Best in class for remote teams!
Updated February 13, 2025

Best in class for remote teams!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Miro

Our organization would not work without Miro. The tool is mainly used for all collaborative meetings in our projects. However, we use it not only for exploratory ideation sessions for new products and features, but we also use it for complex planning & roadmapping tasks like PI Plannings in our SAFe-based projects. In Addition, we've also rolled Miro out to our product teams, for team-internal boards but also in depth product analysis, wireframes and UX sketches. Since the tool is so established in our organization, we've also developed custom best practices and templates that are used across all projects. Since our product teams & ARTs spend most of their time working remotely, the collaborative nature of Miro has really been a big help to ensure transparency & efficiency when working together in different places & time zones!

Pros

  • Interactive workshop sessions (voting, brainstorming, prioritizing)
  • Complex planning sessions & roadmapping (Sprint planning, PI Planning)
  • In depth product analysis & exploration (UX pattern, Use Cases)
  • Asynchronous communication &onboarding via talk track

Cons

  • Recently: Seems like availability issues get more common
  • License Mgt - Especially for teams from various companies. Too complicated & in some cases multiple licenses are required
  • Missing: Folder structure for boards
  • Animations for frame presentations
  • Improved transparency: All team members can go back to planning boards to take a look at specific points
  • Improved productivity for remote collaborative meetings: Time savings up to 50% compared to end to end communication
  • Improved team empowerment: All product teams can adapt the tool to their needs
We were very satisfied with the implementation for Miro. To prepare, we took a look at the specific needs and requirements of our team. Since we're a very young & digital company, additional training or onboarding was no concern and the tool was widely adapted with little to no effort.
Implementation is super easy, however, especially in big projects & diverse projects setups license mgt can get complicated. As it's a cloud-based solution there is otherwise no specific knowledge or preparation required. It can get quite complicated once 3rd party apps & plugins need to be connected, as this is sometimes more effort to setup and depends on specific versions (e.g. Jira Plugin).
Since our team is distributed world wide across different time zones, Miro was a big help to enable seamless collaboration nonetheless. Especially features like talk-track, which enables asynchronous work on a single board, increased productivity and reduced the need for end to end meetings between different stakeholders. Additionally, also for hybrid meetings, we were able to improve productivity and transparency by using Miro, for remote- and onsite participants.
Although Miro got quite a lot more expensive, it's the best white boarding tool out there. We had a trial where we tried to use Microsoft Teams whiteboards instead but quickly stopped due to the lack of functionalities and poor performance. Compared to other more advanced white boarding software like Mural or Milanote we quickly landed on Miro due to the bigger number of use cases, huge template resources and overall easy of use.

Do you think Miro delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Miro's feature set?

No

Did Miro live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Miro go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Miro again?

Yes

Perfect tool for remote product teams, that need a central white boarding solution for collaborative tasks. Especially helpful for explorative sessions but also super handy to visualize product plans and roadmaps. Recently, with added functionality for asynchronous work - very well suited for teams across different time zones. In some cases, licensing can get expensive and complicated, especially when teams are staffed by different companies.

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