Google Jamboard vs. OpenBoard

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Jamboard
Score 6.5 out of 10
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Google Jamboard is a collaborative whiteboard, available as an add-on to Google Workspaces.
$4,999
OpenBoard
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
OpenBoard is a collaborative whiteboard released under the GPLv3 License and maintained by the community on GitHub. It enables users to engage K-12 Student with interactive courses or give better lectures at University.N/A
Pricing
Google JamboardOpenBoard
Editions & Modules
Google Jamboard
4,999
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google JamboardOpenBoard
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Google JamboardOpenBoard
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google JamboardOpenBoard
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google JamboardOpenBoard
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Google Jamboard is ideal for live, synchronous sessions to support collaboration and engagement. It can be used for the entire class, small group, or independent work. Create a Jamboard for a simple student knowledge check, or annotation exercise, or sorting activity. Insert a Google document, spreadsheet, or presentation, and have students annotate the file. There are many types of active learning activities you can do with a Google Jamboard!
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Open Source
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Pros
Google
  • Colorful and engaging designs and layout
  • Freeform format
  • Real-time collaboration without lagging or download wait-time
  • Can be used for many different purposes-- business, education, personal, etc.
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Open Source
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Cons
Google
  • Shapes and sizes
  • Handwriting
  • Panel Zooming
  • Slow loading when the board is big
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Open Source
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Usability
Google
It's a tool that's easily accessible from your Google Suite. For a whiteboarding workspace, it provides a good basic platform. Multiple whiteboards can be created in one workspace, so you can share a session with multiple teams/plants. Compared to more advanced whiteboarding tools, it has limited features. You'll need to have access to the Internet to take full advantage of the collaborative workspace. The amount of storage space required for your session will use up your Google Drive quota.
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Open Source
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Alternatives Considered
Google
Miro is more user friendly, and interactive as compared to Google Jamboard. Advantages of using jamboard would be that since it's a part of the Google suite, individuals are more comfortable using the tool and tracking changes/updates. Both can be used for collaboration, and brainstorming. Miro holds more features, since we can add emojis, stickers, media content etc.
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Open Source
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Return on Investment
Google
  • supports active learning
  • increases students engagement during the session
  • bridges the gap between tutor and students
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Open Source
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