Item: Miro
Rating: 9
Author: Sanjay Sachdev

Overall Satisfaction with Miro

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Miro for drawing software / public and private cloud infrastructure low level architecture diagrams.

Pros and Cons

Pros

It has a lot of built-in icons for various cloud and kubernetes services which can be used in architecture diagrams.
It is user friendly to draw software architecture diagram and also easy to pick up if you are new to diagramming in Miro.
It is easy to share Miro boards with teammates and collaborate. Also it is easy to download diagrams in various formats.

Cons

I think it could be better when it comes to making connecting various boxes in an architecture diagram more user friendly.
It would be good if it allowed people to give review comments to the Miro board to update diagrams based on peer review.
Also it could be good to introduce a concept of containership, where you can group related boxes together on a Miro board and then lock them and move them around together on boards.

Return on Investment

It makes it easy to build software architecture diagrams
It makes it easy to collaborate with peers on Miro boards
It makes it easy to download specific sections in a Miro board

Usability

I think Miro is quite user friendly and it is also not very difficult to pick up for a new user.

Tool Usage

Creating and collaborating with peers on Miro boards has been the impactful feature of Miro that has had the most impact for me.

Using Miro I can create software architecture diagrams and then I am able to easily download those diagrams and then use the same quite easily in Low Level Design Documents that I am preparing in say Google Docs or Microsoft Word.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Visio

MS Visio used to require it to be installed on the computer to use it but Miro can be used via the browser no client installation is required.

Key Insights

Do you think Miro delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Miro's feature set?

Yes

Did Miro live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Miro go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Miro again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Google Workspace, IntelliJ IDEA, Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited to build software architecture diagrams and also collaborate with your peers on the same.

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Miro - A user friendly collaboration and diagramming tool