Comparison
Freero vs Miro
Miro is a hosted visual workspace sold in per-member plans, with a large template and app ecosystem and AI credits on each plan. Freero is an open-source whiteboard for teams of people and AI agents: no paid plans, every feature included, and you can run it on your own servers.
Last checked from public sources, listed at the end of this page.
At a glance
Each cell links to where the fact comes from: a numbered public source for the other product, Freero’s documentation for Freero.
| Capability | Miro | Freero |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Partly · 3 editable boards [2] | Yes · every feature; default fair-use limits instead of plan limits [docs] |
| Paid plans | Paid plans · Starter $8 and Business $20 per member a month, billed annually; Enterprise by quote [2] | No · no licence fees; self-hosting costs your own servers [docs] |
| Open-source licence | No · proprietary [9] | Yes · MIT [docs] |
| Run it on your own servers | No · hosted on AWS; no on-premises edition [9] | Yes · Docker, in any region [docs] |
| MCP server for AI agents | Yes · on every plan, capped at 100 to 10,000 calls a day by plan [2][5] | Yes · per-minute rate limits the server sets, no daily quota [docs] |
| Agent edits reviewed by people | No · write tools change the board directly; no review step documented [6] | Yes · agents start with read and suggest; direct writes are opt-in [docs] |
| Built-in AI | Yes · metered in AI credits; a small trial on Free [2][3] | Partly · off until you connect a model; no chat assistant or AI workflows [docs] |
| Bring your own AI model | No · a choice of Miro-provided models; no own-key option found [4] | Yes · Anthropic or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, local models included [docs] |
| Jira sync | Yes · Miro’s Jira Cards app, two-way updates [10][11] | Yes · two-way, Jira Cloud and Data Center [docs] |
| Linear sync | Paid plans · Business and Enterprise [12] | Yes · two-way [docs] |
| GitHub sync | Partly · through a third-party app [13] | Yes · two-way, GitHub and GitHub Enterprise Server [docs] |
| REST API | Yes [7] | Yes · with an OpenAPI description [docs] |
| Webhooks | No · experimental webhooks removed on 2025-12-05 [8] | Yes · signed, with retries and a delivery log [docs] |
| SAML single sign-on | Paid plans · Business and up [2] | Yes · SAML 2.0 or OpenID Connect per workspace [docs] |
| SCIM provisioning | Paid plans · Enterprise [2] | Yes [docs] |
| Audit log | Paid plans · Enterprise [2] | Yes · per workspace, exportable; no SIEM streaming yet [docs] |
| Choice of data region | Paid plans · US, Australia or Japan hosting on Enterprise [2][9] | Yes · wherever you host it; no hosted regions [docs] |
| Security certifications | Yes · ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and others [9] | No [docs] |
| Native desktop and mobile apps | Yes · plus apps for interactive displays [16] | No · installable web app; phones view and comment [docs] |
| Templates | Yes · 7,000+ in its community library [15] | Partly · 584 originals, no community gallery [docs] |
| App marketplace | Yes · 250+ apps and integrations [14] | Partly · built-in integrations plus reviewed community listings; no in-board apps [docs] |
| Visitors without an account | Paid plans · anonymous visitors on public boards from Starter [2] | Yes · named guests on a shared link view and comment; editing needs an account [docs] |
Where each one is stronger
Choose Miro if
- Can: You want a hosted service with nothing to run, from a large, established vendor.
- Can: You rely on a big ecosystem: thousands of community templates and 250+ marketplace apps, including integrations Freero doesn’t have.
- Can: You need native desktop and mobile apps, or apps for interactive displays.
- Can: You want AI that goes further out of the box: agent-style Sidekicks, multi-step Flows and AI prototyping, without connecting a model yourself.
- Can: Your security review asks for certifications such as ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, customer-managed keys or a hosted data region.
Choose Freero if
- Can: You want to run your whiteboard on your own servers, under the MIT licence, in the region you choose.
- Can: You want SSO, SCIM and an audit log without moving to a higher plan.
- Can: You want AI agents to propose changes that people accept or reject, instead of writing straight to the board.
- Can: You’d rather not count MCP calls or AI credits: agents work within per-minute rate limits, and AI runs on a model provider you pick.
- Can: You need two-way sync with Jira (Cloud or Data Center), Linear and GitHub on every installation, and webhooks for board events.
Moving from Miro
Freero can’t import Miro boards today. What it can bring in: CSV rows as sticky notes or cards, draw.io and Excalidraw files as editable shapes, and images and PDFs placed on a board. Once you’re in, every board can be exported as an image, PDF, SVG or CSV, or downloaded as a full backup file that restores on any Freero server.
If agents are part of why you are looking, start with how agents work on Freero boards, or connect Claude or ChatGPT. If running it yourself is the reason, read self-hosting Freero.
Keep reading
More about Freero
Sources and dates
- Bending Spoons: completion of the Miro acquisition (2026-10-26), checked
- Miro: Pricing, checked
- Miro: Miro AI, checked
- Miro Help Center: AI provider availability, checked
- Miro Developer Platform: Miro MCP, checked
- Miro Developer Platform: MCP introduction and tools, checked
- Miro Developer Platform: REST API reference guide, checked
- Miro Developer Platform changelog: experimental webhooks removed, checked
- Miro Trust Center, checked
- Miro Marketplace: Jira Cards, checked
- Atlassian Marketplace: Jira Cards by Miro, checked
- Linear integrations: Miro, checked
- Miro Marketplace: GitHub for Miro (by ServiceRocket), checked
- Miro Marketplace, checked
- Miroverse templates, checked
- Miro: Apps, checked
Facts about Freero come from its documentation and code. Prices and plans change: check the vendor’s own page before you decide. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will correct it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Freero a free Miro alternative?
Yes. Freero has no paid plans and no licence fees: SSO, SCIM, the audit log, tracker sync and the MCP server are all in the free product. If you host it yourself, you pay for your own servers and their upkeep.
Is there an open-source, self-hosted Miro alternative?
Freero is MIT licensed, and the same code runs on your own servers with Docker, PostgreSQL and optionally Redis and S3-compatible storage. Miro is proprietary and offered only as a hosted service.
Can I import my Miro boards into Freero?
Not today. Freero imports CSV rows as sticky notes or cards, draw.io and Excalidraw files as editable shapes, and places images and PDFs on a board, but it has no Miro importer.
Who owns Miro now?
Bending Spoons completed its acquisition of Miro on 26 October 2026. As of 28 October 2026 neither company had announced changes to Miro’s plans or prices; this comparison reflects Miro’s public pages on that date.
How is Freero’s MCP server different from Miro’s?
Both let AI agents such as Claude and ChatGPT read and change boards. Freero’s starts with read and suggest permissions, so an agent’s changes wait for a person to accept them, and its limits are per-minute rate limits rather than a daily quota. Miro’s write tools change the board directly, and each plan caps MCP calls per day.
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