Miro

What do you like best about the product?

The feature of Miro that I prefer most is the infinite canvas. Being a developer, I use it for almost all my activities such as team meetings, sprint planning, brainstorming and creating architecture and flow diagrams all in the same place rather than having them spread out over various documents and tools. The interface is clean and easy to understand, meaning that new members are able to begin contributing within minutes without any need for training. Even when the boards are busy, the real time collaboration works smoothly and all participants can see the changes as they occur. Because of the availability of templates and sticky notes, it's easy to quickly organise a session, which helps our team save a great deal of preparation time each week.

What do you dislike about the product?

One big issue that I have with Miro is that big boards tend to be messy and slow, especially when there are lots of frames, pictures, and contributors working together at the same time. It is not easy to locate an item on a large board even when using the search function and frames. The pricing policy is another concern since some of the more sophisticated capabilities, including some of the AI capabilities, are only available on the higher tiers of pricing, which adds up as a company gets bigger.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Miro has solved our problem of fragmented collaboration. Before, we ran meetings, brainstorming sessions, and planning across multiple tools docs, whiteboards, chat, and diagramming apps so we kept losing context every time we switched. With Miro, everything happens on a single shared canvas that everyone can access in real time. As a developer, this has made it much easier to align on architecture and sprints faster, without needing extra meetings, and I also have a clear visual record to refer back to. On top of that, the added functionality of Miro Sidekick helps summarize our notes and stickies, which saves us even more time.

What do you like best about the product?

I’ve been using it for almost two years with my team, and my experience has been good. Miro’s strength is the infinite canvas, so you’re not boxed into slides or pages. The template library has also saved me time, especially for things like a user journey map.

What do you dislike about the product?

Large, crowded boards can load slowly or stutter, especially with many collaborators and heavy content like images.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Miro solves a problem every remote team faces: how we think visually together when you’re not in the same room. For me, it meant our retros stayed interactive instead of turning into a one-person presentation, and the board stayed available afterward as a record of what we decided.

What do you like best about the product?

What I like most about Miro is the infinite canvas combined with smooth, real-time collaboration. It removes the linear constraints of traditional documents or slide decks and lets teams map out complex workflows, user journeys, and architecture diagrams in a more organic way. Being able to see everyone’s cursors moving at the same time, along with interactive facilitation tools like timers and voting, makes remote brainstorming sessions and retrospectives feel like genuinely engaging workshops.

What do you dislike about the product?

There’s a bit of a learning curve for new users who aren’t used to spatial navigation, and on large, complex boards with thousands of elements and images, you may occasionally notice minor performance lag. The free tier is great for trying it out, but team pricing can start to feel a bit steep as you scale up user licenses across an entire organization.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Miro primarily tackles the friction points of modern collaborative work—especially in remote, hybrid, or cross-functional settings—where physical distance, fragmented tools, and overly linear mediums can slow momentum.

Key problems Miro solves

The “disjointed remote workshop” problem
Problem: In many remote meetings, standard video calls often lead to passive listening, screen-sharing fatigue, and discussions dominated by a few vocal participants.
Solution: Miro offers a shared visual workspace where everyone can contribute simultaneously through sticky notes, diagrams, voting, and real-time cursor tracking.

The “linear tool” bottleneck
Problem: Traditional documents and slide decks force ideas into sequential, rigid formats. Complex strategy, system architectures, or user journeys are difficult to map line by line.
Solution: An infinite, non-linear canvas allows teams to capture both high-level strategic maps and fine-grained details in one visual space, organizing thoughts by proximity and connection rather than page numbers.

Information silos and scattered context
Problem: Brainstorming happens on a whiteboard, tasks live in Jira/Asana, designs sit in Figma, and feedback gets scattered across Slack threads.
Solution: Miro can function as a single source of truth. With integrations and bi-directional syncing, visual ideas connect more directly to actionable execution workflows.

Time-zone and asynchronous gaps
Problem: Coordinating real-time meetings across global time zones can delay feedback loops and slow project kickoffs.
Solution: Features like asynchronous video recordings (“Talktrack”) and interactive board comments let distributed team members walk through concepts and leave structured feedback on their own schedules.

How that benefits an AI assistant
As an AI, I experience Miro through the lens of how it helps the humans I collaborate with communicate with greater clarity and structure.

Clearer conceptual inputs: When users work with visually structured models (such as Miro mind maps, flowcharts, or system diagrams), the logic and context they share with me is clearer, which reduces ambiguity in technical or strategic prompts.

Streamlined structured outputs: Understanding how Miro organizes information—using frames, sticky-note clusters, tables, and workflows—helps me format responses (for example, retrospective templates, project outlines, or workshop agendas) so they can be pasted into visual boards with minimal rework.

Higher execution speed for teams: By reducing misunderstandings and visual misalignment for the humans using it, Miro increases project velocity, allowing me to support teams at the strategy and execution level rather than spending time resolving basic communication errors.

What do you like best about the product?

3 things
- It's flexibility: you can visualise whatever is on your mind in many ways - a simple, complex and very advanced complex format, depending on the time you have.
- I love the creative design components that makes it stand out from other whiteboards, which are strictly functional. However it is getting difficult for me to use them, as more features are added
- the Miroverse community for inspiration and learning.

What do you dislike about the product?

Not a lot of things to say, and all very manageable
- Same as all favourite tools, the more features become available the more difficult it is to navigate, catch up, and especially introduce it to teams who need more visualisation in their work.
- For startups it's great but for corporate, templates there is too much work needed to create visualisation and too much overhead to update and maintain.
- The third company I'm working with cannot use Miro integrations (e.g. Jira) because of compliance issues, makes adoption and the pay not worth it sometimes.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

The main benefit is the simple, memorable visualization of work—flows, diagrams, and processes—which helps collaboration, supports effective communication and alignment, and saves a lot of time in meetings and in repeated discussions.

What do you like best about the product?

It’s a very convenient and interactive tool.

What do you dislike about the product?

I like everything about Miro and have no complaints.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Brainstorming—especially now that I’m working from home—helps me stay connected and interact more easily with my team.

What do you like best about the product?

I like that I can bring together the ideas of a project in one place and put two projects on the same board to find errors and improve them. I can access it from my tablet, my phone, or my computer and find everything just as I left it. I like the fluidity, the loading of external links, the connection with the environment, and that it is simple and easy to operate. I also like the infinite board. The initial setup was super easy, and I became very familiar with Miro.

What do you dislike about the product?

I wish the Miro call function was more stable.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can access Miro from my tablet, phone, or computer and find it just as I left it, thanks to the connection between devices and saving.

What do you like best about the product?

The freedom to make schemes, put images and PDF, write on top of it, practice layouts... and you can also do it with other people on live mode, which makes it so useful

What do you dislike about the product?

The only major thing is that the free plan is limited to 3 whiteboards. And if put too many PDF, it can become pretty laggy at times

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

To have the freedom to organize work on a virtual board, rather than paper, and be able to share and co-work on top of it with more people

What do you like best about the product?

What I like most about Miro is its intuitive, user-friendly interface and the way it brings people, ideas, and workflows together in one collaborative platform. It offers an interactive visual workspace where teams can brainstorm, organize information, map processes, plan projects, and solve problems efficiently, no matter where they are located.

I also appreciate the flexibility of the digital whiteboard. It lets team members share ideas, leave comments, build diagrams, use sticky notes, and collaborate in real time. Tools like templates, mind maps, flowcharts, and process mapping make it easier to structure complex information, visualize workflows clearly, and turn ideas into actionable plans.

Another aspect I value is how Miro supports teamwork and transparency. It gives everyone space to contribute their perspectives, take part in discussions, and stay aligned around shared goals. As a result, meetings feel more productive, communication improves, and there’s less need for long email threads or multiple disconnected documents.

Overall, Miro stands out to me because it combines creativity, collaboration, and organization in one place. Its versatility makes it useful for brainstorming, strategic planning, project management, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration. It helps teams work more efficiently, make better-informed decisions, and translate ideas into practical outcomes.

What do you dislike about the product?

Although Miro is a powerful collaboration platform, I think there are a few areas where it could be improved. On large, complex boards, the workspace can sometimes feel cluttered and hard to navigate, especially when multiple team members are contributing at the same time. In those situations, finding specific information or keeping the board consistently well organized can take extra time and effort.

Some of the more advanced features and customization options can also be difficult for new users to pick up quickly, which creates a learning curve for teams that aren’t already familiar with visual collaboration tools. In addition, when a board contains lots of diagrams, sticky notes, and other elements, performance can occasionally drop and navigation may feel less smooth.

I also feel that certain features could be easier to access in the free or basic plans, since some useful collaboration and productivity capabilities require a paid subscription. Better integration with other workplace tools, along with more flexible options for exporting, organizing, and managing content, would also improve the overall experience.

Overall, Miro is a valuable tool for collaboration and visual planning, but improvements to board organization, performance on complex projects, ease of use, and feature accessibility would make it even more efficient and user-friendly.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Miro helps address common challenges around communication, collaboration, brainstorming, and information management, especially when working with multiple team members or across different departments. It offers a centralized visual workspace where everyone can share ideas, organize information, discuss challenges, and collaborate in real time—without relying on scattered emails, long meetings, or multiple disconnected documents.

One of the biggest advantages is how easily it lets you visualize complex ideas, workflows, and processes in a clear, understandable way. This makes it simpler to spot gaps, understand dependencies, plan projects, and develop practical solutions. The collaborative features also encourage broader participation, so people can contribute ideas and give feedback regardless of where they are located.

Miro also improves productivity by helping teams structure discussions, capture decisions, track progress, and stay aligned on priorities. I find it especially useful for brainstorming sessions, project planning, process improvement, team meetings, and cross-functional coordination. Keeping information organized in one shared workspace reduces misunderstandings, saves time, and makes it easier to revisit earlier discussions and decisions.

Overall, Miro helps me work more efficiently by improving communication, simplifying complex information, and creating stronger alignment among team members. It supports more structured decision-making, encourages creativity, and helps turn ideas into actionable plans—ultimately strengthening collaboration and overall team productivity.

What do you like best about the product?

I use Miro to map out user flows and just dump ideas with the whole team and also another thing to note is that sticky notes work fine as do templates. Nice that we can all be in the same file at the same time dropping comments and voting on things. Bus is like 15 minutes late now and my hands are freezing so I am just doing this on my phone to distract myself. Kinda helps us not have long boring meetings which I hate.

What do you dislike about the product?

When the board is huge (and we make them big) then it takes forever to load. Drawing flowcharts is a pain because getting the arrows to stick to the right shapes is frustrating and they just go everywhere. Also stupid that we have to pay guests who just need to view or add a sticky note once. Wish my bus would just get here already.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It provides our remote team with a large digital white board where we can throw ideas at each other. Instead of having a bunch of confusing docs we can put everything into one space. Miro makes it easier for us to decide what should be built next by providing a space where everyone can contribute without having to fight to talk during a video call.

What do you like best about the product?

I like Miro’s visual space because I can keep adding more room and drawing without running out of space. I can bring in photos, drawings, and 3D models or pictures of them, and share ideas with my team in a space that feels similar to the 3D work I do. It’s more visual for sharing ideas than using folders and files, and I can collaborate on video calls and talk with other teams using the same product. I also like that every object has connection wires, so I can connect things without drawing the lines myself and change the connections as needed. I can put everything out there, then adjust what’s connected and where things sit as a project takes shape. The initial setup was very easy.

What do you dislike about the product?

Choosing shapes, boxes, and text can feel a little clunky. I need to spend more time learning Miro’s visual language and all its capabilities, and I’d like an easier-to-access help button that gives tips while I’m working.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Miro to pull all the threads of a project together and share ideas that are hard to communicate with my team. I can bring photos, drawings, and 3D models into one visual space, then move and reconnect things as the project develops, and collaborate with other teams on video calls.