Miro
A collaborative whiteboard for workshops, diagrams and remote planning.
ABOUT
What is Miro?
Miro is a digital whiteboard platform designed for collaborative workshops, brainstorming sessions and diagramming across distributed teams. It provides an infinite canvas with sticky notes, shapes, connectors and templates for common frameworks like retrospectives and user story mapping. Miro competes with FigJam, Excalidraw and MURAL as a visual collaboration layer for remote work.
BEFORE YOU SIGN UP
What you should know
COMMUNITY
From the forums
Miro is widely adopted among product and design teams on Reddit and Product Hunt, where users highlight the extensive template library and the smooth real-time collaboration experience. Facilitators appreciate features like timer, voting and breakout boards for workshops. Criticisms include the board limit on the free plan (3 editable boards) and performance degradation on very large boards with many elements.
— Community sentiment · Reddit
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FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is Miro free for education?+
Yes, Miro offers a free educational plan for verified students and teachers with unlimited boards.
Can I embed Miro boards in other tools?+
Yes, Miro supports embed via iframe in Notion, Confluence, Jira and other platforms. Boards can also be exported as PDF or image.
Does Miro work offline?+
The desktop app has limited offline capabilities. The web version requires a connection for real-time sync.