A competent collaborative diagramming application that lacks great text-editing features.
May 26, 2024

A competent collaborative diagramming application that lacks great text-editing features.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Miro

I use Miro to collaborate with my peers in a university context. It allows me to set up a shared workspace quickly and easily and see my peers' actions and changes in real-time. I use Miro primarily for simple note-taking, model-making (UML), and collating my group's work for use in projects.

Pros

  • UML modelling.
  • Sticky notes.
  • Real-time collaboration.
  • Team-based projects (Teams & Boards).
  • Mind maps & Brainstorms.

Cons

  • Text editor (lacking markdown, multiple styles in one paragraph, etc.).
  • Unable to resize sticky notes freely (limited to two options).
  • Can't edit an element while a collaborator is also editing it.
  • Improved team collaboration: Sharing notes has never been easier.
  • Improved productivity: The UML diagramming system is very straightforward, quick, and easy to learn and use, yet still customizable and scalable.
Our organization recommended Miro to our team for collaborative use. We've attempted to use other collaboration-supporting tools, such as Google Docs. However, Miro's whiteboard design workspace allows for a much more accessible and easier diagramming experience. If not for Miro's poor implementation of text editing, my team would surely use Miro exclusively for many team project tasks that require real-time collaboration in diagramming and note-taking.
draw.io is a dated collaborative diagramming product and is very limited in what you can do with it. Its saving and collaboration system is convoluted and frustrating to use. Miro's cloud-saving process requires no action from the user and just works out of the box. Furthermore, Miro's UML library (among other shape libraries) is complete and concise and has a consistent style. I would use Miro over draw.io for any use case that draw.io aims to cater to. Notion is a note-taking product that allows for seamless collaboration. It has productivity features that work well for small and large projects, such as Gantt charts, Kanban boards, and wikis. Its text editor is easy to use and flawless when used collaboratively. Compared to Miro, Notion's text editor is far more robust, capable of collaborative text editing (note-taking), and offers more project-based productivity features. I would use Notion instead of Miro for projects requiring more planning and documentation.

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

Miro offers a collaborative studio with a comprehensive set of use cases. I typically use Miro to generate UML diagrams and UX storyboards and to take/collate notes with my team. The product's real-time element makes collaborating particularly easy. Although it doesn't when two or more people want to edit the same element, it handles large groups (50+) of users surprisingly well.

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