Miro is the best collaboration tool of its type! Great for collaborative workshops in or out of the office
November 10, 2021
Miro is the best collaboration tool of its type! Great for collaborative workshops in or out of the office

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Miro
As a UX designer, I use Miro as a collaborative tool with fellow designers, product managers, and stakeholders. I facilitate workshops such as product roadmaps, assumption mapping, user journeys, service blueprints, etc. Miro is great because it engages my team more than a general discussion would, and allows everyone to contribute their ideas. I also use it on my own when I'm mapping out projects early on. I've used Mural and FigJam as well, but Miro has the most power in terms of what you can draw and keeping things organized. As a user experience designer, I probably use this more than any wireframing software since it allows me to run workshops with the team.
- Flow Diagrams.
- Collaboration.
- Workshops.
- Permissions - I wish a board could be private (no access) but visible by link only. Sometimes I want the board hidden from the entire team (because our teams get really large) and I can't do that.
- Permissions - I don't always want to add someone to the team so they can comment on one project. It was a nightmare when I ran a workshop and had to add 10 people to the team just so they could edit the board.
- Permissions - Ability to add people to the board (who can edit) without having to add them to the team. I have several people who are on a 'per-project basis and don't need access to my other boards. Mural did better permissions when we used that.
- Increased collaboration.
- Better discussions.
- More team engagement.
I would use Miro regardless of being remote or not since everyone can add ideas easily, but I do work 100% remotely and love it. It's the only real way to run a workshop with everyone being in different locations. People are so much more engaged when they can see things on the board and add to them. Even post-pandemic, we have several offices, so this is a must-have.
Do you think Miro delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Miro's feature set?
Yes
Did Miro live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Miro go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Miro again?
Yes
- MURAL (formerly Mural.ly)
It's been a while now, but I think Miro has a better interface, but Mural had way better teams and permissions. I think they might have given permissions per project rather than having to add people to your team just to view one project.