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Miro vs Excalidraw

Excalidraw is the free pick for quick sketches; Miro is the team workspace you pay for per member.

Pick Miro if…

Pick Miro if your team wants one shared canvas with docs, tables, slides and 250+ app connections, and you can pay per member.

Pick Excalidraw if…

Pick Excalidraw if you want a free, open source whiteboard for sketches and diagrams, or an editor you can embed in your own app.

Price

  • Freemium
  • Freemium
  • Open source

Starting price

$8/month per member, billed yearly
$6 a month per user

Free plan

Yes
Yes

Open source

No
Yes

Works on

Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
Web
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Miro describes itself as a shared canvas for teams, with docs, tables, slides, diagrams and connections to 250+ apps. Its Free plan has unlimited team members but only 3 editable boards. Starter is $8/month per member and Business is $20/month per member, both billed yearly.

Excalidraw is described in its README as an open source, hand-drawn style whiteboard under the MIT licence. The free web app offers an infinite canvas, shape libraries, export to PNG and SVG, real-time collaboration with end-to-end encryption, and offline use as a PWA.

Excalidraw also has a paid plan, Excalidraw+, at $6 a month per user with a 14-day trial. It adds cloud workspace management, live presentations, advanced sharing and extended team collaboration. Excalidraw+ takes credit card payments only.

Miro has apps for iOS, Android, macOS and Windows, while Excalidraw is a web app. If you stay inside the free limits of either, both cost nothing; Miro's limit is the number of editable boards, and Excalidraw's free app has no such cap listed.

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Last updated 16 October 2026. How we make money