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Miro vs Penpot
Self-hosted design and prototyping platform, no AI features
Which to pick
Pick Miro if you want…
- AI-enhanced visual collaboration
- Integrations with Microsoft, Slack or Google (on Miro's list, not Penpot's)
Pick Penpot if you want…
- Open-source full-stack design platform
- Open-source code (penpot/penpot on GitHub, MPL-2.0 license)
- Integrations with CSS, HTML or SVG (on Penpot's list, not Miro's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Miro:Miro is an online collaborative whiteboard platform that lets teams create, plan and build visual workflows together.
- Penpot:Penpot is an open-source design and prototyping platform for collaborative UI, design systems, and AI-enhanced workflows.
- Best for
- Miro:AI-enhanced visual collaboration
- Penpot:Open-source full-stack design platform
- Who it’s for
- Miro:Product, design, and engineering teams that need visual collaboration.
- Penpot:Designers, developers, and AI agents needing scalable, code-friendly design collaboration.
- Pricing
- Miro:Freemium
- Penpot:Freemium
- Plans
- Miro:Free $0 · Starter $8 per month per member (billed y · Business $20 per month per member (billed y
- Penpot:Professional $0 per user per month · Unlimited $7 per editor per month · Enterprise $25 per member per month · Private Server $50k per year
- Open source
- Miro:—
- Penpot:Yes, 60,699 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Miro:Microsoft, Slack, Google, Adobe, Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp
- Penpot:CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON, design tokens, AI agents
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.
Penpot features
- Responsive UI Design. Create wireframes, interactive prototypes, and CSS Grid/Flex layouts.
- Design Systems. Manage components, design tokens, and shared libraries at scale.
- Code Inspection. Export and inspect CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON and Penpot’s open file format.
- AI Workflows. Integrate any LLM or AI tool directly into design-to-code and code-to-design pipelines.
- Self-host & Cloud. Choose between Penpot’s hosted cloud or self-hosted deployment.
- Unlimited Collaboration. Unlimited teams, projects and file creation across plans.
Miro vs Penpot FAQ
Is Miro or Penpot free?+
Miro has a free plan and paid plans. Penpot has a free plan (Professional); paid plans start at $25/month per user (Enterprise).
Is Miro or Penpot open source?+
Penpot is open source (penpot/penpot on GitHub, MPL-2.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Miro.
Do Miro and Penpot integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Miro lists Microsoft, Slack, Google, Adobe and 6 more; Penpot lists CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON and 2 more.
On DevHunt
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