Miro, a useful tool for remote collaboration. Works at medium fidelity so your Ideas can be the focus.
February 26, 2022
Miro, a useful tool for remote collaboration. Works at medium fidelity so your Ideas can be the focus.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Miro
It is a useful collaboration tool for remote teams. I will utilize Miro for brainstorm sessions, workshops, and also for tracking projects.
As a UX Designer, I will also use it for rough wireframes with stakeholders so we can discuss functionality without getting too mired down into design details.
As a UX Designer, I will also use it for rough wireframes with stakeholders so we can discuss functionality without getting too mired down into design details.
- Remote Collaboration
- Sticky Notes/Brainstorm sessions
- Rough Wireframes
- Computer resource utilization when loading larger boards could be better
- Corner radius control on rounded rectangles
- Managing scale with regard to font and board sizes
- Lines are almost un-usable outside of connecting things
- Layer arrangement control
- Clearer hotkeys
- Decreased obstacles to remote collaboration
- Faster ideation
It has been very helpful. I am a fully remote employee, and brainstorming is a large part of my job. Miro has enabled remote collaboration with team members in different states and timezones, in a way that has been effortless and convenient.
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
Full disclosure, I have referred to Figma as "Miro+" in the past. It is a powerful remote collaboration tool that runs well on most computers, and has powerful enough tools to render UI in pixel perfect fidelity. They also have some great alignment tools. They do also provide a FigJam option which is what I would consider the closest competitor to Miro, but the last time I used it, it was still in Beta, and I would describe the experience as "rough". Miro has much more time in the space, and for all of my complaints about Miro's quirks, it has much more polish, and a strong focus on what it is good at. Likewise, Google Jamboard is so limited and clunky as to be useless for anything more than office distractions, the last time I tried Jamboard, I recall spending more time trying to get the stickies to align properly than actually collaborating with my team.