Figma, headquartered in San Francisco, offers their collaborative design and prototyping application to support digital product and UI development.
$15
per month per editor
Miro
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Miro provides a visual workspace for innovation that enables distributed teams of any size to dream, design, and build the future together. Today, Miro counts more than 60 million users in 200,000 organizations who use Miro to improve product development collaboration, to speed up time to market, and to make sure that new products and services deliver on customer needs.
$10
per month per user
Pricing
Figma
Miro
Editions & Modules
Professional
$144
per year
Organization
$540
per year
Starter
Free
1. Free - To discover what Miro can do. Always free
$0
2. Starter - Unlimited and private boards with essential features
$8
per month (billed annually) per user
3. Business - Scales collaboration with advanced features and security
$16
per month (billed annually) per user
4. Enterprise - For work across the entire organization, with support, security and control, to scale
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annual billing per user
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Figma
Miro
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
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Monthly billing also available at $10 per month for the Starter plan, or $20 for the Business plan.
They are used for different things so they don't really stack up against each other. I know there is FigJam, but we are not using it within the team. For workshops and discussions we use Miro as a tool, but all the design tasks are carried out within Figma. We mostly use Figma …
Figma has an overall better user experience, an advanced organization tool, better commentary system. And regarding prototyping, Miro doesn't stand a chance.
Figma stands out against Adobe XD in that it is better in every way, easier to use and with more advanced tools that allow for greater customization of components and efficiency when designing. While Figma is not a 1:1 of Miro, the white boarding tool, it does have some overlap …
I think they serve different purposes. For Miro, we usually use that for workshops and brainstormings. There are some templates we can make use of. For Jamboard, it is quite lightweighted so we use that for quick brainstorming or retro. Figma is the only option for talking about …
I believe when it comes to prototyping and visualisation I would say Figma is way better than above mentioned tools. However, when it comes to workshops, brainstroming exercises and running sessions, I feel Miro might be better as compared to figjam and Mural. Figma is quite …
Figma has more features than Zeplin or Axure. Unlike Zeplin it allows to create and share dynamic prototypes. Unlike Axure it gives tools to create detailed designs.
Figma covers all our use cases. It helps with our design systems, pattern libraries, and prototyping; it's helpful to be cloud-based and sharable. Its plugins and usability for all team members make it very useful. Autolayout functionality is head and shoulders above the rest …
Figma blows these out the park. Adobe's system is very different, and I think this shows in their attempted acquisition of Figma. I've not used Sketch or Invision, but their lack of market presence says a lot—designers like using the best tools. Axure is definitely more …
Figma is often considered superior to Sketch and Adobe XD due to its web-based nature, enabling seamless cross-platform compatibility and real-time collaboration. While Sketch is limited to macOS and Adobe XD offers robust features, Figma's ability to work directly in the …
Previously, we were using more than 1 tool for a specific use case related to design needs, but learned that Figma was more comprehensive, thus we were able to reduce usage of 2+ tools into one saving our overall budget on UX tools. Figma also seems to be an industry-wide …
In theory it can do the all the things these other apps offer. And it does to a certain extend. if your prototypes are not too complex it can completely remove the need for other prototyping software. Through Figjam presentation and collaboration, alternatives provide no extra …
Free Version of Figma is quite well to give rapid access to customers on reviews. Existing user base and therefore documentations, tutorials and communities.
Figma is better for mockups and prototyping I prefer the other apps for flow diagrams as they are more intuitive, and people in my organization do not all have access to Figma so i often have to use those (due to cost of licensing)
Figma is a great tool to get user flow depicted clearly which helps a lot in brainstorming sessions. Also, maintaining different versions along with annotations is a great value addition to the overall design. Option to present directly from figma is a great plus to stakeholders …
The detailing and extent of designs that are possible in Figma are unparalleled. Screen mirroring is one of the most used features as the others do not offer this. In terms of load time, responsiveness, lag etc. there is a marginal improvement. Figma works better even when the …
It's been at least a couple years since I used Sketch. It used to be my go to, but then there was a sudden shift towards Figma, and Sketch become obsolete. I was initially less drawn to Figma as it introduced a learning curve I wasn't ready to add to my workflow. I remember the …
Figma was far superior to Adobe PhotoShop, considering PS wasn't designer for web but a photo editing tool.
I moved from Photoshop to Sketch a good 8 years ago, and that tranisition was eye opening that we could have a web/app specific tool. The change from Sketch to Figma was …
What Figma does best above its competitors is allow collaboration without compromising design capabilities. The interface is incredibly intuitive and user-friendly, which made a big difference to us as not everyone on our team has the same skillset and design familiarity. …
I used FigJam when it was free and it was VERY similar to Miro. I don't think it was as easy for a net new user to learn however it was easier for me because I already work in Figma regularly. I also think Miro is ahead as far as all the features it has, however I don't think a …
I first heard about Figma and then Miro. I like both but I think Miro is better because it's easier to use the features. Miro seems more alive, real time, and interactive.
Figma is much more complex and offers a different level of design work than Miro. So, Miro is the best choice for allowing our team with different technological expertise to participate. Miro is more forgiving in the whiteboard functionality than Figma, so it enables the …
Miro is much easier to use and get started with than Figma. You don't have to be technically proficient with the product to make use of it and it's far easier to manipulate. Figma is great for when it's time to design but Miro helps you get there in the first place.
When it comes to collaboration tools, Miro is by far the best. As mentioned previously, I would like better integration and copy/paste capabilities with Illustrator, but other than that, the fact that you don't need a degree in graphic design to properly use Miro makes it a …
FigJam is too limited comparing to Miro ClickUp whiteboards is good because its native on its own tool, but is a little clumky to use - Miro is a lot more fluid in terms of usability
Great features, easy implementation and freemium model.
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Miro doesn't compare, Miro is its own level\category. Miro is THE ONLY remote collaboration tool for our team because of the ease of use, features, and experience for multiple collaborators. We love Miro!
During my degree I have used Mural and I very much prefer using Miro, I don't like the UI and how things look on Mural. I had to use this tool because our teacher designed the class around the use of Mural.
Recently I have also used more and more Apple Freeform and it's not as …
These other two software are industry leaders in their niches and Miro is exactly matches with them. It's better than both when it comes to conceptual diagramming (BMC, Mind maps, etc.)
Nothing compares with Miro. I have tried to use FigJam more often but it basically leverages the same features as Figma and has a steeper learning curve for non-designers. Miro is more intuitive and user friendly. Mural and Jamboard are not close competitors to Miro since it …
I have also used Lucidchart I used Miro because it was the first platform that I have used and I became proffesional in that, it was much easy to come back and use Miro everytime
Figma is very well suited for software design. I've used it for several years for all kinds of apps, from small companies to multinational corporations. The infinite whiteboard is fantastic and provides the free workspace I need, just like having a big design studio in real life. The ability to collaborate in real-time with other team members is great and enhances communication tremendously. Conversely, Figma is not great at doing jobs in print or anything that you would normally do in Photoshop or Illustrator. And that's fine. Those apps are made for a different purpose than Figma.
Miro is fantastic for most collaborative sessions and meetings with pretty much any team. It is a bit intimidating for non-design focused teams however. I also enjoy using it for more casual gatherings as well. I've played games and done live drawing on it with team members to great success. It is also a nice way to quickly get feedback on your ideas from teammates and the preset templates are set up nicely in that you can easily create flows from one area of content to the next and easily guide the viewers eye around the board. Boards can get a bit heavy and hectic over time though, so usually after a few weeks I have noticed that it can be hard to manage all of the content on a board and extraneous content can be distracting.
Tappable overlaid layers - bugs on fixed components, such as an app navigation footer in a prototype
Swapping a component but retaining inputted copy or imagery.
Performance on prototypes to work better in UserZoom - having to delete hidden layers manually, optimize images, and streamline the file, in general, is time-consuming
Folder structures - larger teams need multiple layers of folder structure to help find things.
Branch performance - we need better, more user-friendly solutions to get designs to merge better.
Branch performance - branching with the option to choose which pages you want in the branch without deleting each page you don't need.
Default sharing options need improvement.
Responsive ratios' in prototyping without having to recreate pages.
Better collaboration with Jira to bring in links in the design mode not just dev mode.
Figma is a pretty cool tool in many areas. My team almost uses it on daily basis, such as, brainstorming on product/design topics, discussing prototypes created by designers. We even use it for retrospectives, which is super convenient and naturally keeps records of what the team discusses every month. Furthermore, I do see the potential of the product - currently we mainly use it for design topics, but it seems it is also a good fit for tech diagrams, which we probably will explore further in the future.
There is no other tool like Miro for process Mapping in particular. I've tried PowerPoint, Word, and other programs, but when collaborating virtually on how to improve a process, Miro has all of the tools and more to enable successful mapping. The colors, different types of shapes and text books, along with the ability to integrate different documents and other functionality, make it ideal for this purpose. In a virtual world, it's a must-have.
It's so simple to use! I have no background in UI design but basic designing and I was able to learn this software Figma within 3-5 days. There are tons of tutorials available on Youtube from so many popular YouTubers in the space, you can just go through them and start designing.
It's pretty easy to use. My gripes are with some small idiosyncrasies with selection behavior with objects and editing text. When I move an object, it automatically de-selects it when I am not done with it. I have to click to select again. Text control is challenging and could be improved. It could use a little more styling capability. It's also weird that it behaves differently in a shape then when using the text tool.
I only give a 9/10 because of the speed at which it loads. I have never experienced issues with Miro logging me out early, or some other technical issue causing the program to crash, or even it just loading in perpetuity without ever actually coming up (unlike other programs such as SFDC). It take a minute for all of my boards to come up after I click on it in my favorites, but besides that, it's all good.
I took the loading quickly to be related to availability which I commented on before, so ditto with those comment on load time here. Although to reemphasize, Miro doesn't crash or just refuse to load like some other programs. The weak point of Miro for me is integration of files like Word, Excel, or PowerPoint (especially the later two). When you embed these, it gets slow, and complicated to bring them up while you're in the application.
I haven't used their support lately but in the past, they had a chat that I used often. They often responded in a few hours and were able to give a satisfactory solution. I would imagine it's less personal now but the community has expanded drastically so there are more resources out there to self serve with a bit of Google magic.
The support staff at Miro are fantastic. Whenever I have had an issue, they have been timely and helpful with their response. They are also very knowledgeable and go out of their way to not only help, but offer proactive training sessions on different topics and new functionality so everyone can try it out.
In-person training has its own benefits - 1. It helps in resolving queries then and there during the training. 2. I find classroom or in-person training more interactive. 3. Classroom or in-person training could be more practical in nature where participants can have an hands on experience with tools and clarify their doubts with the trainer.
Online training has its own merits and demerits - 1. Sometimes we may face issues with connectivity or the training content 2. The way training is being delivered becomes very important because not everyone is comfortable taking online training and learning by themselves. 3. With the advancement of technology online training has become popular but there is a segment of people who still prefer class-room training over online one.
There was a series of webinars which Miro hosted with our organization that went over the basics, then progressively became more advanced with additional sections. The instructors were knowledgeable, and provided examples throughout the sessions, as well as answered peoples' questions. There was ample time and experience on the calls to cover a range of topics. The instructors were also very friendly and sociable, as well as honest. Of course Miro isn't a "God-tool" that does absolutely everything, but the instructors were aware and emphasized the strengths where Miro had them and sincerely accepted feedback.
We were very satisfied because we really got help from the developer in every step. The setup and purchasing stages were smooth, and we did not have any problems. Deployment went as planned, and it was positive since we deployed easily in all our organizational departments.
Figma blows these out the park. Adobe's system is very different, and I think this shows in their attempted acquisition of Figma. I've not used Sketch or Invision, but their lack of market presence says a lot—designers like using the best tools. Axure is definitely more comprehensive in prototype testing but very hard to adapt to use—the hotkeys aren't even the same!
Miro is visually appealing, very inviting, and easy to use for the most part. It has all the drawing tools to connect shapes, create aligned diagrams, change colors, establish a layout, and color them. You can quickly change font sizes. In our meetings, teammates are very willing to follow along on Miro.
Miro is great for scaling. In every department and subdivision across my entire organization, there is someone using it. From Sales to marketing, to manufacturing and operations; and even in legal and finance, there isn't a process or a department that is not using Miro, and if they aren't, they're missing out! Even at the highest to the lowest levels of the organization, it is essential for virtual collaboration.
Seamless integration of designs into Jira have helped double the level of accuracy during development. Interactive access to preview prototypes, flows and mockups has made a huge difference for us.
When components are updated in ways that changes the copy or architecture, it breaks all of its instances creating a massive source of anxiety for everyone on the team. The fact that we are uncertain whether our updates will retain text overrides forces us to triple check each time, decreasing our operational efficiency.
When high-fidelity prototypes are built to showcase new concepts, their ability to appear almost identical to our production site makes it much easier for stakeholders to get involved in decision making therefore allowing us to make more well rounded decisions.
I increased my price for the lesson when I started to use Miro.
It probably takes more time to create a well presented lesson as there are a lot of options and it boosts your creativity. But you lose time on making the choice.
Miro definitely creates more interest in students and it is easier to keep them engaged.
