Canva Whiteboards vs Milanote

Canva Whiteboards provides an infinite shared workspace for brainstorming, planning, workshops and diagramming. People can work together in real time using colorful cursors, including collaborators who do not have Canva accounts. Users can create as many boards as they need, each with unlimited space. Board tools include timers, comments, sticky notes with reactions, customizable shapes and automatic connectors. Templates and Canva's content library supply starting points and visual elements. Boards can be turned into Presentations or Docs, and a Presentation slide can be expanded into a Whiteboard. Canva lists mind mapping, collaborative assignments and online teaching among the possible uses. It offers a free plan and free trial. Canva Whiteboards are available on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and the web. Canva says content is private by default, and shared access to private designs requires account login unless the design is shared. It also provides a Help Center for product and account guidance.

Milanote organizes creative projects by arranging notes, images, videos, sketches and other material on boards. Its listed workflows include moodboarding, brainstorming, storyboarding, creative writing, visual project management, whiteboarding, mind mapping and remote work. Users can invite others to edit or comment, or share a read-only board that does not require a Milanote login. The Web Clipper saves text, images, links and video; boards can embed media from services such as YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud and Spotify. Milanote offers web access, desktop apps for Mac and Windows, and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Mobile apps require an internet connection to view and edit boards, and mobile users can display tables but not edit them. The free plan includes 100 notes, images or links, 10 file uploads and unlimited shared boards. Pay per person costs $9.99 a month billed annually, or $12.50 billed monthly, and includes unlimited notes, images, links, uploads and shared boards. Milanote says customer data is encrypted at rest and in transit.