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Excalidraw vs Miro

Both products compete in Virtual Whiteboard. Virtual whiteboard software provides a shared infinite canvas where distributed teams can sketch ideas, map processes, run workshops, and build diagrams together in real time. Organizations use it to run design sprints, retrospectives, brainstorming sessions, and visual planning activities that would have happened on a physical whiteboard. Here are the facts the B4 Index maintains on each, side by side.

The two files, side by side

What it is
Hand-drawn style, simple, no account needed
Market leader, feature-rich, expensive at scale
Pricing
Free (open-source)
$8-16/user/month
Categories served
Virtual Whiteboard
Virtual Whiteboard
Status
Active
Active

The decision underneath the comparison

Choosing between Excalidraw and Miro assumes you're buying Virtual Whiteboard at all. That's the prior question, and the B4 Index scores it on two axes: how much Virtual Whiteboard differentiates you, and how far AI has come at building it. Read the build-versus-buy considerations for Virtual Whiteboard before you shortlist either product.

Vendor facts are maintained independently of any B4 verdict and re-verified on a monthly liveness check. See the full methodology.