# Whiteboard.chat review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Free classroom whiteboard where each student has a copy Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Whiteboard.chat is a browser-based whiteboard for online teaching. Teachers and students each get their own copy of the board, and the teacher can watch student work live, join a student's board, and use a library of interactive widgets. Most features are free without registration, with paid plans that remove ads and extend board life. - **Category:** Whiteboards & Mind Maps - **Made by:** Whiteboard.chat - **Website:** https://www.whiteboard.chat - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: ads on teacher boards, 7-day board life and 30 minutes of audio and video. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Whiteboard.chat has a free plan, and paid plans start at $30 per year. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Educator Free: 10 class boards, 7-day board life, ads on teacher boards and 30 minutes of audio/video conferencing. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Educator Free | $0 | 10 class boards, ads on teacher boards, 30 minutes of audio/video and boards kept 7 days. | | Starter | $30 per year for 1 educator | No ads, unlimited boards, 60 minutes of audio/video and boards kept 4 weeks. | | Basic | $70 per year for 1 educator | Adds student-engagement metrics and keeps 20 boards indefinitely. | | Gold | $150 per year for 1 educator | Student-engagement metrics and all boards kept indefinitely. | | Schools/Districts | $150 per month and up | Admin controls, 24/7 support, customised training and indefinite board life. Sold through sales. | Read from https://www.whiteboard.chat/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Whiteboard.chat before buying. ## Key features - **Individual student boards:** Teachers and students each get their own copy of the board; students cannot see each other's work and the teacher sees all of it live. - **Interactive widgets:** A large library of digital manipulatives, gizmos and widgets for building interactive lessons and games. - **Breakout groups:** Students can be auto-assigned to groups before or after joining, and the class can switch between individual and group boards. - **Engagement and AI tools:** AI-powered engagement measurement and nudges, with student boards downloadable as reports; engagement metrics need the Basic plan or higher. - **Accessibility tools:** Hotkey navigation, read-aloud through Microsoft Immersive Reader, real-time speech-to-text and translation, and handwriting recognition. ## Good for - Teachers who want a free whiteboard that needs no registration - Classes of up to 100 students that each need their own board - Schools using Microsoft Teams or Google Classroom ## Worth knowing - The free plan shows ads on teacher boards, keeps boards for 7 days and caps audio/video at 30 minutes. - Student-engagement metrics are not in the free or Starter plans. - Prices are shown on an annual view; the monthly-billing prices were not displayed in the page text read. - Whiteboard.chat runs in a browser; the vendor says no app is needed and lists none. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Whiteboard.chat gives teachers and students each their own board copy, with interactive widgets and breakout groups. The free plan shows ads on teacher boards, keeps boards for 7 days and limits audio and video to 30 minutes, and engagement metrics aren't on Free or Starter. - **Value for money: B.** Starter is $30 a year and Basic $70, about $5.83 a month, which is inside the category's cheaper quarter. Schools start at $150 a month. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free for 10 class boards, but boards last 7 days, teacher boards show ads and audio and video stop at 30 minutes. - **Features: C.** Student boards, widgets, breakout groups, engagement and AI tools. The engagement metrics need a paid plan above Starter. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. The vendor says no app or registration is needed for the free tools, but the teacher still sets up the boards. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Browser only, but it connects to Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Whiteboard.chat'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 - Whiteboard.chat's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 43 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, and level with 14. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 59 of 98) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $2.50 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 3 of the 69 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 3 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.** To replace Whiteboard.chat you would be making video calls. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $30 a year. - You could not: Video calls. - You could not: An endless canvas that stays smooth with hundreds of things on it. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets and handwriting. 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, Google Classroom **Tags:** Whiteboard, Real-time collaboration, Video calls, AI features ## Alternatives - [Whiteboard.fi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/whiteboard-fi): Classroom whiteboard where every student gets their own board. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/whiteboard-chat-vs-whiteboard-fi) - [Twiddla](https://toolgpa.com/tools/twiddla): Browser whiteboard for web meetings and tutoring. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/twiddla-vs-whiteboard-chat) - [Scribblar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scribblar): Online classroom with a shared whiteboard for tutors. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/scribblar-vs-whiteboard-chat) - [BitPaper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bitpaper): Collaborative online whiteboard with built-in video calls. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bitpaper-vs-whiteboard-chat) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.whiteboard.chat/pricing - https://www.whiteboard.chat Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/whiteboard-chat Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).