Whiteboards

Should you build your own Miro?

Online collaborative whiteboard for diagrams, workshops, and planning

With trade-offs · the basics, with limitations
Price $10/moEstimated savings $96/yrEstimated time multi-dayCategory WhiteboardsCatalog votes 0

A simple multiplayer whiteboard is doable; Miro's value is scale, templates, integrations, facilitation, permissions, and reliability with many users.

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The complete prompt
Build me a personal whiteboard app to replace Miro. Requirements:

- Do not write a canvas engine from scratch: build on the tldraw SDK (React +
  Vite). It already does shapes, sticky notes, connectors, and selection well.
- A local web app on localhost:4900 with a board picker: named boards with
  thumbnails, create, rename, delete.
- Each board autosaves its tldraw snapshot JSON to SQLite (better-sqlite3 behind a
  small Express API) 2 seconds after the last change, keeping the previous 20
  snapshots as undo insurance.
- A toolbar button exports the current board as PNG and SVG to
  ~/Whiteboards/<board-name>.png.
- A template row on the new-board screen seeded from JSON files in templates/:
  retro grid, brainstorm columns, weekly plan.
- Works fully offline, binds to localhost, no accounts, no telemetry.
- Optional: share-with-one-person mode over my private network using tldraw's sync
  package, two cursors max. Skip it if it costs more than an hour.
- Out of scope: workshop facilitation tools (timers, voting), integrations, and
  performance tuning for 50-person boards. This is my thinking canvas, not a venue.
- README: dev and build commands, and where board data lives on disk.

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What would building your own look like?

Build a canvas with sticky notes, shapes, connectors, comments, and optional multiplayer sync.

What you will need

Why paying can still make sense

They pay for workshops where dozens of people can join and everything still works.

What you lose

xlarge-board performance

xtemplates

xintegrations

xfacilitation tools

xpermissions

xenterprise controls

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Free alternatives

Prefer something ready-made?

ExcalidrawThe best simple escape hatch for collaborative diagrams, workshops, and planning: fast, free, local-first, and pleasantly uninterested in becoming Salesforce.124kAug 2026Open source↗AFFiNEAn integrated canvas, docs, databases, and planning workspace for teams willing to accept a younger product and real self-hosting chores.71kAug 2026Open source↗CryptPadEncrypted collaborative whiteboards with persistent folders, permissions, and sharing; fewer templates, far better data boundaries.7.8kJul 2026Open source↗

View all 5 alternatives to Miro →· Licença, instalação e limitações em cada alternativa.

Plans and pricing

How much does Miro cost?

In your currency · US DollarChecked on 10/20/2026
Monthly billing
$10/mo · per person
Per year
$120/yr
Annual billing
$96/yr20% cheaper than paying monthly
Buy on the official site

You complete the purchase on Miro’s site. Vibe Radar does not handle payments.

PlanMonthlyAnnual (per month)What is included
free$0/user$0/userUnlimited members and boards, but only the 3 most recently created boards remain editable; 10 AI credits/month; 100 MCP calls/day
starter$10/user$8/userUnlimited private boards and project spaces; visitor editing; 25 AI credits/member/month; 500 MCP calls/day
business$25/user$20/userUnlimited workspaces and guests; 50 AI credits/member/month; 2,000 MCP calls/day; SSO, advanced diagramming and two-way integrations
enterprisecustom-30-member minimum; starts at 2,500 pooled AI credits/month; 10,000 MCP calls/day; SCIM, data residency and organization governance

Free tierUnlimited members and boards, but only 3 most recent boards editable; 10 AI credits/month and 100 MCP calls/day; no guests or visitors

Billing termsfree + per-member monthly or annual billing; annual saves 20% and is prepaid; automated card billing has no seat minimum, while invoicing is annual-only with 10 Starter or 5 Business licenses

Additional costsNew paid members are prorated immediately, while removed seats stay billable until renewal; extra AI-credit packs, Enterprise Guard and Premium Support cost extra; some data-residency migrations carry fees

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Build or buy

Is it cheaper to build or buy Miro?

Adjust the numbers: hours to build, your hourly rate, running costs and the subscription price.

Subscribe
Build it yourself
Horizon
Subscribe$192
Build it yourself$3,320

Over 24 months, subscribing is cheaper.

Starting hours estimated from the analysis (multi-day). Does not price what you give up (support, integrations, security).

Frequently asked questions
Can I rebuild Miro?

Kinda. The core of Miro is buildable in a weekend with the prompt on this page, but there are real gaps: large-board performance, templates. Read the honest list above before committing.

How much does Miro cost?

Miro costs about $10/mo (Starter, checked 10/20/2026), which is $96 per year.

What do I lose by replacing Miro?

Honestly: large-board performance; templates; integrations; facilitation tools; permissions; enterprise controls. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to Miro?

Yes: Excalidraw (The best simple escape hatch for collaborative diagrams, workshops, and planning: fast, free, local-first, and pleasantly uninterested in becoming Salesforce.) AFFiNE (An integrated canvas, docs, databases, and planning workspace for teams willing to accept a younger product and real self-hosting chores.) CryptPad (Encrypted collaborative whiteboards with persistent folders, permissions, and sharing; fewer templates, far better data boundaries.) All 5 curated free alternatives are at https://viberadar.si/miro/alternatives. The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.

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