Online whiteboards
Alternatives to Boardmix
Boardmix gives teams a shared infinite canvas for brainstorming, diagrams, planning, and discussion. Its mind maps, flowcharts, smart formatting, chat, presentation mode, workshop templates, voting, guest collaboration, and AI tools cover several common whiteboard tasks. Teams can move between PDF, image, Office, JSON, CSV, Xmind, Visio, and BDX files, while API and self-hosted options support custom or controlled deployments. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, web, and more.
- 01 Explain Everything
It suits teachers and schools creating lessons, tutorials, or collaborative whiteboard projects.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS9.5 Visit Specs - 02
FigJam It suits teams that need a shared space for brainstorming, diagrams, meetings, and project planning, including people without prior design-tool knowledge.
From $3/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.4 Visit Specs - 03
Creately Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.4 Visit Specs - 04
Miro Miro suits teams that need a shared space for planning, design, workshops, or process work.
From $8/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS9.3 Visit Specs - 05
Scribble Together Scribble Together may suit teachers, tutors, students, designers, artists and others who need a shared drawing or PDF-markup space.
From $4.16/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS9.3 Visit Specs - 06
Limnu From $5/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API9.2 Visit Specs - 07 Webex App Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS9.0 Visit Specs
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Collaboard From $0.50/mo Free plan Web · Windows · iOS · Android8.9 Visit Specs - 09 Groupboard
Groupboard suits tutors, schools, and universities using a shared board for distance learning or online collaboration.
From $9.99/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.9 Visit Specs - 10
Milanote Milanote suits creative professionals and teams, including filmmakers, writers, designers, photographers, marketers and content creators.
From $9.99/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS8.9 Visit Specs - 11
Padlet Sandbox Sandbox suits teachers, presenters, and groups creating lessons, brainstorming sessions, quizzes, interactive documents, or storybooks.
From €20/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.8 Visit Specs - 12
Klaxoon Klaxoon suits companies running facilitated workshops, meetings, training, and collaborative planning.
From $24.90/mo Free plan Web · Windows · iOS · Android8.7 Visit Specs - 13
Conceptboard Conceptboard suits teams planning projects, running workshops or making decisions together on a shared board.
From €5/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · Self-hosted8.6 Visit Specs - 14 Nextcloud Tasks Free plan Web · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs
- 15 Lucidspark
It suits teams running workshops, research, agile work, project planning, or strategic sessions.
Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API8.3 Visit Specs - 16
myViewBoard It suits teachers and schools building interactive lessons with whiteboarding, imported teaching materials, classroom activities, and presentation tools.
From $6.99/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS8.3 Visit Specs - 17
Excalidraw From $3/mo Free plan Web8.2 Visit Specs - 18
Ziteboard Ziteboard suits tutors, classrooms, distributed teams and anyone needing a shared board for diagrams, presentations or notes.
From $7.08/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS8.2 Visit Specs - 19
MURAL MURAL suits individuals and teams that need a shared visual space for mapping, diagramming, and facilitated collaboration.
From $9.99/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS8.2 Visit Specs - 20
Sketchboard From $5/mo Free plan Web8.1 Visit Specs - 21 Spacedeck Open Free plan Web · Self-hosted8.1 Visit Specs
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Stormboard It suits business teams, including distributed teams, that want a shared space for meetings, project work and team initiatives.
Free plan Web · Windows · iOS · Android8.0 Visit Specs - 23
tldraw Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs - 24 SAGE3 Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs
- 25 Draft.io From €8.33/mo Free plan Web · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs
- 26 Canva Whiteboards
Canva Whiteboards suits groups that need a shared space for workshops, planning, teaching or diagramming.
From $12/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · iOS8.0 Visit Specs - 27 Whimsical
It suits product builders and teams that map flows, shape interfaces, or collaborate on planning.
From $10/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs - 28
BitPaper From $15/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS8.0 Visit Specs - 29 Yellow Free plan Web · Self-hosted7.9 Visit Specs
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cnvs.app Free plan Web · iOS · Android7.9 Visit Specs
Choosing instead of Boardmix
Some teams may outgrow the free plan’s three editable boards, 100 objects per board, 1 GB storage, standard-definition export, and 10 version-history records. Paid access starts at $5/user/mo when billed annually, with higher monthly and AI tiers. Alternatives differ in browser embedding, template depth, classroom tools, creative media, facilitation, integrations, or board management. Compare those workflows alongside guest participation, permissions, platform needs, trial terms, and whether unlimited boards or specialized teaching and meeting features matter more than Boardmix’s broad canvas and AI mix.