# Vani review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Infinite-canvas whiteboard with built-in video catchups Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Vani is a visual collaboration platform built around an infinite canvas with sticky notes, shapes, connectors, mind maps and kanban views. Teammates can talk and work together in video Catchups without leaving the board. The free plan allows unlimited Spaces and collaborators. - **Category:** Whiteboards & Mind Maps - **Made by:** Zoho - **Website:** https://www.vanihq.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 3 Zones a Space and video calls stop at 30 minutes. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Vani has a free plan, and paid plans start at $4 per person / month, billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Unlimited Spaces and collaborators, 3 Zones per Space, 100 AI credits for the team, 25 MB uploads and 15 days of version history. - **Free trial:** 30-day free trial of the Team and Business plans, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Unlimited Spaces and collaborators, video calls up to 30 minutes, 100 AI credits for the team. | | Team | $4 per person / month, billed annually | Adds sharing with selected people, external links, database tables, 100 AI credits per user monthly. | | Business | $8 per person / month, billed annually | Adds multiple teams, free guest seats, admin controls and 200 AI credits per user monthly. | Read from https://www.vanihq.com/pricing.html on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Vani before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 20% with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page toggle labels annual billing as saving 20% compared with monthly billing. Source: https://www.vanihq.com/pricing.html ## Key features - **Infinite canvas:** Shapes, connectors, sticky notes, tables and mind map, stack and kanban views sit on one board called a Space. - **Video Catchups:** Teammates see and talk to each other on the canvas. Free-plan calls are capped at 30 minutes; Team has unlimited in-app meetings with recording. - **AI on the canvas:** Generate mind maps, flowcharts and content from prompts, using credits: 100 per team on Free, 100 per user on Team and 200 on Business. - **Templates and Kits:** Ready-made templates and Kits cover product, marketing, design and sales work, plus interactive smart templates on database tables from Team up. - **Collaboration widgets:** Live cursors, comments, mentions, voice notes, pins, reactions, timers and polls; polls and voting need the Team plan. - **API and MCP server:** The Vani API and an MCP server are listed on the Free plan, for connecting spaces to other tools and AI agents. ## Good for - Small teams that want whiteboarding and video calls in one place - Teams that want free unlimited collaborators on the basic plan - Groups already using Zoho Projects or Microsoft Teams ## Worth knowing - The free plan shares Spaces with the whole team only; sharing with selected people needs Team. - Free-plan video calls stop at 30 minutes and each Space is limited to 3 Zones. - Vani runs in a web browser; the site lists no desktop or mobile apps. - Guests are free only on Business, and they must sign in. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Vani is a web whiteboard with an infinite canvas, video catch-ups and templates. The free plan has 3 Zones a Space, shares only with the whole team, and caps video calls at 30 minutes, and there is no desktop or phone app. - **Value for money: B.** Team is $4 a person a month billed annually, under the $5 cheaper quarter. Business is $8. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free has unlimited Spaces and collaborators, 100 AI credits for the team and 15 days of version history. 3 Zones a Space and whole-team sharing only are the limits, and the paid trial is 30 days without a card. - **Features: C.** Canvas, video, AI, templates, widgets and an API. The listing names gaps: free sharing is whole-team only, and guests are free only on Business. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A web app where you build the board yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Zoho Projects, Microsoft Teams and Zoho WorkDrive, an API and an MCP server. No apps listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Vani'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 - Vani'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 free plan and trial (B, above 71 of 98) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $4 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 8 of the 69 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 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 Vani you could make: mind mapping and kanban boards. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $48 a year. - You could make: Mind mapping and kanban boards: an app builder makes these 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, Zoho Projects, Microsoft Teams and Zoho WorkDrive among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Zoho Projects, Microsoft Teams, Zoho WorkDrive **Tags:** Whiteboard, Mind mapping, Diagrams, Kanban boards, AI features, Real-time collaboration, Public API ## Alternatives - [Miro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/miro): Online whiteboard for team brainstorming, diagrams and planning. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/conceptboard-vs-vani) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.vanihq.com/ - https://www.vanihq.com/pricing.html Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/vani Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).