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Excalidraw vs Miro
Open-source hand-drawn style whiteboard, less enterprise features
ExcalidrawOpen-source virtual whiteboard for hand-drawn style diagrams
MiroOnline collaborative whiteboardWhich to pick
Pick Excalidraw if you want…
- Hand-drawn style collaborative whiteboarding
- Hand-drawn diagrams
- A free, open-source tool
Pick Miro if you want…
- AI-enhanced visual collaboration
Side by side
- What it is
- Excalidraw:Excalidraw is an open-source virtual whiteboard for creating hand-drawn style diagrams.
- Miro:Miro is an online collaborative whiteboard platform that lets teams create, plan and build visual workflows together.
- Best for
- Excalidraw:Hand-drawn style collaborative whiteboarding
- Miro:AI-enhanced visual collaboration
- Who it’s for
- Excalidraw:Designers, developers, and teams needing quick sketching and collaborative diagrams.
- Miro:Product, design, and engineering teams that need visual collaboration.
- Pricing
- Excalidraw:Free
- Miro:Freemium
- Plans
- Excalidraw:—
- Miro:Free $0 · Starter $8 per month per member (billed y · Business $20 per month per member (billed y
- Open source
- Excalidraw:Yes, 133,502 GitHub stars
- Miro:—
- Works with
- Excalidraw:—
- Miro:Microsoft, Slack, Google, Adobe, Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp
Excalidraw features
- Hand-drawn style canvas. Create diagrams that look hand-sketched with a simple drawing interface.
- Live collaboration. Invite others to edit the same canvas in real time after signing up.
- Export options. Save your work to a file to avoid loss from browser storage clearing.
- Keyboard shortcuts. Quickly open files (Ctrl+O) and access help via the UI.
- Canvas navigation. Move the canvas using scroll wheel, space-drag, or the hand tool.
Miro features
- Unlimited & private boards. Create as many boards as needed and control access per member.
- AI generation & workflows. Generate diagrams, tables, summaries and run AI agents directly on the canvas.
- 250+ integrations. Connect to Microsoft, Slack, Google, Adobe and many other tools.
- Templates & blueprints. Start faster with 7,000+ templates and reusable blueprints.
- Facilitation tools. Timer, voting, private mode and high-resolution exports for workshops.
- Data tables & structured formats. Nested tables, timelines, Kanban and custom shapes for complex planning.
Excalidraw vs Miro FAQ
Is Excalidraw or Miro free?+
Excalidraw is free. Miro has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Excalidraw or Miro open source?+
Excalidraw is open source (excalidraw/excalidraw on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Miro.
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