Item: Miro
Rating: 10
Author: Ikaro Laborda

Overall Satisfaction with Miro

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Miro is my daily partner for giving a visual touch to my ideas, whether they are concrete or abstract, I use it for polishing everything to make the projects accessible to everyone, even the non-technical personnel. And I also use it for document existing projects. Definitively a must-have tool, for multiple use-cases.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Diagrams
Workflows
Sketches

Cons

More shapes for diagrams (like architecture, network, etc)
A more creative AI feature (it always outputs the same type of diagrams with the same shapes)
Integration with jetbrains ide (not just vscode)

Return on Investment

Better project visibility
Concise visual explanations
Less need for formal meetings

Usability

The interface is pretty simple, easy to use, accessible and keeps tools exactly where they should be.

Tool Usage

Miro has become my go-to space for async collaboration. The infinite canvas + templates help us move fast from discovery to structured workshops, and the facilitation tools (timer, voting, stickies, dot voting) make sessions more focused. I rely a lot on comments/@mentions and version history for alignment, and on frames + presentation mode to turn messy ideation into clear narratives we can share with stakeholders.

Reduced Tool Overload

Yes. Miro has reduced how much we rely on a patchwork of tools for early-stage work. We used to jump between docs for agendas/notes, slide decks for workshop outputs, and separate whiteboards for ideation. Now most discovery, mapping, and workshop artifacts live in Miro (frames + presentation mode), and we export/share links instead of recreating everything in slides. We still use docs for final specs and task tools for execution, but Miro is the “source of truth” for the thinking and alignment phases.

Alternatives Considered

Excalidraw+ and draw.io

I’ve used both Excalidraw+ and draw.io. Excalidraw+ is great for quick, lightweight sketches with a clean “hand-drawn” feel, but it’s less strong for running structured workshops at scale (facilitation tools, templates, board organization, stakeholder-friendly presentation). draw.io is solid for precise diagramming (flows, architecture), but collaboration and workshop mechanics feel more “diagram-first” than “team-first.” We chose Miro because it combines strong real-time + async collaboration with facilitation features (voting, timer, stickies), easy board structuring with frames, and presentation mode—so we can go from messy ideation to a shareable narrative without switching tools.

Key Insights

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?

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

Other Software Used

PhpStorm, Cursor, Slack

Likelihood to Recommend

Miro is well suited for designers, software developers, business-related personnel, and managers. Based on my experience, I would recommend that software developers use it to make their ideas explicit, especially for greenfield projects, and with the open collab tools, like the comments, all the software team can comment and share powerful feedback!

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