Miro from a summer interns perspective
October 27, 2021
Miro from a summer interns perspective
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Miro
I used to Miro in school, and during my internship, I was more or less allowed to use whatever diagraming and prototyping that I choose. But I'd be very surprised if anyone except our team used it. I use Miro primarily for mind maps and modeling workflow. It's essentially the prettiest and easiest graph tool I have experience with. We also used the workshop-presets a couple of times (but slightly modified). In short: We used Miro to help with most of the tasks that we normally would have done on a whiteboard, had the pandemic not happened.
- Diagramming.
- Modelling workflow.
- Making visually beautiful graphs to show to other people.
- Holding workshops.
- Native Linux client.
- Touch screen gestures for fast prototyping, think InDesign Touch.
- Positive: Miro replaced MS Visio for me as my go-to drawing software. Probably won't be going back.
- Positive: A blast to use, if I'm "steering" the diagram everyone usually can follow along with what is happening.
- Negative: Miro can be so good-looking that there's a risk of focusing on form over fact, but that's a problem common to many beautiful programs.
We haven't really used Miro for collaboration. Since I'm the only one with a license we've only really used it as a digital whiteboard, with my device and screen acting as the host.
Do you think Miro delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Miro's feature set?
Yes
Did Miro live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Miro go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Miro again?
Yes
Miro is easier to use, "sexier", and all-around better value for the money (unless compared to open software of course). I like Miro because I can have an idea, draw a beautiful diagram in a couple of minutes, export it as a PDF, and then share it in slack. Or I can add it to the minutes from a workshop. Works fantastically.