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Whimsical

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What is Whimsical?

Whimsical is a visual workspace application from the company of the same name in Denver, allowing users to create collaborative wireframes, mindmaps, flowcharts, and sticky notes.

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Whimsical is a popular tool among UX designers for presenting user flows and information hierarchy to team members and clients. Users have …
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What is Whimsical?

Whimsical is a visual workspace application from the company of the same name in Denver, allowing users to create collaborative wireframes, mindmaps, flowcharts, and sticky notes.

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Whimsical is a visual workspace application from the company of the same name in Denver, allowing users to create collaborative wireframes, mindmaps, flowcharts, and sticky notes.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 5.7.

The most common users of Whimsical are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Whimsical is a popular tool among UX designers for presenting user flows and information hierarchy to team members and clients. Users have found Whimsical to be useful for mapping out workflows and providing clear explanations and references for future team members. It offers quick and efficient user flow mapping, sitemapping, and wireframing for web development clients. Many users praise Whimsical for its quick and easy sketching and thought mapping capabilities, surpassing hand sketching in terms of speed. It also enables easy collaboration for remote teams, making it a preferred choice for workflow tracking and mind-mapping exercises. Whimsical simplifies the creative thought process by providing a single source of truth, making it ideal for brainstorming and defining a definitive direction during staff meetings. The tool is widely used by various departments including Product, Product Design, and Brand Marketing for live whiteboard collaboration, mind mapping user journeys, wireframing, and other early-stage projects. Additionally, Whimsical has replaced similar tools like Balsamic, InVision's Freehand, and Draw.io by offering the same abilities in one application, allowing for freeform collaboration on complex projects. Users appreciate how easy it is to get started with Whimsical and its well-designed interface that facilitates cross-functional collaboration. It is flexible enough to be used by different teams at various stages of digital projects, including project planning, definitions, and the creative process. Lastly, Whimsical is valuable for lead management process visualization as it helps Sales and Marketing teams demystify how leads move through the system and facilitates discussions on lead flow, volume, and routing logic.

Based on user feedback, the following recommendations have been commonly shared:

  • Some users suggest trying out Figma for wireframing instead.
  • It is recommended to explore the free version of the tool before subscribing.
  • Starting with a new workflow is suggested as a way to understand the ease of use of the tool.

These recommendations provide alternative options, emphasize trying out the free version first, and suggest starting with a specific workflow to experience the tool's usability.

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Vincent Po | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ClickUp's mind mapping tool was very basic and hard to use from my perspective. Whimsical was by far easier and did what I wanted for a SaaS/cloud-based mind mapping tool.

Xmind is fine as a desktop app, but updating the app was a pain whereas, with Whimsical I don't have to worry about that. Also, I wanted to continue working on a mind map wherever I was, even if I didn't have my laptop or device with me and Whimsical allows me to do that.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Whimsical is so much easier and has a better interface, so I think it's more suited to our workflow if compared to other tools like Google Charts. I really love this tool and I'm looking to learn and use it even more, as it helps us optimize our time, planning, and delivering more efficiently.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Whimsical is much easier to learn than Lucidchart. We had coworkers up and running on Whimsical with little to no training. It's intuitive and just makes sense and it never freezes or times out, unlike some other tools we've used in the past. The monthly cost is also approachable and the commenting encourages conversation.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Whimsical nails early stage project exploration. Whether it’s mapping, wire-framing, or simply whiteboard collaboration, Whimsical provide a flexible toolset that puts you and your team in the correct mindset to explore ideas without feeling committed to a specific direction. Giant projects do not have much impact on performance and copy/paste in between projects works without issue.
Sarah Littlefield | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I've tried a few different services similar to Whimsical, and like the simplicity of Whimsical - as it's very easy to learn how to use and begin creating. The price is also better than a lot of competitors. There are quite a few options for creating wireframes, flowcharts and user flows.
Brianne Matthias | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Whimsical has a flexible interface and a more cost-friendly plan than Lucidchart. Whimsical allows you all the room to create whatever comes to mind in one space, whereas with other products, you have to create a separate document to use the different functions. Other apps like MindMapper are singular in objective, leaving users unable to really choose the tools they need in one space. Whimsical creates a playground for ideas to flourish.
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