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Excalidraw vs Miro: catalog facts
Excalidraw	Miro
Freemium The editor is free and open source. Excalidraw Plus is a paid subscription.	Freemium Free to start, with paid plans for teams and businesses.
Web, Self-hosted	Web
The sketchy style keeps diagrams feeling provisional rather than final End-to-end encrypted collaboration rooms, and self-hostable	Shared canvas for workshops and planning AI can generate diagrams on the board
Not built for precise technical diagrams Some team features belong to the paid Excalidraw Plus	Advanced features are in paid plans Boards are stored in Miro's cloud
Web application, Self-hosted	Web application
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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