# Ziteboard review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Lightweight online whiteboard for tutoring and live teamwork Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Ziteboard is a browser-based whiteboard with freehand drawing, shape recognition, image and PDF import, and live collaboration with chat and video. It leans toward tutoring, with a formula editor, graph plotter and compass among its math tools. Paid plans lift the free plan's limits on boards and file quality. - **Category:** Whiteboards & Mind Maps - **Made by:** Ziteboard - **Website:** https://ziteboard.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free, with 3 owned boards and public boards only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Ziteboard has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9 per month, billed monthly ($85 billed yearly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Starter plan: 3 boards owned, unlimited shared boards and collaborators, 3 basic colors, low-resolution images and first-page PDF import. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $0 | 3 owned boards, unlimited collaborators, public boards only, limited data traffic, low-resolution image import. | | One Week Pro | $5 one-time payment for one week | All Pro features for a week: unlimited boards, private boards, audio and video chat, custom colors. | | Monthly Pro | $9 per month, billed monthly | Unlimited boards, private boards, custom colors, highlighter pens, HQ images, full PDF import, backup export and audio and video chat. | | Annual Pro | $85 per year | The Monthly Pro features, billed once a year. | | Teams | $8 per user / month for 2-5 users, billed monthly | Pro features for the whole team. Per-user price falls with team size and period: $4.50 at 21-100 users billed yearly. | | Enterprise | Custom | Quoted by email: REST API, white label license, single sign-on, encryption and a dedicated server. | Read from https://ziteboard.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Ziteboard before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Team discounts for longer periods** (Other savings): The team price per user drops with team size and with 6-month, 1-year or 2-year periods, from $8 to $4.50 per user a month on the page's table. Source: https://ziteboard.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **Realtime collaboration:** Unlimited people can share a board live. An integrated chat adds text, audio and video, and the video runs peer to peer. - **Math tools:** A formula editor takes LaTeX or a virtual keyboard, and a graph plotter and interactive compass cover functions and geometry. - **Drawing helpers:** Freehand strokes are smoothed, and rough circles and other shapes are recognized and redrawn. Sticky notes are included. - **Image and PDF import:** Images can be dragged in, and PDF pages or page ranges imported. Free accounts get lower-resolution images and the first PDF page. - **Export:** Boards export as PNG, SVG or PDF; a backup export is a paid feature. ## Good for - Private tutors and teachers running live lessons - People who want a simple whiteboard on any device - Companies that need a white-labeled board through the API ## Worth knowing - The Starter plan allows 3 owned boards, public boards only, and limits data traffic unless a Pro user is on the board. - Inviting people to a board without registration needs a paid anonymous whiteboard add-on on top of a Pro plan. - The homepage mentions apps for iPad and Android, while the FAQ says no native app is needed; the Android listing is on Google Play. - Payment is currently through PayPal, with bank transfer available on request. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Ziteboard is a browser whiteboard with live chat, a formula editor and a graph plotter, aimed at tutors. The free plan gives 3 boards, public only, and Pro is $9 a month. Skip it if you want private boards for nothing. - **Value for money: C.** Monthly Pro is $9, or $85 a year, which is about $7.08 a month. That's around the middle of what whiteboards charge. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free Starter plan with 3 owned boards, public boards only and limited data traffic. - **Features: C.** Freehand drawing, shape recognition, math tools, import and live chat. Private boards, full PDF import and backup export are Pro. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. The homepage and the FAQ disagree about whether there are native apps. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android plus a Chrome extension, WordPress and an enterprise API. No desktop app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Ziteboard's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among whiteboard and mind map tools - Ziteboard's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 23 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, and level with 19. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 35 of 98) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 41 of the 69 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 18 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.** Nothing Ziteboard does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 56 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools grade higher. It costs $108 a year. - You could not: An endless canvas that stays smooth with hundreds of things on it. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WordPress, Chrome **Tags:** Whiteboard, Real-time collaboration ## Alternatives - [Limnu](https://toolgpa.com/tools/limnu): Freehand online whiteboard for quick sketching with others. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/limnu-vs-ziteboard) - [Whiteboard Fox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/whiteboard-fox): Shared online whiteboard that works in any modern browser. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/whiteboard-fox-vs-ziteboard) - [Excalidraw](https://toolgpa.com/tools/excalidraw): Open-source whiteboard for hand-drawn style sketches and diagrams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/excalidraw-vs-ziteboard) - [Microsoft Whiteboard](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-whiteboard): Free collaborative canvas built into Microsoft 365 and Teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/microsoft-whiteboard-vs-ziteboard) - [tldraw](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tldraw): Free online whiteboard with a local desktop app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/tldraw-vs-ziteboard) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://ziteboard.com - https://ziteboard.com/pricing/ - https://ziteboard.com/faq/ - https://ziteboard.com/terms-of-service/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/ziteboard Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).