Last checked October 15, 2026
Best Free Alternatives to Miro (2026)
Miro is a shared board. The parts people miss are sticky notes, a second cursor, and an export that is not a screenshot.
What Miro costs
Paid plans exist. A current dollar figure is not copied into this listing.
Ranked by Drop-in score
How we rank#1 is the highest-scoring alternative that is not sponsored. A featured listing, when one is sold, is labeled and sits after #1.
- 92#1Open sourceReview notes
Excalidraw
A hand-drawn whiteboard that exports SVG.
Last checked October 15, 2026 · MIT
Web - 79#2Open sourceReview notes
diagrams.net
Free diagramming, formerly draw.io, under Apache-2.0.
Last checked October 15, 2026 · Apache-2.0
WebMacWindowsLinuxSelf-host - 68#3Open sourceReview notes
WBO
A single-room shared whiteboard.
Last checked October 15, 2026 · AGPL-3.0
WebSelf-host - 32#4Open sourceReview notes
PlantUML
Diagrams written as text.
Last checked October 15, 2026 · GPL-3.0
MacWindowsLinuxWeb - 24
Feature by feature
Full is the whole job. Partial is a real version with a gap. Missing means it does not do this. Not checked counts as zero in the score.
| Feature | Excalidraw#1 · 92 | diagrams.net#2 · 79 | WBO#3 · 68 | PlantUML#4 · 32 | Mermaid#5 · 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An infinite canvasWeight 10 | Full | Full | Full | Missing | Missing |
| Sticky notes and shapesWeight 8 | Full | Partial | Full | Missing | Missing |
| More than one person on the boardWeight 8 | Full | Partial | Full | Missing | Missing |
| Export to an image or SVGWeight 6 | Full | Full | Missing | Full | Full |
| Share or embed the boardWeight 6 | Partial | Full | Missing | Full | Partial |
Real cost
Excalidraw
- Free tier
- The editor is free to use in the browser.
- Hosted plan
- No hosted price recorded.
- Self-hosting
- Moderate. The editor can be embedded. A full multiplayer server is a separate deploy from opening the single-player app.
diagrams.net
- Free tier
- The web app and desktop apps are free. Self-hosting the editor is free.
- Hosted plan
- No hosted price recorded.
- Self-hosting
- Easy. The editor can be hosted as a static web app or Docker image. Diagrams still need a storage location you choose. Approximate server cost: $0–8/mo. Unverified estimate.
WBO
- Free tier
- The community edition can be self-hosted without a per-user fee. Hosted prices are not copied here. Unverified.
- Hosted plan
- No hosted price recorded.
- Self-hosting
- Easy. One Node process.
PlantUML
- Free tier
- The community edition can be self-hosted without a per-user fee. Hosted prices are not copied here. Unverified.
- Hosted plan
- No hosted price recorded.
- Self-hosting
- Easy. A Java jar or a server that renders text to SVG.
Mermaid
- Free tier
- MIT library.
- Hosted plan
- No hosted price recorded.
- Self-hosting
- Easy. A JavaScript library. You render it wherever the Markdown is.
Top pair
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