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Verbalu vs Miro

Miro is a full visual collaboration platform for teams. The Verbalu whiteboard is simpler and built for training and workshops: participants get in with a code or a QR code, no accounts, and the timer, voting and private mode are already in the free plan. Below are the facts, with their sources and the date we checked them, including where Miro is the better fit.

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Facts about Miro checked on 6 October 2026. Sources at the bottom of the page

The Verbalu whiteboard at work

This is a group working on one board. You can set up a real one on a free account and share it with a QR code right away.

Everyone works on the same board at the same time: one person sketches with the marker, another adds a sticky note, and someone else connects the ideas with an arrow. Collaborators’ cursors are visible live, and the laser pointer directs the group’s attention to one spot.

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Each in one sentence

Miro

Miro is a visual collaboration platform for teams: an infinite canvas where documents, tables, timelines, kanban boards and slides sit next to sticky notes and diagrams, with 250+ integrations.1617

Verbalu

Verbalu is a training platform where the whiteboard is one of several dozen tools: a shared canvas with a timer, voting and private mode, next to quizzes, polls, attendance lists, courses and games, and participants join with a code or a QR code, no accounts.

When to choose which

Miro is the better fit when…

  • the board is where your team works every day, not just a tool for a workshop: in Miro, documents, tables, timelines, kanban and slides are created on the same canvas16
  • you want to start from something ready-made: Miro lists 7,000+ templates of its own and from its community10
  • you draw technical diagrams: BPMN, UML or AWS shape packs (on Business, Enterprise and Education), diagrams from Mermaid code, and Visio and Lucidchart import from the Starter plan14
  • your team lives in Jira, Slack, Teams or Zoom and the board has to connect to them: Miro has 250+ apps and integrations17
  • your IT team requires SAML login and security certifications: SAML SSO is on Business and Enterprise, and Miro holds ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 Type II among others2324
  • you want to talk and work in one window, or on a tablet and an interactive display: Miro has video calls on the board (beta, up to 25 people, from the Starter plan) and apps for desktop, phone, tablet and interactive displays820

Verbalu is the better fit when…

  • participants should write on the board straight away, without creating accounts, on a phone too: in Verbalu a link, a code or a QR code is enough. In Miro a person without an account can edit only the boards of teams on paid and Education plans, and a board opened in a phone browser is view-only45
  • you want to run a workshop on the free plan: the timer, dot voting and private mode are on every Verbalu plan, and there is no limit on boards. In Miro those three tools start at the Starter plan, and the Free plan has 3 editable boards63
  • you prefer one price for the team to a fee per person: Verbalu Pro is $12 a month for the whole organization (up to 10 people). In Miro you pay for every team member: $8 (Starter) or $20 (Business) a month, billed yearly21
  • the board is one step of a training session: next to it Verbalu has a quiz, a poll, an attendance list, a certificate and a course, on every plan. In Miro live quizzes and polls (Engage) start at the Business plan9
  • after the workshop you need a document, not a screenshot: Verbalu saves the sticky notes to Word or Excel, grouped by frame, cluster or color, with their vote counts. Miro does not export voting results18
  • you are a trainer or a training company, not a school: Miro excludes training programs, vocational schools, retraining programs and individuals from the free Education plan21

The facts side by side

Facts about Miro checked on 6 October 2026.

Miro and Verbalu compared
TopicMiroVerbalu
Price Free $0; Starter $8 and Business $20 a month per team member, billed yearly (from Poland the price list shows the same amounts in euros); Enterprise: custom pricing, from 30 members1 Start $0; Pro $12 and Pro + AI $50 a month for the whole organization (up to 10 people); University: custom quote
Billing Per team member, meaning a person who creates and edits boards; by card monthly or yearly (yearly is 20% cheaper); guests and visitors do not take a paid seat2 Per organization, not per person: a plan covers a set number of registered users (3 on Start, 10 on Pro and Pro + AI), and participants without accounts do not count towards it; paid monthly, cancel in any month
Free plan 3 editable boards, no limit on people or time; no private boards, timer, voting, private mode, video calls, board history or custom templates; export in small size only3 A free plan forever: unlimited boards, with the timer, voting and private mode; the limits are 3 accounts in the organization and 20 MB of files
Schools and universities The free Education plan for staff and students of accredited schools and universities, on application: with no end date for educators (up to 100 members in a team), for 2 years for students; it does not cover training programs, vocational schools, retraining programs or individuals21 A free plan with no application, the same for a teacher, a trainer and a company; for a whole institution the separate University plan (custom quote, invoiced): 100 lecturer accounts, students without a ceiling, 1 TB of files, the university's logo and colors, a compliance pack and sign-in with university Google or Microsoft accounts
Joining A person without an account (a visitor) can edit only the boards of teams on paid and Education plans; on the Free plan they can only view, and to edit they must join the team with a Miro account. A board opened in a phone browser is view-only, and visitors cannot edit in the mobile app45 Link, QR code or code, no account and no app, on every plan; editing works in a phone browser too
Facilitation Timer, voting (anonymous) and private mode from the Starter plan, as is “Bring everyone to me”; reactions, raising a hand and following a person on every plan67 Timer, dot voting (results can stay hidden until the end), private mode, “Show this area to everyone”, following a person, reactions, raising a hand, laser pointer and an editing lock for guests, on every plan
Video calls Video calls on the board (beta), up to 25 people, from the Starter plan8 None; the conversation happens in the room or in your meeting tool, and the board has a comment thread
On the board Sticky notes, shapes, lines, text, pen and mind map, plus documents, tables, timelines, kanban and slides on the same canvas41416 Sticky notes, text, 8 shapes, marker, arrows and labeled connectors, frames, search and a minimap; Kanban task cards and discussion threads on the board. No documents, tables or slides on the canvas
Templates 7,000+ templates by Miro and its community; custom templates from the Starter plan10 16 built-in workshop templates (SWOT, retrospective, Business Model Canvas, customer journey map and KWL among them) and your organization's own templates, on every plan
Diagrams Basic shapes, flowchart, connectors, mind map and diagrams from Mermaid code (beta) on every plan; Visio and Lucidchart import from the Starter plan; BPMN, AWS and other packs (4,700+ shapes) on Business, Enterprise and Education14 Shapes, arrows and connectors on the board; BPMN process maps, Dot Chart and the Gantt chart have tools of their own, on every plan. No shape packs and no import from other tools
Files on the board Images, PDF, Office files and video, up to 30 MB per file; a PDF or PowerPoint can be split into pages; visitors cannot upload files15 Images, PDF and PowerPoint (.pptx): pages laid out on the board and a full-screen presentation; files are uploaded by a person with an account, within the plan's storage: 20 MB on free, 50 MB on Pro, 200 MB on Pro + AI
AI Miro AI creates diagrams, mind maps, sticky notes, documents, tables, slides and images from a prompt, and summarizes and clusters sticky notes; 25 credits a month per team member on Starter and 50 on Business (a diagram costs 5 credits), a trial allowance on the Free plan; guests and visitors cannot use AI1112 AI draws 6 kinds of diagram from a description: brainstorm, mind map, process map, retrospective, SWOT and Opportunity Solution Tree; 1 credit per diagram, 50 credits to start, then Pro + AI or credit packs. It does not summarize or cluster sticky notes
Live quizzes and polls Engage: polls, word clouds, scales and quizzes with points and a leaderboard, on Business, Enterprise and Education (not on Free or Starter); up to 50 participants according to the price list; joining with a code or a QR code, no account9 Quizzes, polls, word cloud, audience Q&A and team games on every plan; up to 30 participants per session on free, unlimited on Pro
Beyond the board Documents, tables, timelines, kanban and slides on every plan; recorded board walkthroughs (Talktrack): 5 on the Free plan, unlimited on paid plans; prototypes from the Business plan16 Attendance lists, certificates, sign-up pages with reminders, a self-paced course and a knowledge base; a board can be an item of an event agenda or a step of a course
Board export JPG, PDF, SVG and CSV; small size only on the Free plan; voting results cannot be exported18 PDF (frames as pages), PNG and CSV, plus sticky notes to Word and Excel, grouped by frame, cluster or color, with vote counts; on every plan
Version history Board versions from the Starter plan: saved every hour when something changed, kept for 90 days19 Board versions are saved automatically while you work (every 10 minutes) and when you leave, and you can save one under your own name; kept for 90 days; members of the organization browse and restore them. A deleted board can be restored from the trash
Integrations 250+ apps and integrations, including Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, Slack, Confluence and Notion; Jira and Asana from the Starter plan17 No integrations with Jira, Slack, Teams or Zoom; you open the board in a browser next to the call. Inside Verbalu it connects to the rest of the training: an event agenda, a course step, a knowledge base article and Kanban tasks
Mobile app Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, tablets and interactive displays; the mobile app lacks templates, export, presentation mode and voting, among others20 No app; hosts and participants work in the browser, on a phone too
Data In the EU by default on every plan (primary data center in Ireland, backup in Germany); storage in the US, Australia or Japan on the Enterprise plan only22 In the EU: database (Google Cloud, eur3), files in the EU, server functions in Belgium
SSO SAML SSO on Business and Enterprise; SCIM on Enterprise only; two-factor authentication from the Starter plan23 From Pro: company Google or Microsoft account, joining by confirmed domain. No SAML
Security certifications ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3 and TISAX, among others24 What we have and what we don't is on the Security & data page

Start alongside, no migration

You don't need to move anything to start.

  1. Keep Miro where it works: project boards, diagrams and your team's integrations stay where they are.

  2. Run your next workshop with people from outside the team on a Verbalu board: participants get in with a code or a QR code, no accounts, on a phone too. Start from a template or ask AI to draw a diagram from a description.

  3. After the workshop, download the sticky notes to Word or Excel, grouped and with their votes. In the same agenda you can add a quiz, a poll or an attendance list.

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Questions and answers

Will Verbalu replace Miro?

Not always. If the board is where your team works every day, with documents, tables and slides on one canvas, 250+ integrations and thousands of templates, stay with Miro.161710 Verbalu is enough when the board is part of a training session or a workshop: the group gets in with a code, works with sticky notes and votes, and you guide it with the timer and private mode, with no accounts and no fee per person.

Do participants need an account?

In Miro it depends on the plan. A person without an account can edit a board only when the team is on a paid or Education plan; on the Free plan they can only view it, and to edit they must join the team with a Miro account.4 A board opened in a phone browser is view-only in Miro.5 In Verbalu a participant gets in with a link, a code or a QR code and writes straight away, on a phone and on the free plan too.

What do I get for free?

On Miro's Free plan: 3 editable boards, no limit on people or time, but no timer, voting, private mode, video calls or board history, and export in small size only.3 On Verbalu's free plan: unlimited boards with the timer, voting and private mode, export to PDF, PNG, Word and Excel, every other tool and 50 AI credits to start. The limits are 3 accounts in the organization, 20 MB of files and 30 participants in quiz, poll and game sessions.

What does a year cost for 5 trainers?

In Miro you pay for every team member. Five people on Starter is 5 × $8 a month, or $480 a year, and on Business 5 × $20 a month, or $1,200 a year, paid upfront for the year.21 In Verbalu, Pro is $12 a month for the whole organization of up to 10 people, or $144 a year, paid monthly.

What do Miro and Verbalu offer schools and universities?

Miro grants the free Education plan to staff and students of accredited schools and universities, on application. According to Miro, non-accredited institutions, training programs, vocational schools, retraining programs and individuals do not qualify.21 Verbalu's free plan is the same for every account and needs no application or proof of status: a teacher, a trainer and a training company get the same. For a whole institution there is the separate University plan, quoted individually and invoiced: 100 lecturer accounts, students without a ceiling, 1 TB of files, the university's logo and colors, a compliance pack (data processing agreement, FERPA addendum, HECVAT, accessibility report) and sign-in with university accounts.

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Can I move my boards from Miro?

Miro saves boards as JPG, PDF, SVG or CSV.18 Verbalu does not read Miro boards as editable items. You can place an image (JPG) or a PDF from Miro on a Verbalu board and keep working on top of it, and paste a list of ideas in bulk: one line becomes one sticky note.

Where is the data, and what about AI?

Miro stores data in the EU by default on every plan (primary data center in Ireland, backup in Germany); the US, Australia and Japan are available on the Enterprise plan only.22 Miro states that it does not train AI models on customer data; on the Free plan it collects AI interaction data to improve Miro AI until an admin switches that off.13 Verbalu keeps its database (Google Cloud, eur3), files and server functions in the EU. Text is generated by one selected provider (Google Gemini, OpenAI or Anthropic), images and AI search run on Google Gemini and recording transcription on OpenAI; transfers outside the EEA rely on the Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses.

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Sources

Miro shows prices in the visitor's currency: in US dollars, and from Poland the same amounts in euros. We quote the USD prices with yearly billing. Where Miro's pages give different numbers (the Free plan's AI allowance, the Engage participant limit), we quote the price list. Miro's help center shows no update dates on its articles.

  1. Miro plans and pricesmiro.com/pricing
  2. Billing per team member, monthly and yearlymiro.com/pricinghelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014270500-Understanding-Miro-plans-and-pricing
  3. The Free plan: what it includes and what it does notmiro.com/pricinghelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017730373-Free-Plan
  4. Visitors without an account and board editinghelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012524559-Collaboration-with-Visitorshelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014270500-Understanding-Miro-plans-and-pricingmiro.com/pricing
  5. Miro in a phone browser and in the mobile apphelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017572814-Supported-browsers-browser-restrictionshelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017572834-Mobile-app
  6. Timer, voting and private modehelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017730933-Timerhelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017572274-Votinghelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/9794413310482-Private-mode
  7. Attention management and reactionshelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013358479-Attention-managementhelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021249320-Reactionshelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017730233-Plans-and-features-available
  8. Video calls (beta)help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/21992143796754-Video-calls-BETA
  9. Engage: live polls and quizzeshelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/31128769674130-Engage-activitiesmiro.com/pricing
  10. Templates and custom templatesmiro.com/templateshelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019018899-Custom-templates
  11. Miro AI: what it does and who can use ithelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/28765406244498-Miro-AI-overview
  12. AI credits by planmiro.com/pricinghelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/19756209116178-Miro-AI-credits
  13. AI and model trainingmiro.com/pricinghelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/22874000865554-Miro-AI-quality-improvements
  14. Shapes, diagrams and Mermaidhelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017730713-Shapeshelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017730753-Mind-maphelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/7004628130962-Create-Mermaid-diagrams-Betamiro.com/pricing
  15. Files on the board and the size limithelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017731613-Supported-file-formatshelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017731013-Uploading-files-to-boards
  16. Formats on the canvas, prototypes and Talktrackmiro.com/pricinghelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/35405180333202-Talktrack
  17. Integrations and appsmiro.com/integrationshelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408910669714-Miro-apps-and-integrations-overviewmiro.com/marketplacemiro.com/pricing
  18. Board exporthelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017572754-How-to-export-your-board
  19. Board version historyhelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021668819-Board-history-versions
  20. Desktop, mobile, tablet and interactive display appsmiro.com/appshelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017572834-Mobile-app
  21. The Education plan: who it is forhelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017730473-Education-plan
  22. Where Miro stores datahelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/23084283851026-Data-residency-at-Miro
  23. SSO, SCIM and two-factor authenticationhelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017571414-Single-sign-on-SSOhelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/37593868431378-SCIMhelp.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/27356474050834-Two-factor-authentication-2FA
  24. Certifications and compliancemiro.com/pricingtrust.miro.com

Miro is a service of RealtimeBoard, Inc., doing business as Miro; the Miro name and mark belong to their owner. Verbalu is not affiliated with that company. The facts come from Miro's public pages as of 6 October 2026.

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