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If you love diagrams, mind maps, and all kind of drawing, then MIRO is what you are looking for
What do you like best about the product?
Ufff, their intuitive interface, and of course, the amazing templates library. Miro came into my life when I was looking for a solution that helps me to transfer what is inside my head into graphics, and I am so happy I found it.
More recently I loved the App for Zoom. Now I can use Miro to teach without needing to share my display.
More recently I loved the App for Zoom. Now I can use Miro to teach without needing to share my display.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't dislike anything, I am very satisfied with Miro, but I would love to also use it to draw funnels so I don't have to use another tool for it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am always buying sketchbooks to draw my ideas, strategies, and more. The problem with that is that sometimes they get erased or the sheets get lost, so I lost work. Last year I designed a very big flowchart for a project and for some reason I couldn't find it later.
Also, I am a teacher and sometimes I need to show my students things on the go. For that I use drawing since my brain works better in that way. When classes were presential, I used blackboard for that, but now classes are virtual I can use Miro for that, especially after they launched the APP for Zoom.
Now, for that kind of thing, I use Miro.
Also, I am a teacher and sometimes I need to show my students things on the go. For that I use drawing since my brain works better in that way. When classes were presential, I used blackboard for that, but now classes are virtual I can use Miro for that, especially after they launched the APP for Zoom.
Now, for that kind of thing, I use Miro.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't get overwhelmed over all the options of templates. Just find out what you need, the goal and using that pick.
Great tool for teams, consultants & enterprises
What do you like best about the product?
I've been using MIro for almost 4 years, first with a consultant profile. I was impressed by the ease of access for the external collaborators I invited to use Miro and the close to the non-existing on-boarding time needed.
The tool is equally suitable for wireframing, diagramming, brainstorming, and product discovery. My customers loved it.
2 years ago, the company I work for purchased Enterprise licenses after a comparison with Mural, LucidSpark and FigJam. The flexible licensing model of Miro is really good, and allows us to grow the usage on a pace that fits our budget and needs. After 2 years of usage, we are still happy about this product and especially happy about the constant user-centric development that always keeps the product fit for our needs.
The tool is equally suitable for wireframing, diagramming, brainstorming, and product discovery. My customers loved it.
2 years ago, the company I work for purchased Enterprise licenses after a comparison with Mural, LucidSpark and FigJam. The flexible licensing model of Miro is really good, and allows us to grow the usage on a pace that fits our budget and needs. After 2 years of usage, we are still happy about this product and especially happy about the constant user-centric development that always keeps the product fit for our needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
Miro offers everything that could be considered a must for virtual collaboration. Nevertheless, there are several areas of improvement that Miro team could work on to make their product even greater:
1. Jira Cards integration is done on a team level, not on Enterprise subscription level. We have 15+ teams in our enterprise subscription, meaning we need to do the integration 15 times.
2. Some competitors are more focused on Agile flow support & Jira integrations and offer Dynamic backlog management tools (LucidSpark and Stormboard), so it will be great if Miro focuses on this in the near future.
1. Jira Cards integration is done on a team level, not on Enterprise subscription level. We have 15+ teams in our enterprise subscription, meaning we need to do the integration 15 times.
2. Some competitors are more focused on Agile flow support & Jira integrations and offer Dynamic backlog management tools (LucidSpark and Stormboard), so it will be great if Miro focuses on this in the near future.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Miro in several directions:
1. Goal Setting (Objectives and Key Results), their set-up and tracking in a collaborative model;
2. Quarterly planning events and workshops;
3. Product discovery sessions.
4. Roadmap planning & Roadmap updates.
The main benefits we get from Miro are ease of communication, visualization of progress, transparency, and enhanced collaboration between teams.
The integration with Jira helps us automate part of the flow of planning, removing the need to transfer information from a whiteboard to the planning tool!
1. Goal Setting (Objectives and Key Results), their set-up and tracking in a collaborative model;
2. Quarterly planning events and workshops;
3. Product discovery sessions.
4. Roadmap planning & Roadmap updates.
The main benefits we get from Miro are ease of communication, visualization of progress, transparency, and enhanced collaboration between teams.
The integration with Jira helps us automate part of the flow of planning, removing the need to transfer information from a whiteboard to the planning tool!
White boarding tool that you can access from anywhere
What do you like best about the product?
The significant upside of Miro is the ability to quickly onboard multiple team members and collaborate into its carefully designed digital whiteboard either from scratch or by simply selecting from hundreds of pre-built templates. Another benefit is that it has an inbuilt real-time video communication feature that aids in better team productivity. Additionally, it supports cross-platform, which means it is accessible from almost all internet devices and operating systems.
What do you dislike about the product?
The primary issue that I faced while using Miro is that I cannot seamlessly download the designs, diagrams, and visuals into printable pdf format; instead, I need to capture a frame and partially download it all the time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
While working from home, Miro has found to be an excellent visual-based team collaboration tool that keeps everyone on the same page, increases team efficiency, and produces better work outputs. This tool has been a fantastic way to create a proof of concept of any ideas or solutions.
Spectacular Remote Work Opportunities
What do you like best about the product?
I love being able to organize our ideas together live. It has helped us so much throughout the pandemic and increased our productivity. It was so useful that I proposed it to my workplace for use in that context and we now use it and love it.
What do you dislike about the product?
My biggest issue with miro is that it causes my computer to lag pretty intensely. This is especially a problem if we have a lot of data on our board or if there are a lot of people on the board at once. It sometimes gets to the point where I have to reload the webpage multiple times or sometimes wait for people in my group to stop moving things around so much.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We do a lot of mind mapping and compile a lot of our research notes in miro. We use miro for primarily research purposes but it also can be a great tool for note-taking or for brainstorming sessions.
We feel like we are working in person
What do you like best about the product?
We are using Miro throughout our company, from brainstorming to project planning. It serves as a repository for all of our ideals, studies, and insights. The most significant upside is that it allows us to collaborate more creatively within a team and also enables us more easily access the work of proximity teams.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some of the downsides of Miro include its navigation part, which is not relatively straightforward and can be much more confusing for the new users; also, the screen needs to be zoomed in frequently to read specific texts and diagrams. Furthermore, it is pretty challenging to keep track of all the different boards we have.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
All in all, Miro has become a virtual whiteboard that lets our entire team jump into and collaborate, brainstorm, and work on ideas, concepts, and plans. We feel like we are working physically in person due to its remarkable real-time collaboration and communication facility.
Feature rich yet intuitive
What do you like best about the product?
I rarely say "feature-rich" because it usually means bloated, but in this case I think you can get away with using the simple features and just skip the more advanced ones if you don't need them. There are not many constraints and allowing users to do do whatever, like just add post-its to a blank background without first creating a canvas is good.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's a bit unfocused with all the features presented flat. Even though you know exactly which features are mostly used (probably post-its?) that icon is just one of many. In essense it's a lack of prioritization and focus, the same trap that editors like Photoshop falls into.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I've been using it to share and co-create ideas as well as presenting stuff. The hands on nature makes it easy for other people to just add text och group items and when presenting the non linear and not so polished nature of Miro makes it faster and more intuitive to present. Much like when using a whiteboard.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Test out the different templates to get an overview of what you can do in Miro, just clicking the icons in the toolbar doesn't tie the features together like the templates do.
Collaborate seamlessly even during the pandemic
What do you like best about the product?
The most delicate thing about Miro is that it allows your entire team members to collaborate effectively from anywhere. Furthermore, I enjoy the freedom and real-time user experience it provides, making it feel like we were doing this on a round table. It also ensures that the accomplishment is visible continuously and available to all the collaborators, regardless of location.
What do you dislike about the product?
Miro primarily focuses on better collaboration among the virtual team, so it has an inbuilt video chatting feature. However, it is quite limited in terms of the breadth of functionalities it provides, such as it does not have any option to record the session for later as a reference.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Miro enables us to schedule, coordinate, decide things, share ideas, strategize, and do a lot more with ease. We finally have a planning tool that our entire team can use together while working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A digital whiteboard where your entire team can work together
What do you like best about the product?
For me, Miro addresses my needs widely. Being an internet collaboration application, it is helpful for various virtual teamwork such as data analysis, conceptualization, creating customer journeys and user story maps, mind maps, user research, and a variety of other visually understandable projects. Also, it is possible to chat and share comments with collaborators in real-time.
What do you dislike about the product?
Collaborators who have never used Miro before may require some assistance navigating their way around the platform. Because Miro has many features, it does need some learning time to become familiar with them.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Miro has become an excellent way for me to plan things, share them with team members, refine them and finalize them all online during this ongoing Pandemic situation, which is a huge benefit that I have realized from using it. It has also become an excellent way for me to collaborate with others without meeting in person, which is another huge benefit that I have realized from using Miro.
Fantastic tool for sharing design maps/trees with customers and team members
What do you like best about the product?
The consultant plan is my favorite for working with my enterprise customers, and the number of tools at my fingertips is just right. The tools are not too detailed or robust where they're less efficient and you're spending too much time learning how to use them, but there are enough options to clearly (and decently graphically nice) share product visions/designs/maps/etc. I highly recommend Miro for anyone working in professional services, consulting, or freelance roles with business customers (especially the enterprise segment where everything has to be well-planned).
What do you dislike about the product?
I use mind mapping a lot for chat flow design, and there are times where I would like to add a new node on the same path *between* two existing nodes. This is not currently possible, which means I have to reconstruct a flow to make this happen. Graphically, I would like the option to individually change the colors of nodes within a mindmap.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Miro for quickly and effectively communicating complex chat flows (as an AI Conversation Designer) with enterprise customers. This has significantly reduced friction in the building process (as I was previously relying on spreadsheets or manually mapped slides) and has also lead to a significant reduction in design oversights (i.e. duplicative nodes).
The go-to collaboration tool for product teams
What do you like best about the product?
Miro tends to be the perfect meeting place outside of specialized tools. For example, Figma is a design tool that also has some shared/collaborative features, but it doesn't address the broader audience of a team like Miro does. I specifically like pre-built shapes such as sticky-notes for making quick notes in group workshops and the freedom of an infinite canvas to move and organize everything.
What do you dislike about the product?
Although individual notes are often self-contained, when there's a singular block of text such as a research summary, it's not possible to collaboratively type/edit in the same text box at the same time. It's not too bad to take turns contributing to the block of text or create separate ones and combine them later, but I think an ideal tool would have some collaborative editing like a google doc.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Product development lifecycle stuff:
User research notes, synthesizing information, brainstorms, and workshops to generate ideas from several people, and then converging again to consolidate strong ideas.
User research notes, synthesizing information, brainstorms, and workshops to generate ideas from several people, and then converging again to consolidate strong ideas.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I often recommend that people explore the features such as following another person's view while they're sharing in a meeting (higher resolution than screen share) and also get to know the comments feature and drawing connection lines from object to object. These few things tend to increase what you get out of it.
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