Free
US$0
Three editable boards; unlimited members; organization-level AI allowance
Project Management
Miro pricing, features & alternatives
Collaborative visual workspace for workshops, diagrams and planning with plan-specific board privacy and guest access.
- Verified on vendor site
- Confidence: High
Choose it if
Product managers, designers and distributed teams running visual workshops, process mapping or shared planning sessions
Skip it if
You mainly need a lightweight task tracker, want private unlimited boards without paying, or need all external collaborators to have unrestricted workspace access at no cost
Starting price
Free plan; Starter from US$8/member/month billed annually
Free plan with three editable boards and unlimited members; Business trial advertised for 14 days
Miro overview
Decision checklist
- Buying consideration: Quoted paid prices are annual-billing monthly equivalents, not cancel-any-month amounts. Monthly billing is offered, but no unverified monthly rate is substituted. Starter lists 25 AI credits per member/month, pooled across the organization; unused AI credits do not roll over. Paid-member additions are prorated. Confirm seat reductions, renewal terms, guest permissions and optional AI packages.
- Operational fit: Cloud / SaaS; browser and vendor apps; support: Official help centre and support; Enterprise onboarding and contracted support requirements by sales.
- Evidence context: Verified on vendor site, with facts checked date not recorded.
What Miro does
Miro is an online whiteboard and visual workspace for teams mapping ideas, processes and delivery plans. Its boards support collaborative workshops and diagramming, with additional formats such as tables and timelines. It can make a planning session easier to share, but a board is most useful when decisions leave the canvas with an owner and a next action.
CompareCrest verdict
Choose Miro for recurring workshops that need a durable shared canvas, not simply because the team occasionally draws diagrams. Starter is the practical step up when private boards and unlimited editable canvases matter. For external collaboration, price the right access model first: a free visitor using a public link is different from a signed-in guest working on a private board.
A practical evaluation workflow
Run a small planning exercise with an agenda, a prepared template and a named facilitator. Invite a colleague using the exact access role intended for future customers or contractors. Confirm what that person can see, edit and share, then test the export needed for stakeholders outside Miro. End by moving agreed actions into the delivery system. Compare workshop frequency with paid member count before committing annually. This is suggested evaluation guidance, not a report of hands-on testing.
Best-fit buyers
Product managers, designers and distributed teams running visual workshops, process mapping or shared planning sessions. A Miro board works well for an online whiteboard workshop, customer journey map or collaborative diagram that needs live input from several roles. Keep final task ownership and delivery status in the system your team actually maintains.
Where the fit breaks down
You mainly need a lightweight task tracker, want private unlimited boards without paying, or need all external collaborators to have unrestricted workspace access at no cost. The collaboration budget depends on access roles: paid members, signed-in guests and public-link visitors have different permissions and plan availability.
Pricing and a realistic budget
Ten paid members on Starter at US$8 per member/month with annual billing produce a US$80 monthly equivalent and a US$960 annual subscription before tax. This assumes all ten need full membership and no AI add-on. Occasional public-link visitors are a different role; do not assume Starter includes the private signed-in guest model listed for Business. Quoted paid prices are annual-billing monthly equivalents, not cancel-any-month amounts. Monthly billing is offered, but no unverified monthly rate is substituted. Starter lists 25 AI credits per member/month, pooled across the organization; unused AI credits do not roll over. Paid-member additions are prorated. Confirm seat reductions, renewal terms, guest permissions and optional AI packages.
Miro pricing
Official pricing page (opens in a new tab)Starting price: Free plan; Starter from US$8/member/month billed annually. Model: Paid workspace members; monthly or annual plans; pooled AI allowances and optional packages; Enterprise custom.
Worked exampleTen paid members on Starter at US$8 per member/month with annual billing produce a US$80 monthly equivalent and a US$960 annual subscription before tax. This assumes all ten need full membership and no AI add-on. Occasional public-link visitors are a different role; do not assume Starter includes the private signed-in guest model listed for Business.
Starter annual
US$8/member/month
Annual billing; unlimited private boards; facilitation and high-resolution export
Business annual
US$20/member/month
Annual billing; unlimited workspaces, signed-in guests, SSO and additional workflows
Enterprise
Contact sales
Contracted administration, security and capacity requirements
Quoted paid prices are annual-billing monthly equivalents, not cancel-any-month amounts. Monthly billing is offered, but no unverified monthly rate is substituted. Starter lists 25 AI credits per member/month, pooled across the organization; unused AI credits do not roll over. Paid-member additions are prorated. Confirm seat reductions, renewal terms, guest permissions and optional AI packages.
Key features
- Collaborative online whiteboards
- Workshop templates
- Diagramming and process mapping
- Kanban, tables and timelines
- AI-assisted board work
- Starter private unlimited boards
- Starter voting and timer
- Starter high-resolution JPG and PDF export
- Business signed-in guests and SSO
- Plan-dependent integrations and prototyping
Miro pros and cons
Strengths
- Free tier supports an initial workshop
- Broad visual planning formats
- Starter adds private boards and facilitation tools
- Business supports signed-in external guests
Limitations
- Free is limited to three editable boards
- Free team boards do not provide Starter privacy controls
- Paid-member count drives recurring cost
- AI allocations expire rather than rolling over
Biggest limitation: The collaboration budget depends on access roles: paid members, signed-in guests and public-link visitors have different permissions and plan availability.
Miro at a glance
- Pricing model
- Paid workspace members; monthly or annual plans; pooled AI allowances and optional packages; Enterprise custom
- Free access
- Free plan with three editable boards and unlimited members; Business trial advertised for 14 days
- Support
- Official help centre and support; Enterprise onboarding and contracted support requirements by sales
- India readiness
- Available to Indian teams through the browser. No INR subscription, India-specific GST invoice or India data-residency commitment was verified; confirm invoice, tax, currency conversion and data location before purchase.
- Deployment
- Cloud / SaaS; browser and vendor apps
- Use cases
- Process mapping, Product planning, Visual collaboration, Workshop facilitation
- Industries
- Agencies, Professional services, Software & SaaS
Miro alternatives
Closest alternative: FigJam. Here is how the shortlist compares on price and fit.
| Compare |  Miro |
 Todoist |
 Nifty |
 Teamwork.com |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Product managers, designers and distributed teams running visual workshops, process mapping or shared planning sessions | Individuals and small teams managing recurring responsibilities, client follow-ups and clear task ownership | Agencies and services teams coordinating projects with clients | Agencies and consulting teams managing billable client delivery |
| Starting price | Free plan; Starter from US$8/member/month billed annually | $5/user/month billed yearly for Pro; $7 monthly | Free; Pro from US$10/member/month on the per-member option | US$9.99/user/month for Basics billed yearly |
| Free plan / trial | Free plan with three editable boards and unlimited members; Business trial advertised for 14 days | Beginner: five personal projects, three filters and one-week activity history | Free forever tier | 14-day trial, no card required |
| Biggest limitation | The collaboration budget depends on access roles: paid members, signed-in guests and public-link visitors have different permissions and plan availability. | It centres on tasks and lightweight projects; complex portfolio planning should be evaluated in a broader project tool. | The Free plan has only two active projects and 100 MB of storage | Resource planning and invoicing start above Basics, while AI credit terms are changing |
Prices are taken from each vendor's own pricing page on the dates shown. Taxes and add-ons may apply; confirm before you buy.
Miro FAQs
Can I keep unlimited active private boards on Free?
No. Free lists three editable boards and does not offer the Starter private-board controls. Starter is the published tier for unlimited private boards.
Is Starter US$8 on monthly billing?
The verified US$8/member/month price is billed annually. Confirm the separate monthly checkout rate if you cannot commit for a year.
Are a Miro visitor and a guest the same role?
No. Visitors access a board through a public link without signing in. Guests are signed-in external collaborators with scoped access; the pricing page lists guest access for Business and Enterprise.
Will ten Starter members each have an isolated 25-credit AI wallet?
The listed 25 AI credits per member/month contribute to a shared organization allowance. It is not a separate protected wallet for each member, and unused credits do not roll over.
Can I add a paid member mid-contract without affecting the bill?
No. Miro states that additions are prorated. Check how seat reductions apply at renewal before buying annual seats for temporary workshop participants.
Does paying for boards replace our delivery tracker?
Miro provides visual planning formats and integrations, but a workshop canvas does not itself ensure maintained task ownership. Evaluate the handoff to your existing delivery workflow.
Sources and how we checked
We read pricing and plan limits from Miro's own pages (listed above) on the dates above. Where a vendor does not publish a price we can verify, we say so rather than estimate. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
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MiroFree plan; Starter from US$8/member/month billed annually
