Miro Reviews: 4.8/5 — Highly Rated

- It works fast - Miro has a myriad of templates for us to pick for any use case. - The extensions like GIFs, icons, JIRA and others can be useful. - Video call feature is really interesting.

- Due to its free nature, it's a bit hard to use it for Kanban-style task tracking purposes.

I'm creating mindmaps, user flows, information architectures and diagrams for how things function.

Miro is a great tool. What I like most about this type of tool is its the ease of use coupled with a smart feedback mechanism that has no visual excess. They have found the right balance to keeps its users focused on the task at hand with keyboard shortcuts, no information overload, or any clutter. It results in a great user experience that makes the learning curve almost instant.

I would have to say the free trial. Even though the Miro team offers us three free drafts to work on, I found it pretty limiting, especially in this time of Covid.

I use Miro as a whiteboard to help me create/solve complex user flows quickly. Thank’s to its draggable elements, it is effortless for me to pivot my ideas around the problem.

Templates so that I can quickly start a project. I like the wide-ranging business templates available so that I don't need to sit there and create a template. It helps with team brainstorming sessions and cuts down on the work I have to do before a group meeting. We have used several different boards for different projects where we can just set up a template. Work through the problem, and then come back and pick up where we left off the next time. I would say that I find the template I am looking for about 70% of the time. I think further improving that system would be well worth the time. It's the part of the app where I find the most value.

I have several things that I wish would be improved. The first is the line system. There are times when I want to make a hierarchal system and find that I need to have several lines come off of the same object and go into separate objects. A one-to-many sort of approach. It is almost impossible to get this looking clean. I always end up with one line intersection being just higher than another line intersection, or a line coming off an object is just to the left of another line coming off an object. I know it seems like a minor thing. But when I am trying to do a presentation, the details are essential. So I feel like improving the aesthetic of the line system would be helpful. The other thing that I would like to see improved is the number of templates for personal development. I use miro on my business account for business-related things like Agile planning, refinement, etc. But I also use miro on my personal account for vision boarding, goal setting, habit tracking, etc. I think that there should be some more templates aimed at that. Templates that are for personal development that aren't necessarily associated with business objectives directly. That would take miro to the next level for me and keep me from potentially looking for other solutions like milanote and figma that do have some of those capabilities. The final thing that I'd like to see. Miro can sometimes get a bit laggy when many people are working on the board at once. This is something that I don't see when I am doing a Figjam in Figma. As an engineer, I know how difficult to optimize that can be, but I'd love to see miro be a little more fluid with a lot of people moving a lot of objects simultaneously.

My company is one hundred percent remote. I always have been, probably always will be. Miro has helped us solve the issue of not being able to sit down in front of a whiteboard and think through a solution. It has allowed us to collaborate quickly and work through different solutions until we find the one that works best for us. It has allowed us to rapidly work through a solution and develop ideas to implement that solution. I also use it personally to help connect ideas and capture all the information about a project in one place. It's nice to put my own objects together and then use the features like sticky notes and arrows to add notes and connections. It helps me visualize the complexities of a project and string together all the dependencies that are needed to move a project forward. For my own personal development, it helps to sort out my goals and keep track of them. I can come up with many different ways to track all the personal growth challenges that I have and keep track of them. It is as flexible as I want it to be in that regard.

I found Miro while looking for a platform that could help me map and organize a detailed email journey while collaborating with other people on my team. I was blown away by Miro from a capability side and its ease of use. Miro allowed us to work more effectively and efficiently without a doubt. Since then, others on our team have also tried it out and have had great success. Also, as a skeptic to taking on new platforms, I really appreciated having so many features available through the 'Free' version. It allowed me to get used to the platform and feel confident in scaling up.

Some of the highlight-to-select features can be finicky. When I had a question about scaling up our plan and was debating month-to-month vs a year subscription, the Sales Rep insisted I get on a call (which wasn't a good use of my time given my question) and tried to get me to purchase far more than I explained needed. Felt like a pushed upsell.

Detailed email mapping, project coordination, company org charts. Efficiency and better organization!

Miro is easy to use, which makes it the perfect tool for online collaboration. Users with limited knowledge of Miro can participate actively, writing and moving posts.

There is no much I dislike about Miro. In the beginning, it is a bit difficult to select and move just chosen groups of items.

Miro is good for ideation discussions. Process reviews. Meetings and discussions preparation. A perfect tool to run plays.

I love the versatility and the easiness of the tool. Everything you want to do, you can. And with people with low tech skills I had no problem at all.

I think for now everything is good and I have no complains. Maybe that the free option doesn't let anonymous accounts to edit.

I use Miro to create visual maps and to do activities to boost creative thinking skills

It's powerful, flexible, and easy to use. I like how simple it is from the user's standpoint.

Really hard to find something which is wrong

I work as an instructional designer, so we are using Miro for workshops to establish things like the target audience and learning objectives and build the architecture of a learning course. It's very convenient with all stickers which you can move around, with connectors and screenshots. And unlike physical board, once you do it in Miro, it's always there, and you don't need to take pictures or else. It's also very good for collaboration as I can share my thoughts about the course architecture with subject matter experts so they can review it and make their own changes.

I like templates and the facility to put my ideas and start to planing my next steps with my clients

I don't dislike anything. For me, Miro is the best tool ever for projects and ideation.

I've been using it for many things of work, likes planning what I should do at first time with a new client, managing my tasks, to creates fluxograms, and show my ideas.

It seems to always have whatever I need. Easy collaboration for meetings? Check. Easy road mapping? Check. Easy wire framing? Check. It just seems to do everything well.

Nothing really. I really like Miro. It always seems to work.

Mostly getting things out of my head into paper

The best thing about Miro is the interface and ease of use. You automatically learn by clicking on each icon.

It is not a criticism but a suggestion. I am an engineering professor and would like a tool for editing equations (just like the office package).

Engineering forms for my classes. Presentations for my company and even image editing. I've even done a complete concrete structure calculation course using Miro.

Miro has all of the drawing features and sharing options that I have been looking for in similar apps.

The few limitations on the free version make sharing with larger groups a bit of an issue.

We are using miro to quickly draw down and make notes on brainstorming sessions and workshops we have with our research colleagues.

It is easy to use and built in templates save a lot of time. It has planning and project management schemes, to-dos, kanban, workflow templates. You can track your projects and team members can edit at the same time. You dont need to download any application, can be edited online.

If you dont upgrade your membership, you can create limited templates.

I make weekly work plans with my team in Miro. And when they update their tasks, I can follow the process easily. I also get an e-mail when one of them make a change.

The best thing about Miro is the infinite workspace and boards. These are perfect for creative collaboration and ideation. Miro has brought my team together, who work remotely across multiple time zones, and transformed how we share ideas in meetings and come to decisions. Miro has loads of incredible features and I love the library of templates which are great if you are looking for inspiration.

I don't dislike anything but I do wish it was possible to work on boards offline!

It can be challenging to run creative meetings remotely, but not with Miro. The collaborative workspace is engaging for remote teams, and additional features, such as voting and timers, ensure productivity.

I love how easy it is to use and how brilliant it is in a hybrid world!

That it is addictive and I want to use it for everything!

Managing complex workloads, prioritising backlogs, and introducing SCRUM to our business gradually!

I like the fact that it's a very flexible platform that can adapt to whatever my needs are. I'm not very organised on paper and these boards are a great way for me to get my thoughts down coherently for myself and for others.

More people should use it! I would love for it to become a platform that's more commonplace in companies.

I don't have any problems with it. The main benefit for me is that I can create mind maps that make sense to many people.

Ease of use and collaboration platform is excellent

Nothing at the moment. All features look good & I recommend the tool

Recruitment process simplification & operations process streamlining

how easy it is to use, sharing settings.

the features related to freehand or drawing are limited

Centering all info into one place

It´s all about the templates. A time saver!

It´s a shame it doesn´t have a version in spanish ... yet! It would aloud me to invite a broader audience.

Brainstorming sessions are quicker to analyze, and mind-maps are easy to modify; it really goes a long way to help me order the ideas of more than 20 collaborators.

The ability to collaborate on an online whiteboard is invaluable for many management roles, whether for project reviews and brainstorming to illustrate processes. Best of all, you don't even need to use any external comms such as Zoom or Teams because it has a fully built-in meeting feature.

Like with any software, it does have some bugs, and miro's swimaline diagram teamplate causes UI issues that keeps moving the content, which has been a reported issue for over a year. However, mostly bugs are far and few between, apart from the latency with the PC desktop app. Best solution is to simply using Miro through the browser or mobile/tablet apps.

All sort, from creating business processes to facilitating project reviews, it has helped our teams to communicate both internally more smoothly and easily share work with our clients.

When I joined the organization where I work, I heard that Miro was licensed and used; I was unfamiliar with the solution and decided to obtain a Miro Full License. I have an IT and Engineering technical background and used Visio and Gliffy extensively. At first glance, I was speculative using Miro but after creating a few boards, I was hooked. Miro allows me to establish visual workflow quickly. In addition, Miro provides options for Web or Desktop-based offerings, but I only have used the online solution. The user experience is exceptional and performs well. I am now a Miro user and continue to maximize the value of the solution.

I would like to see Miro provide advanced shapes specifically for technology, aka Visio stencil-like capabilities. The option will allow me to create specific architectural drawings, for example, AWS, Azure, or GCP infrastructure diagrams that represent the services and network topogolgy these service providers offer.

speed and performance to create diagrams and boards

Miro is very visually appealing and versatile, which I use with very young students through to all ages. You can also use it on Zoom!

Remembering how to navigate the platform!

How to effectively add information quickly. Once I have worked it out, it is an excellent outcome.

This product is super simple and robust. I can do whatever I need. Great templates. Never ever had any issue.

To be honest, if I have a big board it can be slow

It is not about solving problems it's about mapping thoughts, processes, design and creating alignment between teams. This is a creative tool to create things rather than solve problems.

How easy it is to use without lots of technological skill. The visual output. Ease of collaboration. Diversity of products and capability. Professional finish of output. Mini, easy accessible videos to enhance user experience and output.

The tendency to pick up a frame when trying to move around a board.

As a consultant working remotely during the last 15 months, Miro has been an invaluable tool in my successful delivery. I have used Miro to create a visual Gannt style chart with one client as a collaborative project plan that staff from both companies used to keep track and focused on a time-pressured project. It provided an excellent collaboration tool for another client when we used it as our meeting space, ideas repository, and design aid to create a range of training materials for external rollout. It has provided an excellent visualization and ideation space for designing new curricula and process prototypes which I have used to present ideas to clients.

All devices and some great training matetial

It's hard to get started as there are so many options until you've done a bit of training

A single place for a few of us new starters to join forces and compare thoughts and noted

User friendly Great variety in tools and settings used - similar to Microsoft word where you can change text font size etc, whereas other programs I've used doesn't have as much variety Easy for teams to work on projects and create mind maps or idea boards. I use Miro for interactive sessions, which has been my trainees' favourite part of the webinar/session.

Participants have to sign up to use the white baord - quite time consuming and would be great if there was a non - user section or element where some tasks could be created without someone having to sign up.

Interactive workshop group sessions are great Everyone Ive spoken to loves it We are solving group mind maps of large projects that have different elements to them. Miro has been great for project work

Live collaboration Ability to see who is editing the board (flying pointers) Video calling feature

Nothing much to dislike. Would be good to have an integration with MS Teams

Whiteboarding, Brainstorming & Roadmapping. Biggest benefit is to get feedback from all member of the team in a remote environment

templates, the easy UI, ability to share with others.

there is a little learning curve. after that it's great!

we're solving all the problems, really. it's so easy to collaborate with so many others at the same time.

That you can use the boards for all scrum ceremonies

That it has a limit of storage, I can't use the same board for all the quarters, I have to erase the previous information when a new quarter begins

With remote teams we can interact with the board while we are in meetings

Miro feels like a real board. The templates are useful, the more I explore the more I like them. I also like the option of having private boards. I'm a visual learner so it helps me to put my ideas on the board without having to use a notebook on the side.

I still can not figure out the Asana integration. I don't understand the asana cards but as it was more like a 'nice to have' it does not impact my love for miro.

I work as part of a global team. Miro is helping us brainstorm without leaving our office. Also, due to remote work, miro has helped my team plan strategies, brainstorm, and create some new projects. I have realized that the benefit is that we can access the board to do the work and if we have not finished it is very easy to come back to what we left off.

The usability, the easy way to use the post-its, how it is collaborative. I use Miro for every project and in almost every step (brainstorms, planning, timelines). It is so easy to organize my ideas and make the projects easy to explain to my colleagues. I also like how I learned to use Miro very fast. The in-app communication is also a highlight, I always know what's new and it allows me to explore new features quickly.

There is no easy way to build tables and I'd like to have the option to use different fonts and sizes in the same textbox. I think Miro could have more templates options.

I used to be very messy with my projects ideas and now I use Miro to organize better every step of my process. I can see that this helped me a lot to present my ideas, follow processes and centralize every information I found in one place. Every time I had a new idea to show, it was difficult to explain without the visual part, and now, I can put all I need on a board and that's it. Miro really helps me to improve my productivity.