial before an Enterprise upgrade
- Not for you if you want a desktop app on a Mac, because only a Windows one is listed
- Watch out: the 30-day trial needs a card and covers monthly plans only, and annual plans aren't refundable
- Too light for work on a phone, as the vendor calls its phone app a companion with limited features
Good to know
Good for
- Facilitated workshops that need to end in a written report
- Agile teams planning with Jira, Rally or Azure DevOps
- Teams that co-edit Office or Google files inside a board
- Small groups: the free plan allows 5 users in each Storm
Worth knowing
- The Personal plan allows 5 open Storms with 5 users each, and Microsoft Office and Google Drive files are view-only on it.
- Substorms, idea grouping, folders, and the Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Google reports all need the Business plan.
- SAML single sign-on, audit logs and the Surface Hub app are Enterprise-only, and StormAI on Business is a 30-day trial before an Enterprise upgrade.
- The vendor lists apps for Windows, iOS and Android but no Mac app, and describes the phone app as a companion with limited features.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$8.33
A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too
Stormboard has a free plan. Paid plans start at $8.33 per user / month, billed annually ($100 a year).
Personal is free with no credit card, with pre-made templates, voting, tasks and a timer.
Personal
$0
5 open Storms, 5 users per Storm, one administrator per Storm, pre-made templates, and word cloud, votes and tasks exports.
Business
$8.33
per user / month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)
Unlimited Storms, Substorms, idea grouping, folders, custom templates, Office and Google reports, and live co-editing of Office and Google files.
Enterprise
Custom
Adds SAML single sign-on, a single-tenant option, audit logs, the Surface Hub app, volume pricing, priority support and a dedicated account manager.
The free plan
Personal plan: 5 open Storms with up to 5 users in each, pre-made templates, basic reports and exports, and view-only Microsoft Office and Google Drive files. No credit card is needed.
Trying it first
30-day free trial on monthly subscriptions only; a credit card is required
Read from help.stormboard.com on Oct 6, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
2 months free with annual billing
Business is $8.33 per user a month billed annually ($100 a seat per year) against $10 billed monthly. Annual subscriptions are non-refundable and do not include the free trial.
Stated on help.stormboard.comNonprofit
25% off annual plans for nonprofits
Certified non-profit organizations get 25% off annual plans by choosing a plan and then contacting Stormboard. The discount does not apply to monthly billing.
Stated on help.stormboard.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
4
Places it runs: Web, Windows, iOS and Android
Sticky-note digital whiteboard with built-in reports. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features, real-time collaboration, whiteboard, templates, tasks, reports.
A Storm exports as an editable Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Google report, and changes mirror back to Jira, Rally and Azure DevOps.
- Storms built from sticky notes
- A workspace, called a Storm, holds text, image, video, file and whiteboard sticky notes on an infinite canvas divided into sections. Index card notes open a Substorm on paid plans.
- Templates and section types
- More than 250 templates are included. On Business and Enterprise, a section can become a calendar, spreadsheet or matrix, and customized templates can be saved for reuse.
- Reports and exports
- A Storm exports as an editable Word, PowerPoint or Excel report, or as Google Docs, Slides or Sheets. These need Business; Personal has word cloud, votes and tasks exports.
- Two-way agile integrations
- Integrations with Jira, Rally and Azure DevOps mirror changes made in Stormboard back to the tracker, for backlog and sprint planning and for showing dependencies.
- Voting, tasks and timer
- Participants can vote on ideas, comment, and assign a task to a sticky note, and an assigned-tasks report lists owners and due dates. A timer is included on every plan.
- StormAI
- StormAI builds a template from a stated goal, suggests ideas, and summarizes sticky notes or groups them by theme or sentiment. Business customers get a 30-day trial of it.
Where it runs
- Web
- Windows
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Jira
- Azure DevOps
- Rally
- Microsoft Teams
- Slack
- Zoom
- Google Drive
- Zapier
Stormboard is made by Stormboard, and has been around since 2009.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
13/30
Other whiteboard and mind map tools it is graded above
Stormboard's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 13 of the 30 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, and level with 7.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 24 of 30) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $8.33 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8.29 for the category: 12 of the 23 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 31 whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Stormboard’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 30
- CFree plan and trialAbove 1 of 30
- BFeaturesAbove 15 of 30
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 30
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 24 of 30
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 28 whiteboard and mind map tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Stormboard is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
The plain part of Stormboard you could make: templates, reports and tasks. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $99.96 a year.
What you could make
- Templates, reports and tasks: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- An endless canvas that stays smooth with hundreds of things on it.
- Apps for Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- Several people working in it at the same moment.
- It plugs into other products, Jira, Azure DevOps and Rally among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Stormboard’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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Miro, Mural, Lucidspark, FigJam and Microsoft Whiteboard
The 5 tools Stormboard is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.0GPA
Miro
Free plan · from $8/mo
Online whiteboard for team brainstorming, diagrams and planning.
- Only Miro lists a macOS app.
- Stormboard also covers tasks and reports.
- Miro also covers mind mapping and diagrams.
- 2.6GPA
Mural
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Online whiteboard with built-in facilitation tools for workshops.
- Only Mural lists a macOS app.
- Stormboard also covers tasks and reports.
- Mural also covers mind mapping and diagrams.
- 2.4GPA
Lucidspark
Free plan · from $9/mo
Virtual whiteboard for team brainstorming and workshops.
- Only Stormboard lists a Windows app.
- Stormboard also covers tasks and reports.
- Lucidspark also covers mind mapping.
- 3.0GPA
FigJam
Free plan · from $3/mo
Online whiteboard from Figma for brainstorms, diagrams and meetings.
- Only FigJam lists a macOS app.
- Stormboard also covers tasks and reports.
- FigJam also covers diagrams.
- 3.4GPA
Microsoft Whiteboard
Free
Free collaborative canvas built into Microsoft 365 and Teams.
- Stormboard also covers tasks and reports.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
15
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Stormboard free?
Stormboard has a free plan. Personal plan: 5 open Storms with up to 5 users in each, pre-made templates, basic reports and exports, and view-only Microsoft Office and Google Drive files.
How much does Stormboard cost?
Stormboard lists 3 plans. Personal: $0.
What platforms does Stormboard work on?
Stormboard is available on Web, Windows, iOS and Android.
Does Stormboard offer any discounts?
Stormboard publicly lists the following: 2 months free with annual billing; 25% off annual plans for nonprofits.
Does Stormboard have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Stormboard is listed for Web, Windows, iOS and Android.
Does Stormboard have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Stormboard is listed for Web, Windows, iOS and Android.
Is Stormboard open source?
Stormboard is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
Does Stormboard have an API?
Yes. Stormboard offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Stormboard integrate with?
Stormboard's listing names Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, Google Drive and Zapier.
Does Stormboard have a free trial?
Yes. 30-day free trial on monthly subscriptions only; a credit card is required.
Who makes Stormboard?
Stormboard is made by a company of the same name. It dates from 2009.
What are the alternatives to Stormboard?
The closest alternatives to Stormboard in our directory are Miro, Mural, Lucidspark, FigJam and Microsoft Whiteboard.
How does Stormboard compare with other whiteboard and mind map tools?
Stormboard's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 13 of the 30 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, and level with 7.
Is Stormboard good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Stormboard C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $8.33 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8.29 for the category: 12 of the 23 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Stormboard?
The plain part of Stormboard you could make: templates, reports and tasks.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Stormboard’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Stormboard's own pages on 6 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-07-25.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Stormboard. Prices change, so check stormboard.com before you buy.
- help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11456132-what-does-a-business-subscription-offer
- stormboard.com/pricing
- stormboard.com/home
- help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11456070-what-does-a-personal-plan-offer
- help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11455982-what-is-an-annual-subscription
- help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11456069-how-does-the-30-day-free-trial-work
- help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11456005-what-does-an-enterprise-plan-offer
- help.stormboard.com/en/articles/11456043-does-stormboard-have-non-profit-organization-pricing
- stormboard.com/product/tour
- stormboard.com/product/stormai
- stormboard.com/product/reports
- stormboard.com/product/stormboard-apps
- stormboard.com/integrations
- stormboard.com/company/about-us
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Stormboard, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/stormboard
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Stormboard’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Stormboard is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Stormboard. Prices and plans change: check stormboard.com before you buy.