The best Zoom Whiteboard alternative depends on who needs the board after the call. For internal teams on Microsoft 365, Whiteboard in Teams is enough. For clients and workshops that continue between sessions, pick a tool where the board lives on: Miro, or Coommit (our product), where the video call happens inside a room that stays open.
First, a fact worth knowing: Zoom Whiteboard keeps your board when the meeting ends. The real limits are the plan caps, how guests get back to the board, and the fact that the board and the conversation live in different places. We cover five alternatives, ordered by how well the board outlasts the meeting, with prices as listed on each vendor's own pages in September 2026.
Does Zoom Whiteboard keep your boards after the meeting?
Yes. Zoom Whiteboard is a persistent whiteboard inside Zoom Workplace, and you can start one from a meeting with one click. What limits it is the plan, as listed on Zoom's Whiteboard page in September 2026:
- Whiteboard Basic, included in the free Basic plan and in Pro, allows 3 concurrently editable whiteboards. You can share boards publicly with anyone, with no sign-in required. It includes templates, frames, embedded documents, a timer, voting, exports to images and PDF, and importers for Miro, Mural and Visio boards.
- Whiteboard Unlimited comes with Zoom Workplace Business ($21.99 per user per month billed monthly, or $219.90 per user per year, per Zoom's pricing) or as an add-on that Zoom lists from $2.07 per user per month.
- Access for guests: Zoom offers visitor links and custom permissions, and meeting participants get temporary in-meeting access. Share a visitor link or set permissions if guests should keep working after the call.
So if your only complaint is the three-board cap, the cheapest fix may be the Whiteboard Unlimited add-on. Keep reading if the problem is bigger: a board that clients must keep using between sessions, or a conversation whose decisions end up far from the board.
What should a Zoom Whiteboard alternative do better?
Run each option through four checks:
- Does the board persist for guests? Can a client or a workshop participant come back next week without creating an account?
- Where does the call happen? Inside the board, next to it through an app, or in a separate window?
- Where do decisions end up? Are notes, decisions and tasks captured where the board lives, or in another tool?
- What does it cost per host? Count the board and the video tool you still need.
How do the Zoom Whiteboard alternatives compare?
| Option | Where the call happens | Can guests keep working after the call? | Free tier | Price as listed (September 2026) | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoom Whiteboard (for reference) | Zoom Meetings, one click from the meeting | Yes, through visitor links or permissions; in-meeting access is temporary | 3 editable boards on the free Basic plan and on Pro | Unlimited boards with Zoom Business ($21.99 per user per month), or an add-on from $2.07 per user per month | Teams staying on Zoom |
| Miro | Miro video calls (beta, up to 25 people) or the Miro app for Zoom | Yes: Starter lets visitors edit without signing in | 3 editable boards | Starter $8, Business $20 per member per month, billed yearly | Deep boards and diagrams |
| Coommit (our product) | Inside the room, next to the canvas | Yes: guests return to the same room link, with no account | No free plan; 7-day trial, no card | $29 per user per month, $23 billed yearly, $19 on a 2-year plan | Client calls, coaching and workshops that continue |
| Google Meet with FigJam or Miro | Google Meet, with the board as an add-on | On the board tool's terms; Meet add-ons need a Google Account | Meet: 60-minute group calls, 100 participants; FigJam and Miro have limited free plans | Board seats extra, for example a FigJam Collab seat at $3 per month on Professional, billed annually | Google Workspace teams |
| boardmix | Your call tool; boardmix connects with Zoom and Microsoft Teams | Yes: Starter allows unlimited visitors with editing rights | 3 editable boards, 100 objects each | Starter $5 per member per month billed annually; lifetime plans from $99 | Tight budgets |
| Microsoft Whiteboard in Teams | Teams meetings | Internal users yes; external users only during the meeting | Included with Microsoft 365 business plans | Teams Essentials $4.00 per user per month, paid yearly | Internal Microsoft 365 teams |
Which Zoom Whiteboard alternatives keep the board alive after the call?
Ordered by fit for one job: a board that keeps working after the meeting ends, for your team and for guests. Coommit is our product; it sits where we think it fits.
1. Miro: the deepest board, now with calls in beta
Miro boards are persistent by design, and Miro is the most complete board here: 7,000+ templates, 250+ integrations, timer and voting on paid plans. As listed on Miro's pricing page, Starter costs $8 per member per month billed yearly and allows visitors to edit without signing in, which is useful for clients. Business costs $20 and adds unlimited signed-in guests.
Miro also runs video calls in beta on Starter and above: up to 25 board participants, screen sharing, recording and live transcription into a Doc on the board. If you stay in Zoom, the Miro app for Zoom opens boards in the Zoom desktop client. Boards created there without a Miro account last 24 hours unless you sign up.
Watch out for: the calls are a beta capped at 25 people, and outside Miro's own calls, the board and the meeting remain two separate habits.
2. Coommit: when the meeting and the board are the same place
Coommit is a shared workspace where teams meet on video around their docs, designs and websites. The room stays available after the call. The canvas saves itself, so notes, checklists, drawings, connectors and live embeds (Figma files, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and PDFs, YouTube, and a shared web browser everyone can use) stay where you left them for the next session. Guests come back through the same link with no account and no download.
For workshops and coaching, rooms start from templates such as the GROW canvas, Wheel of life, Impact/effort matrix, Roadmap now/next/later and Team health check, and breakout groups split a call into smaller groups while the canvas keeps every group's work. After the call, the built-in AI writes a recap with the decisions and the tasks, saved in the room and sendable to Slack or Notion.
Coommit costs $29 per user per month, $23 billed yearly or $19 on a 2-year plan, with a 7-day trial and no card, as shown on our pricing page.
Watch out for: there is no free plan, live transcription detects English and French only, and the canvas is lighter than Miro's or Zoom's for technical diagramming.
3. Google Meet with FigJam or Miro: best for Google Workspace teams
Google retired Jamboard: since October 1, 2024, you can't create or edit Jams, per Google's Jamboard help page. Google's help pages point to third-party add-ons such as Miro, FigJam and Lucidspark for whiteboarding in Meet. The board then persists in FigJam or Miro, on their terms.
Two limits from Google's add-ons help page matter for guests: you can't use add-ons if you aren't signed in with a Google Account, and you can collaborate on only one add-on at a time. Hosts can screen-share the activity so people without the add-on can watch. On the FigJam side, a Collab seat costs $3 per month on Figma's Professional plan billed annually, and open sessions let anyone edit for 24 hours at a time without a Figma account. Free Google Meet calls with a Google Account run up to 60 minutes with 100 participants.
Watch out for: guests without a Google Account, and a board that lives in a third tool.
4. boardmix: the budget board you pair with your call tool
boardmix lists a Free plan with 3 editable boards and 100 objects per board, Starter at $5 per member per month billed annually ($12 billed monthly) with unlimited visitors who can edit, AI plans from $10, and lifetime plans from $99 for one member. For meetings, boardmix says it connects with Zoom and Microsoft Teams, and it offers a timer and voting.
Watch out for: a smaller ecosystem than Miro's, and a call that still runs in another app.
5. Microsoft Whiteboard in Teams: best for internal Microsoft 365 teams
Microsoft Whiteboard opens inside Teams meetings and is included with Microsoft 365 business plans and with Teams Essentials, which costs $4.00 per user per month paid yearly, per Microsoft's plan comparison. Boards are stored in OneDrive for Business, so for people inside your organization, they outlast the meeting.
Watch out for: for guests, they don't. Microsoft's documentation says external users can view and collaborate during the meeting only, and sharing with external users outside a Teams meeting isn't supported.
Is Zoom Whiteboard or Miro the better choice?
For most teams, the answer comes down to three questions.
- Are you already on Zoom Business? Then Zoom Whiteboard Unlimited is included, it opens from the meeting in one click, and it may be enough for simple boards.
- Is the board the deliverable? Miro goes deeper, with 7,000+ templates (Zoom lists 250+), 4,700+ diagramming shapes on Business and Engage activities such as polls. For service blueprints or system maps, pick Miro.
- What does it cost to fix the cap? Zoom lists the Whiteboard Unlimited add-on from $2.07 per user per month. Miro Starter is $8 per member per month billed yearly, and you still pay for your Zoom seat.
You can also combine them. Zoom Whiteboard can import Miro boards, and the Miro app for Zoom brings Miro boards into Zoom meetings.
Which video call app with a whiteboard fits your team?
If you're shopping for video conferencing with a whiteboard, start from where your company already lives:
- Microsoft 365 company, internal meetings: Teams with Microsoft Whiteboard.
- Google Workspace company: Google Meet with the FigJam or Miro add-on, as long as participants have Google Accounts.
- Happy on Zoom, boards hitting the cap: stay on Zoom Whiteboard and add Whiteboard Unlimited.
- Client calls, coaching or workshops that continue between sessions: Coommit, where the call happens in the room, or Miro Starter with visitor editing next to your call tool.
- Budget first: boardmix next to your current call tool.
Coaches and consultants can see how client sessions work in a room on Coommit for coaches. Teams running weekly reviews can see Coommit for founders and startups. If you're rethinking the call tool too, read Coommit vs Zoom, and for a wider list of boards, see our Miro alternatives.
Who should not pick Coommit?
Coommit is the wrong pick if:
- You only need a quick sketch during calls. Zoom's built-in whiteboard does that.
- You teach large classes or run webinars. Coommit is built for client calls, reviews and workshops.
- You want a free plan for the long term.
- You need transcripts in languages other than English and French.
- Your boards are heavy technical diagrams. Miro or Zoom Whiteboard's shape libraries go further.