Item: Miro
Rating: 5
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Miro

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

i design and review designs for software architectures. i use it for sketching, final designs, presentation, and collaborative work. i also use it for project planning and project retrospectives. in some cases i use it in place of powerpoint for authoring and giving presentations on other subjects. i use both the standard diagramming tools, as well as as a rendering engine for PUML and Mermaid markup.

Pros and Cons

Pros

infinite canvas size
handling large diagrams
extensibility through apps

Cons

not much advanced diagramming options
limitations on code rendering
raster/vector interoperability
text handling

Return on Investment

honestly, nothing i can point to. i could use other tools to achieve the same things just as easily.

Ease of Integration

i tried to build a rendering tool using the rest api, but found it too low level for me to invest my time on it. it would have been a major project to make anything very useful or interesting. i suppose this would have been worthwhile if it were a major part of my project plans, but as an option to build personal or team tools, it was lacking.

Collaboration

meh. it’s ok, but since the diagramming tools themselves are lackluster, it’s not especially empowering that we can all do it together. it’s not terrible, but it doesn’t solve the sorts of problems i really care about much better than anything else, either. perhaps this is a fundamental limitation of mouse-based drawing interfaces

Alternatives Considered

Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite and draw.io

i didn’t select Miro, i just get to use it. it seems pretty comparable to the others. i can’t say that i have a great idea of the comparison of features. i also have very little interest in most of these features, which largely seem like gimmicks which take more effort to understand and use than the value they deliver.

Key Insights

Do you think Miro delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Miro's feature set?

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?

Other Software Used

Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator CC, PyCharm

Likelihood to Recommend

it’s good for the basics, but doesn’t ultimately offer a huge amount over competitors for diagramming itself. it’s pretty advanced for online collaboration—it’s nice that i can follow along with another user. timers and voting mechanisms can be helpful.
there is a lot of room for improving the sharing and permissions framework, which is confusing and seemingly quite limited.

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