Tool profile
Miro: cost, fit and limits
Miro is an online visual collaboration platform made by RealtimeBoard, Inc., trading as Miro, with offices in San Francisco. It provides an infinite board with a built-in mind map maker, diagrams, tables, Kanban and slides, plus AI credits for generating diagrams, tables and summaries.
What to know first
Miro is a whiteboard that includes mind mapping, which changes the buying question: the map is one template on a board that also holds tickets, tables and slides. Starter costs $8 per member per month billed yearly and Business $20. Free allows three editable boards. The AI credit figures for Free conflict between the FAQ and the pricing table, so test before relying on it.
Miro at a glance
| Maker | RealtimeBoard, Inc. (Miro), United States |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes |
| Entry price | $8 per member per month (Starter, billed yearly) |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best AI Mind Mapping Software in 2026, rank 6 of 10 |
| Website | miro.com |
Who Miro is best for
Product and engineering teams
Business lists two-way integrations with Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp and Azure, so a map can sit next to the tickets it produces.
Workshop leaders
Timers, voting and visitor editing on Starter suit sessions where participants vote on branches rather than quietly edit a file.
Larger organizations with residency rules
Enterprise lists regional hosting in the EU, US, Australia and Japan, plus SSO, SCIM, audit trails and domain control for organizations with residency rules.
Miro plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Three editable boards, 7,000 plus templates, Docs, Tables, Timelines, Kanban and Slides, 250 plus integrations, 100 MCP calls per day and no guest role. |
| Starter | $8 per member per month, billed yearly | Unlimited and private boards, visitor editing, high-resolution JPG and PDF exports, timer and voting, 25 AI credits per member monthly and 500 MCP calls per day. |
| Business | $20 per member per month, billed yearly | Unlimited workspaces and guests, 4,700 plus diagram shapes, data tables, two-way integrations, SSO, 50 AI credits per member, AI workflows and agents, 2,000 MCP calls per day. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing from 30 members | Enforced SSO, SCIM, audit trails, domain control, regional data hosting, pooled AI credits starting at 2,500 monthly and 10,000 MCP calls per day. |
Checked October 2026.
What Miro does
- Built-in mind map maker
- Mind maps are created on the same infinite canvas as other board content, so a branch can be dragged into a table or a Kanban lane without exporting anything.
- AI generation across the board
- AI drafts diagrams, tables and summaries and can remove image backgrounds. Credits are per member and rise from 25 on Starter to 50 on Business.
- MCP connections
- Miro connects to AI clients such as Claude, Cursor or Copilot through MCP, with daily call limits that grow by tier, from 100 on Free to 10,000 on Enterprise.
- Diagram libraries
- Business adds more than 4,700 shapes covering Mermaid, UML, AWS and BPMN. That matters when a map has to turn into an architecture or process diagram.
- Two-way integrations
- Business syncs with Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp and Azure, so changes made on the board can flow back to the issue tracker and stay consistent.
How Miro handles your data
Miro's privacy policy says customer content is used to provide and improve the services and points to a separate AI Features Addendum, so whether content trains models is not answered on the pages checked. No retention periods are given beyond as long as necessary. Data may be processed in the United States and elsewhere, while the pricing page lists regional hosting in the EU, US, Australia and Japan on Enterprise. Footer badges name ISO 27001, SOC 2, ISO 42001 readiness and GDPR compliance.
Where Miro falls short in practice
- AI credits are inconsistent. The Free plan shows 10 AI credits monthly in the FAQ, while the pricing table calls AI credits a limited trial. The page does not reconcile the two statements.
- Free boards go read-only. Free allows three editable boards, and older boards become view-only. A team that treats maps as disposable will hit this cap faster than one that keeps a few long-lived boards.
- Priced for the platform. Even Starter costs $8 per member, and Business is $20. Someone who only needs mind maps pays for tables, slides and integrations they do not use.
- Regional hosting is an Enterprise feature. EU hosting is listed under Enterprise, which starts at 30 members with custom pricing. Smaller European teams have no stated way to choose a region.
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Miro: common questions
Does Miro have a mind map maker?
Yes. Miro lists a built-in mind map maker that works on its infinite board, alongside tables, Kanban, docs and slides. Because the map is board content, it can sit next to other work. The Free plan includes it, limited to three editable boards.
How many AI credits does Miro Free include?
The FAQ says 10 AI credits per month on Free, while the pricing table labels AI credits there as a limited trial, and the page does not reconcile the two. Starter lists 25 per member per month and Business 50. Enterprise pools credits from 2,500 per month.
Can Miro connect to Claude?
Miro lists MCP connections to tools such as Claude, Cursor or Copilot. Daily call allowances are 100 on Free, 500 on Starter, 2,000 on Business and 10,000 on Enterprise. The pricing page does not describe which Miro actions an AI client can perform through MCP.
Does Miro offer EU data hosting?
The pricing page lists regional data hosting in the EU, US, Australia and Japan under the Enterprise plan, which has custom pricing from 30 members. The privacy policy says data may be processed in the United States and elsewhere. Lower tiers state no region choice.
Is Miro certified for security?
Footer badges on the pricing page name ISO 27001 certified, SOC 2 compliant, ISO 42001 ready and GDPR compliant. The privacy policy reviewed does not repeat certificate details, so ask Miro for reports if an audit requires them. Note that ISO 42001 is described as ready, not certified.