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What is MindManager?

MindManager is a mind mapping and project management tool that aims to boost users’ productivity. It is designed to facilitate a wide range of project types, and includes cross-platform functionality and 3rd party integrations.

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MindManager for Microsoft Teams

$105

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Annual Subscription

$179

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  • No setup fee
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What is MindManager?

MindManager aims to bring clarity and structure to plans, projects, and processes.

It helps users to transform scattered ideas and information into dynamic visual mind maps, flowcharts, concept maps, matrices and other diagrams. Users can also take control of their work, synthesize vast amounts of data, collaborate and communicate more effectively.

MindManager is a suite of visualization products that helps individuals and teams think more clearly, make better decisions, and get on the path to personal and organizational success.

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MindManager Videos

MindManager – Visualization Tools and Mind Mapping Software
In this video, TrustRadius goes over some of the best project management software out there - including MindManager.
This 10-minute video provides a crash course in the various functionalities and use cases of MindManager, and a walkthrough of how it helps teams work more effectively and efficiently.
MindManager as solution for everything. Case Study brewery Murau, Austria. The Murau brewery relies on MindManager and uses the software for everything from meeting management and budget planning to spare parts management for their machinery.

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MindManager Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Chinese

Frequently Asked Questions

MindManager is a mind mapping and project management tool that aims to boost users’ productivity. It is designed to facilitate a wide range of project types, and includes cross-platform functionality and 3rd party integrations.

Xmind, Ayoa, and iThoughts are common alternatives for MindManager.

Reviewers rate Vendor pre-sale and Vendor post-sale highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of MindManager are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our department uses it to help with PI nursing projects such as accurate patient weights, discharge planning, or patient flow. It allows us to stay organized and present all aspects of the problem and possible solutions to the other team members We plan on expanding its use to other departments in the future and I will assist with the education since I think this is such a valuable tool.
  • Organization
  • Clarity
  • Detail oriented
  • Easy of use for beginners
  • Sharing capabilities with those that don’t have the program
  • Sharing between users in a cloud based system
It has been extremely valuable In helping with the organization and presentation of performance improvement projects through out our institution. The only problem is due limitations such as sharing graphs, sharing data from these projects can be quiet difficult and other programs wil need to be used which makes for a lot of switching /clicking to different programs in a presentation.
July 11, 2019

PhD = almost done!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I am a PhD student, acting both as an independent research investigator and as a research assistant for my advisor's projects. I use MinManager to model relationships between concepts as I discover them in the scholarly literature, and to construct concept maps for presentations and publications.
  • Many formats of maps available
  • Reasonably intuitive to "play around" with and figure out
  • I'd like to see a function where finalized maps can have all white space in the map be automatically reduced or minimized (good for use when sharing the map in print format)
MindManager is well-suited for academics who wish to map out the breadth of evidence in their research area, and visually depict/identify what is particularly well- or under-researched.
John O'Toole (FCIM) | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Every consulting and business project involves a number of mind maps covering all manner of topics but especially good in strategy and digital transformation and large projects. It is the best problem solving, brainstorming tool I have ever found
  • If you have large complex problems or projects where people struggle to see the connectivity between initiatives, the whole picture and where their part fits into it. MindManager can provide a perspective to meet every stakeholder's needs.
  • Good problem solving prevents people/teams from jumping to solutions but rather forces a tight problem definition and a generation of all of the possible solutions to that problem and then an assessment of these potential solutions to arrive at the best one to execute. MindMaps is the best way to do this.
  • In design thinking you need a tool that can help with both the divergent and convergent thinking processing required by the team. MindMaps is the best tool for all the processes in a design thinking project.
  • Any creative problem-solving exercise requires analytical/linear thinking and non-linear thinking - this is where MindMaps excel.
  • Learning/Exploring all of the features in MindManager and the best ways of doing things with it.
  • All of the templates provided/shown are a bit basic and do not demonstrate the power of the tool for that application (relying too much on knowledgeable users).
  • I am actually pretty happy with MindManager that way it is - simple but with endless use case possibilities.
  • Presentation options for when presenting to Corporate clients.
People who see MindManager used well are always interested in it - comes down to those who will pay for a mindmapping program and those who insist on a Free version
July 10, 2019

Mindmanger Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is used primarily in the IT organization as a part of the Requirements ingestion and Project ideation.
  • Excellent at helping to brainstorm ideas.
  • Intuitive and simple interface.
  • Excellent tool to help to provide a more concrete representation of abstract ideas.
  • Great integration with MS Office applications.
  • Project management capability was a bit weak.
  • Template and map creation is somewhat difficult.
Mindermanager is an excellent tool for capturing ideas in a brainstorming session. The tight integration with MS Office allows you to easily export to Office applications for use in briefing slides.

However, it does not seem to be extremely effective when using as a PM tool
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use MindManager to map each client household. All personnel views the maps, while 3 people create and update information. Use of MindManager provides a user-friendly visual map of our clients' accounts, personal and family details, goals, finances, and outside professional contacts. I'll print to pdf for our President to view on her mobile devices while traveling and prepping for client meetings.
  • Excellent visual tool to quickly assess and summarize a client's financial position.
  • Great tool to map and branch processes. This has been a great aid in brainstorming internal processes.
  • Easy to update; the process of updating client information reinforces memory and knowledge of our clients.
  • It's not always easy to interpret and visualize margins for printing.
MindManager is very well-suited to mapping a client/household's financial position. We add branches for goals, hobbies, interests, extended family, and travel habits, so this is a great one-page "get to know your client" and meeting prep refresher. This is our #1 stop for quickly assessing what we know about our clients. We print the map and bring in to our meetings, and we give the map to our clients to take home, update, and return so we may adjust information.

The mapping feels less appropriate when we have little information about a client, although we turn this into a positive---time to ask for additional info!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use MindManager to better communicate work flows and processes, document decision-making, and think through a variety of scenarios. We also use it to outline content before creation.
  • Excellent at helping to brainstorm ideas
  • Outlining an argument or research piece before constructing it
  • Makes it easier to weight various scenarios and options in a decision making process
  • Some of the formatting could use improvement
  • Make some of the controls more user-friendly
Well suited for brainstorming, weighing pros and cons, decision making, and process mapping.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MindManager is slowly being adopted as a helpful kickoff tool for new projects. We are able to identify the goals of the project and the attributes needed at a high level.
  • Project planning, being able to quickly identify tasks.
  • Solutioning across multiple departments at a high level.
  • Process flow visualization.
  • Workflow creation functionality.
Great for project kick off meetings, project planning meetings, cross organizational projects.
Benjamin Brogdon | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We mostly use it for action mapping sessions to determine course learning objectives, business goals, etc. Subject matter experts would, on their own, say that learners need to "just know XYZ," but action mapping enables us to facilitate a discussion that leads these subject matter experts to realize that learners need to "be able to do XYZ" instead. This software enables us to have this conversation.
  • Very easy to drag and drop map elements to quickly reorganize and reorient topics.
  • The interface is insanely intuitive. Even a novice user can be up and running in minutes.
  • The ability to open maps in IE for folks who don't have MindJet installed on their machines is a critical feature.
  • A cloud version that enables collaboration on any device by any user would be welcome.
  • Tighter integration with Google Docs, MS Office, etc. would be a great bonus.
  • I'd love to see a tablet optimized version for on-the-go mind mapping.
Best suited for brainstorming ideas. A wonderful collaboration tool for you to use with a group to organize thoughts. Less appropriate for someone delivering a presentation. Maps have to be manipulated and exported for use in presentation software. The software is not suited to folks who live in the cloud; you need to be tethered to a single computer for the tool to work.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MindManager has been used within the program portfolio, with more than 20 projects running simultaneously. The projects are being implemented by a team of more than 100 people in a multidisciplinary team. Besides being the repository of official information to be reported to donors, it keeps track of daily activities since we use its maps functionality for this matter. It also serves as a repository of administrative processes and operational activities.
  • Efficient collaboration tool and document version tracking.
  • Mindjet keeps track of all the versions edited by users, so you can tell who was the last editing the document.
  • The way maps and flowcharts are created so easily. The templates library is very handy and helps you organize your ideas in a proper way.
  • Helps to organize and prioritize tasks within a medium sized team
  • Download documents without the need to open each of the documents
  • Copy-paste folders and their contents into another location
  • The server went off several times this year
Well suited
  • Organizing workload
  • Determine specific tasks for specific people and seeing the overall progress in a Gantt chart
  • MS Office integration so you can easily export to whatever format you need
  • Annual planning tool
Less appropriate
  • Not a substitution for your PC filing system
  • Not a backup tool (some users may be able to erase files, but there is an option for the admin to recover them)
Jason Everett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use MindManager for large scale projects to create a "40,000 foot" view to easily see what's going on. From there we can navigate to a subproject to discuss or get a visual of what needs to happen. They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, this is what we use to create our picture. Bringing a large detailed gantt chart just gets blank stares and little understanding. Bringing a visual presentation from MindManger to a meeting allows everyone to easily see what's going on or verify that everything is accounted for.

We also use it on a smaller scale to help with brainstorming during meetings. It's so much easier and faster to use it than trying to write on a board. Adding priority and catagorizing on the fly with a nice looking clean interface is great.
  • When there's too much going on we'll use MindManager to create a list of things that need to be done, categorize them, prioritize them and assign. When anyone asks what or how we're doing we can SHOW them. It's so much easier for them to see what's going on but when they see the map they can see that we're organized and our approach is well thought out.
  • Editing views is a lot easier than other programs we've used. I've sat for countless hours trying to get the right shapes to fit right or to get the lines to go where I want them to go.
  • I like the themes. Instead of taking a blank, boring view each time and trying to dress it up later I can start with something appropriate and it looks nice from the start without any extra effort.
  • The interface is intuitive. It's easy to navigate and it looks nice. I don't like using programs that look 20 years old.
  • More shapes and themes. It has a lot, but more is always better.
It's perfect for brainstorming, organizing and prioritizing when we are feeling overwhelmed. With MM I feel like the meeting is so much more productive for me everyone. When everyone has too much to do a meeting without it is a waste of time because we each state what we need to do and try to pay attention while listening to someone's long list and ramblings. With MM we focus better and prioritize on the fly. It's better for me to see what someone needs to do in a nice chart than to see a list. After the meeting we can print the images and mark them off when we're done.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is used in all aspects of management, organizational overview, and ministry processes and planning.
  • Organizational Layout.
  • Processes and procedures.
  • Long and short range planning.
  • None that I can think of.
I find that MindManager works well in the nonprofit sector. I use it for organizational charting, long-range planning, and process diagramming. It works much better in our environment to visualize positions and processes. It is very easy for everyone in my church from the layperson to the leader to see the process.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Used by my Department for budget planning and visual project management. MindManager is excellent for visual planning and for presentation to stake holders. I use both the Mac and Windows version. I would like to see an iOS version that would work on the iPad with close to full parity of function with the Windows version. The Mac version is getting closer to feature parity with the Windows version but is missing key features, which makes it frustrating for users.
  • Provides an excellent way to visualize your projects and timelines.
  • Allows full integration of Excel spreadsheet data (Windows only).
  • Allows searching and filtering of complex maps.
  • Allows effective icon and task management elements to your map.
  • Excellent starter templates and map types.
  • MacOS and iOS fully functionality and feature set. Most important request.
  • Allow a more integrated and incremental update process. A lot of the time I need to call Mindjet support to get the correct upgrade version.
  • Allow integration with cloud services such as AWS, iCloud and IBM.
  • Visual planning and tracking.
  • Integration of spreadsheet data.
  • Excellent HTML 5 export.
  • Less effective with accessing and updating external databases and cloud services.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MindManager is being used by me personally. My company does not use the software.

I use it to lay out diagrams of books that I study for certification exams that are a part of the job I do teaching. It helps give me a good picture of everything I need to know to pass these exams.
  • It lays out information in a hierarchy that makes it easy to understand.
  • Colors and designs make presentations quite pleasant to look at.
  • It has great exporting features to export to HTML so everyone can view a map at their convenience.
  • In the org chart, I have not figured out (if possible) to add a side bar (e.g. the president's secretary reports to the president, but vice presidents don't report to her).
  • Better printing functionality (I know it's difficult with large maps, but more than 2 page height would be good).
  • Sorry, no other complaints. Program is excellent for my uses.
In education, very appropriate to lay out courses. You can lay them out by chapter, topics, or any other breakdown you choose. Within them, you can put details you need to cover in each one, and then break them down as far as you want. It is a great map for the entire course that grows as much as you need it to (no width or height restrictions). You can be as detailed as you want to be.
December 03, 2018

researcher/phd student

Immanuel Koks | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I used it personally for brain storming, recording notes, and research project management.
  • It offers a clear - quick way to create Mindmaps.
  • The windows version - with the addition of properties and calculations - offers a visually clear way to work with numeric values.
  • Better Mac compatibility.
  • Need to implement a Buzan's style map where data sits on curved colorful lines.
  • Simpler way of dealing with numeric data.
Not recommended if the person uses apple.

I would recommend it to researchers / graduate and post-graduate students. Particularly for conceptual work.
Koustubh Sharma | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use MindManager extensively to develop annual plans, concepts, ideas and monitor progress across the year. The recent tools such as Gantt chart and time-tracking are very useful even though one would wish it to add more functionality in visualization and navigation.
  • Our minds work best when you think visually. MindManager helps create a visual network of ideas, processes and concepts.
  • I find the ability to use branching, subordination and networking options in the Mindmaps. These simulate neural networks that make it easy to understand and follow through complicated issues during planning.
  • Keeping a track of annual goals, objectives and activities while assigning resources is one of the most productive aspects of MindManager that helps keep a track of progress during the year.
  • Need better functionality when using Gantt charts.
  • Adding and managing resources is a little cumbersome.
  • Sharing and collaborating on maps is still a bit complicated and I have not been able to achieve it with single-system licenses. In the times of cloud computing, this level of collaboration should be made available to everybody irrespective of a specific type of license.
I find it most suitable for planning, conceptualizing and tracking projects, be it scientific articles, reports, activities or wildlife research. I find it most suitable for situations where we need to develop ideas as visual representation and easy capability of moving around boxes makes it productive and efficient. The only place where we have not found Mindmaps useful in its current form is when trying to build things collaboratively as most of our team members are spread in different parts of the world and the collaborative tools probably need further refinement and functionalities.
Pavel Bolshakov | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I am part of a research group at The University of Texas at Dallas, under the supervision of Prof. Chadwin Young. We purchased MindManager for our group to track our projects, put together brainstorm ideas, and schedule our testing plans. It allows everyone to see the big picture of a project as well as keep track of its tasks.
  • Visually helps understand how each tasks depends on another.
  • Provides a project timelines for all project members to follow.
  • Allows major ideas/tasks/deliverables to be all in one place.
  • Allow for more flexibility with adding topic lines to anywhere on a topic box.
  • Provide more flexibility with color coding topic boxes, lines, etc.
  • Provide the ability to collapse/expand all subtopics at once.
It is well suited for project planning, testing scheduling, and brainstorming.

It is not well suited for meeting notes/minutes.
David Booth | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use MindManager to capture and organise ideas: it enables me to set these out in a logical structure, and the visual representation is helpful in giving an overview perspective. The ability to export maps in formats that can be shared with others - and 'walked-through' as presentations - is very useful (e.g. summarising workshop outputs).

The functionality of MindManager has developed significantly over the past 2-3 years (the 'training webinar' programme is helpful in introducing these). There are opportunities to continue to develop the application further (e.g. more intuitive, Help function) for a simpler user experience, and this might require more of a step-development than steady improvement - but this is a possible direction for the future rather than a limitation of the current version.
  • Enables clear, logically-structured visual articulation of ideas, with easy re-sorting of the structured visualisation
  • Tags and flags are useful in categorising and filtering information
  • Task management is good, e.g. linking (and synching) tasks with Outlook, Gantt charts, progress reports), so MindManager is useful in organising and implementing non-complex projects
  • More intuitive menus / functions
  • Better Help function (more fully integrated within the application)
  • Capturing and organising ideas / outputs from workshops
  • 'Walk-through' presentation of ideas / arguments
  • Brainstorming sessions (particularly write-up of ideas - might not be as quick/spontaneous to capture ideas during the discussion compared to whiteboard, flipchart or paper
  • Sharing maps with others
  • Managing tasks in a structured way (including link with Outlook)
  • Useful templates (e.g. matrix)
  • Organising and managing simple projects (not well suited to more complex / extensive projects)
Gaston Grenier | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MindManager is used by many people across the entire organization. Within my area, it's used for requirements analysis, software feature breakdown, product development, strategy analysis, to-do lists, and some project planning.
  • Integration with Microsoft Office. I can import emails easily and I can export maps in multiple formats to PowerPoint and Word. It works great as an outline building tool for Word documents, as it is a more visual way to work.
  • Presentation mode is great. I can walk through a map easily and communicate to my audience more interactively. Livens up presentations.
  • Map linking to other maps. This helps greatly in work decomposition so that I can maintain a master map that links to other more detailed maps. Good way to organize my work and still provide a good overview of the entire project.
  • Adding icons and tags is very easy, and MM provides a good list of built-in icons to use.
  • Free-style layouts would be nice. I'd like to move sections of my map around freely to create a less symmetrical map (i.e. not-balanced).
  • Integration with Visio beyond just image export. Many of my colleagues create diagrams in Visio and it would be useful to exchange information without having to resort to exporting a static image. Useful when using some of the new types of diagrams available in MM, such as flowcharts and venn diagrams.
Great for strategic thinkers and for planning work, such as when brainstorming and collecting everyone's ideas. It has really good integration with most of Microsoft Office products and MingManager (MM) makes it very easy to share information to other non-MM users with interactve html maps. I use it mostly for breaking down all the various aspects of a new initiative or business problem. It's a great way to share complex information in an organized and logical, drill-down style.
Marcus James | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MindManager mapping is used primarily by the board to map complex and/or lengthy proposals/reports to create more concise and logical communications for the consumption of other board members, partners and employees. The maps allow a focus on the pertinent aspects to enhance speed and effectiveness of decision making regarding strategy and allocation of resources.
  • Easily facilitates organization of thoughts in a visual manner. The visual mapping triggers additional ideas and questions to be pursued to assist with creating a more holistic approach to strategy development or prioritization.
  • MindManager provides multiple avenues for quickly converting maps to different media such as powerpoint or word documents to best present the pertinent information to whatever audience necessary if map presentation itself is not the most effective approach.
  • Ability to link to other media/documents within the maps and apparently unlimited ability to "nest/link" to other maps allows management of fairly complex and intertwined strategic and tactical components in a logical fashion that allows whatever level of simplification is required for targeted audiences.
  • MindManager support personnel make themselves available for tech support and offer visits to your site to assist with making the most of the tool without being a nuisance by repeatedly contacting if you do not need the support. However they drop an email once a quarter or so to let you know they are available if needed. Good approach.
  • Able to save maps as a .PDF to minimize file size for sharing digitally.
  • Biggest problem has been not being able to allow other board members and/or staff without mindmanager software on their computers to edit existing documents. Typically have to save as pdf and forward to larger team for view and comment. Nowhere near a show stopper but would be great if software was as universal as powerpoint or excel.
  • I do dislike the "MindManager upgrade" message I tend to receive over and over. My existing version of the software is more than adequate - one reminder each year that a new version is available is sufficient.
It is very well-suited for introducing topics and concepts e.g. taking a 200 page study and reducing it to a single map with key concepts and key data for initial discussion with a team interested in working on that topic. Good for a small group discussion (less than 15 members).

Not so well suited for discussion with a larger group (too much detail) but the "one-button" translation of maps to powerpoint works well with the larger groups.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I've used MindManager for over a decade now, mostly as an organizational tool to develop courses and my own writing projects. I don't know much about its competitors but MindManager, especially in the last few years has really hit a home run with its ability to quickly and easily publish maps. I have delivered course content in many different ways over the years. But providing students with a simple map rather than a website has been a game changer for me. I am what I describe as a technophilic Luddite, that is someone who digs technology but keenly aware that as cool as it is it can actually be a major distraction, especially to students focused on a subject like philosophy, and in my case medical ethics. Throwing out a map with nothing there but the map tree is perfect for doing everything I need to do with my students online. Student reports are glowing. One thing I especially appreciate is how easy it is to modify everything about the map, to insert links, to provide an assignment portal, to connect with our course blog, etc. While I've always liked MindManger, I now can't work without it.
  • Biggest feature is the ability to quickly publish a map for use in collaborations with students.
  • It is also possible to directly collaborate on maps with others, though the capabilities of that feature are somewhat limited.
  • Very easy to organize every dimension of one's ideas. Throw everything out there and then hook stuff up. That's the best way, for me, to write or organize virtually any project.
  • Only one... There should be an easy way to quickly backup up to the local drive all maps in the online mindjet map depository. An easy add for your brilliant engineers, I'm sure. :)
As I say, as the central means for delivering all course content it is the best.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MindManager is being used by key personnel in a lab group to keep track of the status of several ongoing research experiments. It allowed us to access relevant data and keep tabs on the progress.
  • MindManager is well suited for project management for someone who is juggling multiple tasks. It allows for visual organization, status checks, and attachments of pertinent files to specific tasks for easier accessibility. MindManager maps can also be shared with other people who have MindManager, allowing for collaboration within a group or company.
  • is great for creating flow charts to visualize organizational flow.
  • MindManager helps me keep my tasks organized and keep track of the status of certain projects.
  • A great feature is that MindManager allows attachments of files on my computer to specific task points, making it easier to find relevant data for a project.
  • MindManager is not very user-friendly and can be difficult to learn how to utilize the entire program.
  • The interface appears outdated compared to other mind mapping programs out there.
  • MindManager is still a little pricey for what it is.
MindManager is well suited for project management for someone who is juggling multiple tasks. It allows for visual organization, status checks, and attachments of pertinent files to specific tasks for easier accessibility. MindManager maps can also be shared with other people who have MindManager, allowing for collaboration within a group or company.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It was being used almost daily in status meetings and brainstorming sessions. It was mostly just used by the engineers. We had templates set up to help meetings go smoothly. I also used it personally to keep track of all the things I was working on throughout the week. It addresses the need for a clear simple useful tool to convey ideas.
  • I like how there is no limit to page size or levels of ideas that you are able to create.
  • I like how the program easily creates nice clean PDFs.
  • I like that you can automatically balance the mind map so that the objects are evenly spaced.
  • For new people some of the key combinations could be hard to remember for shortcuts.
  • Maybe there could be some sort of one page explanation on how to get the most of out of the program.
  • Reminders on how to use certain features could be useful every once in a while.
It is definitely well suited in meetings of all kinds. Whether the person running the meeting uses their own mind maps to keep things on track, or whether someone in the meeting is using the program to keep track of meeting minutes, it really is a good solution.
Erik Freeman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MindManager is not a tool that is being adopted by my whole organization, but my use of it to give visuals that correlate with data is what has prompted my department to adopt this tool for a pilot program. Being one of the largest departments in the state of MN the biggest problem we have is getting new employees up to speed with how all the government organizations/programs interact with one another. Using MindManager has made this much easier.
  • MindManager allows me to plead my case for more resources, show when there is scope creep, illustrate how complex a topic is, or to present high-level documentation that can be expanded to give the most granular steps/details.
  • MindManager can be leveraged to take the detailed notes of an analyst inside the basic visual overview that upper management cares about.
  • MindManager can export all the diagrams you build into HTML maps that will contain all the documents, images, graphics, and structure created in the tool. This eliminates the requirement of a proprietary tool needed by the recipient of the mind map to see your exports. Anyone can see the maps in the same way you built them.
  • MindManager is excellent in purveying complex scenarios in easy to understand diagrams.
  • Dashboard Wizard - There is a bit of a skill set required and knowledge of conditional formatting. A wizard would help you set this up with examples and guided questions to get the content you want on the map.
  • New sheet from a topic - Xmind has the ability to have a topic open in another tab as a central topic. All the maps in Xmind are within the same file, no linking to external maps. MindManager allows you to import a map as a topic but with it you need to either import the content from the map which will be forced to take on the attributes of the parent map, or just link to the other map. Multi Tab maps in MM would be awesome. It is one of my most used features in Xmind and keeps everything in one place.
  • Re-Ordering of topics in a flowchart for presentation in HTML5/PowerPoint/Word export - One item, in particular, that would put this product over the top is being able to re-order the topics in a process flow so it can be used more effectively in a presentation. Process flows are constantly changing when you get new information. If you edit the map by adding or putting a topic in between two earlier topics the presentation mode will not focus on that topic until the end of the presentation. If you put a topic at the end of the flow the presentation will jump ahead and then go back. It would be nice to omit parts of the flowchart from the presentation as well. Additional export types for the output of a flowchart would also be handy. The export to HTML5 is excellent, and so long as you manually click from topic to topic it is functional and impressive. But it is lacking the fine-tuned polish and sub-features that would really put it over the top and make it useful for distribution to people other than those intimately familiar with the material.
  • More documentation on how to create Macros.
  • Outlook HTML formatting support without a plugin. The reformatting of email in MM can make things more confusing.
  • Record or attach audio to a topic. – Sometimes training or narration need to be a part of a map. Many tools implement this natively nowadays.
  • Play video from within a topic or in an integrated window. – Video is also commonly used now to eliminate the need for documentation. It would be nice to watch and add notes or just include in a map.
  • SnagIt Support – I thought I remembered this in earlier versions. I cannot seem to create a link between MM and SnagIt anymore.
  • Start with a truly blank map (a sandbox) and be able to place any type of topic on the screen and build anything. Xmind Zen is essentially doing this now.
  • Filter using images/icons.
  • Create image/tag/color legend on map. When legend item is clicked focus on the topics that have the Legend item properties. Would be great in HTML5 output.
  • Un-filter a filtered HTML5 export using a toggle on the HTML Map. When sending out a couple example maps to people unfamiliar with the usage they did not know that there was more content available and made assumptions based on only what they saw. An alert notifying the map is filtered would be nice on the output.
  • Flowchart to Visio Export
  • Exporting to Word/PowerPoint - If you could bring the same level of control to these exports that you did to your HTML5 exporter you would have all the bases covered. Unless I define my own word template the output from a map to work has a messy feel. I really like to do business analysis with maps. I bring in map parts when defining evidence types, scope statements, and requirements. I drag the map parts to the map and define all the info my branches ask for when I include evidence. I would love to be able to export my maps to Microsoft Word and have a great output for my Issue Analysis, Requirement Documents, Traceability Matrix, etc. While I have found ways to make this work and quicker for me I have talked to others that would like to see things perfectly laid out on export that do not have the time to do the tricks and tweaks I have become used to over the years with word templates. It would be nice to have strong export support for Word and PowerPoint documents. Something more visual perhaps that lets a user preview how their export will look before they execute it.
MindManager is best suited to make a picture tell a thousand words especially in front of large groups. I don't have trouble finding appropriate uses for this software in every conceiveable scenario. It is a sandbox that with enough imagination can be used to streamline nearly any scenario.
November 30, 2018

MindManager Review

Wayne Pavao | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MindManager is being used by our Operations team to construct visually compelling project diagrams. These diagrams will assist both technical and non-technical employees understand the goals and requirements of complex systems. Our Human Resources team is preparing to recreate cumbersome corporate organizational charts developed in Microsoft Word to MindManager.
  • Ease of use creating compelling visualizations
  • Easy to deploy for IT
  • Both PC and Mac compatibility
  • Gant charts missing from Mac version
  • Mobile support
  • Cost
MindManager is well suited for our project brainstorming requirements. Ideas are developed and visualized with great efficiency.
Aidan Gallagher | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I, as project manager use MindManager to capture the initial high level scope of a new project, demonstrate the high level use case and design of proposed solution.
  • Provides a great visual to full team including stakeholders of the high level look and feel of solution.
  • Expansion and contraction of stories are simple to follow.
  • Connecting arrows help see interaction between actors in a project.
  • More Agile development friendly, example quick way to set project management streams for Backlog, in Progress, Done or Blocking.
  • More variation in template options.
  • Good for conceptual views but could improve on implementation options of project planning.
Good for initial project kick off and showing use case and high level design. Not so good for implementation management.
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