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AI Design Comparison

Miro vs. Napkin AI

At a glance

At a glance

Miro

Best for

Best for distributed teams running workshops, diagrams and planning on one shared canvas.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Napkin AI

Best for

Best for consultants and product teams who need diagrams and decks out of text they have already written.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Miro Napkin AI
Starting price lower value Free plan; from $8 / member / month Starter $8 and Business $20 per member and month, both billed yearly; annual billing saves 20 percent against the monthly rate. Enterprise is priced on request and starts at 30 members. Each plan carries its own monthly AI credit allowance and daily cap on MCP calls. Free tier; Plus $9 / person / month Annual billing saves 25 percent. Free includes 500 AI credits a week, Plus 10,000 a month, Pro 30,000.
Free trial Free plan Free tier
Output Shared boards: diagrams, wireframes, prototypes and dashboards Diagrams, infographics and presentation decks
API Yes, REST API, Web SDK, live embeds and an app marketplace Yes, in developer preview
What it makes Shared boards carrying diagrams, flowcharts, mind maps, wireframes, prototypes and dashboards, plus documents, tables, slides and kanban boards Diagrams, flowcharts, mind maps, infographics, data charts and presentation decks
AI generation Yes, generators for diagrams, flowcharts, mind maps, wireframes, prototypes, dashboards and designs, plus Sidekicks (agents that read the board's context) and Flows (multi-step AI workflows); metered as monthly AI credits that do not roll over Generates visuals straight from your own text, with no prompt to write
Brand, style and templates Templates on every plan, with spaces, blueprints and custom fonts and styles from the Starter plan Built-in styles and fonts, 3 Brand Styles on Plus, unlimited custom branding and font upload on Pro
Export and handoff High-resolution exports from the Starter plan, interactive prototypes and two-way sync with Jira, Asana and Linear on Business PNG and PDF on every plan, PowerPoint and SVG on paid plans
MCP-ready stated Yes No
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Onboarding Not stated Documentation and knowledge base
Company size Small and mid-sized, Enterprise more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Jira, Confluence, Asana, Linear, ServiceNow, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Replit Not stated

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Miro Free plan; from $8 / member / month Napkin AI Free tier; Plus $9 / person / month
  • Free trial Miro Free plan Napkin AI Free tier
  • Company size Miro Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Napkin AI Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
  • MCP-ready Miro Yes Napkin AI No
  • Output Miro Shared boards: diagrams, wireframes, prototypes and dashboards Napkin AI Diagrams, infographics and presentation decks

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Miro

Strengths

  • Free plan with unlimited team members
  • AI generation and agents work from the board's own content
  • Two-way sync with Jira, Asana and Linear on the Business plan

Limitations

  • Only three boards stay editable on the free plan
  • AI credits are capped per member and do not roll over
  • Enterprise starts at 30 members

Napkin AI

Strengths

  • Builds the visual from your own text, so there is no prompt to write
  • Generated visuals stay editable
  • Imports PPT, DOC, PDF, HTML and Markdown
  • The free plan is a standing allowance rather than a time-limited trial

Limitations

  • The free plan leaves Napkin branding on visuals
  • PowerPoint and SVG export need a paid plan
  • Deliberately narrow: explanatory graphics and slides, not brand or marketing design

Plans

Pricing

Miro

  • Free $0 Three editable boards, unlimited team members, templates, 250+ integrations and a limited AI trial allowance, with 100 MCP calls a day.
  • Starter $8 Per member and month, billed yearly. Unlimited private boards, visitor editing, high-resolution exports, spaces, blueprints, facilitation tools and custom fonts and styles. 25 AI credits a month and 500 MCP calls a day.
  • Business $20 Per member and month, billed yearly. Unlimited workspaces and guests, 4,700 diagramming shapes, data tables, interactive prototypes, AI workflows and agents, two-way integrations with Jira, Asana and Linear, and SSO. 50 AI credits a month and 2,000 MCP calls a day.
  • Enterprise Custom Priced on request, from 30 members. Audit logs, domain control, SCIM provisioning, regional data hosting, centralised analytics and admin AI controls. 2,500+ credits a month pooled across the organisation and 10,000 MCP calls a day.
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Napkin AI

  • Free $0 500 AI credits a week. Unlimited editing and file import, PNG and PDF export, Napkin branding on visuals.
  • Plus $9 Per person, per month. 10,000 AI credits a month, PowerPoint and SVG export, 3 Brand Styles, branding removed, team management and billing.
  • Pro $22 Per person, per month. 30,000 AI credits a month, exclusive designs, unlimited custom branding, font upload, optional credit top-ups.
  • Enterprise Not stated Contact sales.
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What users say

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Miro

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Napkin AI

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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Miro https://miro.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-13

Napkin AI https://www.napkin.ai · no check date recorded yet

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.