Figma vs Miro
Figma and Miro are both design and whiteboard software. Figma is a commercial product from Figma, Inc. Miro is a commercial product from Miro.
Which to pick
- Pick Figma when
- A product team designs apps or websites together and wants designers and developers working from one shared file.
- Pick Miro when
- Distributed teams run workshops or planning sessions and need a shared visual canvas.
Side by side
A browser-based design tool for interfaces, prototypes and design systems, with real-time multiplayer editing, Dev Mode for handoff and FigJam whiteboards.
An online whiteboard for workshops, brainstorming, diagrams, retrospectives and planning, with templates and sticky notes.
Per-seat prices have risen, Dev Mode and full seats are billed separately, and files live only in Figma's cloud.
Boards turn into clutter without care, and paid seats add up for occasional participants.
Production-ready (both)
Cloud service and desktop app
Cloud service, desktop app and mobile app
Not published (both)
Closed source, sold by Figma, Inc.
Closed source, sold by Miro
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code. (both)
5.7k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
2k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Other comparisons
More design and whiteboard tools
Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.