Adobe XD vs. Miro

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe XD
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Adobe XD is a prototyping and UX/UI option for website and mobile application design, featuring a range of UI tools and and templates, a versatile artboard and contextual layer panels, and deep integration with Adobe's creative suite of products for fast import of objects from these applications.
$33.99
per month per license
Miro
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Miro provides a visual workspace for innovation, where distributed teams can build the future together. Miro counts more than 90 million users, who improve product development, speed up time to market, and ensure that new products deliver on customer needs.
$10
per month per user
Pricing
Adobe XDMiro
Editions & Modules
Individual
$9.99 ($119.88)
per month (annual, prepaid)
Students & Teachers - All Apps
$19.99 ($239.88)
per month, annual plan (for the year)
Business - Single App
$33.99
per month per license
Business - All Apps
$79.99
per month per license
Schools & Universities - Institution Wide
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1. Free - To discover what Miro can do. Always free
$0
2. Starter - Unlimited and private boards with essential features
$8
per month (billed annually) per user
3. Business - Scales collaboration with advanced features and security
$16
per month (billed annually) per user
4. Enterprise - For work across the entire organization, with support, security and control, to scale
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annual billing per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe XDMiro
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsMonthly billing also available at $10 per month for the Starter plan, or $20 for the Business plan.
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Community Pulse
Adobe XDMiro
Considered Both Products
Adobe XD
Chose Adobe XD
More and more competitors, agencies, start-ups, tech companies are using Figma instead of Adobe XD or Sketch so our company is trying to get licenses of Figma in addition to Adobe XD. At a large company like us, we already have an Adobe Creative Cloud license so it makes sense …
Miro
Chose Miro
Figma - Miro is easier to learn than Figma. I dont have much experience with Figjam
Adobe XD - i dont even use this anymore. Not a great product. Not easy to collaborate
Lucid - I've used lucid chart before. Its easier to developers to use, but the overall tool has less …
Chose Miro
Miro helps me and my team more in the initial phases of a project. I do not like drawing freehand, so I prefer Miro over InVision.
Figma and Adobe XD I only utilize towards the end of the project when prototyping begins.
Chose Miro
It is quite similar to FigJam, but I have a feeling that it's focusing on the collaboration part, whereas FigJam is an addition to Figma, which is clearly a UI-oriented prototyping tool. It's clearer and more user-friendly than Mural. I use Miro in 90% of cases - FigJam is used …
Chose Miro
XD has limitations with artboards and is not suitable for project facilitation. With Miro, you can store all kinds of information and reference it as needed, even for long-term projects.
Chose Miro
Miro is better overall than these other solutions for how I use it, which is namely for driving fast-paced projects across multiple teams
Chose Miro
I first use the whiteboard program Conceptboard for teaching design classes. The program was recommended to me by a German colleague during my first quarter of online instruction. After piloting Conceptboard in three classes (freshman, sophomore, and senior level), I decided to …
Chose Miro
Miro offers aspects of all of these products. It's like the best parts of those products were mushed into this one.
Chose Miro
Miro is a lot easier to jump in for newbies to quickly create, design and draft up white boards workflows and on-going tasks for our whole team to see. Compared to the other tools I've tested, Miro seems a bit more intuitive and less complex to do simple tasks.
Chose Miro
Miro stands out as a brainstorming and collaboration tool that supports cross collaboration and multiple inputs exceptionally well. It is especially good at providing templates to accelerate kick offs and diagraming logic with smart, connectors.
Chose Miro
Miro was selected for us by our organization, so I didn't really have a choice. I would say Miro is like all the best components (or nearly the best) of the other applications all wrapped up in one.
Chose Miro
Working with Miro is much easier. When I am using Miro, I dont have to thing about where to save documents. I dont need to think twice about sharing with colleagues. All the other tools have their advantages and disadvantages. When working with other tools, you need to think …
Chose Miro
Miro is the best for collaboration because it’s super fast, can host lots of people, and automatically captures feedback I can share in a single link, or specific links to specific art boards
Chose Miro
i use Mural and benchmark all whiteboard in 2017, i choose realtimeboard because it was more adapt to design !
Chose Miro
  • Jira and Confluence are very slow to work with and feel very rigid.
  • FigJam initially had a much smaller feature set than Miro, since than I haven't looked into FigJam anymore.
Chose Miro
Miro has more variety of tools and functions, so it gives more possibilities to users for doing different tasks and has a lot of information organized. On the other hand, Figma works well only for simple ideation sessions where the team only has to have simple interactions and …
Chose Miro
Miro is easy to access online (doesn't have to download), has the exact function I need with well-built templates (calendar), and easily allows my manager to view my progress and calendar. It just seemed like the easiest thing that had all the aspects I needed, and I've had no …
Chose Miro
more like a digital whiteboard that expands when needed
Chose Miro
While all the other programs that I use are more design-focused, a user can just as easily create the diagrams and outputs you would create in Miro. However, Miro is a more streamlined program that caters to users that are less designed and focused and are more worried about …
Chose Miro
We selected Miro because it is pretty straightforward in the way it's used. It has a lot of started templates based on use case which is a bonus.
Chose Miro
I used MURAL in another country, it was a little more complicated to use, and the most annoying things was that I had to ask my superior to have more space in my board ! It was more difficult to onboard a user in the product.
Chose Miro
Miro and MURAL are quite similar, but Miro is one step ahead in each of the aspects in which they can be evaluated.
Chose Miro
We were using Milanote previously at it worked well when we were in the office as we used Milanote mostly for mood board/inspiration/idea collation. Miro really stood out with its real-time collaboration features, especially its integration with Microsoft Teams, where people …
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User Ratings
Adobe XDMiro
Likelihood to Recommend
5.6
(34 ratings)
9.1
(5572 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.7
(3 ratings)
9.4
(149 ratings)
Usability
5.5
(3 ratings)
8.7
(104 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(16 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(15 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(16 ratings)
7.4
(46 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.9
(3587 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(9 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(3931 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(15 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.1
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe XDMiro
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe
If its already part of your organization, and they have a license for Creative Cloud, its worth learning. It doesnt take long to get started, but compared to other software in the same field, its lacking in many ways, from quality of life features to just simply not having the option for Darkmode. Even for website design, UX/UI, and mocking up proof-of-concepts, there are much better tools like Figma.
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Miro
The most valuable thing about Miro is it lets us pursue the unavoidably messy process of concept ideation and create sprawling whiteboards with sketches, reference images, text blocks, external links, etc. We do this collaboratively with our teams spread across five states. We sometimes even invite clients to be guests on these boards. What is uniquely valuable about Miro is that we can then create professional-looking presentations from these messy boards simply by placing frames around portions of the board. In the past, we would have had to export our messy work to Powerpoint or Indesign - wasting hours of time. Now, we can make an orderly presentation out of a disorderly process on the fly.
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Pros
Adobe
  • Easy and simple animations.
  • Good tool for website mock-ups.
  • Easy user interface and tools that are like most Adobe products.
  • You can share a dev link and it displays all assets for developers to download or user like it's very own style guide.
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Miro
  • The software is multipurpose, and besides its use in collaborative work, it integrates with.
  • Seamless integration of the product with Asana has made it possible for us to monitor every project milestone development in real time.
  • The product has enabled us to conduct video conferencing, video chats, and projects.
  • Management practices remotely.
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Cons
Adobe
  • Doesn’t have image editing tools, so having to go back to Photoshop or Lightroom just to make a sight edit can be a pain.
  • Could add some text editing functionality. It feels silly that I have to draw a line under text when I should just be able to underline.
  • Would be nice to have some real-time collaboration functionality.
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Miro
  • The only serious challenge I have faced during the implementation of this software is a delay in customer care services. They are not very responsive.
  • The pricing of the product is higher than that of other collaboration and whiteboard products.
  • Limited collaboration functionalities.
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
We utilize many of the applications in the Adobe CC suite and our usage of this application came about simply because it was the one that was already paid for. Bearing that in mind we will definitely be renewing the software upon the expiration of the licensing. I am not sure if this is the solution we would go with were it not already included, we would have to evaluate all other options
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Miro
There is no other tool like Miro for process Mapping in particular. I've tried PowerPoint, Word, and other programs, but when collaborating virtually on how to improve a process, Miro has all of the tools and more to enable successful mapping. The colors, different types of shapes and text books, along with the ability to integrate different documents and other functionality, make it ideal for this purpose. In a virtual world, it's a must-have.
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Usability
Adobe
Adobe XD is basically on life-support now, there are much better software out there that do everything XD can do, and a few that you don't even have to pay a monthly subscription fee on. While Adobe XD is great as shortcuts that are used in other CC software works, and its integration with CC is great. But it still lacks compared to its closest competitor.
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Miro
I would rate Miro's overall usability a 10 as well. The platform's intuitive design and user-friendly interface make it incredibly easy to navigate and use, even for those who are new to it. The drag-and-drop functionality, along with a wide range of templates and tools, allows for seamless collaboration and creativity. Additionally, the real-time collaboration features enable our team to work together efficiently, regardless of location. The integration with other tools we use daily further enhances our workflow, making Miro an indispensable part of our toolkit. Overall, Miro's usability has significantly improved our productivity and collaboration, making it a top choice for our team.
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Reliability and Availability
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Miro
I only give a 9/10 because of the speed at which it loads. I have never experienced issues with Miro logging me out early, or some other technical issue causing the program to crash, or even it just loading in perpetuity without ever actually coming up (unlike other programs such as SFDC). It take a minute for all of my boards to come up after I click on it in my favorites, but besides that, it's all good.
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Performance
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Miro
I took the loading quickly to be related to availability which I commented on before, so ditto with those comment on load time here. Although to reemphasize, Miro doesn't crash or just refuse to load like some other programs. The weak point of Miro for me is integration of files like Word, Excel, or PowerPoint (especially the later two). When you embed these, it gets slow, and complicated to bring them up while you're in the application.
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Support Rating
Adobe
I have not had a need to connect with the Adobe XD support team as of yet, but from past experience when dealing with the other products, the support has been very very good, and I would have no reason to think that this product would be any different. There are a good number of training videos on the Adobe site for this product as well as on other social media sites so a quick search should let you find the answers in several different ways.
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Miro
We have never reached out to or contacted support because Miro's platform has been incredibly intuitive and user-friendly. The comprehensive resources available, such as tutorials, documentation, and community forums, have provided all the guidance we needed. The seamless integration with our existing tools and the reliability of the platform have ensured that we rarely encounter issues that require external assistance. This self-sufficiency has allowed us to focus more on our projects and collaboration without interruptions. Overall, our experience with Miro has been smooth and efficient, eliminating the need for additional support
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Online Training
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Miro
There was a series of webinars which Miro hosted with our organization that went over the basics, then progressively became more advanced with additional sections. The instructors were knowledgeable, and provided examples throughout the sessions, as well as answered peoples' questions. There was ample time and experience on the calls to cover a range of topics. The instructors were also very friendly and sociable, as well as honest. Of course Miro isn't a "God-tool" that does absolutely everything, but the instructors were aware and emphasized the strengths where Miro had them and sincerely accepted feedback.
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Implementation Rating
Adobe
Implementation was a snap
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Miro
So many ways to use Miro, it'd be good to have a basic training for users to do before starting. We're finding there's a vast split amongst our users, some use all the time, and some avoid it heavily. Finding ways to personalize the onboarding experience will be key. Maybe even just an "onboarding template" they can be walked through. It would be good to also have a central management of activity and notifications of when people log-in and work on things.
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Alternatives Considered
Adobe
Before XD came to the company, screens were designed in Illustrator or Photoshop and a PDF presentation was generated, which was extremely time-consuming. XD saved us a lot of time (and money) by generating interactive prototypes, which are much more tangible for the client than a PDF. The "fight" with Figma is frequent. Both have features in which they are better than their competition. And, while I still choose Adobe XD, don't rule out moving to Figma with its multiple updates.
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Miro
Jamboard is slow, didn't always show changes in real time, doesn't support infinite canvas and is more limited in functionality and easy to use than Miro. It goes without saying, but Jamboard is being retired as a product this year. Miro on the other hand has constant updates and new features including AI capabilities.
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Scalability
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Miro
Miro is great for scaling. In every department and subdivision across my entire organization, there is someone using it. From Sales to marketing, to manufacturing and operations; and even in legal and finance, there isn't a process or a department that is not using Miro, and if they aren't, they're missing out! Even at the highest to the lowest levels of the organization, it is essential for virtual collaboration.
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Return on Investment
Adobe
  • Ease of use means we are up and running in no time.
  • Integrates and is a part of the Adobe CC platform (which we already subscribe to) so there was no additional cost.
  • Online proofing and developer handoff links are the icing on the cake. Keeps everything in one place.
  • Handles all our assets (mostly created in Illustrator) like a dream. Even imports native Photoshop docs, too, so that saves us so much time round tripping.
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Miro
  • It has positively impacted the organization of my workload and projects. I use the Kanban with Cards, which helps me keep track of all the initiatives and actions I'm currently working on in a very organized way, as well as keep a record of the completed ones.
  • Of course, by implementing the abovementioned, I can see I've become more effective in delivering projects and can say im managing my time better during the week.
  • My visuals and diagrams have reached another level; even if I need to transfer to PDF or PPT, Miro allows me to visualize the processes and diagrams beautifully.
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ScreenShots

Miro Screenshots

Screenshot of Miro's design sprint templates, used to solve big challenges, create new products or improve existing ones.Screenshot of the Sprint Planning features in Miro, that assists Development Teams in creating a transparent understanding of what can be built and how. Users can run sprints and turn a team into creative and active participants. Today, many organizations use Agile tools to manage software development and other non-IT projects.Screenshot of the PI Planning Template that brings teams toward one vision of what stories to develop. Used to manage a backlog, increase productivity, and build the foundation for a successful PI Planning event. Miro’s PI Planning Template helps to get an overview of any PI Planning event, with step-by-step frames to guide the process.Screenshot of diagrams, concept maps, and system mapping templates used to communicate complex flows and create a shared understanding. Users can check off all the essential steps of the diagramming process and gain a complete overview of operations with Miro's diagramming templates collection.