Whiteboarding - UX Pickle

Name Name of app	Cost Estimated cost per year?	Guest collaborators Anonymous editors allowed?	Cursors View collaborator cursors?	Cursor messages Show message on your cursor?	Stickers Add stickers to the canvas?	Emoji Reactions Inline reactions on shapes?	In-App Calls Video or audio chats?	Flowcharts Create logic flows?	Comments Others can leave comments?	Freehand Drawing Freehand capabilities?	Apple Pencil Works with Apple Pencil?	Voting Audience voting function?	Timer Timer for all participants?	Bulk stickies Mass import sticky notes?	Auto Sorting Order items by property?	Auto Cluster Cluster items by property?	Smart Layout Auto-organize items?	Document Agenda Shared text notes?	Presentation Mode View frames and slides?
Miro	$ 96	Guests can view, comment, or edit	See live cursors as they move and edit.	Can't add messages to cursor.	Use the emoji app to add stickers to the canvas.	Emoji reactions attach to shapes.	Start video calls in the app.	Diagramming and flowcharting capabilities built in.	Comments are pins anywhere on the canvas. Comments are pins anywhere on the canvas.	Freehand draw using the Pen tool.	Works in the web browser on iPad OS.	Collaborative voting sessions.	Timer visible for all participants (even with music)	Use 'bulk mode' or paste from a list or spreadsheet onto the canvas.	Use tags to find related stickies, but can't automatically sort or group them.	Some clustering possible through plugins.	Enable grid layout within a frame.	Formatted text notes within the document.	Frames can be used as presentation slides.
FigJam		Anyone with the link can see but not edit.	See live cursors as they move and edit.	Add message to your cursor using the 'Emote' function.	Add stickers with the 'Stamp' function.	Lots of emotes and stickers, but not connected to shapes.	Start audio calls in the app (coming soon).	Diagramming and flowcharting capabilities built in.	Comments are pins anywhere on the canvas. Comments are pins anywhere on the canvas.	Freehand draw using the 'Marker' tool.	Tons of bugs and issues on iPad. Not ready for use.	No voting functionality.	Timer visible for all participants.	Copy and paste from a spreadsheet or import CSV	Can't sort items by a specific property.	Automatically 'Gather' by tag, name, color, reaction, or person who reacted.	Auto Layout grids can be pasted from Figma.	Template auto-layout agendas available as an inserted element.
Mural	$ 144	'Visitors' can view, comment, and edit.	See live cursors as they move and edit.	Can't add messages to cursor.	No sticker packs.	Emojis float up from your avatar, not connected to the canvas.	No audio or video calls in app.		Comments are separate shapes that can be placed anywhere.		Possible through the iOS app.	Collaborative voting sessions.	Timer visible for all participants.		Can't sort items by a specific property.	Can't cluster shapes based on properties.	No smart layout capabilities.	No collaborative notes within a document.	Create slides using the 'Outline' mode
Whimsical	$ 120	Guests can view, comment, and edit.	See live cursors as they move and edit.	Can't add messages to cursor.	Icon search works somewhat like stickers.	No emoji reactions.	No audio or video calls in app.	Using the 'flowchart' document type.	Start a comment thread on any shape.	No pencil tool or hand drawing.	No drawing tools available.	No voting functionality.	No timer functionality.	Paste text or bulleted lists into a sticky note or mind map board	Can't sort items by a specific property.	Can't cluster shapes based on properties.	Using the 'sticky notes' document type.	No collaborative notes within a document.	No way to present frame by frame.
InVision Freehand		Guests can view, comment, or edit	See live cursors as they move and edit.	Can't add messages to cursor.	No sticker packs.	No emoji reactions.	No audio or video calls in app.	Only squares and circles available, everything else has to be drawn.	Comments are pins anywhere on the canvas. Comments are pins anywhere on the canvas.	Freehand draw using the Pen tool.	Works in the web browser on iPad OS.	No voting functionality.	No timer functionality.	Can't import bulk shapes or sticky notes.	Can't sort items by a specific property.	Can't cluster shapes based on properties.	No smart layout capabilities.	No collaborative notes within a document.	No way to present frame by frame.
Lucidspark	$ 120	Guests can view, comment, and edit.	See live cursors as they move and edit.	Can't add messages to cursor.	No sticker packs.	Emoji reactions attach to shapes.	No audio or video calls in app.	Diagramming and flowcharting capabilities built in.	Start a comment thread on any shape.	Freehand draw using the drawing tool.	Works in the web browser on iPad OS.	Collaborative voting sessions.	Timer visible for all participants.	Generate sticky notes from CSV or TXT file	Automatically 'Sort' within groups by tag or color	Automatically 'Gather' by tag, name, color, reaction, or person who reacted.	No smart layout capabilities.	Formatted text notes within the document.
Milanote	$ 120	Guests can view (but not edit) with a secret link.	See live cursors as they move and edit.	Can't add messages to cursor.	No sticker packs.	Emoji reactions attach to shapes.	No audio or video calls in app.	Only straight lines, only rectangles.	Start a comment thread using the 'Comment' block.	Supports freehand drawing.	Supports Apple Pencil.	No voting functionality.	No timer functionality.	No bulk importing.	Can't sort items by a specific property.	Can't cluster shapes based on properties.	Smart layout is enabled with the 'column' block.	Rich formatting within the 'note' block can be used as an agenda.	No way to present frame by frame.