What is Miro?
Miro is an infinite canvas for teams. People add sticky notes, shapes, diagrams, docs, tables, kanban boards, timelines and slides to the same board, and work on it together live or on their own time. Business adds 4,700+ shapes for UML, BPMN, AWS and Mermaid diagrams, data tables and clickable prototypes.
Its AI turns prompts, notes and files into diagrams, tables, summaries and slides, paid for with monthly credits, and its MCP server lets AI tools such as Claude Code read and draw on boards. Next to FigJam it covers more formats and enterprise controls; next to free sketch tools such as Excalidraw, it costs money once you need more than three editable boards.
Who is Miro best for?
Miro is best for product teams and consultants who run workshops, map processes and plan roadmaps on one shared canvas.
Workshops and retros
Timer, voting, private mode and polls let a facilitator run a session on a board everyone already shares.
Product and engineering planning
Roadmaps, story maps and system diagrams sit on one canvas, with two-way Jira, Asana and Linear sync on Business.
Consultants working with clients
Business allows unlimited workspaces and signed-in guests, so each client can have its own private space.
Teams that use AI coding agents
Its MCP server lets tools such as Claude Code, Cursor or GitHub Copilot read board content and draw diagrams back onto it.
What's included with Miro?
Diagrams, docs, tables, kanban, slides and prototypes on one canvas, plus AI on monthly credits and an MCP server for AI tools.
- Formats on the canvas
- Docs, tables, timelines, kanban boards and slides live on the board next to sticky notes and diagrams.
- Templates
- Thousands of Miro and community templates for retros, journey maps, roadmaps and workshops.
- Diagramming
- Basic shapes on every plan, Visio and Lucidchart import from Starter, and 4,700+ technical shapes on Business.
- Miro AI
- Generates diagrams, tables, summaries, prototypes and slides from prompts or board content, using monthly AI credits.
- MCP server
- Connects AI tools to your boards, from 100 calls a day on Free to 10,000 on Enterprise.
- Facilitation tools
- Timer, voting, private mode and Talktrack video walkthroughs for live workshops and async reviews.
How much does Miro cost?
Miro's Free plan costs $0 with three editable boards; Starter costs $10 and Business $25 per member a month billed monthly, or $8 and $20 billed yearly, and Enterprise is priced by sales from 30 members.
- 3 editable boards, unlimited view-only boards
- Templates, docs, tables, slides and kanban
- Limited AI trial and 100 MCP calls a day
- Unlimited private boards and visitor editing
- 25 AI credits per member a month
- High-resolution exports, timer and voting
- Unlimited workspaces and signed-in guests
- 50 AI credits per member a month, prototypes and AI workflows
- SSO and two-way Jira, Asana and Linear sync
- SCIM, audit trails and data residency in 4 regions
- AI credits pooled across the organization
- 10,000 MCP calls a day
Billed yearly, Starter costs $8 and Business $20 per member a month. AI credits refresh each month and do not roll over. Paying by invoice is yearly only, with at least 10 licences on Starter or 5 on Business. Enterprise Guard and premium support are add-ons priced by sales. Full pricing on miro.com. We checked these prices on .
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Miro pros and cons
It does more on one board than most whiteboards and has a deep template library, but big boards slow down and per-member pricing adds up.
Pros
- Covers more ground than most whiteboards: diagrams, docs, tables, kanban, slides and prototypes all live on one board.
- The template library is large, and users often name it as a reason to pick Miro over FigJam.
- Live collaboration holds up in workshops with many people, and it connects to tools such as Google Drive, Slack and Jira.
Cons
- Large, busy boards get slow to open and move around in, a complaint that recurs on Reddit, G2 and Miro's own forum.
- Per-member pricing adds up fast, and users find it hard to justify for occasional use.
- The Free plan keeps only three boards editable, so regular use means paying.
- AI runs on monthly credits that do not roll over, and some users report spending them in a few days.
How do I connect Miro to my AI agent?
Miro MCP is Miro's official MCP server. Add it to your agent once, then ask it to sketch diagrams and fill Miro boards from a prompt.
Lets your agent make Miro boards and add diagrams, sticky notes and shapes, which helps when you want a plan, flow or set of notes laid out visually.
$ claude mcp add --transport http miro https://mcp.miro.com
Claude Code connects to Miro over the web.
Miro's setup guide covers the sign-in.
Then ask your agent
- Runs
- On the web
- Sign-in
- See guide
- Checked
- Answered 13 Nov
- Guide
- developers.miro.com
What are the best Miro alternatives?
Three tools on Recaply do Miro's job. Excalidraw is open source, so you can run it on your own server.
FigmaFreeChoose it when your team already designs there; a $5 a month Collab seat gives full FigJam whiteboards next to your design files.
WhimsicalFreeChoose it when you mostly need flowcharts, wireframes and mind maps in a simpler tool; Pro costs $12 per editor a month.
ExcalidrawOpen SourceChoose it when quick hand-drawn sketches are enough; it is free and open source under MIT, and Excalidraw+ costs $6 per user a month.
Questions about Miro
What is Miro?
Miro is an online whiteboard where teams run workshops, map processes and plan roadmaps on one shared canvas, with AI that turns notes and files into diagrams, tables and slides.
Who is Miro for?
Miro is best for product teams and consultants who run workshops, map processes and plan roadmaps on one shared canvas.
How many boards can I have on Miro's free plan?
Miro's Free plan lets you create and share unlimited boards, but only your three most recent boards stay editable. To edit more, you need Starter at $10 per member a month or a higher plan.
How much does Miro cost?
Miro's paid plans are Starter at $10 per member per month and Business at $25 per member per month.
Does Miro have an MCP server?
Yes. Miro MCP is Miro's official MCP server, so agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and GitHub Copilot can sketch diagrams and fill Miro boards from a prompt. Miro runs it on the web.
Is there an open source alternative to Miro?
Yes. Excalidraw is an open source tool that does the same job, so you can run your own.
What are the best Miro alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Figma, Whimsical and Excalidraw.
Where can I try Miro?
On its official website, miro.com.
How do Miro AI credits work?
Each Miro AI action uses credits from a monthly balance: 25 per member on Starter and 50 on Business, while Free gets a limited trial. Credits refresh monthly and do not roll over, and regenerating a result spends credits again.
Miro vs FigJam: which should I use?
Pick FigJam if your team already designs in Figma and wants a lighter whiteboard that comes with a $5 Collab seat. Pick Miro if you need more on the board, such as data tables, technical diagrams and prototypes, or enterprise controls like data residency.
Can people edit a Miro board without an account?
Yes, on paid plans. Starter and above let you share a board publicly so visitors can edit it without signing in; on the Free plan, visitors can only view.
Does Miro work with Claude, Cursor or GitHub Copilot?
Yes. Miro's MCP server lets AI tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex read board content and create diagrams on it. The limit is 100 calls a day on Free, 500 on Starter, 2,000 on Business and 10,000 on Enterprise.
Our verdict
Miro is the safest pick for teams that want one whiteboard for workshops, diagrams and planning.
It covers more formats and integrations than FigJam or Whimsical, and its templates and live collaboration are what users praise most.
- Skip it for
- Solo users and small groups who only sketch now and then, since the Free plan keeps three boards editable and paid seats add up.
- Check first
- Open your largest board during a trial, since big boards are where users report slowdowns.
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